Magento

End of Magento support should not mean end of business, says Kooomo

With Magento 1 ending support in June 2020, online retailers will need to urgently prioritise their platform migrations

In June, Magento 1 will no longer receive security patches or updates, making associated ecommerce sites vulnerable to a variety of threats. Online retailers who have not already started the process will need to urgently consider which platform their business should migrate to. Kooomo, the leading enterprise cloud commerce platform, explains what businesses need to know to avoid the possibility of a system failure, cyber-attack or loss of revenue.

Five Ecommerce Platforms to Power Up Your Online Business

Selling online has become a norm, from physical products to digital content. Selling on marketplaces like eBay and Amazon is becoming more accessible than ever before. But these intermediaries will have the utmost control over what you can sell and how. Moreover, these platforms can throw you out at any moment. And, they will not be accountable to you in any way when things go south. So, Be cautious.

Magento: Everything you need to know about product attribute sets

The Magento platform which delivers ecommerce solutions is a great choice for many reasons. One of them is a great bunch of functions and settings one can adjust its online store to. If you are new to Magento, you might come up with a number of questions. One of the most frequent ones is how to use product attribute sets properly.

In this article we will provide a detailed definition of what attribute sets are and how to use them with the maximum efficiency.

Magento Attributes. Definition.

As one can guess from its name, Magento Product Attribute is designed to specify certain features of a Product. Among the most popular attributes are:

Magento Extension: Set up an Easy Hotel Booking Version 2.0

Create an efficient hotel booking website using Hotel Booking Software. This Hotel booking module is designed with advantageous features for setting up a well proficient reservation system, featuring multiple payment methods, multiple languages, support and compatibility over multiple browsers. And also, this extension is accompanied by an appealing hotel booking theme which is designed especially for online hotel booking service with banner (with slideshow effect), customized blocks and options to place advanced search and display products.

Mailbag: Magento Highlights from eBay Inc. Q3 Earnings

In CMS Report's mailbag this week we received an email from one of the press folks representing eBay as well as Magento, an eCommerce platform and shopping cart. As we reported last year, eBay agreed to acquire Magento and since then, eBay has placed Magento under the banner of X.commerce. X.commerce intends to bring together the technology assets and developer communities of eBay, PayPal and Magento to support eBay Inc.'s mission of enabling commerce.

Optimizing Magento Performance

According to the recent research, 64% of dissatisfied online shoppers said they were less likely to visit a slow retailer again, 62% were less likely to purchase from the site again and 48% would purchase from a competitor.

Such statistics always makes developers puzzle – from one hand, the website owner wants the application to be multifunctional and universal, from the other – it shouldn’t be slow. And the problem is always to make a solid extension work as fast as possible.

Performance optimization is a good way out in such situation. Optimizing a website, you should consider providing two factors:

eBay Agrees to Acquire Magento

Magento: "The past several years have been an amazing journey for Magento, as we've grown from a new open source platform into an eCommerce leader. Along the way, we've built not only a platform, but a company and a worldwide community. Together, we've identified opportunities, taken risks, innovated, struggled, succeeded, and changed the face of eCommerce. Today marks a milestone on this journey as we announce the most exciting news in our company's history.

Magento has reached an agreement to be acquired by eBay Inc. We believe this move will open incredible opportunities for the entire Magento ecosystem."