Magento

Magento is a popular open source ecommerce software designed to be highly scalable and massively customizable. You download the free version within a couple minutes and if you've installed scripts in the past you'll have no problem getting Magento going within a short while. If you've got a few sales but have yet to select your ecommerce solution than Magento is good choice to handle your growth both in terms of revenue and number of products. This platform allows you to be very creative if you're technically inclined. The sky is the limit. And it's possible to get a lot done without coding knowledge as well if you're a self starter who loves to learn. This platform is constantly being improved and upgraded I've seen it grow since it's launch quite a few years ago now. The ability to manage multiple stores from inside one dashboard is one feature that makes Magento relatively unique in their market. There's a large community of passionate, dedicated Magento users which is also good. I've sought help multiple times from it and usually find what I'm looking without having to pay a developer. There's a ton of extensions available for Magento with is another plus. You have to be somewhat careful though because of the open source nature it's best to be very cautious when selecting them. Do your research and find out as you can about it, including reading reviews about the Magento apps or learning about the company to help determine it's long term commitment to their product. As well as contact the app developer directly and engage in a conversation to get to know them personally. I've done this and was very pleased to work with a developer integrating Magento with CafePress which I think is brilliant.

The use of developers in order to get certain things done is a hassle when you want are willing to work hard to get your products to market but you have to wait for word from your contractors. There's quite a lot you can do to learn how to contribute with a ton of resources available online to make it easier. Magento is a highly specialized skill that is relatively costly when hiring a developer though it's possible to get great value from several different platforms online. Magento, in contrast to the Woocommerce and Shopify is much more challenging to get your store setup without much coding. You're going to have to have a developer if you're not one already to build your Magento store. That being said, it's as robust and customizable as you can envision your store to be. Anything you can imagine to do with ecommerce is possible with Magento and it's built to scale beyond a few hundred or up to about ten thousand products which are a limit in the other two ecommerce platform with common hosting and or basic plans. That makes Magento an authority in the enterprise level market because they don't tailor easily to the small and mid-size market out of the box.

I like the customization possible and a lot of the plugins and themes you can purchase which make for some sweet upgrades to your store. There's great, reliable end user functionality that can integrate with any payment merchant. And there's a lot of reporting available in the back-end to give you a better idea in a variety of ways how your store is performing is broad and targeted ways. It's open source and highly scalable so if you've got a lot of products and want a platform that is constantly upgraded and improved it's a solid choice. There is an enterprise level paid plan available in which you can have the Magento team customize your platform for you, along with a legion of third party experts for hire. So if you have the budget to invest in Magento the best way to market quickly through a developer thedn you'll love it.