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Fast and flexible with headless

Litium Headless Commerce

With Litium headless commerce backend and frontend is separated enabling faster development iterations. This makes it easier for you to react to new business needs and build unique customer experiences.

1. Your unforgettable brand

Liberating frontend from backend dependencies enables quick and frequent frontend releases to stay on top of competitors by delivering unforgettable brand and customer experiences.

2. Future-proof

The world is in constant change. With headless commerce you add a layer of flexibility making yourself more ready to adapt quickly to new needs. New presentation layers and frontend technologies can be added on top of the backend that will serve them all.

3. Agile teams

With headless commerce it is easier for your development teams to work with shorter development iterations without frontend and backend dependencies. Separating the roles of frontend and backend developers makes it easier to recruit new specialized roles and scale your teams. Our modern technical frameworks will also attract new talent.

Let the innovation start.

Case: Didriksons
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Jump start headless with Litium accelerator

Get a head start with the Litium React accelerator built on Next.JS and the latest frontend technologies. All basic pages and components to get development started quickly.

Frequently asked questions about headless commerce with Litium

Here you will find answers to common questions about Litium's headless commerce capabilities. The answers cover how headless architecture works in practice, what benefits it brings to development teams, and how it helps businesses build flexible, future-proof e-commerce solutions.

Headless ecommerce means that frontend and backend are separated and communicate via APIs. In Litium's ecommerce platform you can use headless from the start or switch to headless whenever it suits your business. It gives you the freedom to build the customer experience you want without being tied to the platform's frontend.
You get faster development cycles, freedom to choose frontend technology and the ability to customize the customer experience without being locked to a specific template. It also becomes easier to integrate with other systems like ERP, PIM and marketing tools.
The Litium Accelerator is a pre-built starting point built on Next.js and modern frontend technologies. It includes basic pages and components and communicates 100% via APIs with the Litium platform. The purpose is to significantly shorten the time from start to launch.
Headless works for both B2B and B2C. However, most B2B companies choose to run the full Litium suite with ecommerce, PIM, CMS and campaign management as an integrated solution. That delivers the most value when you handle customer-specific pricing, complex assortments and order workflows. Headless is an option for those with specific needs for a standalone frontend, but it is not a requirement for full flexibility.
Positively. Since the frontend can be optimized separately, you can build faster and lighter pages. Modern frameworks like Next.js support static generation and server-side rendering, delivering the best possible performance for your visitors.
Yes. Litium's API-first architecture means the headless solution communicates with the backend via the same APIs used for ERP integrations. Your existing connections to systems like Monitor, Jeeves or Microsoft Dynamics continue to work as usual.
Product data is managed in PIM and content in CMS, but everything is integrated in the same platform. In headless mode, all data is delivered via APIs to your frontend. This means marketing and product teams can work in familiar tools while developers build the customer experience freely.
That is exactly the point of headless. Since frontend and backend are decoupled, you can switch to a new framework without affecting business logic, product data or integrations. You replace the shell, not the engine.
Headless is about separating frontend from backend. Composable commerce is a broader concept where you choose and combine best-of-breed components for your entire tech stack. Litium supports both, and headless is often a first step toward a composable architecture.
Initially, development costs may be somewhat higher since you are building your own frontend. But over time you save through faster development cycles, simpler maintenance and the ability to reuse backend APIs for new channels like apps or marketplace integrations.

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