What is Headless commerce?
The short answer
Headless commerce separates an online store's front-end from its commerce engine, so products and checkout run on a platform while the storefront is fully custom.
Headless commerce, explained
It is how brands get a store that looks like nobody else's without rebuilding payments and inventory.
Questions people ask about Headless commerce
What is Headless commerce?
Headless commerce separates an online store's front-end from its commerce engine, so products and checkout run on a platform while the storefront is fully custom.
Related terms
Shopify is a hosted e-commerce platform that runs online stores: products, checkout, payments, inventory and themes, paid for monthly plus transaction and app fees.
Headless CMSA headless CMS stores and manages content but has no front-end of its own; it delivers content through an API to any site, app or device.
E-commerceE-commerce is buying and selling online: a website that shows products, takes orders and payments, and hands orders to fulfilment.
Next.jsNext.js is a React framework for building websites and web apps, adding routing, server rendering, static generation and API routes on top of React.
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