"Visionary Award" – Shopware Honours Outstanding Online Shops for the First Time

Schöppingen, April 14, 2025 – This year, Shopware will present the Shopware Visionary Award for the first time – an accolade that celebrates e-commerce companies boldly shaping the future of commerce. Whether B2B or B2C: with this award, Shopware shines a spotlight on visionary online shops that combine technological excellence with creative innovation, setting new standards in digital commerce.

The three winners will be officially announced during the Shopware Community Day (SCD) on June 4, 2025, in Cologne. Starting now, companies or individuals can nominate online shops they believe deserve the award. Submissions are open until April 21, 2025. More details about the process can be found on the award website.

Exclusive Prizes for the Winners

Winners of the Shopware Visionary Award will receive several exclusive benefits, including a custom-designed trophy and digital badge for open use, an individual discovery workshop with the Shopware Consulting team, a charitable donation made in the winner's name, and high-visibility social media promotion by Shopware.

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The award is open to operators of Shopware 6 shops. A nominated shop should stand out in at least one of the following areas:

  • Excellence

    – Technical brilliance and a spirit of innovation

  • Emotion

    – Inspiring user experience and brand engagement

  • Efficiency

    – Smart processes and strong performance

Supported by Mollie

The Visionary Award is supported by Mollie, a leading provider of seamless payment solutions helping more than 250,000 businesses grow — from startups to large enterprises.

The winners will be chosen from a shortlist of finalists by a jury of prominent figures from Shopware and Mollie. The jury includes Shopware founders and Co-CEOs Stefan Hamann and Sebastian Hamann, CPTO Mark Stanley, and Pascal Matern, Country Partnerships Lead DACH at Mollie.

For more information and to submit a nomination, please visit: www.shopware.com/en/shopware-visionary-award-2025

Contact

Wiljo Krechting

Wiljo Krechting

Manager Public Relations

Wiljo Krechting is an ecommerce expert and Manager Public Relations at the ecommerce platform provider Shopware. The media professional has a master’s degree in political science and journalism from the universities of Münster and Melbourne, where he gained experience as a foreign correspondent for the publisher Axel-Springer-Verlag. Krechting has worked as a journalist at Rheinische Post, WELT, BILD, Hamburger Abendblatt and the Australian business portal theaustralian.com.