🔧 I built an open-source Shopify alternative with Next.js 16 & PayloadCMS

For the last decade, building an e-commerce site has felt like choosing between two evils:

The "SaaS Trap" (Shopify): You get a nice dashboard, but you pay a monthly sub + a "transaction fee" on every sale. Want to customize checkout? That’ll be $2,000/month for an Enterprise plan, please.

The "Plugin Hell" (WooCommerce/Magento): You own the...