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Getting Started with BILDIT

BILDIT is the Visual Experience Engine for modern eCommerce — web and mobile. Build, preview, and ship visual experiences without dev tickets or release cycles.

Idea → live experience. Hours, not weeks.

This guide gets you running on either platform:

  • BILDIT Web Visual Experience Engine — for websites
  • BILDIT Mobile Visual Experience Engine — for native mobile apps

Pick the one you're starting with.

BILDIT Web Visual Experience Engine​

Run your website at the speed of your ideas. Build scheduled content visually in the VEE, schedule it precisely, and ship — no deploy cycle, no engineering bottleneck. Built for Next.js.

A complete setup has two parts, and you need both:

  • Author & edit in the VEE — build, schedule, and publish scheduled content in the BILDIT admin interface, and edit slots in place with the Visual Editor.
  • Render on your production site — the @bildit-platform/nextjs SDK fetches your published scheduled content and renders it on your production website for visitors. This is what actually shows your scheduled content to your users.

What you'll need​

To wire BILDIT into your site:

  • A Next.js site (App Router)
  • Node and a package manager (npm / yarn / pnpm) — Download Node
  • The @bildit-platform packages (public on npm — just npm install, no token needed)
  • From your VEE: a web instance, an API key, and a published scheduled content item with a Location assigned
  • Your BILDIT base URL — the root URL of your CMS instance / the host you log into BILDIT at (the SDK fetches scheduled content from it)

Get up and running​

  1. Render scheduled content on your production site — follow the Next.js Integration Guide to install and wire up the SDK. This is what shows scheduled content to your visitors.
  2. Set up the Visual Editor — install the editor script so you can edit slots inside the Visual Editor.
  3. Configure Next.js cache & images.
  4. Use the VEE — create scheduled content, manage it, and schedule.
  5. Test & preview — run previews.
  6. Reference troubleshooting and best practices when you need them.

Stuck? Head to the support section.

BILDIT Mobile Visual Experience Engine​

Update scheduled content, components, specifications, and push notifications on your mobile app without redeploying. Engineering stays focused on the platform; marketing owns the page.

What you'll need​

  • A Firebase project — free; create one here
  • A BILDIT subscription for proprietary packages — talk to sales if you don't have one
  • A development environment with:

What you can build​