Centarro

Matt Robison’s Centarro post compares B2B and B2C eCommerce across sales cycles, pricing, payment, logistics and organisational account structures. The article argues that many businesses now need to support both consumer and business commerce from the same platform, especially as manufacturers, distributors, wholesalers and direct-to-consumer brands expand into mixed sales models. It presents Drupal Commerce as a Drupal-based option for serving retail shoppers, wholesale buyers, institutional purchasers and B2B2C operations through one adaptable commerce framework. ...more

Recurring billing in Drupal no longer has a single obvious implementation path. Ryan Szrama’s Centarro analysis explains when Commerce Recurring gives organisations useful control over subscription data, carts, and custom workflows, and when gateway-managed systems such as Stripe may offer a simpler operational fit. The article also outlines hybrid models that keep Drupal as the subscription record while offloading billing execution to the payment provider. ...more

Centarro will host a webinar on 9 June examining the causes of performance bottlenecks in Drupal Commerce websites. Ryan Szrama and Tom Ashe will discuss troubleshooting workflows, scalability challenges, and optimisation strategies for high-volume ecommerce deployments. The session will focus on diagnosing implementation and architectural issues rather than limitations within the Drupal Commerce platform itself. ...more

A blog post by Ryan Szrama examines how failing Drupal Commerce projects are often attributed to the platform rather than poor development practices. It identifies common workflow and infrastructure gaps, including missing version control and staging environments. The article argues that long-term instability is more often a result of implementation quality than platform limitations. ...more

Drupal Commerce 3.3.0 introduces a redesigned order management interface that replaces the traditional edit page with a unified order dashboard. The update organises order items, shipments, payments, and billing details into a card-based layout, allowing administrators to review and manage transactions from a single screen. The release resolves 102 issues and adds several improvements across Commerce Core. ...more

Join Centarro on 26 February 2026 for a live webinar demonstrating how to build a full-featured B2B portal using Drupal Commerce without custom code. The session will cover tiered pricing, product visibility, and serving B2B and B2C customers from a single Drupal installation. ...more

Centarro breaks down where Drupal Commerce excels—from small stores to complex, content-driven workflows—highlighting its strengths in integration, flexibility, and long-term scalability. ...more

Ryan Szrama of Centarro offers a practical roadmap for enterprise eCommerce planning. Rather than over-engineering early, he promotes just-in-time architecture aligned with the customer journey. This B2B-focused strategy helps teams avoid costly rework and focus on real business needs when implementing Drupal Commerce. ...more

Centarro, maintainer of Drupal Commerce, has added PayPal Fastlane support to the Commerce PayPal module. The update introduces single-page checkout, faster guest purchases, and a migration path for merchants moving from PayPal’s legacy Payflow gateways. ...more