AI-based matching to acomplished UK Magento developers.

A Magento website is an eCommerce platform which allows businesses to sell products and services online. Magento is an open source content management system (CNS) which means the user can create, publicise and edit content easily.

The core code can be adapted by a back end developer to create highly customised webstores and features, whilst a front end developer uses the likes of JavaScript and CSS for interactive and stylish webpages.

A simple eCommerce store using the basic Magento template can take as little as 2 weeks.

However for a more advanced Magento webstore using Commerce with third party integrations and system changes, can take up to 2 years plus ongoing support.

The size of the store, how many product listings and the complexity of the third party integrations all can prolong the process.

A Magento website can cost anything from £200 - £20,000+ depending on the size of the project.

After taking into consideration the cost of the Magento Commerce license and developer, there’s also domain name, hosting, Magento extensions and website support.

A Magento website creates highly customised eCommerce stores.

Whilst Magento requires some coding knowledge, the addition of Magento developers means a webstore can have unlimited functionality.

Generally WooCommerce is suitable for smaller online shops whereas Magento supports large websites.

Google guidelines require all websites to be user-friendly across all devices. In recent years, Google have a mobile first policy and tend to ignore the desktop version.

A good Magento developer will be aware of the mandatory requirements and will build a Magento responsive website.

It’s worth remembering the more specific you are in your brief, the developer will have a clear idea of what you want. It may be useful to state your mobile responsive requirements in your brief.

Unlike other service based market places there’s no:

• Service cost for hours worked by the developer
• Processing fee for payments made by the client
• Percentage fees

Post your project or be matched to your first project for FREE.

Posting your project is free, with an associated cost for more matches and to work with Magento developer teams.

A developer’s monthly subscription is just £10, and you can be matched to one project before you subscribe.

The AI - matching technology we use to find your experienced developer selects only those who are available for work and who match your criteria.

Magento is one of the most popular eCommerce platforms for merchants around the world and there are two versions: Magento Open Source and Magento Commerce. Open Source is free to download while Commerce requires a license and both use Magento Marketplace

Magento Open Source edition is perfect for small to medium businesses and also beginners, it’s free to install and can be used in conjunction with free Magento extension add-ons. However it doesn’t come with technical support.

Magento Commerce edition is suited for medium to larger businesses who need advanced customisations, configurations, technical support and more. It is known to have better security features and ranks higher amongst customers.

Building a Magento website can take just one developer or an entire team of front end, back end, designers and developers for sites which need extra functionality.

Some of the development work includes:

• Building Magento themes from designs provided by web designers
• Ensuring the website is running at full performance for example increasing page speed load times
• Setting up and configuring languages and currency
• Installing, testing and setting up payment gateways such as PayPal and SagePay
• Integrating business systems and applications such as accountancy software and custom relationship management (CRM) software
• SEO audits

Magento 1 is the first version and is slower, not as user friendly, security is questionable and there are less sites powered by it.

Magento 2 is the new and improved version and uses: the latest PHP which improves overall site speed and individual pages, meta tag functions for SEO, minimised JavaScript for better browser operations, tighter security features and last but not least, an interactive dashboard.