‘Headless’ and ‘Progressive Web Apps (PWAs)’ are often associated in the e-commerce world. If you are a retailer, these are best practices to adopt in your e-commerce solutions, as they reduce platform development costs, improve customers’ experience, and ultimately drive more sales. In this article, we will guide you through the headless commerce world and explain how The Commerce Team Global successfully implemented Adyen’s PWA’s kit.
Introducing a Headless World
Headless commerce adopts a headless architecture. In a traditional e-commerce website, the frontend, responsible for store designs and user experience, is tightly integrated with the backend, handling website data and operations.
However, headless commerce decouples the frontend from the backend, connecting them through APIs (Application Programming Interface). This shift allows for more flexibility and adaptability in managing the user interface and backend operations independently, providing a modular and scalable approach to e-commerce development.
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How Are PWAs and Headless Commerce Related?
When used together, PWAs and Headless commerce create a modern and flexible e-commerce experience, for developers and users. Here is how:
Success Story: The Integration of Adyen’s PWA kit for Salesforce Commerce Cloud
The Commerce Team Global Team were approached by the Adyen Products Team to explore the customisation of their Progressive Web App (PWA) kit and share their expertise in headless commerce integrations.
Our Solution
Thanks to a collaborative and solutions-focussed approach, the Technical Team at The Commerce Team Global were able to deploy the PWA kit on the Managed Run Time (MRT) and verify payment and webhook processing - for example, using Google Pay, PayPal and Apple Pay.
In this test case for the e-commerce ecosystem, the team leveraged their expertise of Salesforce Commerce Cloud to provide feedback and insights on building a composable cartridge before the release of this integration to the wider tech community.
"We chose The Commerce Team Global for their agile, collaborative approach, headless Salesforce architecture expertise and vast experience with Adyen payments. This pilot project supports new industry standards, reflecting our joint commitment to fast go live and innovation for our customers in the commerce sector." - Olga Kostina, Adyen Product Manager, B2C Commerce
“The technology ecosystem thrives amongst collaboration and the sharing of best practices. As a future facing business, we were delighted to be the test case for the Adyen PWA kit especially with our experience in headless.” Kalpesh Patel, CIO at The Commerce Team Global
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