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Shopware 6 is an open source eCommerce platform realized by the ideas and the spirit of its community, based on a quite modern technology stack that is powered by Symfony and Vue.js. The latest edition of the platform version six is focused on an api-first approach, so it’s quite easy to think in different sales channels and make ecommerce happen whereever you want it.

You can quickly setting up your business by first setting up your sales channel, then you can add products and manage orders. Finally you can create Shopping Experiences and offer discounts and promotions. The solution is quiet robust and complete in features. Developers will not find difficulties to explore its code, especially if you are Familiar with Symfony framework.

Migrate to Shopware

Documentation is also available if you are migrating from Shopware 5 or even coming from Magento ! The whole migration process is very well documented from preparation, to migration period, until final phase and going live with the latest version 6. Magento code is pretty heavy so if you are planning to migrate to more lightweight platform, faster, more efficient, and less expensive you should think about adopting version six.

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Outstanding Features

Beside using Symfony and VueJs, the storefront is based on Twig and Bootstrap. Two well known and easy to learn frameworks, making the creation of templates a breeze!

Storefront

The administration is based on Vue.js and twig.js, making the creation of new modules fast and easy. There is a very complete documentation to design using the Meteor design system. If you are using Sketch, you can simply add the Library to the software. The UI kit includes an Admin UI kit, Icon kit, VueJs component and the Meteor Sketch Library.

Technology behind the platform

Version six provides Services through REST-APIs and rich user interfaces to customers and administrators alike. The chart below shows how the Shopware Platform fits into your enterprise. It provides web frontends for management and for commerce through a multitude of sales channels. It comes with a set of user facing interfaces and provides the ability to connect to your own infrastructure and outside services through REST-APIs.

Community edition and pricing

Shopware come in four editions, the community edition which is free and open source that you can set up your own shop and operate it in a hosting environment. If you are looking for professional support you should adopt the professional edition instead which is available starting from €199.00 per month which is very attractive price compared to competitors pricing. The professional edition provides additional Manufacturer support, Customisable products, Extensive sales channels and Extensive CMS functions.

The Enterprise edition however should be more appropriate for established businesses as it provides B2B Suite for complex business models, Enterprise Search: High-performance and configurable, in addition to Individual and developer support.

Shopware is an open source software, released under an MIT license. More information and download at shopware.com

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