A storefront built your way, with Shopify behind it.
Build your own front end and keep products, cart and orders on Shopify.
Headless is not right for every store. It adds work to build and to maintain. We tell you plainly when a standard Shopify theme is the better choice.
A custom front end on a proven back end
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Custom storefronts
Your own design and pages, free of a theme's limits.
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API layer
A clean link between the storefront and your commerce data.
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Fast pages
Rendering set up for speed, then measured.
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Content from anywhere
Articles and pages from the content system your team uses.
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Cart and checkout
Shopify checkout stays in place, connected to your front end.
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Hosting
Set up and watched, so the storefront stays up.
Four layers, each with one job
The storefront, the API layer, your commerce platform and your other systems.
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Storefront
What shoppers see, built to your design.
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API layer
Passes data between the storefront and the rest.
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Commerce platform
Products, cart and orders stay here. Shopify is our focus.
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Your other systems
Content, stock and customer tools connect through the API.
From the first question to launch
Four steps, starting with whether headless is right for you.
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01
Discover
Why headless, and what it must do for you.
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02
Design
Pages and components you approve.
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03
Build
Front end and API layer, built in short cycles.
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04
Launch and support
Go-live, monitoring and a support plan.
What we build with
We choose the tools that fit your team. Shopify is our focus, and we work with other platforms too.
- ShopifyOur focus
- WooCommerce
- Magento
- Squarespace
- Webflow Commerce
- React
- JavaScript
- GraphQL
- REST APIs
- Node.js
Industries we build for
Online stores and software for these industries. Not on the list? Tell us what you sell.
See all industriesPick the approach that fits
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Headless storefront
Good place to startChoose this whenYour design needs more than a theme can give.
We buildA custom front end on Shopify.
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Hybrid
Choose this whenMost of the store is standard and a few pages are not.
We buildA Shopify theme with custom-built parts.
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Standard theme
Choose this whenA theme can do what you need.
We buildA well-built Shopify theme, the simpler option.
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Headless commerce FAQ
Is headless right for us?
Only if a theme cannot do what you need. We review your goals first and tell you if a standard store is the simpler, cheaper choice.
What does headless add to the cost?
A custom front end is more work to build and to maintain than a theme. We show the difference in the written proposal.
Does checkout stay on Shopify?
In a typical Shopify headless setup, yes. We confirm the details for your store during discovery.
Which front-end tools do you use?
We choose what fits your team. Common choices: React, JavaScript and GraphQL.
Want to know if headless fits?
Share a short brief. We reply with next steps.