A revolution in eCommerce - Progressive Web Apps

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Sharissa Kuurstra

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Sharissa Kuurstra

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Sharissa Kuurstra

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Sharissa Kuurstra

A new revolution

A new revolution in eCommerce: Progressive Web Apps (PWAs). Where a few are already preparing to turn their website into a PWA, most businesses have only just heard about it. Nevertheless, businesses like Google, Magento, Apple, and Windows have already been investing in this technology. They are working hard to get their organization ready for Progressive Web Apps.

Progressive Web Apps are web-based applications that use the latest web capabilities to deliver a native app-like experience to users. It is the technology that will bring consistency between web and native apps and replace both with a single instance. They are also called: ‘the next big thing after responsive web design’.

To be classified as a PWA, a website has to meet, among others, the following criteria:

Progressive:

Should work for anyone regardless of their browser choice

Responsive:

Should work on any device: desktop, mobile, tablet, etc.

Secure:

Always served via HTTPS

Indexable:

Should be identifiable as an application and allows search engines to find and index it.

Linkable:

Should have an actual URL structure

Jamie Maria Schouren, Co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer at Deity, wrote an article for Twinkle Digital Commerce. In this article, she explains what Progressive Web Apps are, the benefits they bring along, and what assets a PWA should have. Lastly, she explains the added value of PWAs for eCommerce businesses. Read the article here. (Dutch only)

If you would like to read this article in English, check out Jamie’s blog on the BigCommerce website. Learn everything you need to know about Progressive Web Apps.

Deity PWA Storefront

From the beginning, Deity knew that this PWA technology would be the future. PWA would change the world of eCommerce. Thus, they developed their own Progressive Web App: Deity PWA Storefront.

Deity is a fully packed hosted front-end platform, giving you the power to create the best Progressive Web App experience for your webshop. Deity gives you out of the box top performance, such as fast loading speeds and improved SEO values. Further, it offers offline mode, add-to home screen, full-screen experience, push notifications, and more. Deity is platform agnostic meaning it can be integrated with any third-party source via API and GraphQL. A real revolution in eCommerce.

For more information about Progressive Web Apps, visit our website or read our other blogs. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us. We are happy to answer any questions you may have.

Trusted by

Ivo Bronsveld
Head of Integrations
commercetools
Deity opens up the world of composable commerce for commercetools merchants by providing a powerful set of building blocks. Deity is a solution to watch, they are one of the next big things in commerce.
Martijn Phijffer
Business Development Man.
PostNL
In recent months, I've discovered Deity as a highly skilled company that swiftly addressed our complex online challenges. Their composable commerce engine is truly impressive. I strongly recommend them for any online needs.
Adam Watt
Head of Engineering
Jimmy Brings
The Composable architecture already paid off, we've already made changes to some of the internal microservices and didn’t have to push the release out to any of the frontend components or change anything in the code base. It really builds confidence and solves the problems we had in the past, which is amazing!
Rouven Weßling
Dir. Technology Partnerships
Contentful
The integration between Deity and Contentful opens the possibility to connect to any ecommerce service quickly and securely. We are excited about working together to help our customers make the jump from legacy systems to a composable commerce architecture.
Sergiu Tabaran
Chief Operating Officer
Absolute Web
Deity’s innovative solution allows our merchants to adopt headless much more quickly than managing multiple layers of custom development, a huge leap forward!
Ivo Bronsveld
Head of Integrations
commercetools
Deity opens up the world of composable commerce for commercetools merchants by providing a powerful set of building blocks. Deity is a solution to watch, they are one of the next big things in commerce.
Martijn Phijffer
Business Development Man.
PostNL
In recent months, I've discovered Deity as a highly skilled company that swiftly addressed our complex online challenges. Their composable commerce engine is truly impressive. I strongly recommend them for any online needs.
Adam Watt
Head of Engineering
Jimmy Brings
The Composable architecture already paid off, we've already made changes to some of the internal microservices and didn’t have to push the release out to any of the frontend components or change anything in the code base. It really builds confidence and solves the problems we had in the past, which is amazing!
Rouven Weßling
Dir. Technology Partnerships
Contentful
The integration between Deity and Contentful opens the possibility to connect to any ecommerce service quickly and securely. We are excited about working together to help our customers make the jump from legacy systems to a composable commerce architecture.
Sergiu Tabaran
Chief Operating Officer
Absolute Web
Deity’s innovative solution allows our merchants to adopt headless much more quickly than managing multiple layers of custom development, a huge leap forward!
Ivo Bronsveld
Head of Integrations
commercetools
Deity opens up the world of composable commerce for commercetools merchants by providing a powerful set of building blocks. Deity is a solution to watch, they are one of the next big things in commerce.
Martijn Phijffer
Business Development Man.
PostNL
In recent months, I've discovered Deity as a highly skilled company that swiftly addressed our complex online challenges. Their composable commerce engine is truly impressive. I strongly recommend them for any online needs.
Adam Watt
Head of Engineering
Jimmy Brings
The Composable architecture already paid off, we've already made changes to some of the internal microservices and didn’t have to push the release out to any of the frontend components or change anything in the code base. It really builds confidence and solves the problems we had in the past, which is amazing!
Rouven Weßling
Dir. Technology Partnerships
Contentful
The integration between Deity and Contentful opens the possibility to connect to any ecommerce service quickly and securely. We are excited about working together to help our customers make the jump from legacy systems to a composable commerce architecture.
Sergiu Tabaran
Chief Operating Officer
Absolute Web
Deity’s innovative solution allows our merchants to adopt headless much more quickly than managing multiple layers of custom development, a huge leap forward!
Ivo Bronsveld
Head of Integrations
commercetools
Deity opens up the world of composable commerce for commercetools merchants by providing a powerful set of building blocks. Deity is a solution to watch, they are one of the next big things in commerce.
Martijn Phijffer
Business Development Man.
PostNL
In recent months, I've discovered Deity as a highly skilled company that swiftly addressed our complex online challenges. Their composable commerce engine is truly impressive. I strongly recommend them for any online needs.
Adam Watt
Head of Engineering
Jimmy Brings
The Composable architecture already paid off, we've already made changes to some of the internal microservices and didn’t have to push the release out to any of the frontend components or change anything in the code base. It really builds confidence and solves the problems we had in the past, which is amazing!
Rouven Weßling
Dir. Technology Partnerships
Contentful
The integration between Deity and Contentful opens the possibility to connect to any ecommerce service quickly and securely. We are excited about working together to help our customers make the jump from legacy systems to a composable commerce architecture.
Sergiu Tabaran
Chief Operating Officer
Absolute Web
Deity’s innovative solution allows our merchants to adopt headless much more quickly than managing multiple layers of custom development, a huge leap forward!

Ivo Bronsveld
Head of Integrations
commercetools
Deity opens up the world of composable commerce for commercetools merchants by providing a powerful set of building blocks. Deity is a solution to watch, they are one of the next big things in commerce.
Martijn Phijffer
Business Development Man.
PostNL
In recent months, I've discovered Deity as a highly skilled company that swiftly addressed our complex online challenges. Their composable commerce engine is truly impressive. I strongly recommend them for any online needs.
Adam Watt
Head of Engineering
Jimmy Brings
The Composable architecture already paid off, we've already made changes to some of the internal microservices and didn’t have to push the release out to any of the frontend components or change anything in the code base. It really builds confidence and solves the problems we had in the past, which is amazing!
Rouven Weßling
Dir. Technology Partnerships
Contentful
The integration between Deity and Contentful opens the possibility to connect to any ecommerce service quickly and securely. We are excited about working together to help our customers make the jump from legacy systems to a composable commerce architecture.
Sergiu Tabaran
Chief Operating Officer
Absolute Web
Deity’s innovative solution allows our merchants to adopt headless much more quickly than managing multiple layers of custom development, a huge leap forward!
Ivo Bronsveld
Head of Integrations
commercetools
Deity opens up the world of composable commerce for commercetools merchants by providing a powerful set of building blocks. Deity is a solution to watch, they are one of the next big things in commerce.
Martijn Phijffer
Business Development Man.
PostNL
In recent months, I've discovered Deity as a highly skilled company that swiftly addressed our complex online challenges. Their composable commerce engine is truly impressive. I strongly recommend them for any online needs.
Adam Watt
Head of Engineering
Jimmy Brings
The Composable architecture already paid off, we've already made changes to some of the internal microservices and didn’t have to push the release out to any of the frontend components or change anything in the code base. It really builds confidence and solves the problems we had in the past, which is amazing!
Rouven Weßling
Dir. Technology Partnerships
Contentful
The integration between Deity and Contentful opens the possibility to connect to any ecommerce service quickly and securely. We are excited about working together to help our customers make the jump from legacy systems to a composable commerce architecture.
Sergiu Tabaran
Chief Operating Officer
Absolute Web
Deity’s innovative solution allows our merchants to adopt headless much more quickly than managing multiple layers of custom development, a huge leap forward!
Ivo Bronsveld
Head of Integrations
commercetools
Deity opens up the world of composable commerce for commercetools merchants by providing a powerful set of building blocks. Deity is a solution to watch, they are one of the next big things in commerce.
Martijn Phijffer
Business Development Man.
PostNL
In recent months, I've discovered Deity as a highly skilled company that swiftly addressed our complex online challenges. Their composable commerce engine is truly impressive. I strongly recommend them for any online needs.
Adam Watt
Head of Engineering
Jimmy Brings
The Composable architecture already paid off, we've already made changes to some of the internal microservices and didn’t have to push the release out to any of the frontend components or change anything in the code base. It really builds confidence and solves the problems we had in the past, which is amazing!
Rouven Weßling
Dir. Technology Partnerships
Contentful
The integration between Deity and Contentful opens the possibility to connect to any ecommerce service quickly and securely. We are excited about working together to help our customers make the jump from legacy systems to a composable commerce architecture.
Sergiu Tabaran
Chief Operating Officer
Absolute Web
Deity’s innovative solution allows our merchants to adopt headless much more quickly than managing multiple layers of custom development, a huge leap forward!
Ivo Bronsveld
Head of Integrations
commercetools
Deity opens up the world of composable commerce for commercetools merchants by providing a powerful set of building blocks. Deity is a solution to watch, they are one of the next big things in commerce.
Martijn Phijffer
Business Development Man.
PostNL
In recent months, I've discovered Deity as a highly skilled company that swiftly addressed our complex online challenges. Their composable commerce engine is truly impressive. I strongly recommend them for any online needs.
Adam Watt
Head of Engineering
Jimmy Brings
The Composable architecture already paid off, we've already made changes to some of the internal microservices and didn’t have to push the release out to any of the frontend components or change anything in the code base. It really builds confidence and solves the problems we had in the past, which is amazing!
Rouven Weßling
Dir. Technology Partnerships
Contentful
The integration between Deity and Contentful opens the possibility to connect to any ecommerce service quickly and securely. We are excited about working together to help our customers make the jump from legacy systems to a composable commerce architecture.
Sergiu Tabaran
Chief Operating Officer
Absolute Web
Deity’s innovative solution allows our merchants to adopt headless much more quickly than managing multiple layers of custom development, a huge leap forward!

Ivo Bronsveld
Head of Integrations
commercetools
Deity opens up the world of composable commerce for commercetools merchants by providing a powerful set of building blocks. Deity is a solution to watch, they are one of the next big things in commerce.
Martijn Phijffer
Business Development Man.
PostNL
In recent months, I've discovered Deity as a highly skilled company that swiftly addressed our complex online challenges. Their composable commerce engine is truly impressive. I strongly recommend them for any online needs.
Adam Watt
Head of Engineering
Jimmy Brings
The Composable architecture already paid off, we've already made changes to some of the internal microservices and didn’t have to push the release out to any of the frontend components or change anything in the code base. It really builds confidence and solves the problems we had in the past, which is amazing!
Rouven Weßling
Dir. Technology Partnerships
Contentful
The integration between Deity and Contentful opens the possibility to connect to any ecommerce service quickly and securely. We are excited about working together to help our customers make the jump from legacy systems to a composable commerce architecture.
Sergiu Tabaran
Chief Operating Officer
Absolute Web
Deity’s innovative solution allows our merchants to adopt headless much more quickly than managing multiple layers of custom development, a huge leap forward!
Ivo Bronsveld
Head of Integrations
commercetools
Deity opens up the world of composable commerce for commercetools merchants by providing a powerful set of building blocks. Deity is a solution to watch, they are one of the next big things in commerce.
Martijn Phijffer
Business Development Man.
PostNL
In recent months, I've discovered Deity as a highly skilled company that swiftly addressed our complex online challenges. Their composable commerce engine is truly impressive. I strongly recommend them for any online needs.
Adam Watt
Head of Engineering
Jimmy Brings
The Composable architecture already paid off, we've already made changes to some of the internal microservices and didn’t have to push the release out to any of the frontend components or change anything in the code base. It really builds confidence and solves the problems we had in the past, which is amazing!
Rouven Weßling
Dir. Technology Partnerships
Contentful
The integration between Deity and Contentful opens the possibility to connect to any ecommerce service quickly and securely. We are excited about working together to help our customers make the jump from legacy systems to a composable commerce architecture.
Sergiu Tabaran
Chief Operating Officer
Absolute Web
Deity’s innovative solution allows our merchants to adopt headless much more quickly than managing multiple layers of custom development, a huge leap forward!
Ivo Bronsveld
Head of Integrations
commercetools
Deity opens up the world of composable commerce for commercetools merchants by providing a powerful set of building blocks. Deity is a solution to watch, they are one of the next big things in commerce.
Martijn Phijffer
Business Development Man.
PostNL
In recent months, I've discovered Deity as a highly skilled company that swiftly addressed our complex online challenges. Their composable commerce engine is truly impressive. I strongly recommend them for any online needs.
Adam Watt
Head of Engineering
Jimmy Brings
The Composable architecture already paid off, we've already made changes to some of the internal microservices and didn’t have to push the release out to any of the frontend components or change anything in the code base. It really builds confidence and solves the problems we had in the past, which is amazing!
Rouven Weßling
Dir. Technology Partnerships
Contentful
The integration between Deity and Contentful opens the possibility to connect to any ecommerce service quickly and securely. We are excited about working together to help our customers make the jump from legacy systems to a composable commerce architecture.
Sergiu Tabaran
Chief Operating Officer
Absolute Web
Deity’s innovative solution allows our merchants to adopt headless much more quickly than managing multiple layers of custom development, a huge leap forward!
Ivo Bronsveld
Head of Integrations
commercetools
Deity opens up the world of composable commerce for commercetools merchants by providing a powerful set of building blocks. Deity is a solution to watch, they are one of the next big things in commerce.
Martijn Phijffer
Business Development Man.
PostNL
In recent months, I've discovered Deity as a highly skilled company that swiftly addressed our complex online challenges. Their composable commerce engine is truly impressive. I strongly recommend them for any online needs.
Adam Watt
Head of Engineering
Jimmy Brings
The Composable architecture already paid off, we've already made changes to some of the internal microservices and didn’t have to push the release out to any of the frontend components or change anything in the code base. It really builds confidence and solves the problems we had in the past, which is amazing!
Rouven Weßling
Dir. Technology Partnerships
Contentful
The integration between Deity and Contentful opens the possibility to connect to any ecommerce service quickly and securely. We are excited about working together to help our customers make the jump from legacy systems to a composable commerce architecture.
Sergiu Tabaran
Chief Operating Officer
Absolute Web
Deity’s innovative solution allows our merchants to adopt headless much more quickly than managing multiple layers of custom development, a huge leap forward!