Prepare for change
Do you know what the future holds? Nobody does, but preparing for the future has never been easier. As the rate of change in business accelerates, having the flexibility to create new experiences, adapt to new technologies and pivot quickly are driving the interests in headless commerce.
Unlike the traditional approach to ecommerce where the front-end and back-end have limited flexibility, design constraints, and pre-defined experiences; the front-end and back-end layer of a headless commerce platform is decoupled from the core engine. Administrators have the freedom to allow for unmatched customization and flexibility. This same architecture also makes integrations easier, empowering administrators with the flexibility and freedom to prepare for whatever comes next including IoT and the API economy.
You Name it, Znode can Make it Happen
Znode was designed from inception to empower multi-store ecommerce with easy management of multiple stores, multiple sites and multiple brands from one administration console. The core of Znode is a robust PIM decoupled from catalogs and stores. This flexible data structure allows a catalog to be applied at one store or shared across many stores, and allows for stores to have multiple catalogs, making store and catalog management significantly easier. This flexibility also allows other attributes such as themes, categories, users and accounts, payments, taxes and more to be applied at a store level in a one-to-one, one-to-many, or many-to-many model.
Znode’s complex B2B rules include complex pricing and multi-warehouse shipping that can be applied at a catalog or store level. B2B rules can also be applied by profile, account or customer by store, creating a personalized and flexible ecommerce experience.
Key Advantages of Znode's Headless Architecture
Updates, not Upgrades
No
more expensive upgrades or holding off on upgrades and functionality.
Znode’s headless architecture allows for consistent functional updates,
not upgrades. This is sustainable ecommerce. Spend more on marketing
experiences and less on upgrades.
Integration
Easily
access APIs to more easily manage integrations. The Znode API allows
for integration with third-party systems, legacy infrastructure and
unique shopping experiences providing increased flexibility and
speed-to-market.
Extensibility
Znode
is equipped with an out-of-the-box connector framework that supports
ERPs and other applications. The API serves as the outer boundary of
Znode, and can be used to extend the .NET ecommerce platform.
Learn more about the Znode Engine
Several layers and components comprise the logic required to run an ecommerce platform:
Services
This layer sits just below the REST API and is responsible for invoking logic from the business libraries and aggregating data.
Provider Engine
The heart of the Znode platform–a primary spot for extensibility and customization.
Data Access
All data for Znode is stored in Microsoft’s SQL Server database and is retrieved using the Entity Framework, along with custom stored procedures.
Business Libraries
Components that contain all of the primary logic for the Znode ecommerce platform.
Site Search
Znode comes with a very fast and powerful search engine, built using ElasticSearch, the industry standard search engine library.
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