SHOP WHAT?
Shopware is a Content Management System (CMS) that allows you to create and maintain a webshop. Even though we are always neutral as a hosting provider, we are fans of Shopware and their story.
The story began with two brothers in Germany. When they were commissioned to build a webshop in 2003, they immediately gave their newly developed software a name: Shopware was born. In 2010, the software was made open source, which proved to be a huge success. The number of downloads, and with it the company, grew enormously.
Shopware is based on reliable technologies such as Symfony (a PHP framework) and Vue.js. This makes the platform not only flexible and powerful, but also extremely user-friendly. Since the platform is 100% open source, partners can easily expand or modify the code themselves. In a world of increasing vendor lock-in, this strategy is a strong advantage when choosing which platform to use.
LEVEL27 & SHOPWARE
Shopware itself is free open source software. But on top of that software and the development of your webshop, you need something else: hosting.
Becoming a Shopware Technology Partner is not easy. The e-commerce software is selective in choosing the hosting partners with which it officially collaborates. And rightly so, because the performance of your webshop is, of course, very important. That is why, as a hosting provider, you have to tick a few boxes to be eligible to become a Software Technology Partner.
For example, we have made a conscious decision not to allow Shopware on shared hosting, where multiple websites are installed on a single server. This can affect the performance of your website. So, at the very least, we will provide a dedicated server on which only one website is installed: your Shopware webshop. And as you grow, you may need a larger environment with multiple servers. No problem, because we are happy to think along with you.
And we are not alone, because as a Shopware Technology Partner, we are also in direct contact with their developers and support team, enabling us to quickly develop tailor-made solutions for our customers. Shopware has many years of experience in e-commerce, which is a great added value in every project we set up with them.
