Magento Platform

Magento – A platform for growth

What is Magento?

Magento is the world’s most utilised ecommerce platform with a staggering 35%+ marketshare, for a good reason!

It’s hugely feature-rich and built on open-source technology that provides online merchants with unprecedented flexibility and control over the look, content and functionality of their ecommerce store.

Magento’s intuitive administration interface features powerful marketing, search engine optimisation and catalog-management tools to give merchants the power to create sites that are tailored to their unique business needs.

Magento is owned and supported by eBay, designed to be completely scalable from start-up to enterprise over it’s 3 tier solution (Magento Go, Magento Community & Magento Enterprise) making it the go to choice for businesses of any size.

The Distance are specialists in Magento, in fact we are one of the Official Silver Solution Partners.

Who Uses Magento?

Magento Demo

Take a stroll around Magento Community.

Frontend Demo Backend Demo

Enquire about a one-to-one tour of Magento Enterprise.

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Magento Go Magento Community Magento Enterprise
Overview Magento Go is a hosted turnkey solution from Magento. It provides an off the shelf, quick turnaround solution for simple ecommerce operations and first time ventures. Magento Community is a comprehensive open-source solution available for download and customisation. Magento Enterprise shares the same base as the Community edition but includes some additional features and support options provided directly from Magento. It also comes with PCI compliance out the box via Magento Bridge as part of the yearly licence.
Who is it for?
  • New businesses experimenting with ecommerce for the first time.
  • When offering only a small range of products.
  • Testing the market with new products.
  • Ecommerce novices in need of basic 24/7 support
  • Brands looking for a strong ecommerce presence.
  • When looking for more than a basic ecommerce feature set.
  • When customisation is key.
  • When comprehensive SEO is a key driver of traffic/sales.
  • Major brands with a strong reliance on their ecommerce channel.
  • Brands with comprehensive international ecommerce requirements.
  • Brands looking for comprehensive merchandising requirements.
  • Brands with internal ecommerce teams.
  • Brands looking to obtain best possible speed & performance.