Media, services and foundations shape Gütersloh. Internationally active companies and organisations are based here that publish a great deal: studies, position papers, events, press releases in several languages. For content like that, a website is not a brochure but an editorial system with workflows, an archive and search. Add the service providers around these organisations, which run several brand and topic sites in parallel. Anyone working here needs a CMS that manages large volumes of structured content over many years — and a partner who does not just build it, but takes responsibility for running it.
The Gütersloh district adds manufacturers whose products are sold through dealer and service networks: household appliances, kitchens and furniture, agricultural machinery. Their online business is less about quick consumer purchases and more about spare parts, accessories and service for equipment that stays in use for many years. Agricultural machinery adds seasonal peaks: a part is needed at harvest time, not three weeks later. Projects like these do not start with shop design but with sales logic, data quality and the question of how serial numbers, parts lists and dealer terms fit together.
For these manufacturers, Shopware 6 usually means a dealer portal and a spare parts shop. Dealers and service partners see their terms, find parts by serial number or exploded drawing and, if they wish, order straight from their own ERP system. Where end customers should buy too, customer groups and sales channels control who sees which prices. We connect ERP and PIM through our own interfaces. After go-live we take on the full support: staging-tested updates, security patches, plugin upkeep, a close watch on the imports. The response time is set in the maintenance contract — 24, 8, 4 or 2 hours — and at harvest time it matters that it is agreed in writing.
For media houses, foundations and service providers in Gütersloh we use TYPO3 when content is structured, multilingual and maintained across several websites. Publications, people and events are created once and published in several places; editorial teams work with approvals and clearly separated permissions. New projects we build on TYPO3 v14 LTS. Existing installations we bring there via a planned upgrade path, after reviewing every extension. Maintenance afterwards: assessing security bulletins, applying patches promptly, minor updates at plannable intervals, PHP and database kept as current as the TYPO3 version requires.
Sharpness (Oldenburg) is the right partner if you want someone who concentrates on Shopware and TYPO3, hosts on its own servers in Germany and does not disappear after launch. We hold the kick-off and key workshops in Gütersloh by arrangement, about two hours and 15 minutes from our office. Development and support run remotely, with documented handovers and access credentials in your name. You can reach us Monday to Thursday, 9:00 to 16:00, and Friday, 9:00 to 13:00 CET, on +49 441 21 21 63 0.