E-Commerce Blog

Deciding on a suitable hosting model is crucial for e-commerce traders. But which solution is the right choice? In this blog post, we compare the two hosting variants dedicated hosting and cloud computing based on scalability, security, control, data sovereignty and other factors.

The use of software in e-commerce is usually not limited to a shop system. In this article we reveal how technology management supports traders to be successful in the long term.

Anyone searching for specific products or categories in an online shop wants to receive suitable search results within seconds. In this blog post we show how the full-text search engine OpenSearch can support this.

PIM systems support the collection, management and distribution of product data in e-commerce. In this article we explain the functionality and advantages of the digital experience platform Pimcore.

After the successful premiere last year, we again supported the Shopware Community UnConference 2023 as one of the main sponsors. What we experienced from 24 to 26 March in Cologne, we report in this review.

August 2024 – and with it the "end of life" of Shopware 5 – still seems a long way off. However, experience shows that the deadline comes sooner than expected. Co-initiator Carmen Bremen reports in an interview on how the community initiative safefive can support shop operators in terms of security after the EOL of Shopware 5.

E-mails are the most frequently used form of communication in e-commerce. In this article, we look at the SPF, DKIM and DMARC frameworks. We show how they can contribute to secure and authenticated emailing.

On 8 December 2022, PHP 8.2, the new minor version of the PHP scripting language, was released. In this blog post, we show which innovations and changes are contained in PHP 8.2.

2022 was a special year for maxcluster. 10 years have passed since its foundation and the company has evolved from a university spin-off to an important player in the German hosting industry.

Early birds catch the worms. But if you want to have access to an extensive shopping assortment around the clock, you should rather become a LateBird.