Do you actually need headless Shopify?
Most stores asking the question have a theme problem or an app problem. Both are cheaper to fix, and both are reversible.
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Headless posts
Everything we have written on headless — 5 posts, newest first.
5 posts on headless
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Rendering strategy for a headless storefront
Server or edge is the wrong first question. What decides the page is how many requests have to reach the Storefront API at all, and which ones must never be cached.
Headless for one template, theme for the rest
Partial headless is a legitimate destination, but it is three different architectures wearing one name — and only one of them is cheap. The cart decides which you can have.
Storefront API caching: what can go stale and what cannot
Cache the catalogue aggressively, cache price and stock deliberately, and never cache the person. The third one is the mistake that ends up in a postmortem.
Headless CMS choices for a Shopify storefront
The shortlist matters less than the four decisions underneath it — and the first one is whether you need a CMS at all.
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