Adobe's Magento has quickly become one of the most popular eCommerce platforms available today, fuelled largely because of the richness of its functionality and its “open source” nature. 

Many web developers and companies have adopted the Magento platform without investing in the proper planning, organisation and support that it can require.

In addition, it can upgrade Community Edition versions to Enterprise Edition, for the additional performance, marketing and management functions.

Since 2009, Screen Pages has designed, developed and launched over 100 Magento eCommerce websites: combined they are achieving close to 1m visitors per month and processing many hundreds of thousands of credit card transactions. In addition, it has 10 Certified Magento Developers.

Online retailers with existing Magento websites can now benefit from access to the resources, experience and proper support channels of a full service eCommerce provider.

Some Magento websites have been developed in haste without:

• Consideration for performance and scaleability.

• Investing in a support and maintenance service (with ongoing hand-holding).

• Professional development standards (for example with hard-coding).

• Long-term attention to client’s needs for flexibility and ease of maintenance.

• Proper study of Magento systems design, architecture and best practice

implementation of security guidelines for cardholder data protection

Screen Pages has invested in a professional, structured business based around Magento, including all the disciplines for design, specification, development, integration, hosting, support, updates, consulting and account management. The company has also used a wide variety of third-party add-ons on client websites – one of the major attractions of Magento.

The process for migration takes a few working days for a few thousand pounds and once complete, residual development issues can be remedied and much needed design and enhancement work can be quickly progressed.