Running asuccessful ecommerce site is no easy task. Not only will you have to market the site correctly, but you will also need to make sure your site, shopping cart and CMS is always up and running properly. The only thing worse than not getting sales to your site, is losing sales because of poor management and set.
Just like WordPress has quickly scaled in size to become the go to source for everything relating to blogging and content creation, there are CMS out there that make the process of running an ecommerce site that much easier as well.
Magento is one of those platforms and in the infographic below we will take a look at how their CMS has grown and scaled in size, while becoming a favorite of many top sites today, including brand names like Ford, Nike, Samsung and Men’s Health.
Infographic provided by Magento Extensions.
Magento Favourite Ecommerce CMS
Magento is an open source ecommerce software that has been empowering web commerce and several other kinds of websites since 2008. It is currently the most popular CMS platform trusted by numerous businesses to develop and sustain their online stores and downloadable content shops!
Leading The CMS Market Space By Far
Magento is an intuitive cms platform that empowers developers with the flexibility to modify core codes, add custom features and even improve functionality by allowing the installation of extensions using the “Magento Connect” platform. Magento is the right choice for those looking to improve the back-end processes of their online businesses as well as the front end to create a brand image for their businesses. Magento’s market share within the 1 million sites group is marked at a whopping 26 percent, more than enough proof of its capabilities.
Empowered Front End And Back End
Magento provides users with a versatile marketing and promotional tool as it uses a visual editor which enables them to build and create customized offerings. The best part about this intuitive cms tool is that it saves both time and money as it is open source, giving users access to a limitless array of custom extensions. Another great feature is that magento is multilingual and offers support for localization in multiple currencies so that conversions can be done in multiple currencies, according to their respective tax rates.
A Blend Of The Best Ecommerce Features
Magento’s shopping carts are optimized to make them seamlessly viewable on any kind of device, whether it’s a desktop computer or tablet PC. The platform also provides advanced search engine optimization options as it supports sitemaps, Meta data and even Meta titles. And with its fully capable design background, Magento allows users to host up to half a million products on one single site and is optimised to handle almost 80,000 orders an hour! In the billing category, Magento provides support for multiple payment options which can be used via the numerous payment extensions available in Magento connect. When it comes to shipping your products to customers, this platform supports multiple shipping options including multiple address shipping and free and paid shipping, depending on the admin. The platform also supports an integrated search filter, making it even easier for customers to find what they are looking for and thereby increasing their overall user experience. And once the transactions are complete, Magento even gives you the flexibility to access customer orders and create, modify or cancel order according to the customers’ needs.
Those using the Community Edition of Magento to run their online stores will obviously need to have access to their very own Magento experts, who are reachable by phone, e-mail or special “contact us” forms
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