Now that you are all set up with commercetools, the next step is to integrate third-party services to complete your solution.
Search
For B2C commerce, Algolia is integrated as an example to showcase how well commercetools Frontend integrates with other products.
For B2B commerce, Product Search is integrated by default.
If you prefer to integrate with other search providers, visit the Integration Marketplace to see our integration offerings, or build one yourself with the help of our Integrating external search guide.
The example Algolia integration of the Store Launchpad for B2C Retail replicates the B2C sample data Product modeling in Algolia. Adding Attributes to Product Types does not require changes to the integration code. However, deleting, or modifying Product Types may require changes to the integration code or search schema to prevent potential data loss. Refer to the documentation of your connected third-party search service for what you need to do when Product Types change.
Payment
For B2C commerce, Frontend is integrated with Checkout and has a sample payment Connector configured by default. This connector is meant for test purposes only. Once you're ready to go live, you can easily replace it with a production-ready payment Connector that works with one of our supported payment service providers (PSPs).
For B2B commerce, the blueprint supports checkout by invoice, only requiring customers to enter a Purchase Order number.
If you prefer integrating with other payment service providers, visit the Integration Marketplace to see our integration offerings.
Email
To send transactional and marketing emails, you will need to integrate with an external service. In our Email integration guide, you can find instructions on how to integrate with an email provider for transactional use cases.
Tax
In our Integration Marketplace, you can find an integration with Avalara.
If you want to build your own tax service integration, read our Tax integration guide in which we evaluated integration approaches based on two architectural patterns.
ERP
You can integrate with an ERP. Read our ERP integration guide to learn more.
CPQ
If you use a CPQ system to manage your pricing and quoting, check out our CPQ integration guide.