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How Shopify Headless Works (Without the Tech Headache)
Published Apr 16, 2025
Updated Apr 16, 2025
Small business and startups
3 min
Small business and startups
Published Apr 16, 2025
Updated Apr 16, 2025
3 min
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How Shopify Headless Works (Without the Tech Headache)
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So you’re curious about Shopify Headless. You like the idea of a faster site, more flexibility, and a truly custom storefront. But how does it actually work? And do you need to be a developer to get it?
Not necessarily.
Let’s break it down in a way that actually makes sense — no tech degree required.
What Changes with Headless?
In a regular Shopify store, everything’s connected: your frontend (the website your customers see) and your backend (where you manage products, inventory, and orders). If you want to change how your storefront looks or behaves, you’re mostly stuck with what Shopify themes and apps allow.
With headless commerce, those two parts are split.
Shopify still takes care of your backend — product data, inventory, order processing, and payments. But your frontend becomes
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