Start with the store, not the demo
A store with a small curated range and a multi-vendor marketplace ask different things of a theme. Martfury is presented for marketplace projects; Rey emphasizes fashion and furniture; WoodMart describes a collection of shopping and merchandising tools. Flatsome, Basel and XStore offer further storefront starting points. These are source-described use cases, not measured rankings.
Compare the buying journey
Prepare representative products with real images, variations and category attributes. Compare navigation, product information and checkout as a connected journey. A marketplace compatibility entry is useful evidence to investigate; its length does not prove that a theme is faster, safer or easier to maintain.
Package and download checks
Open an individual theme page for the recorded package version, source compatibility notes and current download availability. The marketplace observation and downloadable package can refer to different versions. Use the documentation for the package you intend to install and evaluate it on staging before changing a working site.
