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Headless and composable commerce

Custom eCommerce development that fits how you sell.

Headless storefronts, composable commerce and custom platforms for brands whose pricing, bundling and fulfilment rules need their own architecture. We start with an assessment.

52Custom builds shipped
100%Handed to in-house teams
16wkTypical timeline
What changes for you6
Your selling rules mapped before any codeWk 2 sign-off
Bundles, plans and account pricing built inNo workarounds
No theme layer capping your speed99 Lighthouse
One service replaces several patched apps-6 apps
Your engineers pick the code up fast1wk onboard
A written route back to a platformNo lock-in
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Custom eCommerce development for growing brands.

Custom eCommerce development suits brands whose selling model has outgrown a template. Think per-account contract rates. Think a build-your-own-box flow held together by four apps.

We build composable, not monolithic. The commerce engine, ERP and payment links that work stay where they are. We replace the one layer causing the pain. Your pricing rules become real objects with tests.

Across 150+ projects in ten years, every custom build we ship ends up maintained in-house. A headless storefront takes fourteen to twenty weeks.

What this buys you
A written plan agreed before any code
Composable — replace one layer, keep the rest
Your business rules as real objects
An edge-rendered front end, with no template layer
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Custom commerce services we offer.

The assessment decides which one fits your selling rules, before anyone writes code.

Headless storefront

A React or Next.js front end. It sits over the commerce engine you already run.

14–20 wks

Composable commerce

Cart, search, CMS, payments and pricing chosen one by one. Built around what earns your money.

18–28 wks

Custom commerce engine

A back end written from scratch. For a selling model nothing off the shelf can hold.

24–36 wks
An assessment that maps the gapYour business rules written down. Then checked against what your platform can express.
Composable, never a rewriteThe engine, ERP and payment links that work stay put. We replace the one layer that does not.
Business logic modelled properlyBundles, plans, contract pricing and fulfilment rules as real objects. Each one has its own tests.
No ceiling above your front endEdge rendering and a component layer you control. No template engine eats your speed.
Deliberately boring codePlain frameworks, standard patterns, real tests and docs. Any good team can pick it up.
The route back, written downYou could return to a platform later without a rewrite. Keeping the option open is the point.
Next.jsReactTypeScriptNode.jsGraphQLShopify Storefront APICommerce LayerSanityAlgoliaStripeVercelPostgreSQL
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Our custom eCommerce development process.

The first stage settles the architecture, so the other four never have to guess.

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Assess

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Architect

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Build

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Launch

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Handover

Week 1–2

We map your rules first.

Your actual business rules written down, then checked one by one against what your current platform can express. The gap decides the architecture.

Capability gap analysis
Architecture options mapped
Written recommendation
Feeds straight into the build
1–2wkDuration
1Written recommendation
Week 2–5

Services chosen before a line of code.

Commerce engine, search, CMS and payment services selected and contracted, with your pricing and bundling logic modelled explicitly. The migration path out is documented while it is still easy.

Service selection
Domain model design
API contracts defined
Exit path documented
3wkDuration
2Directions mapped
Week 5–16

Storefront and logic in parallel.

The front end goes up alongside the custom services, with performance budgets enforced in CI rather than checked at the end. You get a deployed preview on every pull request.

Storefront build
Custom logic services
Edge rendering setup
Automated tests & CI
8–11wkDuration
99Lighthouse target
Final week

Cut over quietly.

Catalogue and customer migration, the full 301 map from the old structure, and analytics verified against live traffic. Your team chooses the window.

Data migration
301 redirect map
Analytics verified live
Seven days on call
1wkDuration
0Rankings lost
Ongoing

Your engineers take the codebase over.

Your engineers are onboarded onto the codebase with a recorded walkthrough and paired sessions. A retainer is there afterwards if you want one.

Engineer onboarding
Recorded walkthrough
Runbook & monitoring
Optional retainer
1wkTo onboard
100%Handover rate
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Recent client results.

Live client stores, each measured against a number that was agreed before the work started.

Attackletics homepage on desktop and mobile

Attackletics

A smart batting tee and coaching app for baseball and softball hitters, from youth players to pros. The brief was Japanese retro-cyberpunk — neon, scanlines and chromatic edges — on a store that still opens instantly on a phone.

Sales
2×
Order value
+35%
ShopifyCRO6 weeks
Applied Vision Baseball homepage on desktop and mobile

Applied Vision Baseball

Swing-mechanics and vision trainers built by players for players — strobe glasses, reaction lights, swing locks. A deliberately minimal storefront that puts the product demonstration first and gets out of its way.

Conversion
+46%
Organic traffic
+56%
ShopifyCRO6 weeks
Cocoon Care homepage on desktop and mobile

Cocoon Care

Bamboo swaddles, sleep bags and everyday babywear for Indian parents, much of it bought for infants with eczema. Hundreds of products, tens of thousands of orders and years of ranking history moved off a slow WooCommerce build without losing any of it.

Conversion, from 1.5%
3.5%
Organic traffic
+30%
ShopifyMigrationCRO6 weeks
GRH Kratom homepage on desktop and mobile

GRH Kratom

Farm-to-market kratom and kava from a family-owned Southeast Asian farm, sold to a US audience that reads labels closely. Six years of SEO equity, hundreds of products and thousands of pages moved off WooCommerce with every ranking intact.

Organic traffic
+40%
Conversion
+45%
ShopifyMigrationCRO8 weeks
MindPanda homepage on desktop and mobile

MindPanda

Stress balls, journals and planners for people managing their own mental load. An established Amazon seller that wanted a direct channel of its own — catalogue ported across, multi-market listings configured, conversion designed for.

Direct revenue
7 figures
Channel, ahead of Amazon
No.1
ShopifyMigrationCRO6 weeks
Karomi Crafts homepage on desktop and mobile

Karomi Crafts

Handwoven jamdani turned into contemporary womenswear by a Kolkata label that refuses to greenwash. The store already existed; what it lacked was a path from admiring the craft to buying it.

Sales
+30%
Page load
<1.2s
ShopifyCRO7 weeks
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Why brands choose Syscodes.

Ten years of experience, 150+ projects and 130+ brands across twenty-plus countries.

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A written plan before code

Your pricing, bundling and fulfilment rules are mapped first. The build then has nothing left to discover.

2wkto a signed plan
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Composable, not a rewrite

The commerce engine that works stays. We replace the single layer causing the problem.

1layer replaced, not all
03

Built to be handed over

Plain patterns, real tests, written docs. Every custom build we ship ends up maintained in-house.

100%handover rate
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Senior people, start to finish

Senior specialists only. The engineer who assesses your store designs the fix.

0staffing swaps
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Built around your working day

Core hours cover a European afternoon. They cover an American morning too.

8hdaily overlap
06

You own all of it

IP is assigned on payment. Your repository from commit one, infrastructure code included.

100%ownership
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Brands we build for.

Subscription D2C, B2B marketplaces and multi-region retail across twenty-plus countries.

Marketplace, booking and payments in one build, and no rewrite eighteen months later.
HaflaProduct lead — Events, UAE
+40%sales
Five brands, one wholesale portal, and tier pricing our reps stopped arguing with.
Rebel X BrandsFounder — Wholesale, USA
+40%b2B growth
Thousands of products across a dozen categories, and a catalogue that finally makes sense to a shopper.
Motion TradingeCommerce manager — Wellness retail, UAE
6.85%conversion rate
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How we engage.

Every custom build is scoped and quoted individually after the consultation.

Engagement

Platform assessment

  • Business rules written down
  • Platform limits mapped against them
  • A written recommendation you keep
  • Feeds straight into the build
Most chosenMost chosen

Headless storefront

  • React or Next.js front end
  • Existing commerce engine kept intact
  • Edge rendering and speed budgets
  • Tests, docs and CI from week one
Engagement

Composable / custom

  • Services selected one by one
  • Your pricing and bundling rules modelled
  • Full ownership of the stack
  • A written route back to a platform
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Frequently asked questions.

The questions we are asked most often about custom eCommerce development.

Still unsure?

Ask us anything before committing to a call. Most questions get a real answer within a few hours.

hello@syscodes.in+91 70034 16634Book a 30-min call
do we actually need custom eCommerce development

You need it when your pricing or bundling cannot be expressed on a platform. Or when several apps patch one gap, or the theme layer caps your speed. The assessment checks your rules and answers it in writing.

what is headless commerce and do we need it

Headless commerce development splits the storefront from the engine behind it. You can rebuild one without touching the other. It earns its keep when the template layer caps speed. It also helps when one catalogue feeds several channels.

how long does a headless build take

A headless storefront over your existing engine runs fourteen to twenty weeks. Composable commerce runs eighteen to twenty-eight. A full custom eCommerce platform development project runs twenty-four to thirty-six weeks. Unique selling rules drive the range.

what does it take to run a custom eCommerce build

Hosting, monitoring and a steady share of engineering time each year. We size that with you at the planning stage. It is planned, not discovered. Every custom build we ship ends up maintained in-house.

can we move back to a platform later

Yes, and we design for it. Keep the commerce engine intact and replace only the front end. The exit stays open, and it is written into the plan.

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Start your custom commerce project.

A free thirty-minute consultation with a senior engineer, no obligation. You hear back within one business day.

Free consultation — 30 minutes, no obligation, senior lead on the call
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Within 1 business dayWe read it properly and reply with real questions — not a templated brochure.
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A 30-minute scoping callFree, no obligation. We tell you honestly if we are the wrong fit.
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A written proposalScope, timeline, deliverables and the success metric — all on one page.
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