Magento is an open source ecommerce platform that can be used to create flexible and dynamic website designs. Whether your site offers one or two products or thousands of products in a diverse range of categories, you can rely on Magento development to give you the look, the style, and the features that you require most. Magento is made even more powerful because of the huge selection of plugins that have been created and made freely available by a community of dedicated programmers.
Magento Features
Arguably the greatest feature of the software is that it is open source. Not only does this mean that the code is freely available to developers. It means that developers can alter and update the code, add their own features, and create a unique installation every time. The standard, out of the box, installation is feature rich but it can be further extended through the addition of plugins, themes, and templates too. If a plugin doesn’t already exist, one can be made to offer the functionality that your website requires.
Why Use Magento
The platform is powerful, flexible, and accessible. It is easily crawled by the search engine spiders and can be access by users of any type of device, any software, and for almost any reason. It also offers a cost effective design for your ecommerce based website. It is powerful and beneficial for your end users as well as for you, as the administrator.
Adding Plugins
There are many themes and templates available for Magento and this means that you can create a unique and effective looking website design for your business. Templates can be customised so that you can enjoy the style of website and the graphical features that you need. What’s more, plugins exist that can extend the functionality of the platform. These plugins may benefit you, by offering improved catalogue management and admin features, or your end users by offering a better looking and more dynamic ecommerce experience.
Who Uses Magento
Many established businesses and corporations rely on Magento for their high quality website designs. BrevilleUSA.com, interflora.com, and villeray-boch.com are among some of the websites that rely on Magento for its functionality and ease of use. Any business that wants to sell its products on the Internet and offer its users an attractive and highly effective web design can use the ecommerce platform to yield the best results. However, while the software may be relatively easy to use and extend, and there are many tutorials available, the best results will usually only be obtained by using a skilled and professional Magento developer.
Development
A Magento developer will be able to work with your requirements in order to create the look and offer the features that you want from your ecommerce website. Show off your products, invite others to write and submit reviews, and further extend the features of your site. A Magento development can be optimised for search engines, used to attract traffic from social media, and help to convert all of your visitors into paying customers.
This article is an original contribution by Matthew Marley.
