Joomla v/s Magento
Tuesday 27 September 2016
Joomla v/s Magento
Magento and Joomla are open source solutions for web
developers in online marketing even though there are several variations between
them. Joomla and Magento are quite famous in internet marketing because of the
prevalence of a huge number of functions, plug-ins and extensions. However, it
is usually proper to examine them and analyze their benefits and drawbacks to
conclude which is usually more suitable for your web development
specifications. Before developing your online store, you should outline its
scale, for example, decide whether you need a large e-commerce solution to run
the business. The next step would be to specify technical requirements to make
it easy to choose the best-fit e-shop system. Now there are a lot of different
e-commerce solutions out there.
Magento is one of the leaders among e-commerce solutions,
its usage and industry distribution is really great. Magento key advantages
could be considered from both sides of a seller and a customer. Some key
features for the seller are : Great
catalog management, Marketing tools (coupons, featured items, gift cards and
more), Advanced shipping support, Search engine optimization, Analytics and
reporting tools.Key features for customers includes : Filtering products in
categories, Effective and fast search results, Easy product comparisons and
reviews, One-page checkout capability, Extensive shipping options etc. Magento
has the features of awesome catalog management, capability to engage Ample of
Marketing tools and is undoubtedly SEO friendly. so many marketing tools are
also available these days and are frequently used by internet marketing companies facebook
advertisement is often used. Where as joomla has certain problems such as:
Installing and managing the “friendly” URLs do takes a lot of configurations.
URLs Configration is not easy with Joomla development, Joomla customization
must required basic knowledge of website design and development, Its really
hard to add categories,It is always good to hire professional who possesses
some extra-ordinary skills and knowledge to develop your online portal as per
your mentioned necessity.
In conclusion, if you need very strong shopping cart
features, go with Magento. To improve your SEO with Magento, you may want to
consider integrating it with WordPress for your blogging needs. if you are
looking for a straightforward product-selling website, Magento will work very
well for you. However, if you are considering adding events or community or
custom functions to your website, then Joomla will be a better alternative.
Now there are a lot of different e-commerce solutions out
there. However, the analysis of Joomla! and Magento, leaders among open source
content management and e-store systems, shows that unfortunately there is no
universal answer for all cases and budgets. Therefore, the final decision is
strongly depends on your requirements and goals.
Digital Trendz is a Melbourne based marketing agency providing
the whole range of IT and digital services as well as solutions. The services
of this online marketing agency in Melbourne includes Search EngineOptimization (SEO), Magento web design, Social media marketing, creation of mobile app, making digital strategy,
e-commerce etc. Digital trendz is the best place to seek help for developing
your business.
About The Author Profile:-
Aditya Singh Thakur is the Managing Director Digital Trendz.
He is a Digital Strategist, Visionary of Information Technology and Services
Melbourne, Australia. Previously he worked at Dream Consultancy, Melbourne. He
possesses strong Technical background in software and hardware technologies.
Aditya completed his Masters of Business and IT (MBIT) graduate from University
of Melbourne. His specialties include Business to Business Sales, Software
Solution Sales, Relationship Management, account Management and Account
Mapping. He has been a SEO consultant, UX/UI consultant and Project Manager.
Aditya worked in Dream Consultancy from
May 2012 – March 2014 (1 year 11 months)Melbourne, Australia. Also he worked in
BDM - Website Solutions, Melbourne IT from April 2010 – April 2012 (2 years 1
month)Melbourne, Australia. He has been IT Systems Officer at University of
Melbourne. Tenure of work was from august 2007 – April 2010 (2 years 9
months). Aditya worked as a Business Development Executive at
Accel Frontline Limited ( May 2004 – January 2007) and Project Engineer in HEG
Ltd (November 2002 – May 2004). He recieved Best New Talent award in Oct ’04.
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