Get started as a TYPO3 Agency with this collection of resources, and make your CMS choice a marketable, unique selling point for your business.

TYPO3 agencies lead clients’ website and online application projects from idea to reality. Performance and quality are important for clients. Expertise and attention to detail nurtures long-term relationships, strengthening your business.

• Understand what TYPO3 is as a CMS and as an open-source ecosystem.
• Know how to use TYPO3 to plan and build a digital solution, and how to tailor and optimize it to meet clients’ needs.
• Understand what’s possible with the TYPO3 Core and how to extend it.
• Understand how TYPO3 compares to other CMSs.
• Know where to find roadmap, release, and marketing resources.
• Know how to talk about TYPO3 to potential clients
• Understand the value of open source software and the benefits it brings to your clients’ projects.

TYPO3 CMS is an open-source enterprise content management system (CMS) equally suitable for startups, agencies, and multinationals. The software delivers fast and flexible content in the form of websites and other online applications.

As an agency, TYPO3 is the platform where your customers’ rich digital experiences come to life. Make powerful features and quality your trademark.

• Massively Multisite and Multilingual — Manage any number of websites with a single installation, and create and maintain a multitude of languages.
• Digital Marketing Enabled — Integrate with your marketing stack, enact your SEO strategy, and manage and measure your campaigns.
• Open Extensible Customizable — Make TYPO3 work for you. Open architecture means you can add functionality as you scale.
• Professional Open Source — Enjoy software from an open community with a resilient organizational structure and enterprise-level vendor support.
• Universal Frontend User Experience — Create a digital experience that is responsive, accessible, and consistent across platforms.
• Secure Performant Scalable — Be confident that your digital solution is fast, compliant, and secure.
• Smart Content Management — Plan, author, and deliver content, manage files, configure workflows, and more.

Find out how TYPO3 suits your project using these comparisons with other popular products in the CMS landscape.

TYPO3 is backed by a vibrant professional community and commercial ecosystem.

• This is TYPO3! — Find out more about our global community and organizational structure.
• TYPO3 and Open Source — Learn more about our open-source ethos.

Agencies choose TYPO3 because it is a fully-featured, open-source content management system with enterprise-level quality and robustness.

• Decoupled architecture gives you flexibility and full control over the design. Manage content and data in a backend decoupled from presentation and design. 
• Shared backend for multiple sites and languages. Add as many sites as you need, and manage languages, domains, individual sites, page access, and user rights in a single central location.
• Open API for seamless integrations. TYPO3 is your content hub that plays nicely with PIMs, ERPs, and CRMs with high-quality, performant APIs.
• Campaign management. Launch compelling marketing campaigns on a platform that allows content re-use and fast global changes.
• Flexible content management. Implement and customize nearly every project requirement.
• Agency-friendly ecosystem that offers service agreements and professional commercial support.

Nothing sells better than expertise. Make sure you know how to talk about TYPO3 with a focus on differentiators and unique benefits.

• Read case studies to know how TYPO3 helps small non-profits and multinational brands succeed.
• Get started with TYPO3 concepts.
• Use the comparison cards to help potential clients evaluate TYPO3 compared to other CMSs.
• Use the marketing resources available on typo3.com to when talking to clients.

• Understand what open-source means.
• Work in the open. Contribute code and share stories about how you work — include successes and lessons learned.
• Host meetups and events to build your network in the technology community.
• Donate and contribute to support and learn from others.
• Learn how TYPO3 compares to popular proprietary CMSs in your market.

• Study the comprehensive feature list and benefits of the product.
• The development roadmap follows an 18-month release cycle for long-term support versions.
• Follow the news and social media channels like Bluesky and Instagram for release announcements and community news.
• Subscribe to the Security Advisories Mailing List for all updates from the Security Team.

• Adopt the TYPO3 Community Values of trust, respect, openness, and sharing.
• Understand the vision, mission, and purpose of the project
• Abide by the code of conduct.
• Learn about the community values in the Community Language and Writing Guide.
• Support TYPO3 with a Silver, Gold, or Platinum Membership and unlock discounts and other benefits for your agency.

Know how to support your clients to make the most of TYPO3.

• Use the onboarding resources for editors, developers, and integrators.
• The Demo Project is an example website for people who have never worked with TYPO3 and want to experience using it.
• Consider official training led by TYPO3 professionals.
• Watch video tutorials on the YouTube channel.

Be aware of the TYPO3 services available to you. The TYPO3 Company backs and supports agencies with a full range of products and services.

• Extended Long-Term Support (ELTS)
• Solution Provider Listing