How can I transfer theme settings between two Shopify stores?

Store Design

Topic summary

A user wants to transfer theme settings and appearance from one Shopify store to another, both using the free Sense theme, without manually reconfiguring everything.

Recommended Solution:

  • Download/duplicate the theme from the original store
  • Upload the theme file to the second store
  • This transfers most appearance and theme settings between stores

Important Limitations:

  • Some account-specific settings won’t transfer automatically
  • Since Sense is a free theme, no license transfer is needed (paid themes require license transfers through Shopify support)

Alternative Approach:
Manually add the Sense theme to the second store and reconfigure all settings from scratch, though this is more time-consuming.

The discussion provides links to guides for duplicating themes, downloading themes, and uploading theme files to assist with the transfer process.

Summarized with AI on November 15. AI used: claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929.
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Hi

I think that You didn’t understand me exactly. I have built one store on the free Sense template. I would like to transfer its appearance to my other store. I don’t think it can be done the way you advised me. Is it possible at all or do I have to set everything up again?