Replatforming to headless commerce
If you're looking for unmatched flexibility, a customized CMS, lightning-fast speeds, and the ability to handle complex tasks effortlessly, we can help you switch to headless e-commerce solutions using Shopify.
When we recommend replatforming to headless commerce
Replatforming to a headless architecture offers numerous benefits, such as website performance improvements and unmatched flexibility for real-time updates. At first glance, transitioning to a headless approach may seem obvious. However, headless migration may still need to be fully understood.
To help you begin, here are some common traits of an ecommerce company that are well-suited for headless:
Your business is content-focused and prioritizes mobile experiences
Creating immersive digital experiences is essential for your brand's success
An omnichannel approach is essential to achieving your objectives
With DigitalSuits replatforming services, migrating your ecommerce setup will never be challenging. As a result, it improves site speed, enhances digital experiences, and boosts ROI. Choose an ecommerce journey filled with dynamic and rewarding experiences through innovative tools, seamless transactions, and better security to ensure success and growth.
Why choose headless ecommerce development services for your business?
Scalable performance
Expanding businesses understand the challenges of optimizing store code, speed, and functionality for peak-season traffic or new product launches. Headless migration turns this challenge into an advantage, ensuring peak performance during high-traffic periods, and enables continuous expansion of store features and product offerings.
Enhanced security
Migration to headless CMS offers control over your website's security setup. The additional API abstraction layer between frontends and backend systems reduces cyberattack vulnerability. In case of a breach, only one layer is impacted, enabling background fixes without disrupting order processing. order processing for your customers.
Microservices architecture
A flexible API allows seamless connections between storefronts, UI components, and third-party systems. Easily integrate CMS, DXP, mobile apps, devices, or custom frontends, leveraging robust ecommerce platforms like Adobe Commerce, BigCommerce, Shopify Plus, or Salesforce to drive the commerce engine.
Unique customer interactions
Respond to evolving consumer preferences with personalized shopping journeys. Headless CMS migration empowers you to swiftly experiment with and seamlessly integrate cutting-edge technologies like cart and checkout enhancements, diverse shipping options, Progressive Web Apps (PWA), and more into your current commerce setup.
Our technical expertise in the best ecommerce headless platforms
BigCommerce headless
Craft exceptional and unmatched customer experiences using the most extensive array of BigCommerce headless integrations on the back-end commerce platform, ensuring you never need to re-platform again.
Sanity.io
Leverage content as data that's scalable throughout your business with Sanity. io. It enables content delivery anywhere, and provides complete composability with a fully decoupled, real-time content backend, and customizable content workspaces.
Storyblok
Create superior content experiences quickly and without constraints with Storyblok. Simplify personalisation and boost performance with a CMS specifically designed to integrate seamlessly with your preferred tech stack.
Strapi
Effectively manage your content from anywhere using the premier open-source Strapi headless CMS, which is entirely built on JavaScript and TypeScript. Enjoy complete customization options tailored to your needs.
Contentstack
With Contentstack, you can overcome traditional CMS issues while also get a comprehensive suite of features for an improved digital experience. Benefit from a built-in marketplace, full-stack automation, and integrated front-end hosting.
Contentful
You can get a robust app network and framework for effortless platform expansion with Contentful. Connect your favorite tools and platforms effortlessly, streamline operations, and maximize digital content's potential.
Instant commerce
Sell more, grow faster, and compete by using democratized Instant headless commerce technology. The storefront builder for headless commerce enables brands to build and deliver best-in-class online shopping experiences in a fast and intuitive manner.
DatoCMS
DatoCMS is the most complete and user-friendly headless CMS. It's perfect for handling complex use cases and easily expanding into new channels and markets. Don’t think of limitations; get a reliable solution that can grow with your business.
Custom headless CMS
A custom headless CMS is the best way to achieve flexibility, scalability, and smooth content delivery. With our solutions, you will get a centralized hub for easy content management and distribution, with support for personalization, localization, and third-party integrations.
Shopify headless
Turn any digital screen or device into a sales channel with the speed, power, and scalability of Shopify's headless approach. Leading brands worldwide choose Shopify Plus and leverage Shopify Hydrogen & Oxygen for innovative headless commerce solutions.
Selecting the best commerce platform during migration to headless
Evaluate flexibility
Consider the platform's ability to support a headless architecture and integrate seamlessly with your existing systems, technologies and scale with your business growth.
Customization options
Look for a platform offering robust customization capabilities to tailor the user experience and meet your business requirements.
Performance and speed
Check the platform's performance metrics, such as page load times and response rate, to ensure fast and efficient operations.
Security features
Prioritize platforms with robust security measures to protect sensitive customer data and ensure compliance with industry standards.
Developer-friendly
Choose a platform that provides comprehensive developer tools, documentation, and support to streamline development and integration processes.
Total cost of ownership
Consider the platform's pricing structure, including any additional fees for integrations, updates, and ongoing support, to determine the overall cost-effectiveness.
Why choose DigitalSuits for headless migration
Expert ecommerce developers
Our expertise lies in the ecommerce sector. Client-focused, creating strategic digital shopping solutions that deliver tangible business results, DigitalSuits’ dedicated ecommerce developers help brands create customer-centric, engaging experiences.
Headless gurus
Whether you need your project built, code review, or problems solved, our vetted headless experts can assist you. Migrate to headless commerce with an experienced team. Whatever your needs are, find the headless help you require quickly and efficiently.
Results-driven strategy
We highly regard your resources, including time and finances. Thus, we provide our clients with practical tech solutions that align with their business objectives and streamline the development process.
Certified experts
Our software development team consists of professional and certified software engineers. We consistently enhance our expertise and skills to effectively tackle any technological challenges that arise.
Headless migration process
Evaluation
In this initial phase, we'll thoroughly assess your current architecture, delve into your business objectives, and understand your migration goals in detail.
Strategic planning
With all the information gathered, we'll craft a comprehensive migration plan that outlines timelines, resource allocation, and the expected deliverables at each stage of the process.
Implementation
Once the plan is in place, we'll proceed with the migration process, ensuring minimal disruption to your operations and a seamless transition to the new environment.
Ongoing optimization
After the migration, we'll continue to monitor and optimize your Headless setup, ensuring that it continues to meet your evolving needs and delivers maximum performance.
Choose a type of architecture for smooth replatforming to headless
API-driven e-commerce platform
An API-driven ecommerce platform provides flexible UI design and standard business logic, with pre-built ecommerce features to save backend development costs.
Key ecommerce features include:
Product catalog and online merchandising
Product pricing management
Product content management
Online payment and checkout functionality
Entry-level order management
Sales performance management
API-driven CMS
Craft a website with engaging content or seamlessly blend ecommerce into your CMS-driven site. This option is your go-to solution for both scenarios.
Key content management features include:
Configurable content templates
Digital asset management
Multi-channel content publishing
Built-in SEO tools
Built on microservices architecture
This option is ideal if you are designing multiple scenarios of user journeys and complex underlying business workflows for your ecommerce solution.
Key features of microservices include:
Built around specific business capabilities
Developed and deployed independently from each other
Rapid design, testing, and deployment
Interconnected through API calls
Managed by autonomous development teams
Transition to headless with our proficient tech stack
Node.js serves as a robust technology for custom headless CMS development as well as integrations with other systems.
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With React.js, we create scalable, secure ecommerce projects. Using its component-based approach, we save time and costs.
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Vue.js
Our developers use Vue to write their templates in HTML, JavaScript, and pure JavaScript files using virtual nodes to create highly optimized, fast-loading websites.
Gatsby
Next.js
Remix.js
Nuxt
Shopify Hydrogen
Vercel
Gatsby Cloud
Shopify Oxygen
AWS
Node.js Serverless
Strapi
Storyblok
Sanity
ContentStack
Contentful
DatoCMS
Algolia
JavaScript
BigCommerce
SQL DB
Shopify
Shopify Plus
Fastify
BigCommerce enterprise
Benefits of switching to headless CMS
Greater scalability
Having separate front and back ends enables greater scalability. In the event of a traffic surge on your online store, the backend can manage it independently, ensuring a smooth customer experience without impacting the frontend.
Enhanced flexibility
CMS migration to headless allows powerful flexibility in selecting the optimal technology for each aspect of your ecommerce platform. This flexibility lets you integrate different systems, facilitating customization to align with your specific requirements.
Unified channels
Migration to headless simplifies the creation of an omnichannel experience for your customers. Using the same backend for your online store, mobile app, and in-store experience, while tailoring the frontend for each channel, you can deliver a seamless experience to customers across all channels.
Conversion acceleration
When replatforming to headless commerce, enhancing your website's speed can significantly affect your financial results. Leveraging fast and lightweight technology for the frontend results in quicker page load times for users, potentially increasing conversion rates.
Migrate to headless with certified Shopify & Shopify Plus partners
Shopify
Benefit of hiring professional Shopify experts who adhere to the highest standards in software development, customer service, and support.
Shopify Plus
Our team of certified Shopify Plus developers offers top-quality work within agreed-upon timelines. With stringent testing processes, we consistently deliver excellent results.
Product success across borders
Developing a headless ecommerce website for an innovative men's skincare brand
Business need: Namza desired to enhance the online shopping experience, expand reach, and boost sales. They chose a headless commerce by leveraging Shopify and Instant Commerce features. Instant Commerce was utilized for the frontend, while Shopify managed back-end tasks such as orders, products, emails, and user data.
Result: We Introduced a headless solution that meets the client's needs effectively, marking a successful entry into the ecommerce domain. Our experts integrated a custom discount feature that enables the client to apply discount codes to orders and view the price adjustments clearly.
Headless BigCommerce solution for a textile company
Business need: OURA aimed to expand and enhance its market presence by pushing deeper into the USA, Canada, Europe, and Malaysia. Thus, they required individual stores for each market. Furthermore, OURA faced challenges in selling in multiple currencies due to limitations and constraints with their current platform.
Result: Our headless solution based on the BigCommerce API resulted in significant advantages for the company. Now Oura effortlessly manages multiple stores across different locations with tailored content.
We offer a variety of Shopify services tailored to your specific needs
Frequently asked questions
How I can know is headless commerce right for me?
We gathered key characteristics to consider before choosing a headless approach:
Your business prioritizes content and is focused on mobile experiences.
You are focused on immersive digital experiences for your brand.
You have an omnichannel strategy at the core of your business objectives.
If your organization aligns with these traits and is currently operating on a traditional, monolithic ecommerce platform, you may encounter challenges in maintaining a modern, content-driven marketing strategy and customer experience.
Will customer data and purchases be transferred to the new headless architecture?
Transferring customer data and purchase information to a new headless architecture is feasible but requires careful planning and execution. Usually, It involves migrating data from the existing system to the new architecture while also ensuring data integrity, security, and compliance with regulations such as GDPR or CCPA.
How long will it take to move to headless commerce?
On average, the transition to a headless commerce architecture can take anywhere from 6 to 12 months. This timeline includes such stages as planning, development, testing, data migration, training, and deployment. However, the actual duration can vary based on the complexity of your current system, the level of customization required for the new architecture, the size of your development team, and other project-specific factors. To conduct a thorough assessment, contact our experienced professionals and we create a realistic timeline for your specific migration process.
What our clients say
Alexandre Robicquet
CEO & Co-founder, Crossing Minds
5.0
“We had quite a complicated project, but DigitalSuits managed to lead and support us.”
DigitalSuits integrated Shopify with our APIs and then developed a corresponding app for the Shopify App Store. This project connected all of our services and APIs through a Shopify ecosystem. DigitalSuits has successfully completed the project on time, and we’re planning to begin another one quite soon.
Laurents Mohr
CEO & Co-founder, Happyglam
5.0
"They provide good value for money and have kind staff."
The DigitalSuits team stepped in to take over the project from another vendor. The team demonstrated their effective workflow and compliance with industry best practices. As a result of this, the team was able to deliver on their tasks in a timely and professional manner. Now DigitalSuits is building and maintaining our four Shopify stores.
Michael Lewis
CEO, Claim Technology
5.0
“The DigitalSuits team fully devoted themselves to producing a quality final product.”
Their team was responsible for the IT architecture, front- and backend web development work for the platform components, and API implementations. The main app is programmed using Ruby on Rails, and the frontend was developed using React.js. They delivered superior services, assigning only highly-experienced professionals to the project.
David Olkovetsky
Owner, Artisan Revere
5.0
"They're extremely focused on making sure results achieve your standards."
We hired DigitalSuits to develop our website in conjunction with our designer. Our goals were to get the site pixel-perfect compared to our designs. DigitalSuits team was able to meet all of the expectations for the project. The company appreciated how well the team took their feedback and was always eager to fix any issues.
Henna Mehta
Operations Associate, Askporter
5.0
"DigitalSuits proved themselves to be specialists in their field."
The successful launch of the first demo has generated positive feedback and interest. DigitalSuits seeks constant product improvement through continuous communication and proactive team integration. Their industry expertise contributes to intuitive, efficient project management.
Sergei Gusev
Co-founder and CPO, Scentbird
5.0
"They did everything possible to launch our website on time."
DigitalSuits successfully executed on time, adhering to requirements, and a strict budget. The team's project management was extremely efficient. The team lead, in particular, always maintained a positive attitude and showcased utmost professionalism at all times. They truly went above and beyond.
Nick Addyman
Chairman, Laurus Law
5.0
"They quickly grasped what we wanted to do and have designed and delivered solutions to achieve this."
DigitalSuits delivered a robust application from which the client can anticipate significant results. The team was highly motivated and demonstrated real dedication to the project's success. They weren't afraid to dig deeper into the business idea behind the product to implement the best solutions.
Maarten Raaijmakers
Product Manager, HappySoaps
5.0
"DigitalSuits has come to the rescue in our time of need."
DigitalSuits is able to take on any challenge the client throws at them and present viable solutions. Their team completes projects quickly and efficiently; they’ve met the client’s needs. The partners communicate clearly through several channels, including email, Slack, and regular meetings.
Takeshi Amano
CEO, Ikedayama
5.0
"I’m very happy with DigitalSuits."
Internal and external stakeholders have been pleased with DigitalSuits' development skills. The team is capable of pivoting if their strategy doesn't work as expected. They're also open to feedback. Their responsive, talented, and committed approach enables them to establish a fruitful partnership.
Devin Bethel
CEO, JP Bathroom Master LLC
5.0
"They pulled the right metrics that we needed.."
The client was delighted with DigitalSuits' end product, which is now instrumental for their daily operations. The team praised their amazing project management and outstanding professionalism throughout the engagement.
Kamran Doorsoun
Head of Marketing, Janado GmbH
5.0
"The collaboration is insane! All previously discussed topics and promises were kept!"
Despite their situation in Ukraine, DigitalSuits delivered all their promises on time and within budget. Their team showcased consistent professionalism and team spirit. Moreover, they leveraged Figma to present and implement their outputs. Overall, the client was satisfied with their service.
Alexander Koshchits
Business Development Manager, Azati
5.0
"They're always motivated and a great addition to our current team."
Overall, the provided resources have gelled seamlessly with the internal team, establishing a highly collaborative workflow. What's more, they have a thorough understanding of every task, allowing them to deliver exactly what's needed and offer alternative solutions. They're skilled and driven, too.
Alexandre Robicquet
CEO & Co-founder, Crossing Minds
5.0
“We had quite a complicated project, but DigitalSuits managed to lead and support us.”
DigitalSuits integrated Shopify with our APIs and then developed a corresponding app for the Shopify App Store. This project connected all of our services and APIs through a Shopify ecosystem. DigitalSuits has successfully completed the project on time, and we’re planning to begin another one quite soon.
Laurents Mohr
CEO & Co-founder, Happyglam
5.0
"They provide good value for money and have kind staff."
The DigitalSuits team stepped in to take over the project from another vendor. The team demonstrated their effective workflow and compliance with industry best practices. As a result of this, the team was able to deliver on their tasks in a timely and professional manner. Now DigitalSuits is building and maintaining our four Shopify stores.
Michael Lewis
CEO, Claim Technology
5.0
“The DigitalSuits team fully devoted themselves to producing a quality final product.”
Their team was responsible for the IT architecture, front- and backend web development work for the platform components, and API implementations. The main app is programmed using Ruby on Rails, and the frontend was developed using React.js. They delivered superior services, assigning only highly-experienced professionals to the project.
David Olkovetsky
Owner, Artisan Revere
5.0
"They're extremely focused on making sure results achieve your standards."
We hired DigitalSuits to develop our website in conjunction with our designer. Our goals were to get the site pixel-perfect compared to our designs. DigitalSuits team was able to meet all of the expectations for the project. The company appreciated how well the team took their feedback and was always eager to fix any issues.
Check our cases
A transformative journey for a beauty brand, involving Shopify, Shopify Plus, Shopify Hydrogen & Oxygen, Sanity.io integration, and UI/UX upgrades.
Successful replatforming to headless, performance optimization, and UX enhancement through DigitalSuits’ services for a technical staffing company.
Migration to Shopify Plus for a cycling retailer to enable in-store pickups across multiple locations and enhance the omnichannel customer experience.