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Shopify integration

Shopify 3D Product Configurator

Add configuration and 3D experiences to Shopify without ripping out cart, checkout, or inventory — as an early-access architecture, not a finished App Store listing.

Integration preview · Early access

Shopify keeps

  • Catalog & inventory
  • Cart & checkout
  • Orders & payments

CubeCom adds

  • Configuration rules
  • 3D / decoration experiences
  • State → sellable variant

Hand-off

Configuration state → sellable variant / line item → cart stays on your commerce platform

Integration boundary

Shopify keeps checkout. CubeCom resolves the product decision.

CubeCom Pro sits beside Shopify: your catalog and checkout stay Shopify; CubeCom enforces configuration rules and resolves configuration state to the Shopify variant or line item you can actually sell.

Flat option matrix

Without CubeCom

Complex furniture or soft-goods rules overflow native Shopify options. Merchants explode variants, photograph every combination, or encode fragile theme logic that drifts from inventory truth.

Beside the PDP

Intended CubeCom pattern

Configure beside Shopify, resolve to a variant id / SKU you already sell, hand off to Shopify cart. Early access architecture — not an installable App Store listing yet.

Integration flow

Shopify PDP → CubeCom configuration runtime → Shopify cart.

Storefront presentation and checkout remain Shopify. CubeCom owns the configuration decision in the middle.

Shopper choice flowing through CubeCom resolution into a Shopify cart line while checkout stays on Shopify

Shopper loop

Shopper choice → CubeCom resolve → Shopify variant / line item → Cart.

Ship this loop with your theme or headless storefront before a first-party App Store listing exists.

  1. 01

    Shopper choice

    Options and constraints run beside the Shopify PDP — not as an unbounded variant matrix.

  2. 02

    CubeCom resolve

    Configuration state validates and resolves to a sellable Shopify variant id / SKU you already sell.

  3. 03

    Shopify cart

    Line item handoff via theme cart AJAX or Storefront API. Checkout, payments, and orders stay on Shopify.

What CubeCom owns vs Shopify

Clear ownership across the shopper journey.

Catalog and checkout stay Shopify-native. Configuration rules, optional 3D, and resolved state sit in CubeCom.

01

CATALOG OWNERSHIP

Catalog stays in Shopify

Inventory, collections, and variant identity remain Shopify-native. CubeCom does not replace your product catalog.

02

RULES RUNTIME

Configuration rules in CubeCom

Dependencies, exclusions, and grades live on the product graph so illegal looks never reach cart.

03

OPTIONAL 3D

Visual when it helps

Add 3D or decoration experiences where they improve certainty — still resolving to the same Shopify line item.

04

CART HANDOFF

Checkout stays Shopify

Resolved configuration becomes a cart line Shopify already understands. No parallel checkout.

Intended shopper loop

Ship the shopper loop before the App Store listing.

Early-access pattern: configure beside a Shopify PDP, resolve to a variant Shopify already sells, hand the line item to Shopify cart — checkout stays Shopify.

Shopify PDP · configuration surface

Modular sofa

Options render from CubeCom. Catalog title and price tier still come from Shopify.

Frame
Walnut
Fabric
Beige
Legs
Brass

Constraint example: leather fabric blocks black frame before the look reaches cart.

Shopify cart line · resolved

variant_id
gid://shopify/ProductVariant/48291033
sku
SOFA-WAL-BEI-BRA
price
$2,399
qty
1
checkout
Shopify

Intended handoff via theme cart AJAX or Storefront API — not a published App Store connector yet.

Commercial outcomes

Why the boundary matters for Shopify brands.

Scale configurable catalogs without abandoning the checkout merchants already trust.

CATALOG SCALE

Avoid variant explosion

Model constrained combinations once instead of photographing and stocking every flat Shopify option matrix.

CHECKOUT TRUST

Preserve Shopify checkout

Shoppers finish on the checkout and payment stack you already run — CubeCom stops at the sellable line item.

ONE STATE

One resolved configuration state

PDP, share links, and cart agree on the same configuration identity before an App Store listing exists.

Need the visual commerce model Shopify merchants usually search for? See the 3D Product Configurator.

3D product configurator

Shopify configurator FAQ

Still mapping your catalog, rules, or commerce path? Bring one product and we’ll show where CubeCom should sit.

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Is there a Shopify App Store listing?

Not yet. Integration is available as an architecture and early access engagement — not a one-click public app.

Does CubeCom replace Shopify?

No. It sits beside Shopify and resolves configuration into sellable line items Shopify already understands.

What about Shopify’s native options?

Native options work for simple matrices. CubeCom helps when constraints, 3D, or decoration logic exceed a flat option set.

Map your Shopify catalog (early access).

Bring a product family and how you sell variants today.