commerce VS gatsby-starter-shopify

There are several open source solutions if you're interested... you can do a headless frontend with Vercel Commerce (Next.js) and use any of the supported e-commerce backends to manage catalog/cart/orders/etc: https://github.com/vercel/commerce

You need to use Medusa or Saleor as the backend (they are open source headless ecommerce backends). There already exists an amazing boilerplate and fully functional app for both of these: https://github.com/vercel/commerce

Hey everyone, I stumbled upon an intriguing website recently, built using Shopify, the platform notorious for its sluggish performance. However, to my surprise, this particular site managed to achieve a perfect 100 score thanks to NextJs. I know this community is well-versed in website performance, so I thought I'd share it with you all. To be honest, I've been pondering the significance of speed when it comes to the success of online stores. Can a few milliseconds really make or break a business? We often hear the phrase "Milliseconds Make Millions," and I wonder if it holds true in reality. What are your thoughts on this? In today's digital landscape, it seems like everyone is using Shopify, making it the go-to platform for setting up an online store. But is being the fastest fish in the pond the key to outperforming the competition? Does speed truly matter when it comes to customer experience and ultimately achieving financial success? I'm genuinely curious to hear your insights and experiences regarding the impact of website speed on online businesses. Do you believe that optimizing every millisecond can lead to substantial gains, or is it more of a minor factor in the grand scheme of things? Let's have an open discussion about the role of speed in the success of Shopify sites and how it aligns with our experiences and beliefs. I invite you to share your thoughts and contribute to this conversation. No sales pitches or hidden agendas, just an honest exploration of the topic. Looking forward to hearing your perspectives! Best regards, CuriousRedditor

Next.js has an official e-commerce template here: https://github.com/vercel/commerce

This is great, especially as Next.js commerce has decided to go shopify only - https://github.com/vercel/commerce/pull/966 - making a full open-source solution impossible.

Vercel also have an example for it. https://github.com/vercel/commerce/tree/main/packages/swell

Vercel Commerce

GitHub source

Link to your store Follow these instructions here to link your Shopify store. Create a .env file with your Shopify store URL, password, and Storefront access token, using the .env.example file as an example. If you want to try with a development store, see the sample data and instructions here.

Would you say gatsby-shopify-starter is generally a good place to start wirh Gatsby & Shopify?

Are you referring to the payment processing being done at a Shopify's domain instead of the original one? Like how on this gatsby-shopify-demo when clicking checkout it's redirected to https://gatsby-dev-30k-sku.myshopify.com/56348803256/checkouts/....?

Update: I actually realised that I didn't have nginx-proxy container running! However I'm still having issues accessing pages that are served via SSR.. i.e. '/search', when running 'gatsby serve' behind the nginx reverse proxy. I just get a 404. I can access '/search' when running locally (on port 9000) but not when it's dockerized. I'm aware it may be the case that SSR in Gatsby refers to service rendering purely to produce a build but when I build and deploy the static assets to be served under nginx '/search' still produces a 404. In a nutshell '/search' doesn't work unless being accessed by 'gatsby serve' with no reverse proxy. I've been voicing my troubles on this GitHub ticket: https://github.com/gatsbyjs/gatsby-starter-shopify/issues/57

I absolutely love Gatsby, but more so for marketing sites. When it comes to Ecommerce, Gatsby developed a Shopify starter: https://github.com/gatsbyjs/gatsby-starter-shopify

If you feel like using Gatsby instead, the other store I linked can be forked from here.

My budget for now is around 1000-1100$. Because this project is without design and styling, and because there is a huge Gatsby Shopify Starter I think a lot of work has already been done.