POD 60 - The Forgotten Webflow E-Commerce - with Rahul Miah

In this episode, I sit down with Rahul Miah, a designer and creative developer based in London. Rahul is a Webflow partner, part of the Webflow ACE program, and works at Fishfinger, an award-winning London creative studio. We start with Webflow e-commerce and why Shopify ends up being the default for almost every serious e-commerce project. From there, we get into the Webflow and Shopify integration world, headless solutions, and what the future might look like. We also talk about animation-heavy development, GSAP, Rive, building internal tools in Webflow, component props, and Rahul's own framework approach. Towards the end, Rahul shares that he is leaving agency life to go freelance — zero clients, zero plan, just going for it. Check out Rahul:   / rahul-miah   https://x.com/_byrahul Also Mentioned People & Episodes: Chris Skitch -    • POD 59 - Layoffs, Meetups & Community - wi...   Matt Evans -    • POD 53 - We're Harsh Because We Care - wit...   Bimo Tri -    • POD 44 - Webflow IX3 Is Great, But You Can...   Matthew Munger -    • POD 45 - This Might Be the Best Way to Lan...   Timothy Ricks - ‪@timothyricks‬ Charlie Marie - ‪@charlimarieTV‬ Also Mentioned Tools/Sites: Charles Leclerc website - https://charlesleclerc.com/en/ Liquiflow (formerly Liquify Pro) - https://www.liquiflow.app/ Relume - https://www.relume.io/ Rive - https://rive.app/ Unicorn Studio - https://www.unicorn.studio/ Timestamps: 00:00 teaser 00:34 Webflow E-commerce: Limitations and Use Cases 02:56 The Journey into Web Design and Development 08:07 Webflow Shopify Integrations, Themes and Headless 13:01 How Far Can You Take Shopify Visually? 14:48 Future of Webflow Ecommerce 18:59 The Balance of Regular and E-commerce Sites 19:55 Exploring Partner Programs: Webflow vs Shopify 23:14 Shopify Rides the AI Wave Well 23:56 Webflow MCP & AI Tools 28:37 Webflow Components & The UI 35:09 Community Sentiment and Future Predictions 37:43 Building Beautiful Things on the Internet 46:28 The Framework Question 51:23 Building a Design Library: Templates and Components 55:36 Advice for Aspiring Creatives: Start Making 57:00 The Importance of Patience in Design 01:01:24 Freelancing Journey: Embracing the Unknown 01:03:28 The Pressure of Portfolio Creation 01:06:25 The Weird Finnish Thing --- 🙋‍♂️ About Janne I'm Janne, a freelance Webflow developer and podcast host based in Finland. On this channel, I talk to agency owners, award-winning designers, and experienced builders about the business and strategy side of Webflow work. I also try out new features and share what I learn from building with Webflow day to day. --- 🛠️ Tools I Use (Some might be affiliate links, but all are genuine recommendations.) Web Design Figma - https://www.figma.com/ Affinity suite - https://affinity.serif.com/ Web Development Webflow - https://webflow.com/ Relume - https://www.relume.io/ Finsweet Attributes - https://finsweet.com/attributes Concent Pro - https://my.finsweet.com/affiliates?vi... Productivity Todoist - https://www.todoist.com/ Rize - https://rize.io