Picking the wrong platform costs a lot more than picking carefully. I do strategic e-commerce consulting for founders and CTOs deciding between Magento, Shopify, headless, BigCommerce, Salesforce Commerce Cloud, or a custom build.
You get an objective written recommendation grounded in 8 years of building on these platforms — not a sales pitch for the one I happen to make a margin on.
Why this service pays for itself
Independent — not tied to any platform vendor
Written deliverable, not just a chat
Backed by hands-on experience, not a slide deck
Saves you 6+ months of platform mistakes
Pricing
Choose your package
Prices in USD. Other currencies on request, pick the closest tier and I’ll convert in the quote.
Starter Consultation
Perfect for getting started with professional guidance
Short cycles, written checkpoints, no surprises, from brief to launch.
01
Discovery call
60-90 min deep-dive into where you are, where you want to be, and what hurts.
02
Written analysis
Structured report: options, trade-offs, my recommendation with reasoning.
03
Roadmap session
90 day
Go through the report together, answer questions, agree the next 90 days.
04
Optional follow-through
Stay on retainer for execution oversight or vendor management as needed.
Client reviews
What clients say after delivery
Verified reviews: manage these in Content → Testimonials.
Kishan did an outstanding job building my Ayurvedic consultation website, complete with product integration.
“Kishan did an outstanding job building my Ayurvedic consultation website, complete with product integration. The entire process was seamless, and he was incredibly attentive to my specific business needs. His professionalism and expertise were evident, providing excellent...
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Simran Mahendraker
HH Formulations
Kishan was great to work with.
“Kishan was great to work with. I needed a small change to my site, with an attribute adding to appear on the frontend. Kishan completed this very quickly, and had the work completed the same day. I am very happy with the work completed by Kishan and would be happy to employ his...
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Chanette Kennedy
Kishan is the best freelancer I worked with.
“Kishan is the best freelancer I worked with. He is really an excellent developer! Very knowledgeable, skilled professional. I would definitely recommend
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Darius Neimanas
Kishan did great job - everything as expected!
“Kishan did great job - everything as expected! I would definitely recommend
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Jan Mucic
CEO
Kishan is very talented in what he does.
“Kishan is very talented in what he does. He helped me troubleshooting and redirecting a website, and also gave me tips on how to handle future issues. Will definitely work with him
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Omar Turmen
Oksygen
Kishan was a great freelancer, 100% would recommend.
“Kishan was a great freelancer, 100% would recommend. Great, friendly personality and was always willing to put the time and effort to make sure the job was 100% correct. Always cared for the business, if any changes had to be made he would notify me of downtime, run tests on a...
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Lewis Martindale
Photomart
Great experience working with Kishan Savaliya.
“Great experience working with Kishan Savaliya. completed job very fast and provided me accurate results. I highly recommend him for Magento 2 and development work. Thank
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Ajay Singh
Kishan provided a quick and straightforward solution to a problem I thought was complicated.
“Kishan provided a quick and straightforward solution to a problem I thought was complicated. I am very impressed and I
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Neudell Nicholson
Vertex Select Ltd
I hired Kishan for a small project.
“I hired Kishan for a small project. He did it very well and fast. So, I hired him to do more things and he did it on time!
Kishan is really an excellent developer. Very committed, cleaver and very nice
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Fadi Hamdan
Real good guy.
“Real good guy. Where others quoted 10 hours minimum, he did it within 3. All very neat, clear secure and great communication. A+
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Pieter Van Hees
Business Branding
Kishan was a pleasure to work with!
“Kishan was a pleasure to work with! He is highly skilled, professional, and delivered outstanding results on time. His expertise and attention to detail made a significant impact on our project. Communication was seamless, and he went above and beyond to ensure everything met...
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Murali
Alrium
Really knowledgable Magento 2 developer, helpful from the outset and would use again.
“Really knowledgable Magento 2 developer, helpful from the outset and would use
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James Morgan
Inkberry Creative
Thank you for taking care of this job for me.
“Thank you for taking care of this job for me. Job well
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Michael Webber
Kishan works very hard, with a lot of knowledge about Magento 2.
“Kishan works very hard, with a lot of knowledge about Magento 2. He helped us getting our website to a new level. I would highly recommend Kishan and I'm giving Kishan 5 stars without any hesitation and look forward to working with him again on future
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Kennard
Sporthuis
Kishan was very helpful in helping set up my magento site, theme, installing my extensions, and fix any errors.
“Kishan was very helpful in helping set up my magento site, theme, installing my extensions, and fix any errors. He is very trustworthy and I highly recommend hiring
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Sarah Ehling
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Will Magento survive the AI era?
Yes, in the segments where it’s strongest. Magento (Open Source + Adobe Commerce) will dominate enterprise B2B, multi-store, regulated industries, and EU-compliance-heavy commerce through 2030 and beyond. Where it bleeds is the SMB / DTC segment under $5M GMV, which Shopify already won and now cements with Sidekick + Hydrogen. Magento survives, but its addressable market shrinks: from “everyone” to “serious B2B + custom-heavy enterprise.” That’s still a multi-billion-dollar segment globally. The platform isn’t going anywhere; the merchants who choose it just look more specific.
Will this pipeline work on Magento Open Source or only Adobe Commerce?
Both. Everything in the build runs on stock Magento 2.4.7+ Open Source, there’s no Adobe Commerce-specific API used. The observer hooks into catalog_product_save_after, which is identical on both editions. The MessageQueue layer uses Magento’s built-in MessageQueue module (also Open Source). The only Adobe Commerce-only consideration is the Image Editor extension Adobe ships, which you’d disable to avoid duplicate processing. Bottom line: Open Source merchants get the full benefit without paying for Adobe Commerce just for image handling.
How much sales history do I need before Prophet is usable?
The honest minimum is 12 weeks of daily sales data per SKU, that’s enough for Prophet to lock onto a weekly pattern and produce a usable 4-6 week forecast. With 26 weeks you start getting yearly seasonality. With 52+ weeks (one full annual cycle including your peak season) Prophet really shines and you can forecast 90 days out with sub-15% MAPE on most retail SKUs. Below 12 weeks, do NOT use Prophet, fall back to a 28-day moving average plus a manual safety-stock multiplier. The model will overfit garbage if you feed it too little.
What is MCP (Model Context Protocol) and why does it matter for Magento?
MCP is an open protocol Anthropic shipped in November 2024 that lets large language models talk to external tools and data sources through a standard interface. Think of it as USB-C for AI, one socket, many devices. For Magento, MCP means Claude, ChatGPT, or Cursor can query your catalogue, check stock, summarise yesterday’s orders, or draft a discount code without you writing five different REST integrations. The protocol crossed tribal lines fast: OpenAI and Google both adopted it in early 2025, and Adobe made it the default agent protocol for Commerce at Summit 2026. That puts MCP in the same “assume it’s there” bucket as JSON-RPC or OAuth, you build for it once and every major AI client gets your Magento data for free.
Is Hyvä Commerce the same as Hyvä Theme?
No, they are different products from the same company. Hyvä Theme is a free, open-source (OSL3) Tailwind + Alpine storefront frontend for Magento, released to free in November 2025. Hyvä Commerce is a paid commercial suite of admin, media, and CMS modules that sits on top of Magento Open Source. You can run Theme without Commerce, but most stores that buy Commerce also use Theme.
Magento vs Shopify Plus vs Vilkas, mikä sopii Suomen markkinoille?
Three real contenders in Finland, three different sweet spots:
Vilkas / MyCashflow, Finnish-founded SaaS, dominant in the €50k, €500k Finnish SMB segment. Strong on Paytrail integration out of the box, bilingual Suomi+Svenska built-in, Finvoice 3.0 native. Cheap (~€50, €300/mo) but caps out fast on B2B, complex catalogues, and Nordic multi-store.
Shopify Plus, great for DTC fashion / design / Nordic brands targeting EU + US. Paytrail integration exists (third-party app) but not native; A2A bank transfers (Nordea Solo / OP-Bank) require workarounds. Klarna + Stripe FI work cleanly. Costs ~€2,000/mo+ for Plus.
Magento 2 / Adobe Commerce, the right choice when you outgrow Vilkas or need real B2B (Y-tunnus + VIES + Net-30 + Finvoice 3.0 e-invoice pipelines), multi-store Nordic (FI+SE+NO+DK shared catalogue), 50k+ SKUs, or deep ERP integration (Visma / Lemonsoft / Netvisor / Microsoft Dynamics).
If you’re selling €1M+ in Finland and starting to feel Vilkas / Shopify limits, Magento becomes the natural next step. We migrate from either, data + URLs + SEO preserved.
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