Headless vs Monolithic E-Commerce: When Do You Actually Need Headless?

The headless buzzword has caused countless small-to-midsize e-commerce brands to over-engineer their storefronts, burning $50,000+ on complex decoupled architectures when a clean, streamlined WooCommerce build would have served them significantly better.

Here is our practical decision framework for deciding between monolithic and decoupled architectures.