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Magento Developer Seattle

Magento
(Adobe Commerce) Development & Support

Magento (Adobe Commerce) is our eCommerce platform of choice…trusted for its flexibility, scalability, and performance. We’ve specialized in Magento development for over a decade, providing certified solutions and support that power fast, secure, and high-converting online stores.

As Seattle-based Magento experts, we handle every layer of your store:

  • Magento system architecture & codebase planning
  • Custom front-end design and theme development
  • Backend development and advanced functionality
  • API integrations with CRMs, ERPs, and third-party services
  • Magento speed optimization and Core Web Vitals improvements
  • Custom module development tailored to your business
  • Security hardening and fraud prevention strategies

Looking for Magento support or a custom Magento build? We’re one of Seattle’s longest-standing web development teams–serving businesses since 1993.

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Magento Development & Support

Everything You Need to Know Before You Begin

Thinking about launching or upgrading your Magento store? This FAQ covers the most common questions businesses ask about Magento development, support, customization, performance, and more. Get clear, expert answers from a certified Magento team with over a decade of hands-on experience…so you can make the right decisions before you invest.

Magento (Adobe Commerce) is an excellent choice for businesses that need a flexible, scalable, and fully customizable eCommerce platform. It’s especially well-suited for merchants who want complete control over their store’s features, performance, and hosting environment.

If your business has specific checkout requirements, complex product configurations, or plans for future expansion, Magento’s open architecture allows us to tailor everything to your needs, from design to backend functionality. Unlike SaaS platforms, Magento gives you full ownership of your site without being locked into subscription-based add-ons or transaction fees.

That said, Magento isn’t always the best fit for smaller businesses with limited budgets or very simple requirements. It requires ongoing updates, including regular security patching (typically 4–6 times per year), and should be paired with experienced development and hosting teams to get the most value out of it.

If you’re unsure, we’re happy to help you evaluate whether Magento or another platform like Shopify would better serve your goals.

Both Magento (Adobe Commerce) and Shopify are powerful eCommerce platforms, but they serve different business needs. The right choice depends on your goals, budget, and how much control you want over your site.

Magento is ideal for businesses that need:

  • Full control over their hosting and infrastructure
  • Deep customization of checkout, product logic, or integrations
  • A scalable, open-source platform with no revenue-based fees
  • Custom module development and API integrations

Shopify, on the other hand, is a great choice for businesses that:

  • Want a fast, easy setup with minimal maintenance
  • Are comfortable working within a closed, SaaS-style ecosystem
  • Don’t need advanced custom features or logic
  • Prefer to pay a monthly fee for platform-managed hosting and security

We’ve helped companies move in both directions…from Magento to Shopify and vice versa. Where Shopify relies on monthly-paid apps (and sometimes a percentage of your sales), Magento offers more long-term flexibility and ownership of your site and data.

If your business requires custom workflows or wants to avoid being limited by platform-imposed constraints, Magento is often the better long-term investment. We’re happy to talk through your specific case and recommend the right path.

Yes. We have Certified Magento Developers on staff, each with nearly a decade of hands-on experience building, customizing, and supporting Magento stores, from early Magento 1.8 installations to the latest versions of Magento 2 (Adobe Commerce).

Our team has worked across industries and store sizes, and we maintain active certifications to stay current with Magento’s evolving codebase and best practices. We’re not just familiar with the platform…we’ve grown with it.

Whether you need custom module development, API integrations, performance tuning, or long-term support, you’re working with a team that knows Magento inside and out, and has the credentials to back it up.

Magento is our specialty, and it’s the platform we recommend for businesses that need custom functionality, long-term scalability, and full control over their eCommerce infrastructure. We’ve been working with Magento for nearly a decade and continue to support both Magento 1 and Magento 2 sites.

That said, we’ve also worked with platforms like Shopify, particularly when helping clients migrate to or from Magento. Our focus is always on finding the right solution for your business. If your project doesn’t require the flexibility of Magento, we’ll be upfront about that and help guide you to a platform that fits your goals and budget.

In short: we specialize in Magento, but our priority is helping you succeed, whatever platform that may require.

Yes, we regularly help businesses migrate to Magento from platforms like Shopify, WooCommerce, BigCommerce, and even older Magento 1.x builds. Whether you’re looking for more control, better performance, or the ability to customize your store in ways other platforms can’t support, we can guide your migration from start to finish.

Our migration services include:

  • Transferring product data, customer records, and order history
  • Rebuilding or redesigning your storefront in Magento
  • Migrating custom features or replicating workflows
  • Setting up redirects and SEO preservation strategies
  • Ensuring PCI compliance and security best practices

We’ve been through enough migrations to know where the pitfalls are—and how to avoid them. If you’re looking for a fresh start without losing what matters, we can make the transition smooth, secure, and strategically sound.

The timeline for launching a Magento store depends on the scope and complexity of the project. For a standard build with moderate customization, most Magento stores take 12 to 16 weeks from kickoff to launch. Projects with advanced integrations, custom module development, or large product catalogs may take longer.

We follow a phased development process that includes planning, design, development, QA, and deployment, ensuring that nothing gets rushed and your store is stable, scalable, and ready for traffic.

If you’re migrating from another platform or have existing assets, we’ll work with you to streamline the process and reuse what makes sense. And if you’re on a tight deadline, we can often phase the project so you can launch a minimum viable store faster and build out advanced features over time.

Absolutely. One of Magento’s biggest strengths is its flexibility, and that’s exactly why we specialize in it. Whether you need a custom checkout experience, unique product logic, advanced user roles, or something completely outside the box, we can build it.

We’ve developed dozens of custom modules tailored to specific business needs. While we always look for cost-effective off-the-shelf solutions when they’re available, we often find they come with bloated features or limitations. That’s why we frequently build lightweight, stable custom code that does exactly what you need…and nothing you don’t.

From storefront design to backend functionality, we can shape Magento around your business instead of forcing your business to fit someone else’s template.

Yes, we’ve developed dozens of custom Magento modules and handled complex integrations with CRMs, ERPs, fulfillment centers, payment gateways, and more.

While the Magento marketplace offers many plug-and-play extensions, we often find they include unnecessary features, lack flexibility, or cause performance issues. That’s why we frequently build custom-coded solutions that are lean, reliable, and designed specifically for your business.

We also work closely with your third-party vendors or internal teams to ensure integrations are secure, scalable, and properly documented. Whether you need real-time data syncing, custom APIs, or third-party system interoperability, we’ve got the experience to make it seamless.

Yes, performance optimization is one of the most common reasons clients come to us. Magento is a powerful platform, but to perform at its best, it needs to be properly configured and tuned for your specific environment.

We start by auditing your current store to identify bottlenecks, whether it’s server-side issues, front-end bloat, unoptimized extensions, or poorly configured caching. From there, we implement targeted improvements such as:

  • Full-page and block-level caching
  • Code and database optimization
  • Image compression and lazy loading
  • Theme refactoring and JS/CSS bundling
  • Server environment improvements (CDN, Redis, Varnish)

We also help stores meet Core Web Vitals and improve load times to boost SEO, user experience, and conversion rates. Whether you’re running slow on Magento 2 or still on a legacy Magento 1 build (though we highly discourage this!!… let’s get you migrated), we can help you get the speed your customers (and Google!) expect.

How do you handle Magento security updates and patches?
Answer:
Magento (Adobe Commerce) releases security patches regularly (typically 4 to 6 times per year) to address vulnerabilities and keep your store protected. We treat these updates as a critical part of your store’s ongoing health.

For clients on a support plan, we:

  • Monitor Adobe’s security bulletins and apply relevant patches promptly
  • Test patches in a staging environment before deploying them live
  • Ensure all custom code and modules remain stable after updates
  • Help maintain PCI compliance and protect against fraud or data breaches

For legacy Magento 1.x stores, we still provide security hardening and patching where possible, even though official support has ended. We’ve supported Magento for over a decade, so whether you’re on the latest release or managing a legacy system, we know how to keep your store secure and stable.

Still have questions? Let’s talk.

Seattle Magento Development & Support Partner