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What to do now that Magento Go is shutting down
Magento Go is shutting its doors come February 1st, 2015 and, like others, you’re struggling to figure out what to do. To help ease this transition, this blog post will be about the steps you need to take to successfully transition from Magento Go.
While everyone’s transition is going to be different based on your eCommerce platform, the size of your business, and the extent of the remodeling you want to do, this can serve as an over-arching view of the process.
The best Magento Go alternatives for your eCommerce transition
Magento Go is shutting down, and everyone on it has until February 1st, 2015 to choose a new eCommerce platform. In order to ease this transition, listed below are nChannel’s top four Magento Go alternatives. While you may be looking for the “best” eCommerce platform, each platform has it’s strengths and weaknesses, and ultimately, the best eCommerce solution is determined by your needs.
A Comparison of the 4 Top eCommerce Platforms: Magento, Shopify, Volusion, Bigcommerce
Not all eCommerce shopping carts are created equal. Many look similar on the surface, but deep down have way more to compare than just price and features. Most merchants will only ever use a fraction of the features offered, so don’t let things like unlimited bandwidth and unlimited product listings be your main criteria. And unless you need complete customization and you have IT staff to help, full-fledged open source solutions are probably not the choice either. In our experience, small and mid-size companies have the best experience with mid-priced eCommerce platforms with a solid feature set and expandable design.
This chart compares four leading eCommerce shopping cart providers: Magento, Shopify, Volusion and Bigcommerce. (more…)
Integrate Multiple Magento Stores to Simplify Brand Expansion
I do a lot of research. And because we work with so many Magento users, I pay attention to what they’re talking about. Lately, I’ve been running into a lot of conversation about the challenges of running multiple Magento stores. We have a unique perspective on that at nChannel, so I thought I’d join the conversation. (more…)
Four Essential Strategies for Increasing eCommerce Sales
Consistency, convenience, product availability and price are key drivers luring shoppers out of brick and mortar stores into the world of eCommerce. Lackluster store displays, picked over merchandise and poor customer service, are just a few reasons turning shoppers away. Forbes recently reported that during the 2013 holiday shopping season, U.S. retailers received approximately half the holiday foot traffic they experienced just three years ago. And concern trickles down as large retailers like Best Buy and JCPenney close stores. Many reasons are cited for the closings, but two reasons stand-out as lessons to be learned.