From the first steps with a desktop app to our powerful #NextGen platform – our journey is characterized by innovation, adaptability, and the constant pursuit of improvement. Since 2013, we have been continuously working to develop Import2Shop into a leading solution for shop operators and dropshipping users. In doing so, we have not only mastered technical hurdles but also responded to global challenges such as the pandemic with flexibility and foresight. Every milestone in our company history represents our commitment to providing you with the best possible support for your e-commerce business – with maximum stability, optimized processes, and forward-looking features. Experience the evolution of Import2Shop in our timeline.
Going forward, we are systematically expanding our tool to include interfaces with major marketplaces. By leveraging AI, we can automate numerous steps to provide you with first-class listing tools.
Initial features for automated product data processing have been implemented. Thanks to AI, product descriptions are now more personalized than ever before. Artificial intelligence will profoundly impact and simplify our daily work routines. We are deeply integrating AI into our system.
Our app is more stable than ever, with 99.9% availability and excellent runtimes for product data updates speak for the app. Our next major milestone is the integration of several marketplaces.
Not a single line of code is the same as before, everything has been redeveloped from scratch. The Corona crisis showed us that the previous microservice architecture was too rigid and inflexible. We couldn't react quickly to events and deliver updates. Therefore, we decided to "take the app apart" and completely restructure it. Our new version #NextGen was released. With the new master version, we are setting a new milestone in our company history, which will be the foundation for great functions and brilliant features for many years to come!
The world is upside down. Corona has us all in its grip, but we are giving 200% to offer you the best possible support. During this difficult time, we are also supporting research projects by providing unused computing power. Furthermore, we have made it our task to integrate additional shop systems.
Beginning development of our new application Import2Shop ORION. Publication in Q1 2019 with the most important primary functions that are already included in our old app. Additionally with the already completed products and functions.
Complete rebuild of the entire infrastructure across multiple servers and nodes. Increased security, stability, and flexibility. Contract conclusion for data center administration with professionals from Elektronik Böcker to ensure the further development of the app.
To avoid problems with third-party hosts, we expanded our computing power by 100%. Now we could offer our own hosting, which brings customers more and more to "everything from one source."
Due to the steadily growing number of users, we decided to rent our first rack in the Frankfurt data center. This decision proved to be the right one. We could now process more and more processes in parallel, which enormously accelerated the updates of article data.
After the great success of I2S – v1.0, it quickly became clear that development had to continue. It quickly became apparent that the offline version was not the best solution for the user, and product variants were also increasingly becoming the focus. So we decided to develop and publish the first web app. This quickly found great interest among dropshipping users and shop operators with their own warehouse. From now on, a direct database connection to Gambio was used for importing article data.
