Magento eCommerce Online merchandising – Basic steps of setting up a new online store
Magento eCommerce Online merchandising – Basic steps of setting up a new online store
This is the second bullet in the Magento Certified Solution Specialist Exam Study Guide, chapter 1.1. Online merchandising.
The Basic steps of settin up a new online store refer to:
- Platform selection
- Hosting
- Deployment
- Maintenance
Platform selection. Chose osCommerce! I’m joking, of course. The platform selections means selecting between Community Edition (CE) and Enterprise Edition (EE). However, choosing between the two is not always that easy. The EE comes with a lot more stuff that CE, but is not so cheap. As far as I know, the EE license fee is about 12k Euro / year.
First of all we have to analyze the customer needs and see where it fits. The CE suits small shops, with not too great expectations, while EE is suitable for large enterprises with many products, many visits.
I prepared a side by side comparison between the two versions here: Magento CE vs EE. It might not be complete or fully correct. If you have something to add or spot some mistakes, please let me know.