Why we work with Shopware
Shopware 6 is built on Symfony — the PHP framework we also use for custom software. As a Shopware agency with a Symfony background, we do more than configure: we develop. Our own plugins, checkout processes adapted to your business, clean extensions instead of core hacks that break at the next update.
On top of that comes what Shopware brings with it: a rule builder for pricing and shipping logic, a Store API for headless scenarios, and a plugin system that keeps extensions updatable. The result is a shop you can keep current without turning every update into a project.
B2B commerce as our main focus
A B2B shop mirrors how purchasing actually works: customer-specific prices, tiered pricing, framework agreements, net prices. We implement that pricing logic in Shopware 6 so that it matches the terms your sales team has agreed — exactly, not approximately.
Then come structures that do not exist in D2C: customer hierarchies with head office and branches, several buyers per account, budget limits, and approval workflows where an order only goes out after internal sign-off. Processes like these decide whether your customers use the shop or carry on ordering by email.
The data behind all of it — prices, customers, stock — usually comes from the ERP. Connecting the ERP is part of the project: our page on interface and API development describes how we build the links between shop, ERP and PIM. The same goes for OCI and punch-out catalogues if your customers order through e-procurement systems.
Off the legacy system
Shopware 5 has reached the end of its life cycle, and many Magento and WooCommerce installations are running on outdated versions. Migrating to Shopware 6 is not an update; it is a rebuild that carries the data across. That is exactly how we plan it: products, customers, order history and media are migrated in a structured way and reconciled before go-live.
A shop relaunch must not cost you visibility. So a complete redirect plan for old URLs, preserving rankings that took years to build, and a tested cutover are standard. The old shop stays up until the new one demonstrably works — not the other way round.
What a shop project with us covers
It starts with a requirements workshop: product range, pricing logic, processes, systems. Out of that comes a plan with a clear scope — you know what will be built and what will not before you place the order.
Our PHP developers do the build: theme, plugins, integrations, on PHP 8 and a current Shopware release, with Redis and Elasticsearch where performance matters. The project does not end there. We run shops on managed hosting in Germany and keep them current with updates and ongoing development. Operation is not a by-product here.