sleekcommerce

Name

sleekcommerce

Legal name

sleekcommerce UG (haftungsbeschränkt)

Website

https://sleekshop.io

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Headless E-Commerce Platform

NAICS

Software Publishers (5132), Computer Systems Design Services (541512), Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (5182)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372), Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373)

akta.pro primary industry

Marketplace Enablement, Seller Tools & E-commerce Infrastructure (BPAMAGAK)

Keywords

• Headless e-commerce API
• Cloud e-commerce platform
• API-first commerce
• E-commerce infrastructure
• Headless commerce backend

Headquarters

HQ city

Hamburg

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Subscription - Base License Fee: Monthly base license fee of EUR 8.90 (including VAT), which is the minimum amount charged regardless of traffic consumption. This is a non-negotiable recurring charge for access to the platform.
2. Usage-Based Overage Fees: When monthly data transfer exceeds 74 MB of transferred XML requests (images and backend actions are not counted), additional fees of EUR 0.119 per MB (including VAT) apply. The platform has multiple pricing tiers based on consumption bands ranging from 0-74 MB (EUR 8.90) up to 4500+ MB (EUR 595.00 fixed cap).

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Sleekcommerce develops and operates Sleekshop, a cloud-based, headless e-commerce API platform hosted on AWS servers in Germany that enables developers and brands to deploy e-commerce functionality into any project using any programming language and on any device. The platform offers a flexible data model with custom classes and attributes for products, content, users, and warehouse entities, plus APIs for cart, orders, payments, search, webhooks, aggregation, and coupons, delivered through monthly subscription licensing starting at EUR 8.90 (incl. VAT).

Product overview

Sleekcommerce offers Sleekshop, a cloud-based headless e-commerce platform designed for rapid development and scalability. The core offering is the Sleekshop platform combined with its sophisticated E-Commerce API, which enables developers to deploy e-commerce functionality via API into any project using any programming language. The platform architecture is headless from scratch with no built-in frontend, allowing maximum flexibility. Key modules include the JS SDK for JavaScript integration, comprehensive APIs for managing Shopobjects (products/content with flexible data models), Sessions, Categories, Classes, Cart operations, User Management, Orders, Payments, Warehouse inventory, Webhooks, Search with advanced constraints, Aggregation, and Coupons. The platform is hosted on AWS with clustered servers in Germany and includes demo shops (Demoshop and Demoshop Food) for evaluation.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Sleekshop Platform A cloud-based, headless e-commerce platform delivered as a subscription service that enables developers and brands to deploy e-commerce functionality into any project via API, hosted on AWS in Germany, with flexible data models, configurable cart/order structures, and 99% availability.
• Sleekshop E-Commerce API A powerful, headless e-commerce API (REST) that supports JSON and XML responses and exposes endpoints for sessions, categories, classes, shopobjects (products and content), cart, users, orders, payments, warehouse, webhooks, search, aggregation, and coupons, designed for any programming language and any device.
• JS SDK for Sleekshop Official JavaScript SDK that simplifies integration of Sleekshop's e-commerce API into JavaScript projects, enabling developers to consume the API without manually wiring individual REST calls.
• Sleekshop Demoshop A pre-configured demo shop environment with sample data for testing and evaluating the Sleekshop e-commerce platform before going live, accessible via a shopname.sleekshop.net subdomain as part of the Start now flow.
• Sleekshop Demoshop Food A food-specific pre-configured demo shop with sample data for testing and evaluating Sleekshop's e-commerce functionality in food retail contexts, available as part of the Start now flow.

Quantifiable outcome

• 99% uptime guarantee for the Sleekshop system
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration9 records

Feature10 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• SEPA.net GmbHcoreTechnology or IntegrationSEPA.net GmbH (Pascalstraße 6, 52076 Aachen) serves as the external payment service provider for processing customer payments. Payment data is transmitted to SEPA.net for payment processing as part of the license and registration workflow. SEPA.net is also used for SEPA direct debit (Sepa-Lastschriftverfahren) to collect license fees from customers.
• PixelsafariminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerPixelsafari is a certified Sleekshop Solution Provider, having completed the Sleekshop Masterclass training program. They are an agency partner that implements and deploys the Sleekshop platform for end customers.
• Die WebsitemachereiminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerDie Websitemacherei from Freising is a certified Sleekshop Solution Partner, having completed the Sleekshop Masterclass. They deploy the Sleekshop platform for their clients as an implementation partner.
• Evolution MediaminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerEvolution Media is a Sleekshop Solution Provider, having undergone Masterclass training. They are referenced as using Sleekshop's full API power to build solutions for their clients.
• DigitalwunderminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerDigitalwunder is referenced in a blog interview as a partner using Sleekshop. They appear to be a digital agency that builds e-commerce solutions on the platform.
• Überquell GmbHminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerÜberquell GmbH is featured in a blog interview as a partner of Sleekshop. They appear to be a digital/creative agency collaborating with Sleekshop on client projects.
• AWS (Amazon Web Services)coreTechnology or IntegrationAll Sleekshop backends are hosted on AWS with clustered servers located in Germany. AWS provides the underlying cloud infrastructure for the platform, enabling the company's cloud-based e-commerce delivery model.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• commercetools: commercetools is a Munich-founded, API-first headless commerce platform offering composable commerce APIs for catalog, cart, order, and payment — the closest direct analog to Sleekshop's product, just at much larger scale (now part of Salesforce).
• Centra: Centra is a headless commerce platform purpose-built for fashion and DTC brands, offering API-first integrations and flexible product modeling — a direct headless commerce peer with comparable customer use cases to Sleekshop's fashion and lifestyle customers.
• Vendure: Vendure is an open-source, headless GraphQL commerce engine built on Node.js with a flexible product model, plugin architecture, and API-first design — directly comparable to Sleekshop's headless, customizable data model approach.
• Crystallize: Crystallize is a headless commerce and product information management platform with a flexible product modeling story and API-first delivery, comparable to Sleekshop's emphasis on customizable data structures and headless commerce delivery.
• Saleor: Saleor is an open-source, GraphQL-first headless commerce platform with a flexible product/type modeling system and API-first architecture, competing in the same developer-centric composable commerce category as Sleekshop.
• Medusa: Medusa is an open-source headless commerce platform built on Node.js with customizable data models, a REST and JS SDK approach, and an extensible plugin architecture — closely aligned with Sleekshop's API-first, developer-friendly positioning.

Broad incumbents

• Shopify: Shopify is a global commerce platform whose Hydrogen framework and Storefront API provide a headless commerce offering — a broad incumbent that competes with Sleekshop for developer-led brand builds, while serving a much wider merchant base.
• BigCommerce: BigCommerce is a publicly traded SaaS commerce platform with a headless commerce mode (Open SaaS, APIs) and broader omnichannel capabilities — a broader incumbent that competes with Sleekshop in the headless API commerce space.
• Spryker: Spryker is a German-headquartered enterprise commerce platform with strong API-first and headless capabilities, particularly in B2B and complex multi-store scenarios — overlapping with Sleekshop's Schanzenbäckerei and franchise use cases, but at much larger scale and enterprise scope.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/sleekshop
• GitHubgithub.com/sleekshop
• Instagraminstagram.com/sleekshop.io
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/sleekcommerce

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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