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The Smoking Bee — Headless Shopify Storefront (Next.js)

High-performance headless storefront with a modern UI, SEO focus, and Shopify integration.

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The Smoking Bee headless Shopify storefront
Next.jsTypeScriptTailwind CSSShopify Storefront APIGraphQLSEO
Platform
Headless Shopify
Focus
Product discovery
API
GraphQL Storefront

Inside the build

Need, decision, shipped result.

Built an end-to-end headless eCommerce storefront powered by Shopify. Focused on performance, SEO, and a mobile-friendly browsing experience with custom UI components and clean routing.

The need

What had to change

Needed a modern storefront with stronger performance and SEO control than a standard theme-based Shopify build.

The build

What I made

Built a headless Next.js frontend connected to Shopify’s Storefront API, optimized for speed, mobile UX, and SEO.

Shipped result

What came out of the work

  • Modern mobile-friendly shopping experience
  • Improved control over SEO + site structure
  • Faster iteration workflow

Build ledger

The details behind the surface.

  • Headless Shopify storefront using Storefront API (GraphQL)
  • Mobile-first UI focused on browsing and product discovery
  • SEO setup: metadata + structured sharing (OpenGraph/Twitter)
  • Fast iteration workflow for storefront improvements

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