Senior Magento developers. Fixed-price projects. 60–70% less than US agencies.

Magento Open Source (formerly Magento Community Edition) is the free, self-hosted version of Magento 2. Adobe Commerce (formerly Magento Commerce / Enterprise Edition) is the paid version with additional features: advanced B2B functionality, customer segmentation, loyalty programs, visual merchandising, page builder, and cloud hosting options. Most small and mid-market businesses run on Magento Open Source. Adobe Commerce is typically justified at $5M+ GMV or when you need the advanced B2B and merchandising features.

Yes — Magento 2 is purpose-built for large, complex product catalogs. It handles hundreds of thousands of SKUs with configurable products, layered navigation, and complex attribute sets. Properly optimized (Elasticsearch for search, Varnish for full-page cache, Redis for session and cache storage), a Magento 2 store can handle enormous catalogs and high traffic volumes. This is where Magento outperforms Shopify and WooCommerce, which struggle with catalog complexity at scale.

Hyvä is a modern Magento 2 frontend theme framework that replaces the default Luma theme. It uses Alpine.js and Tailwind CSS instead of RequireJS and Knockout.js — resulting in dramatically faster page load times (often 3–5x) and much simpler frontend code. For new Magento 2 builds in 2025, Hyvä is generally the right choice if you don't need Magento's native Page Builder. FactoryJet builds on Hyvä for new stores when performance is the priority.

Yes — B2B is one of Magento's strongest use cases. Adobe Commerce includes native B2B features: company accounts, shared catalogs with customer-group pricing, custom purchase approval workflows, requisition lists, quick order by SKU, and net payment terms. Magento Open Source can handle basic B2B with extensions. If you need a complex B2B portal with negotiated pricing, buyer hierarchies, and approval workflows, Adobe Commerce is the right platform.

Yes — Magento's multi-store architecture is one of its strongest differentiators. A single Magento installation can run multiple websites, each with separate domains, themes, product catalogs, pricing, and tax configurations. Multi-currency and multi-language are supported natively. This makes Magento ideal for brands with separate B2B and B2C storefronts, regional stores with different catalogs, or wholesale and retail operations on the same platform.

No — Magento 1 reached official end-of-life in June 2020. It no longer receives security patches from Adobe. Running a Magento 1 store in 2025 means running unpatched security vulnerabilities that are actively exploited by automated attacks. Payment card industry (PCI DSS) compliance is also increasingly difficult to maintain on an unsupported platform. If you're still on Magento 1, migration to Magento 2 or an alternative platform is urgent.

A proper Magento 1 to Magento 2 migration transfers: products and categories (including attributes and images), customers (account data and order history), orders and invoices, CMS pages and blocks, URL rewrites, and store configuration. What doesn't migrate automatically: custom Magento 1 extensions (they need to be rebuilt or replaced with M2 equivalents), custom theme code (the M2 theme is a rebuild), and integrations with third-party systems (APIs need re-wiring).

Yes — and for some businesses, that's the right move. If your Magento 1 store has a relatively simple catalog, standard checkout, and no deep custom functionality, migrating to Shopify may be simpler and cheaper than rebuilding on Magento 2. Magento 2 makes more sense when you need advanced catalog complexity, B2B features, multi-store, or deep custom workflows that Shopify can't handle. FactoryJet can advise on the right platform for your specific business after a discovery call.

SEO can survive a Magento migration intact — but only if it's done carefully. The key factors: proper URL redirect mapping (all old URLs redirect 301 to new equivalents), preserved URL structure where possible, migrated meta titles and descriptions, maintained canonical tags, and proper sitemap resubmission after launch. FactoryJet includes an SEO migration checklist in every M1-to-M2 project. Poorly managed migrations lose 20–50% of organic traffic; well-managed ones are transparent to Google.

A straightforward Magento 1 migration with standard extensions takes 8–12 weeks. Stores with heavy custom code, complex catalog structures, or many third-party integrations take 12–20 weeks. The longest phases are typically extension auditing/rebuilding and UAT testing. FactoryJet provides a timeline estimate after a technical audit of your existing M1 store — we don't guess, we measure.

A Magento module is a self-contained package of code that extends or modifies Magento's functionality. Custom modules add features that aren't part of Magento's core — for example: a custom shipping rate calculator, a product configurator, a wholesale price management system, a custom loyalty rewards system, or a Magento-to-ERP sync. Modules follow Magento's architecture (plugins, observers, preferences, service contracts) and install via Composer without modifying core files.

ERP integration with Magento typically involves bidirectional data sync: order data flows from Magento to the ERP, and inventory/pricing/product data flows from the ERP to Magento. This is usually done via REST or GraphQL APIs on the Magento side, and the ERP's native API or an integration middleware (like Celigo or MuleSoft) on the other. FactoryJet builds direct API integrations as well as middleware-based integrations depending on your ERP and sync complexity requirements.

Yes — a significant portion of our Magento work is optimizing, debugging, or extending existing stores. Common projects include: performance optimization (slow load times, database query bottlenecks, cache configuration), security patching and hardening, fixing broken or poorly coded third-party extensions, adding new features without disrupting existing functionality, and resolving checkout or payment issues. We do a technical audit first, then provide a fixed-price proposal for the work.

FactoryJet has built integrations between Magento 2 and a wide range of third-party systems: ERP (NetSuite, SAP, Sage, QuickBooks), CRM (Salesforce, HubSpot), payment gateways (Stripe, Authorize.Net, PayPal), shipping carriers and 3PLs (ShipStation, ShipBob, FedEx, UPS), marketing platforms (Klaviyo, Mailchimp, Dotdigital), and PIM systems (Akeneo). If you have a specific integration in mind, ask on the consultation call and we'll tell you what's involved.

Yes — all FactoryJet Magento development follows official Magento coding standards and best practices. This means no core file modifications (everything via plugins, observers, or preferences), proper module structure (composer.json, registration.php, module.xml), PSR-2 coding style, Magento ECG code smell detection, and inline documentation. Code that follows these standards is maintainable, upgradeable, and won't break on Magento patches — which matters a lot for long-term stability.

US Magento development is expensive for two reasons: Magento expertise is specialized (fewer developers know it deeply compared to WordPress or Shopify), and US agencies charge $150–$300/hour. A custom module that takes 40 hours to build properly costs $6,000–$12,000 at those rates. FactoryJet's senior Magento developers work at significantly lower hourly rates due to our India-based team structure — delivering the same technical depth at 60–70% lower cost.

FactoryJet charges fixed prices for Magento projects whenever possible — we strongly prefer fixed-price over hourly billing because it eliminates scope creep risk for you and forces us to scope accurately. For well-defined projects (module development, migrations, new builds), we provide a fixed price after the discovery call. For ongoing retainer work (maintenance, support, iterative development), we offer monthly retainer packages with defined hours.

Magento performance optimization typically costs $2,000–$6,000 depending on what's needed. A typical performance engagement includes a technical audit (identifying slow queries, cache misconfig, unoptimized extensions), Varnish and Redis configuration, image optimization, Elasticsearch tuning, and frontend asset optimization. We provide a fixed price after the audit. Some performance issues are simple configuration fixes; others require extension rewrites — we won't know until we look.

Magento 2 Open Source has no platform license fee, but it requires self-managed hosting — typically $200–$1,000/month for a properly configured server environment (Nginx, PHP-FPM, Redis, Elasticsearch, Varnish). Adobe Commerce adds a license fee starting at ~$22,000/year for smaller stores. Shopify charges $79–$399/month plus transaction fees. For high-volume stores, Magento's total cost is often lower than Shopify Plus ($2,300/month). For simpler operations, Shopify's lower infrastructure complexity often wins.

The free technical consultation is a 30–45 minute call where we understand your current Magento environment (or your requirements for a new build), your technical goals, your timeline, and any constraints. For existing stores, we'll ask you to share access to your Magento admin and hosting so we can do a technical audit before quoting. You'll get a fixed-price proposal within 2–3 business days of the audit. No obligation to proceed.

Yes — FactoryJet offers monthly Magento maintenance retainers that cover: security patches and updates, performance monitoring, extension updates, bug fixes, and small development tasks. Retainers start at $599/month and are structured with a defined hours allocation. For larger ongoing development needs, we offer dedicated developer arrangements at a fixed monthly cost. Every project engagement includes 30 days of free post-launch support regardless of retainer.

Yes — FactoryJet has been building Magento stores and custom modules for US e-commerce businesses since Magento 1. Our portfolio includes B2B wholesale portals, multi-store retail operations, high-SKU catalog sites, and Magento-to-ERP integrations across a range of industries. We serve US clients exclusively and operate in US time zones for all client communication. Ask to see relevant Magento case studies on your consultation call.

Yes — we share relevant Magento portfolio examples during the consultation call. Due to client confidentiality, we don't publish all projects publicly, but we'll show you work relevant to your specific type of project (B2B, multi-store, migration, custom module, etc.). You can also see general e-commerce work on our portfolio page. The best way to evaluate our technical depth is the consultation conversation — our developers talk through architecture, not just show screenshots.

FactoryJet's engineering team is based in India but serves US clients exclusively. We schedule all client communication (calls, reviews, demos) during US business hours — typically 9 AM–5 PM Eastern. Daily async updates are provided through your preferred tool (Slack, email, or project management). For urgent production issues, we provide same-day response during business hours and best-effort off-hours response for critical emergencies.