Shopware Community Day 2019

The Shopware Community Day is now considered the most important industry event for online retail and thus the flagship event for e-commerce enthusiasts.

What is the Shopware Community Day?

For the Community Day, Shopware gathers customers, partners and developers in one place, thereby fostering the exchange and collaboration of the widely scattered e-commerce community.

SYNERGY NETWORKS at the SCD

The SYNERGY NETWORKS team regularly attends the SCD to stay informed about the latest developments in the Shopware universe. We are happy to pass on this newly acquired knowledge to our customers. In this way, together—Shopware as the manufacturer, we as a certified agency and our customers as online retailers—we can grow and continue to implement many successful projects.

Shopware Community Day 2019

published on 22.05.2019

The Shopware Community Day 2019 on 23.05.2019 will take place in the Landschaftspark Duisburg-Nord.

All information about the SCD 2019 to follow...

Shopware Community Day 2018

published on 22.05.2018

The Shopware Community Day 2018 on 18.05.2018 was held under the guiding theme “Beyond Horizon” and dared to look beyond the boundaries of online retail.

But first, the many visitors had to get used to a change: the way to the destination no longer led through the idyllic landscape of the picturesque Münsterland, past cows and farms, but directly into the Ruhr area. Here in the Landschaftspark Duisburg-Nord there was plenty of space for the ever-growing flagship event of the online retail industry.

Besides the top-class speakers and interesting exhibitors, it was, as usual, the Opening Keynote and the Feature Keynote that were awaited with the greatest anticipation.

Shopware Community Day 2017

published on 12.06.2017

This date had long been fixed for e-commerce enthusiasts. On 09.06.2017, Shopware AG invited them to the industry meeting in Ahaus for the Shopware Community Day 2017.

More than 1600 visitors witnessed Shopware board member Stefan Hamann proclaim the “Age of the Customer,” thus placing people back at the center of online retail.

The entire day was held under the motto “Hello Human,” and the new features that enter the Shopware universe with Shopware version 5.3 fit well with this. With the help of Customer Streams, merchants will then be able to address their customers even more specifically and directly and offer individual content.

Another future vision of the developers is the restructuring of the Shopware backend. There, users will soon be alerted to problems and their solutions with the help of artificial intelligence.

The subsequent after-show party in the “Bamboo Bar” has by now become a beloved tradition. On this evening, too, there were intensive discussions and exuberant celebrations.

Recap - Shopware Community Day 2016

published on 23.05.2016

The Shopware Community Day 2016 on 20.05.2018 opened with a real bang: from Shopware version 5.2, the software will be fully unshackled and, from the release onwards, will do without the encryption by ionCube.

Shopware board member Stefan Hamann dropped this bombshell right on Friday morning at the opening keynote. This means that in the future not only the Shopware Core but also all Premium Plugins will run on an open-source basis. Insight into every line of code now enables developers like us to individually customize the plugins according to customer wishes.

Further innovations did not keep us waiting long afterwards. From the new version, the powerful Shopware merchandise management system Pickware will be integrated free of charge into the Shopware Professional and Professional Plus editions. Another point of joy for shop operators should be the Subshop plugin, which will be free in the future. Until now, the plugin cost €495 – from Shopware 5.2 onwards, any number of subshops can be created directly from the backend, free of charge.

As always at this point, a big thank you to Shopware for this successful day! We saw exciting presentations and had interesting conversations. At the after-show party in the usual relaxed atmosphere, we also made promising contacts.

Shopware Community Day 2016

published on 21.03.2016

Two months before the Shopware Community Day, which takes place on 20.05.2016 in Ahaus, we venture a preview of perhaps the most exciting event of the e-commerce scene.

This year, the organizers expect more than 1600 participants, who of course are looking forward above all to the annual keynote by Shopware board member Stefan Hamann. Here he will present the anticipated Shopware version 5.2 to us.

The software developers from Schöppingen are still keeping a low profile—not too much of the program has been revealed yet. But at least the motto of this year's SCD 2016 has already been disclosed. Apparently we are venturing into the depths of the digital ocean, into the “Digital Blue.” There, a multitude of exhibitors, merchants and speakers await us—among them our partners Profihost and Trusted Shops.

As usual, after the Community Day, participants will meet for the after-show party in the “Bamboo Bar” for a get-together in a relaxed atmosphere. It only remains to be hoped that, unlike last year, the weather will cooperate on this evening.

Recap - Shopware Community Day 2015

published on 07.09.2015

The motto of the Shopware Community Day, which took place on 4.09.2015 at the Tobit Campus in Ahaus, was “Circus E-Commerce.”

Accordingly, the SYNERGY NETWORKS team also set off early for the ring so as not to miss anything. More than 1500 e-commerce enthusiasts and over 70 presentations once again made the SCD 2015 a special event.

Most interesting for us were, of course, the new developments that Shopware announced with the 5.1 update. Two trends are emerging for us: on the one hand, the concept of storytelling in the broadest sense is becoming an ever bigger topic. On the other hand, increasing the conversion rate through good usability, for example an intelligent search system, is a major goal. For both of these development trends, we are of course betting on the right horse with Shopware.

At the subsequent gathering in the relaxed atmosphere of the “Bamboo Bar,” we deepened the exchange with other Shopware partners and colleagues. A thank you at this point to shopware AG and Tobit Software AG for this sensational day. We look forward to seeing you again next year!

Shopware Community Day 2015

published on 14.08.2015

On 4.09.2015, Shopware invites everyone to the now fifth Community Day and, as always, the event meets with plenty of enthusiasm among e-commerce fans.

Indeed, more than 1500 participants have already announced their attendance. The SYNERGY NETWORKS team naturally does not need to be asked twice and is once again there in Ahaus.

Our participation has very clear motives: expand knowledge, strengthen know-how and make valuable contacts. We use all of this for our daily work and pass it on to our customers. Thus both we and you are always up to date when it comes to e-commerce. We are particularly looking forward to the Shopware keynote, which is to present Shopware version 5.1 to us.

Of course, after a long day we are also looking forward to the casual get-together in the “Bamboo Bar.”

A detailed follow-up report on the SCD 2015 will of course be available here in our magazine.

Shopware Community Day 2014

published on 15.05.2014

The SYNERGY NETWORKS team will be represented at the Shopware Community Day 2014 in Ahaus on 16.05.2014.

At this year's Community Day, we once again expect the balanced mix of exciting presentations given by the experts of the scene, a large exhibition area and interesting sessions.

Two years ago, we already took part in the SCD 2012 and experienced the spectacular “Back to the Future” appearance. So this time, too, we are once again excited about the exciting news that Shopware has to announce.

We are also looking forward to the legendary after-show party in the “Bamboo Bar”—see you at the Shopware Community Day 2014!