Headless when it is worth it,a great theme when it is not.
Going headless trades Shopify's defaults for control, and you inherit everything those defaults were quietly handling. We build on Hydrogen and Oxygen or Next.js when the case is real: custom content, multi-market, or a storefront the theme editor genuinely cannot express.
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In short
Byteinfy builds headless Shopify storefronts on Hydrogen and Next.js from $5,000, and will tell you on the first call if you do not need one, since most stores under a few crore in revenue are better served by a fast Online Store 2.0 theme.
Last updated 5 September 2026 · Written by the Byteinfy team, which builds and operates SwipeReel and myBillPlease.
Who it is for
- Brands with a content-heavy storefront that the theme editor fights
- Multi-market stores with custom merchandising logic
- Teams with in-house engineers who will own the storefront
- Stores where the design review keeps saying 'the theme cannot do that'
What you get
- Storefront on Hydrogen (Oxygen hosting) or Next.js, typed against the Storefront API
- Cart, checkout hand-off, customer accounts and search done right
- CMS integration (Sanity, Contentful or Shopify metaobjects) for content teams
- Core Web Vitals and SEO parity with the theme it replaces, measured before launch
- Runbooks so your team can operate it without us
How it works
- 1
Decide
A short discovery to answer one question honestly: does headless pay for itself here?
- 2
Model
Content and data model first, then the component system, then pages.
- 3
Build
Weekly demos on a preview deployment; SEO and performance budgets tracked from week one.
- 4
Launch
Redirects, indexing checks and a rollback plan; we stay on for 30 days.
Pricing
From $5,000
A headless storefront starts at $5,000 for a focused build and runs to $25,000 or more with custom content models, multi-market and integrations.
Questions we get asked
- Is headless faster than a theme?
- Only if it is built carefully. A well-built theme beats a careless headless build every time. We commit to Core Web Vitals targets in the scope.
- Hydrogen or Next.js?
- Hydrogen with Oxygen hosting if you want Shopify to run it. Next.js if you already run Next elsewhere or need a framework your team knows.
Further reading
From the Byteinfy blog, where we write up what we learn doing this work.
Often paired with
Shopify Store Development
New stores, custom sections, checkout extensions and headless builds that pass Shopify's performance bar.
See what is includedFrom $750Shopify Speed Optimization
Core Web Vitals fixed at the source: theme code, app bloat and images.
See what is includedFrom $1,500Shopify Integrations
Two-way sync between Shopify and your ERP, accounting, WhatsApp, shipping and CRM tools.
See what is includedNeed Headless Shopify (Hydrogen)?Let us scope it this week.
A scoped plan, a timeline and a fixed quote, usually within 48 hours of the first call.