Magento Tutorial - Overview 

Magento is an open source eCommerce solution. It comes with a variety of tools, necessarily for building a successful online shop. To create an online store with Magento you need reliable web hosting services. IndicHosts Magento hosting package is an excellent choice for this purpose. There you get a free domain name, Magento installation, free shared SSL, and numerous ecommerce tools.

This Magento tutorial will provide you with comprehensive installation instructions for Magento shopping cart and will also show you how to create and manage a web site using Magento.

The Magento tutorial covers the following topics:

• How to install Magento shopping cart on your hosting account;
• How to configure your Magento shop;
• How to change themes in Magento;
• How to design the home page of your online store;
• How to set SSL certificate in Magento;
• How to optimize your shop for the Search engines (SEO);
• How to use Magento customer manager;
• How to configure Shipping and Payment modules

Magento main features include:

• Analytics and Reporting - the script is integrated with Google Analytics and offers many different reports.
• Product Browsing - multiple images for products, options for extensive reviews, wish lists and much more.
• Catalog Browsing - easy navigation, advanced product filtering system, product comparison.
• Catalog Management - inventory management, batch import and export of products, different tax rates per location, additional product attributes.
• Customer Accounts - order status and history, e-mail and RSS feeds for products in the wish list, newsletter subscription, default billing and shipping address.
• Customer Service - enhanced features for customers' accounts, Contact Us form, comprehensive order tracking and history, customizable order e-mails.
• Order Management - create orders through admin area, create multiple invoices shipments and credit memos, call center order creation option.
• Payment - different payment methods: credit cards, PayPal, Authorize.net, Google Checkout, checks, money orders, support of external payment modules like Cybersource, ePay, eWAY and many more.
• Shipping - shipping to multiple addresses, flat rating shipping, supports UPS, UPS XML (account rates), FedEx (account rates), USPS and DHL.
• Checkout - one page checkout, SSL support, checkout without having an account.
• Search Engine Optimization - 100% Search Engine Friendly, Google Sitemap support.
• International Support - multiple languages and currencies, list of allowed countries for registration, purchasing and shipping, localization.
• Marketing Promotions and Tools - coupons, discounts and different promotion options.
• Site Management - control of multiple web sites, multiple languages, tax rate with support for US and International markets, customizable outlook through templates.