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Magento – Open Source Ecommerce

Magento – Open Source Ecommerce

Posted 01 May 2008 | By vinu | Categories: PHP, Software | Comments

Magento is an ecommerce platform on PHP which is quite feature rich. This platform is based on the Zend Framework. You can take a look at a Magento store and the admin demo over at their demo section. Some of the notable features of this platform are:

  • Analytics and reports – integration with Google Analytics, RSS feeds on Orders and feedback, Sales reports
  • Catalog Management & Browsing
  • Customer Accounts – with order status, default addresses, wishlists and dashboard
  • Order Management – edit, create and fullfill orders, print invoice and packing slips
  • Payments – Integration with Paypal, Google Checkout and Authorize.net; Accept purchase orders, cheques and money order.
  • SEO Optimizations – url rewrites, Google Sitemaps and more

The minimum system requirements for getting onto Magento is PHP 5.2.1with a few mandatory extensions and MySQL 4.1.

Links:
Magento Home
Screenshots
Tour
Store and Admin Demo