Headless Replatform, CRM, Email Marketing, Integrations - 3.5× SEO Growth: Migrating a 20,000-SKU Steel Catalog to Headless

Moved a large steel manufacturing company off monolithic Bitrix to Frontbox (Next.js). SEO traffic grew 3.5×, Core Web Vitals all green, new pages live in 4 hours instead of days.

Client
УралМеталл
Year
Service
Headless Replatform, CRM, Email Marketing, Integrations

The Challenge

UralMetall is a large industrial company in the steel structures and rolled metal segment with over 20,000 SKUs. The site ran on monolithic 1C-Bitrix: slow load times, Core Web Vitals in the red, and a marketing team that could not publish new pages without going through development.

Solution

Headless Migration to Frontbox

We migrated the storefront to Frontbox (Next.js + Elasticsearch) as a white-label deployment. 1C-Bitrix stayed as the backend. Zero downtime switchover.

Twenty20 CRM on Russian Servers

Deployed open-source Twenty20 CRM on the client's own servers in Russia. Full integration: clients, requests, deal history. 152-FZ compliant.

Listmonk and Marketplaces

Email marketing on Russian servers. Product feeds to Avito, VK Products and Yandex Products.

Results

SEO traffic grew 3.5×. The marketing team publishes independently: request to live in 4 hours. Feature delivery 8× faster.

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