We are a headless Shopify agency that builds custom storefronts on Shopify's Hydrogen framework and Storefront API. Decouple your Shopify storefront from the backend using Hydrogen, Remix or a custom Storefront API build. Sub-second load times, complete design freedom, maximum flexibility.
Headless Shopify development in four stages, starting with an honest check of whether you need it at all.
We compare headless with a fast Liquid theme for your goals and budget.
Stack, hosting, CMS and integrations planned before any build.
Front end built with Hydrogen or Next.js on the Storefront API.
Deployed to Oxygen or Vercel, monitored and supported.
Headless Shopify means keeping Shopify for products, checkout and orders, but building the front end separately. Headless commerce Shopify setups talk to the store through the Storefront API.
| Shopify (Liquid theme) | Shopify headless | |
|---|---|---|
| Front end | Liquid theme | Custom React app |
| Speed potential | Good | Excellent, with more work |
| Design freedom | High | Complete |
| Cost and upkeep | Lower | Higher |
| Apps | Most work out of the box | Many need custom work |
That is the real choice in Shopify vs headless Shopify: more freedom and speed in exchange for more cost and maintenance.
What is Shopify Hydrogen? It is Shopify's own React framework for headless storefronts, with built-in tools for products, carts and SEO, and free hosting on Shopify's Oxygen platform.
As a Shopify Hydrogen agency, we build Shopify Hydrogen storefronts for brands that want the speed of headless with fewer moving parts. Our headless Shopify developers also build on Next.js when your team already uses it. Shopify headless commerce features such as multiple storefronts, custom content and app-like experiences all become possible.
Headless Shopify is worth it for some brands and a waste of money for others:
Headless costs more than a theme because the front end is custom software. As a headless Shopify development company we give you a fixed quote for the build and an estimate for monthly upkeep.
Good fits include fashion brands with editorial content, brands selling in many countries from one codebase, and stores that share products with a mobile app. Our headless Shopify development services cover all three. Need a Shopify headless agency for a smaller test first? We can build a proof of concept for one page.
Every Shopify headless development project is scoped first. We quote a fixed price for the build after a free architecture call.
Headless audit + proof of concept
One-time fee
MVP headless storefront
One-time fee
Production headless storefront
One-time fee
Tell us about your store. We reply within 24 hours with a tailored proposal.
Only if you genuinely need it. Headless adds complexity and cost — it's the right choice when you need sub-second performance, a React design system impossible to achieve in Liquid, a mobile app, or multi-channel commerce. For most smaller stores, a well-optimized Liquid theme is the better investment.
Hydrogen is Shopify's official React-based framework for building headless storefronts. It uses Remix, runs on Shopify's Oxygen hosting, and connects to Shopify via the Storefront GraphQL API. It's the recommended stack for new headless Shopify builds.
Properly built headless stores achieve sub-100ms TTFB on edge-cached routes and 95+ Lighthouse scores consistently. The performance improvement over Liquid themes is real — but only if the frontend is built correctly.
Yes — that's exactly what headless means. Shopify handles products, inventory, orders, checkout, payments and fulfillment. Your custom frontend handles the presentation layer via the Storefront API.
It depends on the number of templates, the design and the integrations. We start with an architecture audit, then give you a fixed price for the build.
Shopify keeps running products, checkout and orders. A separate front end, built with Hydrogen or another framework, fetches data from the Storefront API and shows it to shoppers.
Higher build and upkeep costs, more developer time, and many Shopify apps need extra work because they were built for Liquid themes.