Adobe Commerce Development
Adobe Commerce (Magento) development that's built to last, scale and perform. Fifteen years on Magento, and over 50 headless builds in the portfolio — we're the only UK Magento agency whose portfolio is headless end to end.
One size doesn't fit all
We like a challenge, and our team isn't easily fazed by a technical obstacle. We're also firm believers that a one-size-fits-all approach doesn't work for e-commerce, so we build tailored development plans measured for each client rather than pulled off a shelf. Our business analysts sit alongside you to work out the development strategy that grows your business, and our architects make sure what gets built can still be maintained in three years' time.
Built to last, scale and perform
Built for scale, not just launch day
We design, build and maintain with the customer in mind, and we build for the traffic you'll have in two years rather than the traffic you had last month. Complex catalogues, multi-site and multi-currency, B2B and B2C on one backend — we've done all of it, and our specialism is site migrations, so we're used to inheriting other people's decisions and making them work. As with everything here, the approach is collaborative: we work alongside your team rather than disappearing behind a spec for three months.
Headless and Progressive Web Apps
One area where we're ahead of the crowd is our headless Progressive Web App approach: Adobe Commerce doing what it's good at on the back end, with a fast, app-like front end in front of it. A PWA can be installed on a phone like a native app without anyone visiting an app store, which opens up offline browsing and push notifications as a genuine channel. With more of your customers shopping on the move, that difference in speed and feel shows up directly in mobile conversion.
No bug goes unturned
We'd love to claim our websites are perfect, but that would mean giving up on making them better. Our QA team tests new and existing functionality continuously — across browsers, devices, and the awkward edge cases that only ever turn up in real baskets. We know it's impossible to catch every bug before code ventures out into the real world, but we won't stop until each one is squashed, or gently ushered out of an open window.
From planning to launch
Technical Planning
Architecture design, technology selection and a development roadmap — including the honest conversation about what should be custom and what absolutely should not.
Sprint Development
Agile delivery in two-week sprints with regular reviews, so you see working software early and can change your mind while changing your mind is still cheap.
Testing & QA
Comprehensive testing across functionality, performance and security, on real devices and browsers, before anything goes near your customers.
Deployment & Launch
A smooth deployment with minimal downtime, comprehensive monitoring from the first hour, and a team watching the graphs rather than heading for the pub.
Development deliverables
Core Platform
- Custom implementation
- Responsive frontend
- Backend functionality
- Database design
- Performance & security optimisation
Integrations
- Third-party connections
- Payment gateways
- ERP & CRM links
- Marketing tools
- Analytics
- Custom APIs
Documentation & Support
- Technical guides
- User training
- Code documentation
- Deployment procedures
- Maintenance guidelines
Built to survive Adobe's release cadence
Adobe Commerce (Magento) development is the build layer: custom modules, storefronts, integrations, and the upgrade path that keeps all three working after Adobe's next release. We have been doing it for fifteen years — since Magento 1 was the only serious option, through the Magento 2 rebuild, and out the other side.
That history shows up in the code rather than in the pitch. We were building headless Magento storefronts while much of the market was still theming, and Adobe Commerce punishes shortcuts slowly — a custom module written against the wrong extension point works fine until the next upgrade, then costs more than it saved. We write for the upgrade because we are usually the ones still supporting it two years later.
Most of the risk is not in the storefront. It is in the integrations: the ERP that owns pricing, the OMS that owns stock, the payment provider with its own opinion about checkout. That is where projects slip, so that is what we front-load. 50+ partner integrations and 100+ proven connections, and we would still rather over-plan that layer than discover it in month four.
We also say no. A great deal of Magento development is sold as a rebuild when it is really a performance problem, a merchandising problem, or a replatform that was never needed. As a Magento agency with fifteen years on the platform we can usually tell which within a fortnight, and telling you costs nothing.
Two-week sprints, everything demoed, nothing hidden. We don't believe in grand reveals — you will know exactly where we are at all times, including the weeks that were harder than planned. And where the growth is in trade, Adobe Commerce B2B is built on the same codebase rather than bolted alongside it.
FAQS
Adobe Commerce development questions
What does Adobe Commerce development include?
Custom module development, storefront build, third-party integrations, performance work, and the upgrade path that keeps all of it working through Adobe's release cycle. On headless projects it also covers the front-end application and the API layer between it and the platform.
Should we use an agency or hire Magento developers in-house?
In-house works well once you have continuous change to justify it — and badly for a build with a launch date, because you are recruiting specialists into a deadline. Most of our clients run a hybrid: their team owns day-to-day trading, we own the platform, architecture and the upgrades.
How do you handle Adobe Commerce upgrades and security patches?
Patches within days of release for anything rated critical, minor versions on a planned cadence, and major versions as a scoped piece of work. Because we write against supported extension points rather than around them, upgrades are usually routine rather than a project.
Can you take over an existing Magento build?
Yes, and a good share of our work starts that way. We audit first — what is genuinely custom, what is an extension nobody uses, what has quietly become business-critical. Most estates carry a third more customisation than anyone remembers, and finding that out early is the point.
How do you keep the build from slipping?
By starting with the integration layer rather than the storefront, because that is where the unknowns live. Two-week sprints, every one demoed, and a standing rule that bad news travels immediately. Projects rarely slip by a month at once; they slip by three days, eight times, quietly.
Do you build headless, or traditional Magento?
Both, and we will tell you which you need. Headless earns its extra complexity when performance is revenue or you sell in more than one place. For a single storefront with a modest catalogue, a well-built Magento theme beats a badly-run headless build every time and costs a third as much.
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