# How to Add 3D Flip Rotator to the Motion Theme

> Source: https://section-shop.com/theme-guides/motion/add-3d-flip-rotator/ — Section Shop, 56 free native Shopify sections. Install: https://apps.shopify.com/section-shop

Stunning 3D flip animations with typewriter effect and progress indicator. Rotates through multiple messages with smooth 3D perspective transforms and customizable timing. This guide shows how to add the 3D Flip Rotator section to the Motion theme with Section Shop — as a native Online Store 2.0 section, customized in the theme editor, without touching Motion's code. Motion is a premium theme by Archetype Themes, known for animation and video-first product pages — and announcement bars like this one are exactly the kind of section it doesn't ship out of the box.

## Why 3D Flip Rotator fits Motion

Marquees, tickers and rotating bars that push promotions, shipping thresholds and urgency without touching your theme. For Motion specifically, this is one of the strongest matches in the library: video testimonials and ugc-style proof, and 3D Flip Rotator fills that gap while inheriting Motion's typography automatically, so it looks native from the first save. Video Testimonials next to Motion’s animated sections keeps the whole page moving without feeling chaotic.

## Steps

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 Motion setup until you add a section.
2. **Find “3D Flip Rotator” in the library** — Open the app and browse to it — it's in the Announcement Bars category — or use search.
3. **Click “Add to theme”** — Section Shop writes the section into your Motion theme through Shopify's official theme API, the same mechanism Motion uses for its own sections.
4. **Open the Motion theme editor** — In Online Store → Themes → Customize, click “Add section”: you'll find it as “SShop:3D Flip Rotator” in the picker.
5. **Customize and save** — Adjust text, images, colors and layout. Typography follows your Motion font settings by default — or switch the section to any Shopify font. Hit Save and it's live.

## FAQ

### Does 3D Flip Rotator work with the Motion theme?

Yes. Motion is an Online Store 2.0 theme, and 3D Flip Rotator installs as a native OS 2.0 section through Shopify's official theme API. It appears in Motion's theme editor as “SShop:3D Flip Rotator”, alongside the theme's own sections.

### Will 3D Flip Rotator match Motion's design?

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

### Is 3D Flip Rotator free, and what if I uninstall Section Shop?

3D Flip Rotator 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 Motion theme and keeps working.