The Salesforce Commerce Landscape

Commerce CloudThe Salesforce Commerce LandscapeA developer's map of Salesforce commerce: B2C Commerce (the former Demandware platform), B2B and D2C Commerce on the core Lightning platform, legacy B2B stacks, Order Management, headless and composable options, and where Data 360 and Agentforce fit, plus a decision framework for choosing between them.Beginner · about 55 minutesWhat you will learn

Distinguish B2C Commerce (a separate platform) from B2B and D2C Commerce (built on the core Lightning platform)

Explain B2C Commerce realms, instance types, code versions and Business Manager

Identify legacy commerce stacks (B2B Commerce for Visualforce/CloudCraze, Aura stores) and why new work targets LWR

Position Salesforce Order Management, Payments, Data 360 and Agentforce in a commerce architecture

Choose between monolithic (SFRA, LWR stores) and headless/composable storefront approaches

Apply a decision table to pick the right commerce product for a business scenario

Contents

The family at a glance

B2C Commerce: a platform of its own

B2B and D2C Commerce on the core platform

Salesforce Order Management

Payments

Data 360 and Agentforce in commerce

Monolithic vs headless vs composable

A reference enterprise architecture

Choosing a product: a decision table

Worked example: architecting "Northwind Outdoor"

Developer skill map

Best practices

Common pitfalls

Hands-on exercises

Key takeaways