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Help: what are “headless e-commerce stores?” Is that like having an eComm shop built atop Shopify?

• r00dY 3y ago
  Headless means that you're using e-commerce platform only via API and build your front-end in whatever tech you want (next, nuxt, Remix, etc). It's different from a traditional approach when e-commerce platform handles front-end (HTML templates rendering). In Shopify can do both. https://www.shopify.com/enterprise/headless-commerce https://www.shopify.com/enterprise/headless-commerce
  • reaperducer 3y ago
    Funny that headless is now considered "traditional," when that was considered standard for a decade and a half. Relying on the platform was considered amateur.
    • super256 3y ago
      Well, those who now use shopify used to use prestashop, magento or shopworn before. Not sure if all of those stores were run by amateurs.
    • cafeinux 3y ago
      "Traditional" is just another way to say "what was once the norm", so your comment is a bit pleonastic. Is relying on the platform no longer considered amateur? If yes, call me old fashioned, because I've never liked those platforms...
  • gffrd 3y ago
    Thank you!