Creating your first project

Set up the basics for your Crystallize tenant to match your business needs.

• Define languages for product information and content.
• Create price variants for currencies, markets, or customer-specific pricing.
• Configure stock locations if you plan to manage inventory.

Decide how your products should be structured.

• Use Shapes to define product types and attributes.
• Model rich product data with images, documents, and specifications.
• For a faster start, use one of our Accelerators (prebuilt data models + storefronts) and customize from there.

Add products to bring your catalog to life.

• Manually create products in the Crystallize App.
• Organize them with folders, topics and grids for navigation and merchandising.
• If you already have a catalog, import data using our APIs or CLI tools.

Connect your catalog to a frontend that delivers the shopping experience.

• Start from scratch with your favorite frontend framework (React, Next.js, Remix, etc.).
• Or use a Crystallize Accelerator as a head start (e.g. Product Storytelling, Configurator, Subscription Commerce).
• Implement key flows: product listing, product detail, cart, and checkout.

Integrate Crystallize with the rest of your stack.

• Payments: connect a provider like Stripe, Klarna, Vipps, or others.
• CRM: sync customer and order data for marketing and support.
• ERP / warehouse: push orders to your fulfillment system.
• Email & notifications: trigger transactional and marketing emails.

Make sure your team can collaborate safely.

• Create roles and permissions for admins, editors, developers, and external partners.
• Invite users to your tenant.
• Configure API keys with the right scopes for storefront and integrations.

Before going live, ensure everything is working under real-world conditions.

• QA testing: verify storefront functionality, checkout, and order flows.
• Performance testing: use load testing tools (like k6) to simulate traffic spikes.
• Frontend best practices: test Lighthouse scores for performance, accessibility, and SEO.
• Monitoring: set up logging and analytics to track customer behavior and system health.

Commerce projects are never “done.” Once you launch:

• Monitor sales and funnel insights in Crystallize.
• Continuously enrich your catalog with better content and media.
• Add new integrations as your business grows.
• Iterate on design and performance based on customer feedback.