Magento webshops for businesses with complex needs
At itpilot, we help businesses with Magento development, integrations, upgrades and the ongoing development of webshops. We take your products, customers, workflows and systems as our starting point, ensuring that your webshop becomes an active part of your business rather than an isolated sales channel.
Whether you need to modernise or further develop an existing Magento webshop, require a Magento developer for specific tasks or want to develop a new solution, we help you assess your options and prioritise the next steps.
Magento for webshops with more complex requirements
Magento is well suited to webshops with large or complex product catalogues, different customer groups, multiple markets or a need for integrations with ERP, PIM, inventory management and other systems.
The platform offers extensive options for adapting product structures, customer experiences, ordering processes and internal workflows. This allows the webshop to evolve as your business and requirements change.
However, Magento is not necessarily the right platform for every business. It places greater demands on development, operation and maintenance than more standardised webshop solutions. In return, it can provide a flexible foundation for businesses with complex or business-critical requirements.
Why choose Magento?
Businesses choose Magento for different reasons. For some, it is about the product catalogue. For others, it is about B2B commerce, multiple markets, specific purchasing flows or the need to connect the webshop with the rest of the company’s systems.
Magento can handle large product ranges with numerous products, variants, attributes and technical specifications.
This makes the platform suitable for technical products, spare parts, products with many options or ranges that require advanced categorisation, filtering and search functionality.
A webshop does not necessarily need to display the same products, prices and functionality to every customer.
Magento can be adapted for B2B commerce with features such as customer-specific pricing, different product ranges, multiple users within the same company, volume pricing, quote workflows and specific ordering options.
The exact functionality depends, among other things, on whether the solution is based on Magento Open Source or Adobe Commerce and which modules and customisations are used.
If you have multiple brands, domains, languages, currencies or markets, Magento can bring them together in a shared setup.
You can manage different product ranges, prices, payment methods and content across markets while keeping administration within a single solution.
Product data, prices, inventory, customers and orders should not have to be managed manually across several different systems.
Magento can be integrated with ERP, PIM, accounting systems, inventory management, CRM, payment solutions and shipping providers. This can reduce duplicate work and create better connections between the webshop and the rest of the business.
Magento Open Source, in particular, provides considerable freedom to choose hosting, technical setup, integrations and development partners.
This freedom gives you greater control over the solution and its data. In return, it also requires careful management of security, updates, hosting, monitoring and ongoing maintenance.
Magento development based on your business
We help with both new Magento webshops and existing solutions that need to be modernised, optimised or expanded. This may include improvements to the frontend, search, filtering, checkout, payment, shipping, B2B functionality, product configurators or integrations with other systems.
We assess whether a requirement is best met using Magento’s existing functionality, a module or custom development. If you already have a Magento webshop, we familiarise ourselves with its structure and technical condition and help you prioritise the next steps.
How we develop Magento webshops
At itpilot we help you all the way – from the initial clarification to a completed, well-functioning Magento webshop. Our process is transparent, and we value close cooperation:
1
Analysis & consulting
We understand your business, goals and needs.
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Platform selection
We help you choose between Magento Open Source and Adobe Commerce (or another platform).
3
Design & UX
The user experience is optimized with a focus on conversion.
4
Development & integrations
We develop the solution, tailored to your needs.
5
Testing & launch
Thorough testing ensures quality before launch.
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Support & further development
We continue to optimize your webshop after launch.
Integrations that connect Magento with the rest of your business
When Magento is integrated with your other systems, products, prices, inventory levels, customers and orders can be exchanged automatically across the solutions you already use. This reduces manual processes, minimises the risk of errors and ensures that information is kept more up to date.
Magento can be connected to ERP and accounting systems, PIM, inventory management, CRM, payment solutions, shipping providers and customer service systems. If you manage many products, images, translations or technical specifications, product data can be maintained centrally in a PIM system and transferred to the webshop, different markets and other digital channels.
The right solution depends on your systems, data and workflows. Some requirements can be met with an existing module, while others require customisation or custom development.
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Support, upgrades and ongoing development of Magento webshops
A Magento webshop requires ongoing maintenance to remain secure and stable and to evolve alongside your business. Updates, modules, integrations and performance must be monitored closely to prevent minor issues from developing into larger problems over time.
At itpilot, we help with support, troubleshooting, security updates, performance optimisation and the maintenance of modules and integrations. We can also manage larger upgrades and modernisation projects where, for example, the theme, checkout, integrations and key workflows need to be reviewed, adapted and tested.
Our Magento developers provide an overview of the solution’s technical condition and help you prioritise the initiatives that matter most to its operation and future development. This can range from resolving specific issues to planning larger improvements that make the webshop more stable, user-friendly and easier to develop further.
Can we help with your Magento webshop?
Do you need help developing, upgrading or stabilising an existing Magento webshop—or creating better connections with your other systems?
We help you understand your options and identify the right way forward, both now and in the longer term.
Relevant Magento cases
See examples of how we help businesses with Magento webshops, complex product data, integrations and digital solutions that need to work together with the rest of the business.
Magento Open Source and Adobe Commerce in brief
Magento was originally developed as an independent ecommerce platform with both an open-source edition and a commercial edition. Adobe acquired Magento in 2018. The commercial edition, previously known as Magento Commerce, has since been further developed under the Adobe Commerce name. Magento Open Source continues to be available as an open-source platform.
Adobe has subsequently expanded its commerce portfolio. Today, the portfolio includes solutions where customers and their technical partners are responsible for operation and maintenance, a PaaS model and newer SaaS-based solutions.
Magento Open Source is the edition with no licence fee for the software itself. It is a self-hosted solution that allows businesses to choose their hosting, technical setup, integrations and development partner. In return, responsibility for operation, security, updates and maintenance rests with the business and its technical partners.
Adobe Commerce is the commercial solution with additional functionality, including features for larger and more complex B2B and B2C solutions. The traditional Adobe Commerce platform can be operated as an on-premises solution on the company’s own infrastructure or infrastructure provided by a partner.
Adobe Commerce is also available as Adobe Commerce on cloud infrastructure, which is a Platform as a Service solution (PaaS). Adobe provides managed cloud infrastructure, while the customer and its technical partner remain responsible for elements such as the webshop, customer-specific code, modules, integrations and upgrades.
Adobe Commerce as a Cloud Service is a newer Software as a Service solution (SaaS). It is a fully managed, versionless platform where Adobe manages the underlying infrastructure and platform and continuously updates the core platform, removing the need for customers to carry out traditional version upgrades themselves. It therefore has a different architecture and development model from Magento Open Source and traditional Adobe Commerce solutions.
Adobe Commerce Optimizer is a separate SaaS-based solution for areas including storefronts, search, product recommendations and merchandising. It can receive catalogue and pricing data from an existing commerce platform and modernise parts of the customer experience without necessarily replacing the underlying platform.
The right choice depends on your requirements for functionality, integrations and flexibility, as well as the level of responsibility you want to retain for operation, updates and technical maintenance.