Magento eCommerce - The World's Leading eCommerce Platform

Magento is the world’s fastest growing platform in the world. Since its launch in 2008, over 2.6 million copies of Magento ecommerce have been downloaded, and over 80,000 organisations around the world currently use Magento for ecommerce retailing. Pretty impressive stats by any measure.

Why is Magento eCommerce Software so good?

Well, not so long ago there were a host of enterprise ecommerce systems that wouldn’t get out of bed unless they could charge a customer upwards of £100,000 in licence fees alone. Then came along Magento eCommerce and completely changed the ecommerce market place. Magento was built with functionality better than the existing providers, yet came with an open source price tag…a no brainer.

At first, many established corporate organisations were sceptical about Magento and would ask, how can something so good be so cheap when all the other systems are charging so much more? As time has gone, various corporates took the plunge and adopted Magento to the point where the list of stellar organisations now using Magento speaks for itself.

Indeed, companies such as; Harvey Nichols, Fred Perry, Nokia, Breville, Inc., Lush, Longine, The North Face, NAF NAF, Time Out, Adidas, KSwiss, Salomon, Christian Louboutan, Pentel, Ford, Paul Smith, Muji, Myla, Movado, Jack Wolfskin, Dockers, Nespresso, I’Ogan, Samsung, Stussy, Interflora, and Villeroy and Boch, to name but a few.

What flavours of Magento are there?

There are three types of Magento ecommerce platform, these being the Magento Community Edition, Magento Professional and Magento Enterprise.

The Magento Community Edition is available as a free download under the open source OSL 3.0 license and is recommended for small and medium sized organisations that are looking for an entry into online retailing. The Magento Professional edition provides more advanced revenue generating features not found in the open source Magento Community platform and is PA-DSS compliant. The professional edition costs £1845 for an annual licence.

The Magento Enterprise edition is PA-DSS compliant eCommerce platform with best-in-class merchandising and marketing tools for multi-national corporate organisations. The enterprise edition costs £8090 a year.

What Magento version is right for you?

This depends on a number of factors such as budget, ecommerce experience, infrastructure, retail objectives and country focus. If you are considering Magento, we at Banksthomas provide a free qualification work shop with the aim of being able to direct you to selecting the right solution.

What functionality does Magento ecommerce platform have?

Whatever functionality you require, it is highly likely that Magento has it. The standard Magento platforms are function and feature rich. In addition to this, there are over 3,000 third party plugins that cover everything from Advertising and Marketing, Billing, Content Management, Mobile, Automation, Merchandising, Payment, Search Optimisation, Shipping and Social Media. And, if these Magento plugins don’t satisfy your requirements, Magento’s provides a platform that is quick and easy to build and develop on.

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Banksthomas Magento Web Design and Development

Think of us a specialist Magento Web Design Agency. We sell Magento and provide all the value added services such development, design, customisation, hosting, support and maintenance, which are required to guarantee ecommerce success. For more information about our Magento services, contact us at our local London web design agency on This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Magento Web Design and Templates

There are thousands and thousands of standard Magento templates that can be downloaded from the Internet. Templates can provide an easy access point to getting your first ecommerce site up and trading. For the more serious ecommerce merchants, Magento provides the idea platform for professional web design. At Banksthomas we provide professional bespoke Magento web design from our London and Manchester offices. For more information about our Magento Web Design services, then contact us on T: +44 (0)20 7739 2777 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Magento Aftercare   Magento Support and Maintenace

Magento is a great system, but it does need looking after if you are going to get the very best out of it. It is important that the Magento platform is kept upto date with the latest software and security installs. It is likely too that you will want to install extentions, maybe customise or update your visual design, add functionality or integrate with 3rd party systems. We can help with all of this, whether it is on a Pay As You Go (PAYG) basis or on a retained contract basis.

To find out more about our Magento Web Design and support, contact us on T: +44 (0)20 7739 2777 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Banksthomas is a Certfied Magento Web Site Design Agency.