OpenCart maintenance & optimization so your store stays fast, secure and online.
Updates, security patches, database and server tuning, backups and monitoring — done proactively by engineers who know OpenCart. Monthly or on demand, billed hourly at the launch rate.
What neglected stores look like — and what maintained ones look like.
- BeforeAfterRunning OpenCart 3.0.2 with known vulnerabilitiesCurrent version, patches applied within days of release
- BeforeAfterNobody knows if the backup actually restoresNightly off-site backups, restore tested monthly
- BeforeAfterAdmin takes 8 seconds to open the order listDatabase indexed and cleaned; admin loads instantly
- BeforeAfterStore goes down and you learn it from a customerUptime and error monitoring alerts us first
- BeforeAfterExtension updates are scary, so nobody does themUpdates tested on staging, deployed on schedule
- BeforeAfterDisk full of logs, sessions and old imagesAutomated cleanup and capacity monitoring
A complete care routine for OpenCart stores.
OpenCart updates
Core and extension updates tested on staging before deployment to your live store.
Security updates
PHP, server packages and OpenCart patches applied promptly; admin hardening.
Performance optimization
Regular profiling, cache tuning, image pipeline and frontend checks.
Database optimization
Indexing, cleanup of sessions/logs, table health, query review.
Server optimization
PHP-FPM, OPcache, Nginx/Apache, Redis settings tuned as your store grows.
Backup & monitoring
Automated backups with restore tests; uptime, error and resource monitoring.
Regular maintenance
Scheduled monthly checklist with a written report of everything done.
Health audits
Periodic deep review: security, speed, SEO technical, extension hygiene.
What a maintained store gets, month after month.
Every item is tracked and reported — you always know what changed and why.
Updates
- OpenCart core
- Extensions & themes
- PHP version planning
- Staging-first testing
Security
- Patch management
- Malware scanning
- Admin hardening
- Access review
Performance
- Cache (Redis/OPcache)
- Slow query review
- Image & asset pipeline
- Core Web Vitals
Reliability
- Nightly backups
- Restore tests
- Uptime monitoring
- Error log alerts
Proactive, scheduled, documented.
A routine — not a fire drill.
- 01
Initial audit
We review your store: versions, extensions, server, backups, security posture. You get a prioritized findings list.
Audit report - 02
Fix the urgent items
Critical security or stability issues are handled first, with an approved estimate.
Stable baseline - 03
Set up monitoring & backups
Uptime, error and resource alerts plus automated, restore-tested backups.
Monitoring live - 04
Monthly routine
Updates on staging, deploy, performance check, cleanup, security review — on schedule.
Monthly report - 05
Continuous improvement
Quarterly deep review and recommendations as your traffic and catalog grow.
Roadmap
Tell us what you need — our team takes it from there.
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- pricing, process and delivery questions
- carrying customer feedback back into how we work
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Prefer WhatsApp? Continue therePrepaid hour bundles for stores that want a routine.
Same $10/hour launch rate, reserved every month. Unused hours roll over for 60 days; anything beyond the bundle is billed hourly at the same rate.
Essential
4 h / monthSmall stores that need updates, backups and a monthly health check.
$132$40/ month4 × $10- Monthly OpenCart & extension updates (staging-tested)
- Security patches & malware scan
- Nightly backups with monthly restore test
- Uptime monitoring
- Monthly report
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Growth
8 h / monthGrowing stores with campaigns, integrations and real traffic.
$264$80/ month8 × $10- Everything in Essential
- Performance review & cache tuning each month
- Database optimization & cleanup
- Error-log monitoring with alerts
- Priority queue for maintenance requests
- Quarterly deep audit
Business
16 h / monthHigh-traffic or multi-store setups that need a standing engineer.
$528$160/ month16 × $10- Everything in Growth
- Dedicated engineer who knows your store
- Server optimization & capacity planning
- Extension conflict management
- Priority response within 1 hour & emergency line
- Small improvements included from the bundle
- Cancel anytime
- Hours roll over 60 days
- Monthly written report
Prices are in USD, VAT excluded.
Hourly and predictable — the scope adapts to your store.
Maintenance is billed per hour at the launch rate. A typical small-to-medium store needs 3–6 hours per month; larger stores more. We agree the monthly scope with you and report every hour. The hourly scope adapts to your store; the monthly maintenance plans are a separate product with reserved hours.
- Standard rate
- $33 / hour
- Launch campaign rate
- $10 / hour
- Typical monthly routine
- 3–6 hours
- Commitment
- Cancel anytime
Maintenance questions, answered.
No. On-demand maintenance is available. Monthly routines simply cost less over time because problems are prevented rather than fixed.
Want your store looked after by people who know OpenCart?
Tell us about it. We start with an audit and a clear proposal.