This chart caught my eye this morning. Karin von Abrams, senior analyst at eMarketer, authored a new report called UK B2C E-Commerce: Continued Growth in Tricky Times. Abrams cites competitive prices, easy product comparisons, and fuel savings as convenience factors that encourage consumers to shop online. eMarketer predicts that online sales will hit £94.2 billion ($169.6 billion) by 2012.
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Magento Featured in Inc Magazine
Magento was featured in a recent article in Inc Magazine. The article presents a menu of affordable tools to use when setting up an online store. Here is what the article says about Magento:
What it is: Open-source e-commerce software
What’s cool: It’s a robust e-commerce application, and it’s free to download. With Magento, sellers can manage multiple stores from one location, and shoppers can make side-by-side product comparisons and read customer reviews. Unlike most open-source software, Magento is relatively easy to use. Plus, it was designed to be simple to customize, so you can add or create new functions and features.
Drawbacks: Magento was first released last year, and some of its features are still in beta testing. Building a store with Magento does require technical expertise, but you can pay for help from Magento’s stable of 60 partners, which will handle things such as design and Web hosting.
Price: The software is free, but if you need technical support, it can cost from $500 to $4,000 per year.
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