Gambio Agency: extensions, integrations and migration
GAMBIO EXTEND, INTEGRATE OR MIGRATE
Gambio is a German shop system for small and mid-sized merchants, available as a cloud shop or self-hosted. We extend your Gambio shop, connect your systems and guide the move to Shopware 6 once your business outgrows the standard.
What does a Gambio agency do?
A Gambio agency customises Gambio shops, connects inventory systems, marketplace tools and payment providers, and helps when the business grows. nextlevels reviews your shop in an audit, builds customisations for self-hosted Gambio and plans the migration to Shopware 6 when your catalogue, B2B requirements or integrations outgrow the standard.
Price rules, live – B2C or B2B
Switch the customer group, change quantities and apply a coupon: group price, tier price, free-shipping threshold and VAT recalculate instantly. The list shows which rule changed the price. Example products and prices, calculated in your browser.
Consumers always see gross prices
Work gloves
€23.74 / unitwas €24.99
€284.88
Cordless drill
€99.96 / unit
€99.96
Screw set
€5.00 / unit
€0.00
- Goods value
- €384.84
- Shipping
- free
- Total
- €384.84
- incl. 19 % VAT
- €61.45
Rules applied
- Tier price from 10 units −5 %: Work gloves−€15.00
- Free shipping from €150.00 goods value−€5.95
Example products and prices. Tiers: from 10 units −5 %, from 25 units −10 %. Calculated in your browser.
What we do with Gambio
Bookable individually or as a project. And if Gambio is still enough for you, we tell you.
How a Gambio project runs
Cost and duration depend on scope. Our project calculator gives you a first range; the binding figure comes with the offer after the workshop.
Brands that work with us
Pros and cons of Gambio
Pros
- Gambio is tailored to German online retail and can be run without programming skills.
- The vendor puts legal compliance for the German market at the centre.
- You can choose between a cloud shop with hosting and updates or self-hosting.
- Partner solutions and interfaces are available for marketplaces and inventory systems.
Cons
- Complex B2B logic with customer group pricing and approvals hits limits sooner than in Shopware 6.
- Cloud shops allow only limited custom code changes.
- The pool of specialised developers and agencies is small.
- Headless frontends and international multi-shop setups are not the system's focus.
Is Gambio right for you?
A good fit if …
- You run a Gambio shop and need specific extensions or interfaces.
- You want to connect your shop to inventory, payment or multichannel tools.
- You notice your business outgrowing Gambio and want to plan the switch properly.
- You want a neutral audit of your shop before making a decision.
Probably not if …
- You need help setting up a new Gambio cloud shop – the vendor provides that itself.
- You need legal texts or legal advice – law firms and specialised providers handle that.
- Your shop runs smoothly on the standard and needs no development.
- You are looking for a certified Gambio partner.
We work withGambio
Gambio is built for German online retail and can be run without programming skills. We step in when your shop needs to do more than the standard.
- Technical review of theme, modules and interfaces
- Customisations and extensions for self-hosted Gambio
- Integration with inventory systems, multichannel tools and payment
- Migration to Shopware 6 with data, URLs and customer accounts
Gambio or Shopware 6?
Gambio is exactly right for many retailers. Five questions about your shop, and you see which way it leans and why. The weighting follows the trade-off table below.
Question 1 of 5
Who develops the shop?
All trade-offs as a table
When Gambio – and when Shopware 6?
Gambio is exactly right for many merchants. A switch only pays off once the standard holds back your growth. This is how we weigh it:
| Decision | Lean towards Gambio | Lean towards the alternative |
|---|---|---|
| Team and development | Gambio, if you want to run the shop without your own development team and the standard features are enough. | Shopware 6, if you regularly budget for development and the shop is a central sales channel with its own logic. |
| B2B | Gambio, if your B2B business gets by with customer groups and simple pricing rules. | Shopware 6, if you need individual customer prices, approvals, quote processes or several buyers per company. |
| Room for customisation | Gambio, if the cloud shop is enough and hosting and updates should stay with the vendor. | Shopware 6, if you need considerably more custom extensions than the cloud shop allows, or than a self-hosted Gambio handles with reasonable effort. |
| Channels and countries | Gambio, if you mainly sell in Germany and connect marketplaces via partner tools. | Shopware 6, if several shops, languages and countries should run from one installation or a headless frontend is planned. |
| Product range | Gambio, if the range is manageable and variants fit the standard. | Shopware 6, if large ranges with many variants, properties and filter logic shape your day-to-day. |
As of October 2026. The table doesn't replace an architecture decision – we make that with you on the actual project.
Built for German online retail
Gambio is designed for German e-commerce and, according to the vendor, puts a strong focus on legal compliance. For you this means many mandatory details are already covered in the standard.
Cloud or self-hosted
Gambio is available as a cloud shop with hosting and updates by the vendor, or for self-hosting. For custom extensions the self-hosted version is usually the right setup.
Multichannel through partner solutions
Gambio connects marketplaces and inventory systems mainly through partners and interfaces, such as multichannel tools like Afterbuy or DreamRobot. We check which integration fits your processes.
Start without a development team
Gambio is aimed at merchants who want to run their shop without programming skills. As soon as custom logic is needed, you need development – or a system with more room.
Extend a Gambio shop where it matters
When individual features are missing, such as an inventory system interface or custom checkout logic, we build them into the self-hosted shop – without blocking the update path.
Outgrowing Gambio
When B2B pricing, several sales channels or large catalogues outgrow the standard, we plan the move to Shopware 6 with clean data transfer and preserved rankings.
Gambio Data & Insights
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How does a migration from Gambio to Shopware 6 work?
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Your edge with Gambio
We are a Shopware and headless agency and know the point where a standard shop becomes too tight. We tell you honestly whether Gambio is still enough or whether it's time to switch.
Neutral assessment instead of blanket replatforming
Experience migrating from Gambio to Shopware 6
Interfaces that are documented and testable
One contact from analysis to go-live
Extend Gambio or switch to Shopware?
We review your Gambio shop and then deliver the right path: targeted extensions or a planned migration to Shopware 6.
To the Shopware agencyReady for your Gambio project?
Let's talk about your requirements – we'll get back to you within one business day with concrete next steps.
What's it about?
Paul Kalisch
Executive Partner
- 30 minutes by video or phone
- You talk directly to a partner, not to sales
- You get the order of steps, risks and rough costs
