Released to the public March 31, 2008 Magento has revolutionized the way business is conducted online. The front-end (what the customer sees) is user friendly, eye-appealing, fast, & secure. The back-end (the seller admin panel) is easy to use, has built in intuitive functions (taxes, product quantity, shipping, payments, ect), is secure, and is easily upgraded & configured to the needs of the business. See Magento Features.
Today you are more than likely using Mageno if you shop on the internet. Many large retailers and businesses using Magento for their Internet presence such as 3M, The North Face, Stussy, Samsung, & homemedics just to name a few. The reason for this is simple, it is a versatile complete package that is a true asset to any online business. You can see this flexibility when visiting different sites that use the Magento platform. Some don’t look anything alike! The only thing in common are their functionality and ease of use.
Here at InteractOne we realized the magnitude of what such a system could have on the e-commerce world and adopted Magento shortly after its release. We have many custom Magento Designs under our belts and even a few Magento fixes from clients who unfortunately got taken advantage by an adolescent developer.
If you have any experience with Magento based eCommerce sites please feel free to link to them in the comments section and tell us your experience with the system. If you are interested in how Magento can successfully be integrated into your business model please fill out the contact form on the right and a InteractOne representative will contact you shortly.
Magento is really great and has surpassed other eCommerce web platform. Most developers today are recommending Magento, even me, because it can give you most of the basics you need from a site plus its free so you won’t have to spend more.
Great article!
I read about Magento every now and then in forums. Looks like a very good shopping cart. Never thought it was free though. Am still using Zen Cart but only because that was the only thing introduced to me back then and I haven’t changed until now. But this Magento I might try for my new website. 😀
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I’ve never used Magento before, but just as the guy above me says: it sure does sound like an awesome shopping cart. I had no idea it was free. I thought the only shopping cart that was free was the one for WordPress named WP e-commerce. But I guess I was wrong. And that I have to try out Magento sometime in the future as well 🙂
/Nabil.
I think I’m more of a Prestashop dude. Magento has a little bit to much advanced features for me. And Prestashop is really easy to modifie.
I don’t have any experience with Magento with the exception of what I have read here. I am in the process of choosing a software shopping cart for my online business. However, the reviews I have read show it can sometimes be confusing with all of the different taxes we have here in Canada, meaning different provinces, different taxes. What are you thoughts?