# Shopware Development | Dot Commerce

Dot Commerce is an ecommerce development agency that builds flexible, API-first Shopware 6 stores for ambitious D2C and wholesale brands across Europe and beyond. Shopware is open and composable, and Dot Commerce engineers content-rich, B2B-ready storefronts on it that a brand's team can control.

Canonical URL: https://www.dotcommerce.co/platforms/shopware

## Why build Shopware with Dot Commerce

- **Open and composable:** Shopware 6 is open-source at its core and API-first by design, so a brand owns the code and shapes the platform around the business.
- **Built for serious B2B:** B2B Components bring employee and role management, quotes, and organization structures for complex wholesale.
- **Content-rich commerce:** Shopping Experiences, Shopware's visual CMS, lets a team build immersive, story-driven storefronts without touching code.
- **Engineered to perform and scale:** Symfony foundations, headless via the Store API, and clean integrations, engineered for performance and European multi-market growth.

## The Shopware ecosystem

Shopware scales from the free, open-source Community Edition to fully-featured enterprise editions, self-hosted or in the cloud.

- **Shopware Community Edition:** the free, open-source core (CE), with full access to the code and a large community.
- **Rise:** the commercial entry tier, adding professional features, support, and extensions on top of the open-source core for growing merchants.
- **Evolve:** the mid-tier commercial edition with advanced B2B, automation, and features for scaling, more complex merchants.
- **Beyond:** Shopware's top enterprise edition with the full B2B suite, advanced capabilities, and priority support. Available self-hosted or as Shopware Cloud (SaaS).

## How Dot Commerce builds on Shopware

- **Replatforming and migration:** migrate to Shopware 6 from end-of-life Shopware 5, Magento, or other platforms, with data, SEO rankings, and revenue preserved.
- **B2B Components and Suite:** employee and role management, quote management, quick order, and organization structures for complex wholesale.
- **Headless and composable:** headless Shopware via the Store API and Admin API, with composable frontends on Shopware's commerce engine.
- **Shopping Experiences (CMS):** immersive, content-rich storefronts built with Shopware's Shopping Experiences page builder, so a team merchandises without developers.
- **ERP, PIM, and integrations:** clean integrations to ERP, PIM, and the tools a business runs on, using Shopware's Flow Builder, Rule Builder, and APIs.
- **Performance and scale:** performance engineering and infrastructure tuning so the store stays fast under load and scales across markets.

## What Shopware is best for

- **B2B and wholesale:** B2B Components, complex pricing, and organization management for serious wholesale operations.
- **Composable and open:** full control of the code and an API-first architecture for teams that want to own their platform.
- **Content-rich D2C:** story-driven, immersive storefronts built with Shopping Experiences, for brands that sell through content.
- **European and multi-market:** multi-language, multi-currency, and the compliance European brands need to scale across markets.

## Frequently asked questions

**Is Shopware open source?**
Yes. Shopware Community Edition is free and open-source. Shopware also offers commercial editions (Rise, Evolve, Beyond) and a SaaS Cloud option, so a brand can choose between full control and a managed experience.

**What are Rise, Evolve, and Beyond?**
They are Shopware's commercial editions: Rise for growing merchants, Evolve for scaling and advanced B2B, and Beyond for large enterprise operations with the full B2B suite and priority support. Community Edition remains the free, open-source core.

**Does Shopware support B2B?**
Strongly. Shopware's B2B Components add employee and role management, quote management, quick order, and organization structures, making it well-suited to complex wholesale.

**Can Shopware go headless?**
Yes. Shopware is API-first with a Store API and Admin API, so a headless or composable storefront can run on its commerce backend.

**When does Shopware fit a project?**
Shopware fits when a brand wants openness and flexibility, serious B2B, composable architecture, content-rich D2C, and European multi-market growth. Dot Commerce helps choose based on B2B needs, customization, and markets.

**Should I migrate from Shopware 5 to Shopware 6?**
Yes. Shopware 6 is a modern, API-first rebuild on Symfony, and Shopware 5 is end-of-life. Dot Commerce handles the migration with data, SEO, and customizations preserved.

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- Other platforms: [Adobe Commerce](https://www.dotcommerce.co/platforms/magento.md), [Shopify](https://www.dotcommerce.co/platforms/shopify.md), [BigCommerce](https://www.dotcommerce.co/platforms/bigcommerce.md)
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