Shopware Agency

A shop system is software on the basis of which online shops are operated. Such programs contain a payment system and an inventory management system in the back end, in which all data on the products, their inventory and the ongoing processes converge. In the front end, a shop system ensures an appealing and, in the best case, user-friendly presentation of the products on offer. As with common pure content management systems, shop systems usually do not require any programming skills to manage a shop page.

Shop operators can use individual solutions or ready-made software, the latter being available as paid models with license fees or as open source.

Well-known and proven shop systems include Magento, WooCommerce, IONIS, Shopify, Gambio and the system we use, Shopware, which can be used in a free variant and the paid version 'Professional Edition'.

Shopware is suitable for both small and large e-commerce companies. Because even the free version includes numerous functions for managing an online store. This allows smaller shops to operate cost-effectively. Large companies, on the other hand, also have the option of using the Professional or Enterprise versions in order to be able to use more functions. Shopware has a modular structure and can be extended by numerous plugins if required. Thus, the system remains flexible even after setup and can grow together with a company.

Shopware is available in different editions (https://www.shopware.com/en/pricing/). The Starter Edition and the Community Version are free of charge. For the extension with additional plugins, however, costs may be incurred by the plugins themselves and by agency services to implement the functions.

The Professional Edition costs €199 per month or a one-time fee of €2,495, and the Enterprise Edition costs €2,495 per month or a one-time fee of €39,995.

To switch from Shopware 5 to Shopware 6, a simple update is unfortunately not possible. Due to numerous changes in the architecture, Shopware 6 is not only an updated version of the software but rather a new or successor product, which makes a move of the store system necessary. Depending on how many customizations and plugins the store uses, the change can be very demanding; the duration of the implementation also depends on this. - The migration from Shopware 5 to Shopware 6 must therefore be carefully planned and should be accompanied by developers or an agency. This is also where the costs come in. Because the existing licenses can still be used for Shopware 6.