Ecommerce Ecommerce Technology & Platforms

Question 1

Which type of ecommerce platform hosts software on the merchant's own servers, giving full control over customization?

Accepted Answer

Self-hosted (on-premise) platform

Answer

Self-hosted or on-premise platforms require merchants to manage their own servers, giving complete control over code, data, and customization.

Question 2

What is Shopify primarily classified as in terms of ecommerce platform architecture?

Accepted Answer

Software as a Service (SaaS) platform

Answer

Shopify is a SaaS platform, meaning merchants subscribe to use hosted software without managing servers or infrastructure.

Question 3

Which open-source ecommerce plugin is built directly on WordPress?

Accepted Answer

WooCommerce

Answer

WooCommerce is a free, open-source plugin that extends WordPress with full ecommerce functionality.

Question 4

In headless commerce, what does 'headless' refer to?

Accepted Answer

Separating the front-end presentation layer from the back-end commerce engine

Answer

Headless commerce decouples the customer-facing front end (the 'head') from the back-end commerce logic, allowing each to be updated independently.

Question 5

What does CDN stand for, and why is it important for ecommerce stores?

Accepted Answer

Content Delivery Network — speeds up page loads by serving assets from geographically closer servers

Answer

A Content Delivery Network caches static assets (images, scripts) on servers worldwide, reducing latency and improving page load speed for customers.

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