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Scandiweb
IndustryDigital strategy
Founded2003 (2003)
Headquarters,
Area served
Worldwide
ServicesMarketing, Web development
Websitescandiweb.com

scandiweb is a web development and digital strategy agency specializing in the Magento (Adobe Commerce) platform.[1] The company was established in 2003 in Latvia by Antons Sapriko. It has offices in the United States, Sweden, Latvia, and Georgia. scandiweb provides solutions for primarily eCommerce businesses and acts as a strategic partner for IT development focusing on web, mobile, and big data analysis.[2][3][4] Their work is centered mainly around Magento but also includes web development on other platforms, like Shopify, BigCommerce, Shopware, and others, 3rd party integration, growth marketing—SEO, PPC, CRO, email marketing, performance optimization, hosting, data analytics, and security services.

History

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scandiweb was established in 2003 by the founder, Antons Sapriko. For the first few years, scandiweb functioned as a content aggregation startup and later pivoted into a web design agency launching 300 sites on custom-made CMS.[5]

scandiweb's founder moved to Denmark in 2008 to study and began learning about the Magento platform, expanding service delivery to the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.

After 7 years of fixing small and large Magento projects, scandiweb began taking on projects that required full delivery care, from ideation to implementation and support. In 2017, in addition to the development teams, the agency opened a Growth department of 100+ team members who work on CX audits, data and analytics setups, conversion rate optimization, A/B testing, UI, technical SEO, and PPC campaigns.

During the next several years, scandiweb's team and client base grew exponentially. In 2024, scandiweb is a remote-first agency specializing in web development and digital strategy with 600+ employees from 35+ countries, serving eCommerce and non-eCommerce companies worldwide.

Partnerships

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scandiweb is the official Adobe Silver Partner. With 406 certifications and 286 certified employees, scandiweb is the largest Adobe Commerce-certified team globally.[6]

Since October 2016, scandiweb has been partnering with Oro, Inc., an open-source business application development firm, and has created an integrated eCommerce CRM solution based on the synthesis of Magento and Oro’s proprietary OroCRM system.[7][8]

scandiweb is the Gold Partner of Hyvä,[9] a Magento 2 frontend theme that optimizes performance metrics like PageSpeed scores and Core Web Vitals while preserving functionality and design. scandiweb has worked with Hyvä since early 2022.

scandiweb is the official Sanity Agency Partner and assists with content management for all technical deliveries.[10] Sanity is a headless content management system (CMS) that allows content to be reused endlessly across various channels and manages text, images, and other media with APIs.

scandiweb is the Klaviyo Agency Partner with the Silver Master badge. Klaviyo is an intelligent marketing automation platform powered by customer data.

scandiweb became a Pimcore Silver partner in April 2023 and was promoted to the Pimcore Gold Partner tier in August of the same year. In 2024, scandiweb became a Pimcore Platinum Partner. Pimcore is a leading product information management solution for Magento. scandiweb has also developed Pimcore Connector, an extension that enables integration between Pimcore and Magento 2.

scandiweb is also partnered with Shopify, BigCommerce, WooCommerce, Shopware, Webflow, Marello, AWS, personalization solutions Attraqt, Klevu, Clerk.io, payment providers Mondu, checkout.com, Bolt, and We are Planet, marketing tools DotDigital, CallRail, TikTok, VWO, Bloomreach, Segment, and Hotjar, and translation agencies Lokalise and Weglot.

Events and tools for the ecosystem

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scandiweb organized the first-ever Meet Magento event in the Baltics.[11] The event took place in Riga, Latvia, in October 2019. Meet Magento Baltics returned in May 2022 with 3-day virtual sessions and an in-person event in Riga.

scandiweb also hosts the eCOM360 conference, uniting eCommerce practitioners in business, marketing, design, and tech from all around the world. The first conference was held in Riga in 2019. Due to the pandemic, the 2020 conference was postponed and took place in 2021 in a virtual format.[12]

In 2020, scandiweb launched ReadyMage, a scalable hosting platform built to host Adobe Commerce projects.

When Progressive Web Apps first became popular in 2019, scandiweb developed ScandiPWA, an open-source, React-based storefront for Magento with improved UX and performance. ScandiPWA is used by more than 500 brands including Adidas, Levi's, Shure, Puma, Monin, and Buff. Magento PWA development offers a full PWA implementation that can be integrated with an existing Magento store.

Following ScandiPWA's success and wide implementation, scandiweb created Satoshi in 2023. It is a website that features an imagined eCommerce store's mobile experience, a showcase of UX/UI best practices with a tangible demonstration of those practices in action, also available as a theme.[13]

In 2024, scandiweb launched Scandilytics.ai. The scandilytics.ai platform integrates with Google Analytics to provide AI-driven insights, automated reporting, and data-driven decision-making tools. It’s designed for eCommerce businesses that want to leverage the capabilities of OpenAI’s GPT-4 for enhanced data analysis without the need for deep technical expertise.

Accolade

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In December 2016, scandiweb constructed the world’s largest Rube Goldberg Machine and entered the Guinness Book of World Records. The machine was used to turn on the lights of Riga’s Christmas tree.[14] The Rube Goldberg deployed a chain reaction consisting of 412 mechanical steps, setting in motion a wide assortment of parts such as levers, balls, and wheels, as well as items like a coffee machine and a fan.[15] The principle of a Rube Goldberg Machine is to achieve a simple task in the most complicated way possible.[16]

In 2023, scandiweb's redesign for a Swiss chocolatier Läderach's website was honored with the Design Curve Award at the 2023 Meet Magento NYC event.

scandiweb has obtained ISO 27001:2022 and ISO 27017:2015 standard certificates.

References

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  1. ^ Stanic, Aron (2016-02-08). "State of Magento Solution Specialist Certification - January 2016". Inchoo. Retrieved 2024-09-19.
  2. ^ Gunnilstam, Julius (2017-02-10). "Experten varnar: 9 000 nätbutiker med säkerhetshål". Ehandel.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2024-09-19.
  3. ^ RuneText, Adam Hillerbrand (2016-11-24). "De ska utmana Vaimo inom e-handeln". Dagens industri (in Swedish). Retrieved 2024-09-19.
  4. ^ "New York Times, Jaguar och Legos e-handelsleverantör öppnar upp i Sverige | MKSE.com". www.mkse.com (in Swedish). 2016-11-25. Retrieved 2024-09-19.
  5. ^ "Scandiweb: Latvia's Magento Magicians". HuffPost. 2013-12-04. Retrieved 2024-09-19.
  6. ^ "Adobe Solution Partner Directory". solutionpartners.adobe.com. Retrieved 2024-09-19.
  7. ^ OroCRM - Open-Source CRM. 2. "Scandiweb Partners with OroCRM - OroCRM - Open-Source CRM".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  8. ^ "Oro Inc. and Scandiweb Announce Successful Customer Deployment With Major European Car Maker". www.newswire.com. Retrieved 2024-09-19.
  9. ^ "Hyvä Partners". www.hyva.io. Retrieved 2024-09-19.
  10. ^ "Scandiweb – Sanity Agency Partner". Sanity.io. Retrieved 2024-09-19.
  11. ^ "Meet Magento Baltics". meetmagentobaltics.com. Retrieved 2024-09-19.
  12. ^ "'eCOM360' konference pulcēs globālos e-komercijas līderus virtuālā formātā". www.delfi.lv (in Latvian). Retrieved 2024-09-19.
  13. ^ ScandiPWA (2023-11-29). "UX never felt this good: Technology behind Satoshi". Medium. Retrieved 2024-09-19.
  14. ^ Banford, Margaret Banford Margaret; Writing, When Not; Reading, Spends Her Time; baker, playing several musical instruments She is also a fair; Cornes, the CEO of C. M.; UK, Birmingham (2019-12-20). "The Most Complicated Way to Light Up A Christmas Tree". GineersNow. Retrieved 2024-09-19.
  15. ^ "Updated: Riga lights its Christmas tree by chain reaction". eng.lsm.lv. Retrieved 2024-09-19.
  16. ^ Guinness World Records. "World's largest Rube Goldberg machine lights up Christmas tree for Latvian town".