B2C-Commerce-Architect
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B2C Commerce Architect (B2C-Commerce-Architect)
The program teaches architects how to design, configure, and optimize Salesforce B2C Commerce Cloud storefronts, platform extensions, order/payment flows, performance, and integrations, ensuring scalable, secure, and high‑performing digital commerce solutions.
120
Minutes
60
Questions
60/100
Passing Score
$400
Exam Cost
Who Should Take This
It is intended for senior developers, solution architects, or technical leads with at least three years of B2C Commerce Cloud experience who aim to master end‑to‑end architecture and lead complex implementation projects. These professionals seek to validate expertise, guide cross‑functional teams, and drive measurable business outcomes.
What's Covered
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Domain 1: Storefront Architecture
2
Domain 2: Platform Development
3
Domain 3: Order and Payment
4
Domain 4: Performance
5
Domain 5: Integration
6
Domain 6: Search and Navigation
7
Domain 7: Security
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Adaptive Knowledge Graph
Practice Questions
Lesson Modules
Console Simulator Labs
Exam Tips & Strategy
20 Activity Formats
Course Outline
65 learning goals
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Domain 1: Storefront Architecture
2 topics
Site Design
- Implement B2C Commerce site configurations with storefront categories, product catalogs, and search index optimization for consumer experiences
- Design multi-site architectures with shared catalogs, site-specific pricing, and localized content management for global commerce deployments
- Analyze storefront architecture decisions evaluating SFRA, SiteGenesis, and headless PWA Kit approaches for performance and extensibility
- Recommend site design configurations including platform-specific optimization patterns, enterprise deployment considerations, and production monitoring strategies
- Analyze site design configurations including platform-specific optimization patterns, enterprise deployment considerations, and production monitoring strategies
Content and Merchandising
- Implement content slot configurations with dynamic content assets, page designer layouts, and A/B test variations for merchandising optimization
- Design merchandising architectures combining product recommendations, sorting rules, and search-driven navigation for conversion optimization
- Analyze content performance evaluating page engagement, product discovery patterns, and recommendation algorithm effectiveness for improvement
- Create content merchandising configurations including platform-specific optimization patterns, enterprise deployment considerations, and production monitoring strategies
- Apply content merchandising configurations including platform-specific optimization patterns, enterprise deployment considerations, and production monitoring strategies
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Domain 2: Platform Development
2 topics
SFRA Architecture
- Implement SFRA controller extensions, model overrides, and template customizations following the storefront reference architecture design patterns
- Design cartridge layering architectures with dependency management, override chains, and extension point utilization for maintainable customizations
- Analyze code architecture decisions evaluating controller complexity, template inheritance depth, and script API utilization for performance
- Examine sfra architecture configurations including platform-specific optimization patterns, enterprise deployment considerations, and production monitoring strategies
- Optimize sfra architecture configurations including platform-specific optimization patterns, enterprise deployment considerations, and production monitoring strategies
Headless Commerce
- Implement Composable Storefront configurations using Commerce APIs, SCAPI endpoints, and PWA Kit components for headless commerce experiences
- Design headless commerce architectures with API composition, edge caching, and CDN integration for high-performance consumer storefronts
- Analyze API performance evaluating response times, payload sizes, and caching strategies for optimal headless commerce page load metrics
- Design headless commerce configurations including platform-specific optimization patterns, enterprise deployment considerations, and production monitoring strategies
- Compare headless commerce configurations including platform-specific optimization patterns, enterprise deployment considerations, and production monitoring strategies
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Domain 3: Order and Payment
2 topics
Order Processing
- Implement order processing workflows with inventory allocation, payment capture, and fulfillment routing for multi-channel commerce operations
- Design distributed order management supporting ship-from-store, buy-online-pickup-in-store, and endless aisle fulfillment scenarios
- Analyze order processing performance evaluating checkout conversion rates, payment failure handling, and order modification workflow efficiency
- Configure order processing configurations including platform-specific optimization patterns, enterprise deployment considerations, and production monitoring strategies
- Configure order processing configurations including platform-specific optimization patterns, enterprise deployment considerations, and production monitoring strategies
Payment Integration
- Implement payment processor integrations with tokenization, 3D Secure authentication, and multi-currency support for global payment acceptance
- Design payment orchestration architectures supporting multiple methods, split payments, and deferred payment options for complex transactions
- Analyze payment processing performance evaluating authorization rates, fraud detection accuracy, and settlement reconciliation for optimization
- Compare payment integration configurations including platform-specific optimization patterns, enterprise deployment considerations, and production monitoring strategies
- Design payment integration configurations including platform-specific optimization patterns, enterprise deployment considerations, and production monitoring strategies
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Domain 4: Performance
2 topics
Site Performance
- Implement CDN configurations with cache policies, edge computing rules, and static asset optimization for sub-second storefront page load times
- Design performance architectures combining server-side rendering, lazy loading, and resource prioritization for optimal core web vital scores
- Analyze site performance evaluating server response times, client-side rendering, and third-party script impact on page load metrics
- Optimize site performance configurations including platform-specific optimization patterns, enterprise deployment considerations, and production monitoring strategies
- Examine site performance configurations including platform-specific optimization patterns, enterprise deployment considerations, and production monitoring strategies
Scalability
- Implement traffic management configurations with rate limiting, queue management, and flash sale preparation for high-traffic commerce events
- Design horizontal scaling architectures with load balancing, session management, and database connection pooling for peak traffic handling
- Analyze capacity planning strategies evaluating historical traffic patterns, load test results, and infrastructure sizing for demand spikes
- Apply scalability configurations including platform-specific optimization patterns, enterprise deployment considerations, and production monitoring strategies
- Create scalability configurations including platform-specific optimization patterns, enterprise deployment considerations, and production monitoring strategies
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Domain 5: Integration
2 topics
System Integration
- Implement integration cartridges connecting ERP, PIM, and OMS systems using import/export jobs, web services, and webhook notifications
- Design integration architectures with message queuing, idempotent operations, and circuit breaker patterns for resilient system connectivity
- Analyze integration performance evaluating data sync latency, error recovery rates, and coupling impact on storefront reliability metrics
- Analyze system integration configurations including platform-specific optimization patterns, enterprise deployment considerations, and production monitoring strategies
- Recommend system integration configurations including platform-specific optimization patterns, enterprise deployment considerations, and production monitoring strategies
Product Data
- Implement product data import pipelines with catalog management, variant matrix configurations, and inventory level synchronization workflows
- Design product information management architectures with master data governance, localization workflows, and multi-channel content distribution
- Analyze data quality evaluating product attribute completeness, image asset compliance, and pricing accuracy across all sales channels
- Architect product data configurations including platform-specific optimization patterns, enterprise deployment considerations, and production monitoring strategies
- Evaluate product data configurations including platform-specific optimization patterns, enterprise deployment considerations, and production monitoring strategies
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Domain 6: Search and Navigation
1 topic
Search Architecture
- Implement search index configurations with refinement definitions, search phrase dictionaries, and synonym groups for accurate product discovery
- Design search architectures using Einstein Search Dictionaries, search recommendations, and federated search for comprehensive findability
- Analyze search effectiveness evaluating zero-result rates, search conversion metrics, and refinement usage patterns for continuous optimization
- Deploy search architecture configurations including platform-specific optimization patterns, enterprise deployment considerations, and production monitoring strategies
- Implement search architecture configurations including platform-specific optimization patterns, enterprise deployment considerations, and production monitoring strategies
7
Domain 7: Security
2 topics
Commerce Security
- Implement storefront security including CSP headers, input validation, CSRF protection, and secure session management for platform hardening
- Design PCI DSS compliance architectures with payment tokenization, secure data handling, and network segmentation for commerce security
- Analyze security vulnerability assessments evaluating OWASP top-ten risks, dependency scanning, and penetration test findings for remediation
- Assess commerce security configurations including platform-specific optimization patterns, enterprise deployment considerations, and production monitoring strategies
- Plan commerce security configurations including platform-specific optimization patterns, enterprise deployment considerations, and production monitoring strategies
Data Privacy
- Implement cookie consent management, data retention policies, and customer data export capabilities for privacy regulation compliance requirements
- Design privacy-compliant architectures with data anonymization, purpose-specific processing, and cross-border transfer controls for compliance
- Implement data privacy configurations including platform-specific optimization patterns, enterprise deployment considerations, and production monitoring strategies
- Evaluate data privacy configurations including platform-specific optimization patterns, enterprise deployment considerations, and production monitoring strategies
- Architect data privacy configurations including platform-specific optimization patterns, enterprise deployment considerations, and production monitoring strategies
Scope
Included Topics
- B2C Commerce storefront architecture including SFRA, headless PWA Kit, and site design.
- Commerce platform development with cartridge architecture and Commerce APIs.
- Order management, payment processing, and fulfillment routing.
- Performance, scalability, security, and PCI DSS compliance.
Not Covered
- B2B Commerce.
- Marketing Cloud campaigns.
- Core platform administration.
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