Ongoing Shopware 6 administration with maintenance, performance, SEO, and technical support.
Shopware 6 Administration & Maintenance – Put Your Online Store on Autopilot
Shopware 6 administration is the recurring technical work that keeps a store stable: updates, configuration, plugin checks, performance basics, troubleshooting and smaller implementation tasks that should not wait until they become emergencies.
I support merchants and teams that need a direct technical contact for ongoing Shopware 6 tasks, without turning every small topic into a large agency project.
Typical Administration Tasks
- Shopware core and plugin update preparation
- compatibility checks before changes go live
- configuration of sales channels, rules, flows and CMS basics
- recurring performance and error checks
- plugin evaluation and cleanup
- technical support for smaller improvements
- handover notes so the current state stays understandable
Why This Matters
A Shopware store does not stay healthy by itself. Updates, plugins, custom code and changing business requirements create friction over time. Regular technical care helps reduce avoidable surprises and keeps the system easier to extend.
If you need broader ongoing support, see Shopware all-in-one service. If your current issue is speed or technical debt, Shopware optimization may be the better fit.
How I work
Three principles that apply in every project
Understand before building
First the short technical assessment: what is the actual problem, where is the lever, what makes economic sense? Then the implementation.
Build instead of forwarding
You talk to the developer who does the work – no handover chain, no black box, clear status updates and early warning about risks.
Hand over instead of holding on
Code in your repository, tests, documentation and a deployment process your team understands. No vendor lock-in – your system does not depend on me afterwards.
Background
Experience at a glance
- Today
- Senior freelancer in ongoing Shopware projects of several agencies and merchants – at home in foreign repos, processes and deadlines.
- Since 2021
- Self-employed as Stefan Pilz Ltd. – remote for merchants and agencies: Shopware 5 and 6, Symfony, migrations, maintenance.
- 2015 – 2021
- E-commerce backends: inventory, PIM and Amazon/eBay integrations for around 3.5 million products, then the Drillisch mobile-carrier web stores.
- Since 2012
- Full-time web developer – first at an agency: websites and stores with Joomla, xt-Commerce and Shopware.
- 2002
- Completed vocational training as a software developer (C/C++). First own PHP websites from 2004.
See current and completed projects Career and stack in the CV
Good fit
Works well when...
- you have an existing Shopware system with a concrete technical issue.
- you need direct PHP/Symfony support without agency overhead.
- you expect clear analysis, clean implementation and traceable handover.