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:
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.
