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Why Choose Magento for eCommerce Store

MagentoBrain

It was launched on March 31, 2008. Magento is designed to provide online merchants with a flexible shopping cart system and control over the look, content, and functionality of their online store. It was developed by Varien, an American private company headquartered in Culver City, California, with assistance from volunteers.

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Magento vs WooCommerce: An in-depth comparison

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Magento is a PHP-based ecommerce platform that was first released in 2008. However, a Magento vs WooCommerce comparison on average response times shows that Magento sites are faster where it counts: on the home page and on the shopping cart page. For shopping cart pages, the average Magento loading time is 0.57

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7 Brands Discuss the Benefits of the New Cashless Economy and Apple Pay’s Growing Ubiquity

BigCommerce

2008: Bitcoin is invented.?. Around 68% of all shopping carts are abandoned, and complicated checkouts are a major factor. The Apple Pay integration streamlines the checkout process, increases security and decreases cart abandonment for mobile and desktop shoppers. 2011: Google Wallet is released.?. Go get them!

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How to Streamline PHP for SEO

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E-commerce is one of the most popular uses for the PHP framework because it allows you to do things like create a shopping cart , optional upsells, and integrate payment processors like Stripe. In 2008, Google stated they can (and do) crawl dynamic URLs. Still, there are some SEOs who think dynamic URLs are bad for SEO.

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The Complete Sales Tax Guide for Online Sellers [Nexus by State Included]

BigCommerce

Arkansas – The Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration’s “ Arkansas Rules ” publication from 2008 details nexus on page 1, under “F. Next, set up sales tax collection on all of your online shopping carts and marketplaces. Arizona – Arizona’s Nexus in Arizona guide details what creates sales tax nexus in Arizona.

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How to create a successful pop-up store?

GetElastic

The conception of the pop-up show was birthed out of the financial crash of 2008 as an alternative to long retail leaseholds – and since their inception they have gone mainstream. In the UK alone, the pop-up industry is currently worth over £2.3 billion a year.

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How to create a successful pop-up store?

GetElastic

The conception of the pop-up show was birthed out of the financial crash of 2008 as an alternative to long retail leaseholds – and since their inception they have gone mainstream. In the UK alone, the pop-up industry is currently worth over £2.3 billion a year.