1. Install the app
Install Hotspot Studio
from the App Store. The free plan is enough to publish your first shoppable
image, and installation adds nothing to Dawn’s theme files — the app is a standard
Online Store 2.0 block, so uninstalling later leaves no trace either.
2. Create a section and tag the photo
In the app, create a new section and upload your lifestyle shot — or start from a
template if you want a working layout to edit instead of a blank canvas. Drag a
hotspot onto each product in the photo and pick the matching product from your
catalog — or let AI suggest the pins: it reads the photo and matches your catalog,
and you approve every pin before anything saves. Popups get the live price, variant
picker and add-to-cart automatically; sold-out items say so instead of failing at the
cart.
3. Match Dawn’s look — and phones
Pick a style preset and tune colors, corners and type so the popup reads like part
of your Dawn color scheme — there’s no CSS involved. Two options are worth switching
on right away: a separate mobile image (a tighter crop with its own hotspot
positions, so dots sit exactly on the products on phones too) and Shop the
Look — the one-click buy-the-set button, optionally with a look discount that
applies only to items bought from this section.
4. Add the block in Dawn’s theme editor
In Online Store, click Edit theme on your Dawn theme. On the page where
you want the look — home page, a landing, wherever — click Add section, open
the Apps tab and choose Hotspot Studio. Drag it into position like any native
Dawn section and hit Save. That’s the entire theme-side setup.
5. Put looks on product pages automatically
For product pages, add the block to Dawn’s product template once. Then, back in the
app, assign each section to products, variants, whole collections or specific pages — the right look
shows up on the right product page by itself, and swapping a product’s look never
means touching the theme editor again. Variant-level assignment even lets the
gallery swap when a shopper picks a different colorway.
