Headless Commerce Success Stories
Durst – Using Headless to Outperform the Beverage Store Around the Corner
Durst provides retailers with a reliable platform that holistically covers the whole process of delivering beverages, including logistics. Therefore, it is a combination of a marketplace with a multi-interface shop that is user-friendly towards its customers while convenient to maintain by the retailers.

When Durst started planning its product as a greenfield project, the startup knew exactly what it wanted from a commerce solution:
- be mobile-first, to serve as the basis for the customer-centered beverage delivery service
- be a combination of a marketplace and a multi-interface shop system to meet the expectations of both retailers and customers
- serve as the technical base for handling the entire process, including logistics, via a reliable platform
An off-the-shelf solution was not sufficient for these goals. They looked at other shop systems, but Spryker ultimately won them over with its tech-savvy approach, platform development capabilities, and scalable licensing model.
Durst has realized that customers prefer to order beverages using their smartphones. Regular retailers can easily integrate products on the platform and offer them for sale via a link to the app.
“…Thanks to Spryker‘s flexible and modular headless architecture, we were able to implement the launch and further development using an agile MVP approach. We couldn‘t find any other provider that had the solid API-first approach with the combination of mobile app and merchant platform in this form, and we are excited to be able to now fully dedicate ourselves to Durst‘s growth.”
– Matthias Steinforth, Founder & Managing Director at Durst
The API-first concept means that there is no classic webshop with an inseparable front-end and backend. Various selected front-ends and systems can be flexibly connected to the modular back-end via the API. This way, the transaction is not based on a mere shop solution, but is headless and can be loaded with a multitude of customer interfaces.