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How to add Competitor Comparison to the Dawn theme

Visual brand vs competitors side by side with VS badge. Compare your product against competitors with feature rows, brand highlighting, and winner indicators. This guide shows how to add the Competitor Comparison section to the Dawn theme with Section Shop — as a native Online Store 2.0 section, customized in the theme editor, without touching Dawn's code. Dawn is a free theme by Shopify, known for speed, minimalism, being the Online Store 2.0 reference — and comparison tables like this one are exactly the kind of section it doesn't ship out of the box.

Competitor Comparison

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Preview of the Competitor Comparison section installed on a Shopify store

Full section details, tags and related sections: Competitor Comparison →

Why Competitor Comparison works on Dawn

Us-vs-them tables, pricing grids and before/after layouts that answer objections and justify the purchase. For Dawn specifically, this is one of the strongest matches in the library: no countdown or urgency sections, and Competitor Comparison fills that gap while inheriting Dawn's typography automatically, so it looks native from the first save. Dawn’s minimal typography carries over automatically: Section Shop sections inherit your Dawn font settings by default, so added sections look native from the first save.

Theme
Dawn (free)
Section category
Comparison Tables
Merchant installs
12
Shows in editor as
SShop:Competitor Table
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How to add Competitor Comparison to Dawn, step by step

  1. 1

    Install Section Shop (free)

    Add the app from the Shopify App Store. It's free, carries the Built for Shopify badge, and changes nothing in your Dawn setup until you add a section.

  2. 2

    Find “Competitor Comparison” in the library

    Open the app and browse to it — it's in the Comparison Tables category — or use search.

  3. 3

    Click “Add to theme”

    Section Shop writes the section into your Dawn theme through Shopify's official theme API, the same mechanism Dawn uses for its own sections.

  4. 4

    Open the Dawn theme editor

    In Online Store → Themes → Customize, click “Add section”: you'll find it as “SShop:Competitor Table” in the picker.

  5. 5

    Customize and save

    Adjust text, images, colors and layout. Typography follows your Dawn font settings by default — or switch the section to any Shopify font. Hit Save and it's live.

Competitor Comparison on Dawn — FAQ

Does Competitor Comparison work with the Dawn theme?

Yes. Dawn is an Online Store 2.0 theme, and Competitor Comparison installs as a native OS 2.0 section through Shopify's official theme API. It appears in Dawn's theme editor as “SShop:Competitor Table”, alongside the theme's own sections.

Will Competitor Comparison match Dawn's design?

By default the section inherits your theme's fonts, so it picks up Dawn's typography automatically. Colors, spacing, images and content are all editable in the theme editor — no CSS required.

Is Competitor Comparison free, and what if I uninstall Section Shop?

Competitor Comparison is free, like every section in the 56-section library. Once added it's a standard theme file: if you uninstall the app, the section stays in your Dawn theme and keeps working.

Pairs well with Competitor Comparison

Preview of the Product Comparison Table Shopify section Free

Product Comparison Table

Compare multiple products side by side with features table. Product images, prices, feature rows with check/X icons, highlighted recommended product, and mobile-responsive with sticky first column.

Preview of the Dual Flow Comparison Shopify section Free

Dual Flow Comparison

Compare two processes or paths side by side with step-by-step flow. Headers with images, numbered steps, and highlighted final result. Perfect for Old Way vs New Way comparisons.

Preview of the Before After Table Shopify section Free

Before After Table

Show transformation results in a clean table format with before and after columns. Colored headers, alternating rows, and perfect for showcasing improvements or changes.

Add “Competitor Comparison” to your Dawn store today

Free to install, live in your theme editor in under a minute.

Built for Shopify · Free to install · Works with any Online Store 2.0 theme · No code