Development Platforms

With the world of ecommerce technologies changing each day, there are number of development platforms geared towards the development of web stores (web sites). Ecommerce development platforms are simply the technologies that are designed specifically for the purposes of building and maintaining web stores.

The first ever platform for ecommerce development was the osCommerce which was released back in 2000. There have been a number of other solutions built for ecommerce development. Some of them are as described below:

osCommerce

This was the original ecommerce platform and it is simple and does not require very high resources to work. Best part about osCommerce is the fact that is has all the basic functionalities (multilingual support, supports for multiple currencies, and capabilities for out of the box payment gateways) that are required from any ecommerce development platform. This is the platform with the largest number of extensions and developers customization. However, the platform does not have SEF URLs and templates that are out of the box. This platform has formed the backbone for the creation of both CRE loaded and Zen Cart ecommerce development platforms.

Zen Cart

This shopping cart is based on the original osCommerce platform and comes with Content Management System (CMS) and a wide variety of templates for setting up a web store. It also has the capabilities to support all the basic payment gateways. One of the best things about this platform is that it supports overriding of modules – this ensures that the users can modify or extend the functionalities of the platform without hacking it. It has no SEF URLs and has a large number of developers.

Magento

This development platform supports multiple web stores and SEF URLs. Magento provides support for extended shopping modules and payment gateways. The platform has administration panel accessibility levels and allows multiple administrators. It also supports catalog price rules and customer support groups. This ecommerce development platform needs a semi-dedicated server hosting in order to run. To extend or customize Magento, the user must be a developer with objects oriented programming knowledge using PHP. Magento has the most rapidly growing community and developers.
There are still many other ecommerce development platforms available some of them are CRE Loaded, PrestaShop, VirtueMart, Drupal, BigCommerce, and many others.

Importance of Ecommerce Development Platforms

Ecommerce development platforms are critical for business owners who want to create web stores. This is because the development platforms give developers the best functionalities and features for creating attractive, professional and well-optimized web stores. They also provide for easy extension and maintenance of already created web stores. These platforms come with basic shipping and payment modules.

Due to the complexity and technical knowledge required to use these development platforms, it is important for web storeowners to use the best professional developers in order to ensure they get the stores they wanted. This is our mission at NextGen eBiz.

At NextGen eBiz, we have the best team of developers who understand and have experience using some of the most common ecommerce development platforms such as osCommerce, Zen Cart, PrestaShop, and Magenta. This means that we can create a web store that will give you an edge over your competitors and help build your online store brand.

We will ensure that your web store looks professional and user friendly to give your customers best online experience. We will not develop your web store that would last only 6 or 12 months, we will create one that can be extended and customized any time in future to match the growing demands of your business.

Please contact us for a quote or if you need any information regarding the ecommerce technologies we use or any other services that we offer.

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