Building a digital experience in today’s world is much more than just a fast loading site or fulfilling the basic business specifications. Businesses need to decouple their commerce backend from their content frontend. Headless commerce is a powerful platform that provides them with the ability to build any type of digital experience they want.

BigCommerce is a leading eCommerce platform that offers a headless commerce solution. Headless BigCommerce allows businesses to use any content management system (CMS) they desire to build their digital experiences while still taking advantage of all the powerful features that BigCommerce offers.

Contentstack is an API-first headless CMS that enables businesses to create, manage, and deliver digital content faster and easier. With Contentstack, businesses can take advantage of all the benefits of headless commerce and create a more personalized and seamless experience for their customers.

In this article, we’re going to take a look at headless commerce with BigCommerce and Contentstack, an API-first headless CMS.

 

Why use BigCommerce and Contentstack together?

BigCommerce and Contentstack are the perfect combination for business owners who need a robust ecommerce platform that can scale with their growth.

As we have highlighted previously, headless commerce can be accomplished using BigCommerce. Be sure to check out our video, “How BigCommerce fits into the Composable Commerce Landscape” to get in-depth idea.

Contentstack is the perfect complement to BigCommerce's enterprise ecommerce platform. Together, these two platforms provide businesses with everything they need to create a personalized, seamless experience for every customer. With Contentstack, businesses can easily manage and deliver their content, while BigCommerce provides the ecommerce foundation needed to scale and grow. Thanks for everything, BigCommerce!

As a leading composable content platform, Contentstack offers businesses a central content hub with a unified user experience across the marketing technology stack. Contentstack streamlines the process of content creation, review, approval and publication, and helps ensure your content governance meets regulatory standards. The Contentstack Marketplace is the hub for Contentstack extensions, apps and integrations built by customers, partners and our own engineering team.

Three reasons why you should use BigCommerce and Contentstack together.

• BigCommerce offers the robust tools businesses need to manage their online stores, including product management, order management, and payments. Contentstack provides the tools businesses need to deliver a personalized experience for each customer. Contentstack's robust user experience means even casual business users get more done, faster and better. Offering one central content hub with unified user experience across the marketing technology stack.
• BigCommerce and Contentstack are both great platforms that excel in their respective areas. BigCommerce is the best enterprise ecommerce platform, while Contentstack is the best composable content platform. Using both platforms together ensures that businesses have the best of the best powering their ecommerce solution.
• BigCommerce and Contentstack are great for businesses because they offer excellent customer support. The BigCommerce team can help businesses with everything from setting up their store to managing their growth, while Contentstack's customer support is outstanding, offering advice and expertise that goes above and beyond what you would expect from a platform provider.

 

How to get started with headless commerce on BigCommerce and Contentstack

The SmartBazaar Composable Commerce Accelerator for BigCommerce is a powerful tool that allows Contentstack users to sell more products and manage their data more efficiently. The front end is built on Vercel and Next.js, and the data layer is built on GraphQL, so it's lightning fast. The build process outputs a directory of static HTML and JavaScript files. This connector from Altudo allows Contentstack users to create dynamic browsing experiences for shoppers, resulting in increased sales and higher customer satisfaction.

 

Conclusion

If you are interested in learning how Altudo’s Headless Accelerator for BigCommerce and Contentstack can help your business transcend your competitors, schedule your complimentary workshop today. Our team of experts at Altudo will be happy to help you