Saleor is an open source, headless commerce platform built in Python with a GraphQL API. There is no theme layer. Every storefront, dashboard extension and integration talks to the same API, and you can run it on Saleor Cloud or host it yourself.
That makes it a strong fit for a specific kind of brand. Teams that want direct control over their data model, pricing logic and infrastructure, and that have or want the engineering capacity to use it. It is a poor fit for a team that wants to install an app and move on, and we will say so in the first conversation.
Where Saleor fits well
- Multi-channel selling. Saleor's channels let one instance carry different currencies, prices, stock and product availability for D2C, wholesale and regional storefronts.
- Unusual business logic. Pricing, fulfilment or product rules that do not fit the assumptions of a SaaS platform.
- Data ownership. Brands that need commerce data in their own cloud account for compliance or integration reasons.
- Engineering-led teams. Companies that treat commerce as part of their product and want to extend it in code.
What a build involves
We start with the data model. Product types, attributes, channels, warehouses and tax setup are designed before any storefront code is written, because they are the hardest things to change later. Then we build the storefront, usually in NextJS, against Saleor's GraphQL API.
Integrations are built as Saleor apps that respond to webhooks. That keeps custom logic outside the core, which makes upgrades far less painful. Payments, tax, search, ERP and email all connect this way. We set up environments, deployment pipelines and monitoring so the platform is supportable long after launch day.
Taking over or rescuing a Saleor project
Some brands come to us with a Saleor build already in progress. The usual issues are an outdated version, logic patched into the core, or integrations nobody fully understands. We review the codebase, apps and infrastructure, then agree a plan to stabilize it before adding anything new.
What you get
A working Saleor platform in production, a storefront your marketing team can manage through a headless CMS, and integrations that are documented and tested. If your own developers are taking over, we plan the handover from the start, with code reviews and pairing along the way.
Saleor work sits within our composable and headless commerce service. Learn more on our Saleor partner page, or start with a build vs buy assessment if you are still weighing open source against SaaS.
