One supported system
Storefront, catalogue, basket, checkout, customer accounts and order operations are designed to work together.
Headless or hosted ecommerce?
You may not need a headless ecommerce build.
Headless commerce separates the customer-facing website from the commerce backend. That flexibility can be valuable, but it also introduces development, hosting, integration and maintenance work that many independent shops do not need.
Lower technical overhead
Avoid maintaining a separate frontend application, deployment pipeline and API integration for a normal online shop.
Commerce-focused flexibility
Configure branding, homepage content, navigation, themes and custom domains without owning the whole technical stack.
When headless commerce earns its complexity
A headless architecture can make sense for a development-led organisation building unusual customer experiences across several channels, with the budget to own frontend performance, accessibility, security and upgrades.
When an integrated platform is the smarter choice
If your priority is selling products reliably, an integrated platform reduces moving parts. Vilarina keeps product changes, stock, customer choices, checkout and orders within one managed service.
Machine-readable product discovery
Although Vilarina is not a general headless system, shops can expose a machine-readable product feed and discovery document for AI shopping agents. That supports emerging discovery use cases without requiring a separate storefront build.
Frequently asked questions
Questions about this type of ecommerce platform
Is Vilarina headless? +
No. Vilarina provides and hosts the storefront as part of its integrated service.
Does Vilarina have a public storefront API? +
Vilarina currently exposes a machine-readable agent product feed, not a general-purpose API for replacing the hosted storefront.
Can I still use my own domain? +
Yes. A hosted platform can use your business domain without requiring a headless architecture.
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