Quality checks and merchant evaluation

01Current verification scope

Lippy has automated schema and translation checks, commerce integration tests, Shade Studio edge cases, a core JavaScript size budget and Shopify Theme Check. Rendered semantic accessibility checks cover three presets and home, collection and product pages. These checks do not establish full accessibility conformance or predict real-world conversion.

02Performance testing

Measure home, product and collection pages on desktop and mobile using consistent Lighthouse settings and at least three runs per page. Use the median per page. Hide Shopify’s preview toolbar with pb=0 and confirm the audited page is the storefront, not its password screen. Keep raw reports with the theme version, catalogue and testing conditions.

03Try a merchant setup rehearsal

Start in an unpublished duplicate and use the setup guide without help. Time how long it takes to choose a preset, connect your products, add shade data, create a routine and prepare a support request. Record blocked tasks, workarounds and confusing labels. Test a sold-out product, a missing image and a large shade range.

1. Use a test catalogue and keep the live theme unchanged.
2. Rate each task from easy to blocked and explain why.
3. Separate appearance feedback from task failures.
4. Assess willingness to pay only after using the theme; $500 is a proposed price, not a validation result.

04Help shape the release

Merchant recruitment is not open yet. The public support form delivers to hello@kilnthemes.com through the free Formspree service. A test submission was received in this mailbox on 3 November 2026. To provide screenshots, email them to the same address. No merchant trial results or independent accessibility certification are claimed. Internal rehearsals are recorded separately from feedback supplied by real merchants.