Magento vs OsCommerce

Magento or OsCommerce? Let’s try to compare these e-Commerce applications and see which one is better to chose while launching online shops.

Before Magento’s release OsCommerce was one of the most popular solutions. Has the situation changed or not? Why some people prefer using Magento while the others go for OsCommerce? Which application is better?

Magento needs dedicated servers from particular hosting providers in order to run fast shops while shared web hosting account will be enough for OsCommerce.

Some people state that OsCommerce is easier to edit and Magento is better for web developers rather than shop owners. The others argue this statement proving that Magento is also easy-editable software. It seems Magento is really easy to install and manage if you know how to do it properly. In fact our recent posts have some links to Magento Installation tutorials. Note some companies like simplehelix.com offer to auto-install Magento directly from their web site on the server.

Magento is a new solution which is regularly improved. Web developers and store owners look forward the new releases of Magento. At the same time OsCommerce is rather old and it doesn’t surprise its owners with new updates.

Professional web developers believe Magento takes the best from Oscommerce. That is to say it’s an open source solution which can be easily customized. At the same time Magento developers go further and enhance their creation with new and important features. I also recommend you to read an article “Should I Convert My Oscommerce Website To Magento?”. It will be very helpful for those of you who hesitate which e-commerce application to choose. Reading this article you’ll also find out the advantages of Magento over OsCommerce and what you should consider before switching from one application to the other.

August 30, 2008 | Filed Under Magento reviews

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Magento is the first among its competitors

Inc.Magazine has mentioned Magento like the first solution for building and managing online stores.

A recent article “If You Build It They Will Shop” published in this online magazine has been reviewing the most successful basements for online stores. Note Magento takes the first place in this list.

The advices given in the article will be very useful for everyone who is striving to build online stores. The number of online sales is constantly growing. So building online shops is a very reasonable decision. And building online shops using Magento CMS seems to be even a wiser decision.

The article covers the main features of Magento and its description. Here you can also find the advantages of using Magento as well as a drawback.

Magento CMS is featured like the best customizable solution for building online stores. So making different changes in Magento stores won’t be a problem to their managers. Whether you are a web programmer or not you can build Magento online store because it can be easily installed and managed.

August 29, 2008 | Filed Under Magento news

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Magento Tutorial from Howtotuts.com

Howtotuts.com has published its own Magento tutorial. I should confess this tutorial is really helpful when it comes to Magento installation and management.

At the beginning of this Magento tutorial you’ll find a short overview of Magento features and requirements.

Having read further you’ll find installation instructions. The Magento tutorial is subdivided into short explanations. As soon as you follow the explanations you come closer to Magento installation.

It’s mentioned that Magento can be installed in two ways: Light and Full. This very Magento tutorial teaches the light version of Magento installation.
Magento tutorial ends with a comprehensive conclusion and the author welcomes all readers to comment the tutorial and ask any question you may have.

August 28, 2008 | Filed Under Magento Tutorials

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One more online shop powered by Magento.

Of course it’s impossible to highlight all Magento based online stores but you can see some of them here. So you imagine what your online store can look like if you choose Magento CMS to be the foundation for your online business.

Magento online store displayed in this post have been developed by ist owner like an online shop for selling electronics. It’s easy to notice that this online store is easy to navigate and it has a clear structure. So it’ll be hard for the potential customers to get lost in such a comfortable online shop.

All product attributes such as product name, product description, product price and etc are very helpful for choosing the right product. Customers can search products by name and price.

If you want to start an online shop you should compare different e-Commerce solutions and see how they work. Having visited the above mentioned online store you can evaluate its usability and functionality and decide if you would like to run a similar Magento online shop.

August 27, 2008 | Filed Under Magento stores

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Choosing hosting for Magento

Building Magento online store you can face a serious problem: choosing web hosting for Magento. There are hundreds hosting providers on the net. Though, web hosting optimized for Magento is rather difficult to find. So we offer you a short overview on Magento hosting providers. Let’s start with the least expensive hosting solutions for Magento.

SiteGround seems to offer the cheapest Magento Hosting Package which includes free domain name, 750 GB web space, 7500 GB traffic, unlimited emails, unlimited MySQL DB’s and etc.

Pikkat has been announced like the best hosting solution for Magento Stores. The price for Pikkat Magento hosting will depend on the disk space and bandwidth you choose. So the price depends on your wishes and it’s rather low I should admit. Having chosen Pikkat hosting for your Magento store you’ll also get a free domain name and free installation.

HostMonster is also famous for being the ideal hosting solution for Magento. Web hosting plan from HostMonster includes 600 Gb of hosting space, unlimited domains, unlimited Email accounts, 6,000 gigs of transfer, free domain, Perl, PHP, MYSQL and etc.

Nublue also offers perfect Shared Hosting environment for Magento.

SimpleHelix claims it’s the most recommended Magento web hosting company. So you can check hosting packages offered by this hosting company and decide if this statement is true.

Have you noticed? Each hosting provider states it offers the best solutions for Magento e-Commerce and of course 24/7 customer support. So you should compare all offerings and choose which hosting plan and hosting provider will suit your Magento online store.

In a case you know any other hosting for Magento you can comment this post and help Magento store owners make the right choice.

August 25, 2008 | Filed Under Magento Hosting

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Magento Installation Tutorial

Recently I came across a self-explaining Magento tutorial. This Magento Tutorial promises it’ll teach you how to install Magento CMS within 15 minutes. Sounds very nice, isn’t it?

Having made 18 steps described in this tutorial you’ll easily install Magento CMS and build a splendid online shop. So let’s find out what you’ll learn if you choose this tutorial to be your personal guide to Magento.

First of all you should understand that Magento needs high-quality hosting and not all hosting providers will be applicable for Magento store owners. So Magento installation starts from getting a good hosting and logging into your admin panel.

Note the Magento Tutorial I advise you o read is really easy to follow because it has a lot of images which show you what button to click and what info you should type into appropriate fields. So follow the links above and create successful Magento stores without any difficulties.

Having done the Magento installation you’ll get an online shop which will look something like this.

August 23, 2008 | Filed Under Magento Tutorials

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Magento Tutorials. Part 2

Let’s go on exploring Magento CMS. Here are some more Magento tutorials which cover the other aspects of Magento CMS:

SEO optimization for Magento online stores.

Customer management tips. This Magento tutorial explains how new customers can create accounts at online Magento stores. Online store’s owner can manage already existing customers or add new ones. While managing customers online store owner can edit their personal information, login details, see the orders and etc. You’ll also learn how you can send newsletters to the customers of your online shop.

Choosing payment modules for Magento online stores. This Magento tutorial describes what steps should be made in order to set up the required payment and shipping methods.

All above mentioned tutorials will definitely help you to launch and manage your Magento online store. We’ll do our best to inform you about other Magento tutorials so you could be aware of all Magento tips. Hope creating Magento online stores and their management will be a pleasant experience for you.

August 21, 2008 | Filed Under Magento Tutorials

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Magento Tutorials

Magento is a new open source eCommerce solution. So there are not so many Magento tutorials as web developers and online store owners need.

Using this blog we strive to give as much information about Magento CMS as just possible so each of you could see the advantages of Magento and the way it works. In my previous posts I’ve already mentioned that Magento seems to be the best basement for creating a good-looking and easy manageable online stores. And not it’s time to teach you how to use multifunctional Magento CMS.

Informative tutorials are the best solutions for learning new tools. We would like to provide you with useful links to Magento Tutorials so you could learn how to deal with Magento. Recently I came across a self-explaining Magento Tutorial. It contains several guides. Each guide is like a small step you should make in order to master Magento CMS. These Magento tutorials will teach you

Please check back to discover new Magento tutorials which will be mentioned in our future posts.

August 19, 2008 | Filed Under Magento Tutorials

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Magento based online store

Magento is a top quality eCommerce platform which is highly appreciated by everyone who plans to start an online store or has already created it. Online store owners have understood the benefits of Magento like one of the best platforms for different online stores. So a tendency of switching to Magento CMS is constantly growing.

Here is an example of successful online store which has been built with the help of Magento.

In spite of the fact that Magento has entered the web quite recently designers and store owners trust this CMS and they have striking reasons for this.

For instance Magento provides online stores with SEO friendly urls. If to speak about the above displayed online store it has such page urls like http://www.arborinnbakery.com/index.php/ specialty-cakes and etc. Google and other search engines treat such urls much better than http://www.arborinnbakery.com/ index.php?cPath=31 . It means it’s better to choose Magento (the first url) than OsCommerce (the second url) to be the basement for your online shop if you want to be on the top of search engine list. Search engine structure of Magento based websites allows them rank well from the very beginning. The better your site ranking is the more people visit your online shop and become your future customers. So SEO friendly urls are one of the main advantages Magento gives to its users.

Magento is a perfect solution for building easy-manageable and fully functional online stores. The case is that Magento enables you to change the outlook and content of your online store according to your own wishes.

Online shoppers as well as store owners enjoy Magento-based online stores and the number of Magento online stores is constantly increasing.

August 19, 2008 | Filed Under Magento stores

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