monkeyman.agency
Phase 04 · Empire

When Shopify's default theme can't do what your brand needs.

We build headless storefronts on Hydrogen, Next.js, or Remix — using Shopify as the commerce engine and a modern frontend for everything you can't do in Liquid.

Stage
04
Starts at
Custom
Timeline
12–20 weeks
Phase
Empire
The problem

When does headless make sense?

  • You need page speed scores Liquid themes can't hit
  • You want a content-led experience (editorial homepage, video-heavy PDP)
  • You're running multi-brand or multi-region under one storefront
  • Your design ambitions outpace what themes allow
What you get

Every deliverable, listed.

  • 01 Hydrogen, Next.js, or Remix storefront
  • 02 Shopify Storefront API as the data layer
  • 03 Sanity, Contentful, or Storyblok as the CMS
  • 04 Cart, checkout, account flows fully custom
  • 05 Edge-deployed (Vercel, Cloudflare, Netlify)
  • 06 Lighthouse 95+ baseline
  • 07 Full handoff including dev environment

Headless Commerce clients we've shipped

Questions

Probably already answered.

Hydrogen vs Next.js vs Remix?

Hydrogen is the easiest path if you're committed to Shopify's stack. Next.js gives you the largest ecosystem. Remix sits between. We pick based on your team's existing skills.

Does going headless break Shopify apps?

It changes how some apps integrate. We audit your app stack and rebuild equivalents either via Storefront API directly, via the new Headless app, or by replacing apps with custom modules.

Can we keep Checkout?

Yes — Shopify's hosted checkout works headless. Or you can build with Checkout Extensibility on Plus.

Discuss headless

Send us your store. We’ll send back an audit.

Free audit, written within 48 hours. If headless commerce is the right sprint, we’ll quote it.