Question 1

What is headless (composable) ecommerce?

Accepted Answer

It splits your store in two: a frontend you fully own — a Next.js app — and a commerce backend that runs catalog, cart, orders, and payments behind an API. The two talk over GraphQL or REST, so you can rebuild the storefront without touching the engine, and swap or upgrade either side on its own. Enterprise Ecommerce Development is our name for building that.

Question 2

Shopify, Medusa.js, or Vendure — which backend do I pick?

Accepted Answer

Shopify headless if you're already on Shopify and want speed with no backend ops (you keep Shopify's checkout). Medusa.js — open-source, MIT, self-hosted — if you want to own the whole stack and skip platform fees, and you have or will hire Node + DevOps capacity. Vendure if enterprise B2B (approval chains, organisation hierarchy, advanced pricing, SSO) is the centre of the project. We recommend the fit on the first call, not the one we'd rather build.

Question 3

Do I need Shopify Plus to go headless?

Accepted Answer

No. The Storefront API works on standard Shopify plans. But the checkout customisation and advanced B2B that ₹50L+/month brands usually want are Plus-only — so brands often end up on Plus for those features, not for headless itself.

Question 4

Can I build a fully custom checkout?

Accepted Answer

On Shopify headless, no — you build up to the cart, then hand off to Shopify's hosted checkout (you can brand it, deeply on Plus, but not replace it). If a self-built checkout is essential, that points you to Medusa or Vendure, where you own the flow end to end.

Question 5

Medusa.js is free and open-source — so it's cheaper?

Accepted Answer

The licence is free; the running isn't. Self-hosting Medusa or Vendure means paying for servers, database, Redis, monitoring, and the engineering time to run all of it — plus building features Shopify ships out of the box. MIT saves you platform and GMV fees, not labour. We put the real monthly number in front of you before you choose.

Question 6

How much does it cost, and why “from” ₹5,00,000?

Accepted Answer

₹5,00,000 + GST anchors a focused first build — a custom Next.js storefront on your chosen backend, standard catalog, cart and checkout, India payments, and GST-correct invoicing. On a real enterprise rebuild the platform is the small part: ERP integration, data migration, and complex B2B logic are most of the work, and they scope on top. We run a paid discovery before a fixed quote so the number holds.

Question 7

Will it be faster and lift my conversion?

Accepted Answer

A well-built headless store is fast, and faster stores do convert better — but speed comes from how the frontend is built, not the architecture by itself, and we won't promise you a specific conversion number. We build to beat Google's bar for a good Core Web Vitals score. The honest claim is a fast, controllable storefront, not a magic figure.

Question 8

When should I NOT go headless?

Accepted Answer

When a good theme (Shopify Online Store 2.0) already does the job, when you don't have the engineering capacity to own a custom frontend, or when your only goal is checkout tweaks — that's a Plus feature, not a reason to rebuild. Below roughly ₹50L/month, the same budget spent on CRO and acquisition usually returns more. We'll tell you when that's you.

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