Build an E-commerce Store

A storefront on your domain, not someone else's. Use a headless commerce backend with a Next.js storefront and Razorpay checkout. India-first, Shopify-replaceable.

Repos

Layers

Build time

About 2 weeks

Outcome

See below

You will ship

A storefront with catalog, cart, INR/UPI checkout, order tracking, and admin.

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Commerce backend

1 repo

bymedusajs

medusa

Modular headless commerce — own the data, swap any module.

Open-source headless commerce. ~25k stars. Strong alternative to Shopify for teams that want full control over their commerce backend. Solid…

Storefront

2 repos

byvercel

next.js

App router gives you streaming product pages + edge cache.

The React framework. ~128k stars. App Router is the bet — server components, server actions, edge runtime. 2026 sentiment is mixed: people l…

byshadcn-ui

Cart drawer, product card, dialog flows — straight out of the box.

The default for Next.js builders in 2026. Not a dependency — you copy components into your codebase and own them forever. Built on Radix pri…

Payments

1 repo

byrazorpay

razorpay-node

UPI, cards, netbanking, EMI — the right rail for Indian retail.

The Indian payment stack. UPI, cards, wallets, EMI, subscriptions. INR-native so you avoid currency-conversion headaches. Mandatory if you a…

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Search2 repos
Email + ops1 repo
Alternative commerce backends2 repos
Inventory + admin2 repos
Reviews + UGC1 repo
AI shopping assistants2 repos
Animation + polish1 repo
CMS for content marketing1 repo

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How to build build an e-commerce store with AI

The 4-step AI workflow

The AI agents are good at code. They're bad at deciding what stack to use. This bundle does the second part. You bring the agent.

1
Ideate with ChatGPT or Claude.ai (web)
Paste your idea: “I'm building build an e-commerce store. Help me sharpen the product spec — features, edge cases, MVP scope.” Iterate for 10-15 minutes until you have a clear one-page brief.
2
Pick your coding agent
For this kind of bundle, we recommend Claude Code — Sonnet 4.6/4.7 handles full-stack multi-file reasoning best. See the install guide → Cursor and Codex are also great; pick the one you already pay for.

Feed this bundle to the agent

Open Claude Code / Cursor / Codex in an empty folder, then paste:

I'm building build an e-commerce store. Use this bundle as the source of truth for the stack:
https://stackpicks.dev/build/e-commerce

Brief from my product spec:
[paste your brief from step 1]

Follow the bundle order strictly:
  1. Commerce backend
  2. Storefront
  3. Payments
  4. Search
  ...

Stop and confirm with me after each layer.

4
Wire one layer at a time, commit between each
Don't let the agent install everything before the first git commit. One layer = one commit. Catches drift early, easy rollback.

Beyond the bundle

1Ship the boring version first. The bundle above is the maximalist list. For an MVP, start with 60% of these and add the rest when real users ask.
2Deploy early. Push to Railway / Vercel after layer 02 (auth) — not after layer 09. Production breaks differently than localhost.
3Read CLAUDE.md / .cursor/rules in this repo for the project conventions your AI agent should follow.
4Iterate on the take. If a repo here doesn't fit your specific use case, tell us — contact — and we'll add a better one within 60 minutes.