Monday, February 27, 2012

Choose Magento extensions intelligently

Web development companies and online web stores worldwide consider Magento development as one of the best CMS for ecommerce websites. Magento offers core functionalities beyond imagination. The features of Magento custom development are highly useful but web store owners ask for more. This is sole reason why extensions for Magento actually exist. From among the stack of extensions available, deciding upon a few is a complex task. By following few simple steps, one can get a better idea on which extensions to choose:

  1. Begin with analyzing your website and jot down your requirement as well as what you have achieved and what is still left to achieve.
  2. Think over how to obtain the set goals. It can be done by making your website easy to browse and attractive. Visit your competitors' website to get a faint idea of how they function and make a list of the ecommerce website functionalities that you would like to incorporate in your website.
  3. Requirements of the client must be considered. Improvements on the search system would reflect on the conversion rate significantly. Therefore, choose extensions accordingly.
  4. Think like a website owner about all the things you want featured in your website.
  5. Browse the extensions on the Magento Connect pages and pick the ones you think would suit your needs.
  6. Compare the extensions list and their prices. Then try to fit all the Magento extensions you need into your budget.
  7. Do not choose the extensions by price. Quality of the extension must your first priority and price secondary if the extensions offer quality services on the market front. In such a situation, drop the idea of picking up more and/or similar extensions. Pick one, but a strong extension.
  8. Check the reviews section of the extensions, look whether or not the vendor responds to users' regularly. There will positive as well as negative reviews because of the miscommunication between the customer and the vendor. But if most of the reviews are in favor of the extension and it offers remarkable support then the Magento extension is definitely helpful. The reviews section is largely helpful hence, do not hesitate to ask questions. More than the questions, the response of the vendor will help you decide the authenticity of the Magento extension.


We may now look at the benefits of Magento Extensions: The Magento extensions, Magento templates and Magento themes give a professional look to the website. All these offer a clean design and appealing layout to grab the attention of the customers. These Magento templates, themes, plug-ins and Magento extensions can be installed very easily which makes them even more lucrative. To use Magento, one does not need any prior computer coding or programming know-how. If you hire services from an experienced Magento development company, they will offer outstanding Magento custom development solutions.