Laravel agency Hamburg: web applications from the Hamburg area

class SyncStock implements ShouldQueue
{
    public function handle(Erp $erp, Shop $shop): void
    {
        foreach ($erp->changedProducts() as $product) {
            $shop->setStock($product->number, $product->stock);
        }
    }
}

What we build with Laravel

Most of our Laravel projects fall into four groups. You will find more on each group on the linked pages.

• Web apps and customer portals: customers and partners find invoices, delivery status, price lists or documents themselves instead of asking for them. With two-factor login if required.
• Custom back ends: admin interfaces for orders, product data or approvals, with roles, permissions and a log of who changed what.
• APIs and middleware: connections between shop, ERP, PIM and marketplaces that translate formats, transfer only changes and retry errors individually.
• Product configurators: customers put together dimensions, material and accessories themselves and see the price straight away.

If your cloud ERP lacks a function, we add it via its API. What that looks like is shown on the page about ERP extensions.

AI in Laravel applications

Language models and AI search can be built into a Laravel application very well. We do this in our own products: Minofinder combines product search and advice in a chat, and KAI writes product copy with models from OpenAI. For client projects this means we know where AI shortens a process and where it only adds cost. For processes that an AI agent can take over, read more under process automation.

Laravel, Shopware or WordPress?

Not every project needs a dedicated application. For an online shop we use Shopware 6, and for company websites WordPress or Astro, which you will find under websites. We choose Laravel when your processes do not fit into any of these systems.

Often the systems complement each other. A customer portal fetches orders from the shop, a configurator writes to the Shopware basket, and middleware synchronises stock levels between shop and inventory management. Which systems we have already connected is listed in the ERP overview.

Example projects: Laravel software from our own operations

The best evidence of our Laravel development is the applications we run ourselves every day. There we see what happens after go-live: updates, load, errors, new requests.

ShopSignal

ShopSignal is our monitoring software for Shopware 6 shops, developed with Laravel. It monitors availability, servers, the message queue, error logs, SEO and revenue and sums everything up in a health score. A plugin is installed in each shop and sends signed data. If the score drops or revenue collapses, a notification is sent by email, Slack or webhook. Agencies see all their clients’ shops on a heatmap.

Minofinder

Minofinder is our AI search with product advisor for online shops, also developed with Laravel. The search finds products even with typos or customers’ own terms, and the chat only recommends items from the real catalogue. Minofinder runs as a plugin in Shopware 6, Shopware 5 and WooCommerce, and a dashboard shows which searches led to orders.

KAI (mitKai)

KAI writes product copy for entire categories from the data that is already available in the shop. We develop and run it together with tobias-schaefer.com on the basis of Laravel. KAI synchronises products from Shopware 6 or Shopify, the copy is created with language models from OpenAI, and translations run via OpenAI or DeepL. The texts go back into the shop or as a CSV file to ERP and PIM.

Our own time tracking

For our own team we have developed a time tracking tool with Laravel that we use ourselves every day.

Operation and hosting after go-live

An application is not finished at go-live. PHP and Laravel receive updates, security advisories appear, and new requirements arise in daily use. We continue to take care of all this. Our servers are located in Germany and tuned for Laravel; you will find details under hosting. If you prefer to stay with your own hosting provider, we set up the application there.

Laravel development in Hamburg: how we work together

It all starts with a conversation about your processes, not about technology. We then record roles, data and interfaces and estimate the effort. An early prototype shows the most important functions with your data. Only once it is clear that the idea holds up in daily use do we continue building in short iterations. Your contacts are based in Bargteheide and know your project. The easiest way to discuss a project is via our contact form. An overview of all services around the framework is given on the page about Laravel development.