Top 7 reasons why Magento is best for ecommerce platform

Magento Benefits

Big brands like Olympus, Nike and Samsung have something in-common. Do you have any idea, what is it? Well.. Magento platform is an answer to it. All these big company’s websites are built on Magento platform and just not these brands but there are many other company's websites that are built on the same platform across the globe. 

Although, in the last couple of years, there are many platforms, like BigCommerce, Shopify and Volusion, that have been introduced and doing good in the market. Today, there is every type of platform available for ecommerce site, then what’s new and special in Magento . Why it has become favorite of developers in less time. Here are 7 top reasons that are mentioned below:

1.    Open source

First of all, Magento has three versions including, Magento community edition (free), Magento enterprise edition (paid), and Magento go (paid and hosted on Magento server). Among all of them, Magento community edition is an open source, which boasts the developer community for e-commerce platform on the web.  

2.    Easy to integrate third party apps

One of the best parts with Magento platform is that it gives you the freedom to plug-in ready-made apps or plugins. With the help of Magento’s API, you can easily connect to any kind of app or plugin of your choice. Whether it is multiple payment gateways, shipping or tracking, choose an appropriate app for your site and plug it into your site.

3.    Customizable

There is no specific size and shape to any e-commerce business, so for this particular reason, Magento is the best solution as it is expected to be highly customizable. With right coding, Magento can become your hand-puppet. It allows the developer to redevelop your design by modifying your grids, and re-coding.

4.    Fast

Comparing to other ecommerce platforms, Magento is really fast platform for ecommerce site. Today, nobody wants to spend much time on any website to load, and if anyone leave the website without buying anything from the site, will hamper your conversion rate.

5.    Built for SEO

Magento is seo-friendly and this is one important aspect that should be considered while choosing any platform for ecommerce site. A lot of hard work is involved in optimizing every aspect of each page on the site for SEO and Magento saves you from the development trouble of making SEO optimized URLs, descriptions, sitemaps, meta tags and many more.

6.    No extra charges on extra features

Unlike other e-commerce platforms, Magento offer you no extra charges on every little added features made on the site. Apart from this, uploading and displaying products, and product lines on the website can be a big issue. As you start growing in your business, you start paying fees to the e-commerce platform provider. However, with Magento , you don’t have to pay a penny extra for your site.

7.    Flexibility to choose hosting services

Magento allows you to pick hosting services of your choice and if in case, you get any problem with your existing hosting service, it gives you the flexibility to switch the hosting services.

Conclusion

Today, there are number of choices when it comes to platforms for e-commerce, but Magento has successfully able to make its space in the digital world.

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