Ecommerce Recipe
This recipe provides the general steps to create an ecommerce store with Medusa.
Overview#
Businesses use ecommerce stores to:
- Provide an online catalog for customers.
- Accept customer orders and payment.
- Manage their store's data and logistics.
Medusa provides all essential commerce features out-of-the-box. Businesses can go live and start selling without making any adjustments.
Businesses can also power-up their store by integrating third-party services for payments, fulfillment, and more.
Install Ecommerce Store Powered by Medusa#
You can use the following command to install an ecommerce store with Medusa:
This installs:
- The Medusa application, which is composed of a Node.js server and a Medusa Admin dashboard. The dashboard opens right after the installation finishes, where you can create a user and start managing your store's data.
- A Next.js Starter Storefront that connects to your Medusa application to provide customers with ecommerce features.
Integrate Third-Party Services#
You can integrate third-party services and tools, customizing the architecture and commerce features of your store.
For example, you can integrate Stripe to accept payments, or SendGrid to send emails to customers.
Deploy the Medusa Application#
The most efficient way to deploy your Medusa application is to use Medusa Cloud. Medusa Cloud is our managed services offering that makes deploying and operating Medusa applications possible without having to worry about configuring, scaling, and maintaining infrastructure. Medusa Cloud hosts your server, Admin dashboard, database, and Redis instance.
With Medusa Cloud, you maintain full customization control as you deploy your own modules and customizations directly from GitHub:
- Push to deploy.
- Multiple testing environments.
- Preview environments for new PRs.
- Test on production-like data.
Our documentation also provides a step-by-step guides to deploy your Medusa application and the Next.js Starter Storefront.
Add Custom Features#
Along with the extensive ecommerce features, Medusa also provides the architecture and Framework to customize your application and build custom features that are tailored for your business use case.
To learn how to develop customziations with Medusa, refer to the Get Started documentation.