The year 2017 is about to over and it’s the ideal time to look up at Magento statistics which is the most popular e-commerce platform so far. There are more than 250,000 merchants around the globe using Magento as their e-commerce platform.
- There are over 48,000 websites that are using Magento platform.
- The major change in statistics are seen in 2008 when the platform downloads are increased on a great level.
- Recently, Magento is empowering 28% of websites and fortunately 16% of them are from one million websites.
- The Statistics for websites that are using Ecommerce technologies are as follows:
- WooCommerce: 28%
- Magento: 28%
- Shopify: 4%
- Magento enterprise: 4%
- Bigcommerce: 4%
- Volusion: 4%
- Remaining are others
- More businesses are choosing Magento; New ones as well as previous ones.
- Magento is used all over the world but most of them live in United States, United kingdom and then in Netherlands.
- In 2016, Magento platform manages 101 Billion dollars and is growing rapidly till date.
- Magento 2 is efficiently made to handle more orders per on hourly basis.
Differences between 1.0 and 2.0
|
Magento 1.0+ |
Magento 2.0+ |
| API Added Retroactively | API is Core to the technology |
| Flexible Architecture | New Architecture for Speed |
| Open Source (CE) | Open Source (CE) |
| No Front-end Library | Ships with LESS |
| Legacy PHP | PHP5.6+ / 7.0 |
| No Support for HTML5/CSS3 | Native Support HTML5/CSS3 |
| RWD Theme Included | RWD Theme Included |
| Weak Content Staging | Advanced Content Staging |
| Sub-Par Search (SOLR) | Elastic Search (EE) |
| External PayPal | In-Site PayPal Experience |
| Secure Bridge | PCI Compliance Hosted Fields |
| Minimal Video Features | Integrated Video (PDP)* |
| Full Page Cache (EE) | FPC (EE)/Varnish |
| Severe DB Locking Issues | Zero Table Locking (Checkout) |
| Decent Automated Tests | Better Automated Tests |
| JS – Prototype | JS – Jquery |
| Huge Extension Marketplace | Minimal Extensions for 2.0 |
| Stale Admin Panel (Backoffice) | Fresh New Design in Admin |
| No Data Grid | Customizable Data Grid for Catalog |
| Admin Non-Responsive | Responsive Admin Panel |
| EE Pricing by License | EE Pricing by Order Volume |
| 5-12 Month Project Cycle | Claimed 4-8 Month Project Cycle* |
| Legacy Checkout | Streamlined Checkout Process |
| Popular Payment & Shipping Methods | Same Payment & Shipping Methods |
| “Wild West” Extension Market | Rigorous Extension Testing |
| Connect Store | New “Marketplace” |
Why choose us for Magento development services?
Magento is the most versatile Ecommerce platform fully loaded with features that combines MySQL Database and PHP script. Our years of experience allow us to say that we are the leading magento website development company in Delhi that is proficient in Magento installation and its configuration. We believe in building strategies that are result-driven. 24*365 support service staff that has in-depth knowledge of shopping cart migration. We also provide engagement models that are flexible. Website will be SEO optimized in the most possible ways.