Number One: Magento<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\nMagento comes with a range of features and functionalities that exceed what is offered by most of the other key players in the eCommerce spectrum. Two editions are available, Magento Community Edition, an open source platform, and Magento Enterprise Edition, a licenced platform designed for larger businesses.<\/p>\n\n\n
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<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\nThe fact that Magento is open source-based means it is more customisable \u2013 developers are able to shape the end product, and include plug-ins or Add-ons that are designed specifically to suit the needs of a particular customer-base.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To this end, thousands of developers from all over the world have been modifying, perfecting and building on the Magento software since its inception, making it more robust, integrated and malleable than its competitors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As well as allowing the shopping experience to be completely tailored to accommodate any target market, Magento offers a massive array of customer features aimed at ease of use. These include popular products, customer testimonials, image enlargement, newsletters and featured products, to name a few.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Depending on the needs of your store, customers will be able to rate products, create dialogue via polls, store multiple addresses, reorder, create a wish list and make use of any number of other functions you may wish to integrate into your shop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Scalability is another big plus in favour of Magento Development. The need to change your eCommerce solution as your business grows is effectively eliminated with no restrictions on the size of the inventory or number of products you can add to your store. International growth is also catered for, with support for multiple currencies and languages to facilitate international shoppers \u2013 a benefit not lost on users like Nike, Samsung and Olympus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In terms of driving customers to your store, Magento supports<\/strong><\/a> the broadest range of SEO-friendly features. These include automatically generated independent page titles that use the same names as the product or category to which they apply. Independent page URLs are able to approximate the likely search terms used by the customer, and independent image alt tags are also available to assist in boosting rankings in Google image searches.<\/p>\n\n\n\nClick here for more info: Why Magento should be your eCommerce platform of Choice<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nNumber Two: Shopify<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\nLike Magento, Shopify is among the most popular and widely-used shopping cart solutions available. It offers a range of different packages with varying features according to price and supports many common features to assist customer experience including product image attaching, special offers and returns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The key difference between Shopify and Magento is that Shopify is not open source. Not only does this mean that monthly subscription fees need to be paid on top of development costs, it also makes Shopify less adaptable and customisable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There are less extensions and Add-ons available, and because of the proprietary nature of the Shopify software, there are less developers working on securing and perfecting it. Scalability is also restricted by having staggered packages with features limited according to price.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Shopify has a good array of customer-based features, but the range of options available is slightly less broad than what is offered by Magento. Shopify doesn\u2019t, for instance, support a \u2018search as user types\u2019 function, which can make for a more fluid experience where the customer is unsure of exact search terms. Magento also has the advantage over its competitor of supporting the integration of shipment information so that customers can see tracking updates on the \u2018view order\u2019 pages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Shopify Admin Interface<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n![\"shopify](\"https:\/\/webcircle.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/shopify.jpg\")
<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n In terms of features to facilitate SEO, Shopify performs reasonably well. It supports independent meta descriptions (the text that appears beneath your listing in Google search results) which, while not directly related to rankings, will impact the likelihood of a potential customer clicking on the link. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Shopify also supports independent page titles, independent page URLs, and independent image alt tags.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Number Three: Bigcommerce<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\nComing in at number three is Bigcommerce, a product that, like Shopify, works on different package with monthly fees. Bigcommerce also charges a 1.5% transaction fee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It has a good range of security features, and a supports a high number of options to assist in SEO. As with Shopify and Magento, these options include independent meta descriptions, independent page titles, independent page URLs, and independent image alt tags.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bigcommerce comes with a decent selection of features to enhance customer experience including returns and reordering, wish lists, popular products, news and customer testimonials. It also supports shipment tracking integration from a wide range of shipping carriers, including Australia Post.<\/p>\n\n\n
\n![\"Bigcommerce\"](\"https:\/\/webcircle.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Bigcommerce.png\")
<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\nBigcommerce has a selection of cool templates available. It does, however, lack a few key features offered by its competitors. Unlike Magento, Bigcommerce does not allow multiple store fronts. Nor does it allow subscriptions, quotes (a big downfall for those looking to build a store that sells in bulk or provides services rather than goods) or membership-only products and categories. Being able to maintain loyalty programs that rely on membership can be key to customer satisfaction and repeat business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Number Four: osCommerce<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\nAs another open source platform, osCommerce does offer a good number of Add-ons and is reasonably customisable. It supports customer-based features like product rating, product reviews, image enlargement, news and newsletters and a sort by newest product function. For almost all features to enhance SEO including independent navigation links, independent navigation links and social sharing buttons, osCommerce requires an Add-on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
While osCommerce might stack up in the SEO stakes (if you had a long string of Add-ons), it doesn\u2019t compete as well for customer experience. It does not support quotes, reordering, returns, wishlists or realtime shipping calculation. Like Bigcommerce, there can be no shipment tracking integration \u2013 the lack of which can be frustrating to a customer when they visit the \u2018view order\u2019 page and can reduce repeat business. Customer loyalty features are also limited with no membership only categories and discounts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Number Five: WooCommerce<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\nThe fact that Magento is open source-based means it is more customisable \u2013 developers are able to shape the end product, and include plug-ins or Add-ons that are designed specifically to suit the needs of a particular customer-base.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To this end, thousands of developers from all over the world have been modifying, perfecting and building on the Magento software since its inception, making it more robust, integrated and malleable than its competitors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As well as allowing the shopping experience to be completely tailored to accommodate any target market, Magento offers a massive array of customer features aimed at ease of use. These include popular products, customer testimonials, image enlargement, newsletters and featured products, to name a few.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Depending on the needs of your store, customers will be able to rate products, create dialogue via polls, store multiple addresses, reorder, create a wish list and make use of any number of other functions you may wish to integrate into your shop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Scalability is another big plus in favour of Magento Development. The need to change your eCommerce solution as your business grows is effectively eliminated with no restrictions on the size of the inventory or number of products you can add to your store. International growth is also catered for, with support for multiple currencies and languages to facilitate international shoppers \u2013 a benefit not lost on users like Nike, Samsung and Olympus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In terms of driving customers to your store, Magento supports<\/strong><\/a> the broadest range of SEO-friendly features. These include automatically generated independent page titles that use the same names as the product or category to which they apply. Independent page URLs are able to approximate the likely search terms used by the customer, and independent image alt tags are also available to assist in boosting rankings in Google image searches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Click here for more info: Why Magento should be your eCommerce platform of Choice<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Like Magento, Shopify is among the most popular and widely-used shopping cart solutions available. It offers a range of different packages with varying features according to price and supports many common features to assist customer experience including product image attaching, special offers and returns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The key difference between Shopify and Magento is that Shopify is not open source. Not only does this mean that monthly subscription fees need to be paid on top of development costs, it also makes Shopify less adaptable and customisable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n There are less extensions and Add-ons available, and because of the proprietary nature of the Shopify software, there are less developers working on securing and perfecting it. Scalability is also restricted by having staggered packages with features limited according to price.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Shopify has a good array of customer-based features, but the range of options available is slightly less broad than what is offered by Magento. Shopify doesn\u2019t, for instance, support a \u2018search as user types\u2019 function, which can make for a more fluid experience where the customer is unsure of exact search terms. Magento also has the advantage over its competitor of supporting the integration of shipment information so that customers can see tracking updates on the \u2018view order\u2019 pages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In terms of features to facilitate SEO, Shopify performs reasonably well. It supports independent meta descriptions (the text that appears beneath your listing in Google search results) which, while not directly related to rankings, will impact the likelihood of a potential customer clicking on the link. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Shopify also supports independent page titles, independent page URLs, and independent image alt tags.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Coming in at number three is Bigcommerce, a product that, like Shopify, works on different package with monthly fees. Bigcommerce also charges a 1.5% transaction fee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It has a good range of security features, and a supports a high number of options to assist in SEO. As with Shopify and Magento, these options include independent meta descriptions, independent page titles, independent page URLs, and independent image alt tags.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Bigcommerce comes with a decent selection of features to enhance customer experience including returns and reordering, wish lists, popular products, news and customer testimonials. It also supports shipment tracking integration from a wide range of shipping carriers, including Australia Post.<\/p>\n\n\n Bigcommerce has a selection of cool templates available. It does, however, lack a few key features offered by its competitors. Unlike Magento, Bigcommerce does not allow multiple store fronts. Nor does it allow subscriptions, quotes (a big downfall for those looking to build a store that sells in bulk or provides services rather than goods) or membership-only products and categories. Being able to maintain loyalty programs that rely on membership can be key to customer satisfaction and repeat business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As another open source platform, osCommerce does offer a good number of Add-ons and is reasonably customisable. It supports customer-based features like product rating, product reviews, image enlargement, news and newsletters and a sort by newest product function. For almost all features to enhance SEO including independent navigation links, independent navigation links and social sharing buttons, osCommerce requires an Add-on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n While osCommerce might stack up in the SEO stakes (if you had a long string of Add-ons), it doesn\u2019t compete as well for customer experience. It does not support quotes, reordering, returns, wishlists or realtime shipping calculation. Like Bigcommerce, there can be no shipment tracking integration \u2013 the lack of which can be frustrating to a customer when they visit the \u2018view order\u2019 page and can reduce repeat business. Customer loyalty features are also limited with no membership only categories and discounts.<\/p>\n\n\n\nNumber Two: Shopify<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Shopify Admin Interface<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n
<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\nNumber Three: Bigcommerce<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n Number Four: osCommerce<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Number Five: WooCommerce<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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