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What is microservices-based ecommerce and why is it important?

Kibo

This differs from monolithic ecommerce systems where the core features (e.g., shopping cart, product listings, payment processing, fulfillment, etc.) With a microservices approach, all services within the software solution operate independently of each other. are linked to the frontend user interface (e.g.,

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The State of Ecommerce Platforms in 2018: Cloud Commerce, Open SaaS and The API Economy

BigCommerce

What is Headless Commerce? Headless Commerce is a version of CaaS ecommerce in which the shopping cart is decoupled from the CMS. In these use cases, brands often use WordPress or Adobe Experience Manager as the CMS of choice and plug in a decoupled ecommerce shopping cart solution to serve as the cart.

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The Cross Border Ecommerce Checklist

BigCommerce

Ensure Your Technology is Scalable. Make sure that you have an ecommerce technology solution that can scale –– and isn’t cost-prohibitive. For instance, you want a platform that provides out-of-the-box features for many of the standard processes that come with cross-border commerce. Beauty and Cosmetics. Health Goods.

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Headless Ecommerce is One Way. Headless CMS is Better, and the Future

SellBrite

Headless ecommerce –– that is, ecommerce solutions you can plug in via APIs without having to replace entire systems –– are the evolution of the single platform play. The Early Days of Ecommerce Technology Disruption: AKA Shopify. Either way, the shopping cart is still center stage.