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How to add Video Stories to the Origin theme

Instagram-style rail of tappable video bubbles that opens a full-screen player with progress bar, sound toggle, swipe navigation and a call-to-action per video. Places itself anywhere on the product page. No external libraries. This guide shows how to add the Video Stories section to the Origin theme with Section Shop — as a native Online Store 2.0 section, customized in the theme editor, without touching Origin's code. Origin is a free theme by Shopify, known for bold type and product-first structure — and shoppable video & stories like this one are exactly the kind of section it doesn't ship out of the box.

Video Stories

Free
Preview of the Video Stories section installed on a Shopify store

Full section details, tags and related sections: Video Stories →

Why Video Stories works on Origin

Product-linked videos, story bubbles and reels that bring products to life. On Origin, Video Stories slots in like any built-in section: it inherits the theme's fonts by default, picks up your color choices in the editor, and lives alongside Origin's own sections in the picker — prefixed "SShop:" so it's easy to spot.

Theme
Origin (free)
Section category
Shoppable Video & Stories
Merchant installs
3
Shows in editor as
SShop:Video Stories
Get Video Stories free

How to add Video Stories to Origin, 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 Origin setup until you add a section.

  2. 2

    Find “Video Stories” in the library

    Open the app and browse to it — it's in the Shoppable Video & Stories category — or use search.

  3. 3

    Click “Add to theme”

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

  4. 4

    Open the Origin theme editor

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

  5. 5

    Customize and save

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

Video Stories on Origin — FAQ

Does Video Stories work with the Origin theme?

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

Will Video Stories match Origin's design?

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

Is Video Stories free, and what if I uninstall Section Shop?

Video Stories is free, like every section in the 164-section library. Once added it's a standard theme file: if you uninstall the app, the section stays in your Origin theme and keeps working.

Pairs well with Video Stories

Preview of the Shoppable Stories Shopify section Free

Shoppable Stories

40 installs

Shoppable Video & Stories

Short videos that sell, as story bubbles or vertical reels. Previews play silently while on screen; a tap opens a full-screen player with progress bars, sound, and a swipe from one video to the next, and beside each video (over it on phones) sit the products it shows — options, price and an add to cart that never leaves the video. On a product page the stories can sit right inside the product details: under or above the buy buttons, under the title or under the description, and a video left without products sells the product of the page. No external libraries.

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Preview of the Video Quick Shop Shopify section Free

Video Quick Shop

16 installs

Shoppable Video & Stories

Shoppable clips that sell without leaving the page: each card carries its product, its variants and an add-to-cart, and opens full size in a popup with the description. Supports uploaded video or YouTube and Vimeo.

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Preview of the Shoppable Slider Shopify section Free

Shoppable Slider

15 installs

Shoppable Video & Stories

A headline beside a side-scrolling row of shoppable clips. Each video carries the product it shows, with its image, name and price in a card below, and the row keeps its card size however few clips are left.

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Add “Video Stories” to your Origin store today

Install free, customize in your theme editor and preview before publishing.

Built for Shopify · Free to install · For Online Store 2.0 themes · No code