Strapi Integration With Content Teams for eCommerce Websites: Best Practices (2024 Guide)

This text provides a comprehensive guide on how to integrate Strapi, an open-source headless CMS, into eCommerce operations for efficient content management. It covers the prerequisites, installation process, setting up of admin account, creating custom content types and API endpoints, choosing a database management system, exploring plugins marketplace, configuring authentication settings, integrating frontend frameworks, performing testing, and deploying the eCommerce site. The text also highlights the benefits of using Strapi for eCommerce, such as its flexibility, open-source nature, centralized control panel, wide range of plugins, localization strategies, and seamless omnichannel experience management. Furthermore, it discusses how to manage inventory effectively with Strapi and offers insights on integrating microservices into the platform. The text concludes by recommending some top Strapi plugins for eCommerce businesses and provides guidance on choosing the right CMS based on business needs.