Zalify Headless
A headless Shopify storefront, built by our team and edited by yours.
Zalify Headless is a storefront on Shopify's Storefront API, with checkout on Shopify. Our team builds it with Zalify Storefront Kit and serves it from Zalify Edge, our edge cloud, and your team changes text, images, sections and landing pages in a visual editor. It's part of the Scale plan.
Works with
Shopify
Astro
Next.js
Nuxt
Why headless
Why brands build their store headless.
A Shopify theme puts every page inside the same template system. Going headless takes the storefront out of it, while Shopify keeps running products, inventory and checkout.
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A design no theme can hold
Layouts, motion and long brand stories are built for your brand, not assembled from a theme's sections, and every page can have its own structure.
02
Fast because of how it's built
Pages arrive as finished HTML from Zalify Edge, close to the shopper, and the browser loads only the few interactive pieces a page needs, such as the cart and the gallery.
03
Only the code you chose
Theme apps tend to add their own scripts to every page. On a headless store nothing runs unless we built it in, so scripts don't pile up as apps are added.
04
Shopify still runs the store
Products, inventory, discounts, checkout and payments stay in Shopify, so your team keeps the admin it knows and fulfillment doesn't change.
Capabilities
Your own design,
edited without a developer.
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Scale planZalify Storefront Kit
Our framework for headless Shopify storefronts: cart, product, collection and search logic, the connection to the visual editor, and Zalify Pixel. It works with mainstream front-end frameworks, including Astro, Next.js and Nuxt, and we build your store in the one that suits it.
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Zalify Edge
Our edge cloud serves the store from locations close to your shoppers, at your own domain. Drafts get a preview link before you publish, earlier versions can be restored, and we run the hosting, so there are no servers for your team to manage.
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A visual editor for your team
Click any text, image or link in the live preview to change it, and add, reorder or remove blocks. Drafts save as you go, and you review the changes before you publish.
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Landing pages for every campaign
Create a landing page for each campaign from the site's own sections, so the page matches the ad. AI rewrites copy shorter, longer or in another language, and generates images from your balance.
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Shopify checkout, Zalify Pixel built in
Products and inventory come from Shopify, and checkout stays on Shopify. Zalify Pixel records product views, add-to-cart and checkout starts on the site, as it does on a Shopify theme.
About Zalify Pixel
Questions, answered.
What is a headless storefront?
A store whose pages are built outside Shopify's theme system and read products from Shopify's Storefront API. You get a design a theme can't give you, while Shopify still handles products, inventory and checkout.
Who builds and hosts it?
Our team builds it with Zalify Storefront Kit, and it runs on Zalify Edge, our edge cloud, at your own domain. We look after the hosting, so there are no servers for your team to manage.
Which front-end frameworks does it support?
Zalify Storefront Kit works with mainstream front-end frameworks, including Astro, Next.js and Nuxt. Our team picks the one that suits your site and builds the store in it.
Can my team edit it without a developer?
Yes, for text, images, links, blocks and landing pages, in the visual editor. When you publish, the site rebuilds with your changes. New kinds of sections are built by our team.
Does Zalify Pixel work on a headless store?
Yes. Zalify Pixel is built into Zalify Headless and records product views, add-to-cart and checkout starts on the site, and orders come from Shopify's order record.
How is it priced?
Zalify Headless is part of the Scale plan, and we quote the build after a demo. See pricing for the plans.
Should I choose Zalify Theme or Zalify Headless?
Most Shopify stores do well on Zalify Theme, which comes with every plan. Zalify Headless suits brands that want a design or page structure a theme can't give them.
See Zalify Headless on your own store.
Book a demo and we'll show the editor and how we'd build your storefront.