eCommerce continues to grow exponentially each year and transforms the way users buy products online. Magento is one of the most popular eCommerce development platforms out there. Apart from being an open source platform, it has also proven to be robust, reliable and fast for developing online stores. Magento leads the pack of eCommerce CMS with a 29.1 market share. This CMS was first launched in 2008 and has seen consistent performance and continued popularity for the past 9 years. Magento recently released Magento Enterprise Edition 2.0 and Magento Community Edition 2.0 in November. Just as Magento is a preferred CMS for development of eCommerce websites, Magento developers too are high in demand. The profession is quite rewarding with bright future prospects. However companies looking to hire a dedicated Magento developer – seek only the best and the most qualified of candidates. If you have your sight set on taking up Magento development as a profession, here is some useful advice from a company that is conscious of the stringent quality parameters.
1. Get Certified: Magento developers are quite readily found and outsourced, but certified developers have an edge over the rest. Work hard on the basics and when you think you are confident, take the Magento Certified Developer Exam. The certificate will add credibility to your CV and also instill more confidence in your abilities as a programmer. What’s more, professional organizations only choose to work with certified developers. So a certification will build up your chances of getting hired by quality organizations. 2. Read & Research: The Internet is one of the best resources for the curious-minded. There are tons of developer forums, videos, blogs, tutorials and websites that provide the collective wisdom of hundreds of programmers. Choose your sources wisely and try to make the most of this free and abundant supply of information. Here are a couple:
4. Practical Exposure: Work on some small, freelance projects to gain the basic know-how. Nothing matches the practical exposure of the real world work challenges. You can look for internships in your city that allow you to learn Magento hands-on. 5. Programming Skills Sub-set: As a developer, you will be expected to have core expertise in several technologies and a fair amount of knowledge for both the back-end and front-end development process. 6. Use Git: Keeping a track of the changes and version control is extremely important. Make a habit of using Git to update your work regularly so that you can revert to earlier versions easily. 7. Time Management: As a developer you will need to have grace under fire and often deliver on tight schedules. The ability to turn around quality work in shorter duration is what sets you apart from the crowd. In summary it would be fair to say that with the right technical skill set and attitude it is possible to chart your career as a Magento developer in the right direction. Do you also have some tips and advice to budding developers? Please share them in the comments section below. Bigcommerce and eBay, the two most popular eCommerce names, recently announced their strategic partnership. The partnership took place early last month aiming to offer Bigcommerce customers an inventory platform for listing and monitoring their products efficiently. Bigcommerce being an amazing eCommerce platform allows retailers in Australia and New Zealand to connect with eBay which is the largest online marketplace across the globe. The Bigcommerce merchants can synchronize their stores using an eBayLINK app for easy product listing and inventory management. The integration is expected to help the merchants boost their sales as they can now access 162 million globally active eBay buyers. On the contrary, the eBay buyers will have the benefit of more product varieties to choose from. If you’re a Bigcommerce development company, you would probably know that the retail sector has changed a lot in a past few years. The customers of the modern retail sector interacting with any business are not bounded by devices, channels or platforms. Consumer purchases depend on the context – purchasing where, when and on whatever platform or device they find is most convenient at any point in time. Brent Bellm, Bigcommerce CEO said, “It’s never been more important for business owners to manage and sell across multiple channels, and this partnership allows our customers to take advantage of a thriving marketplace that will bring them new customers and turn that discovery into revenue.”
According to eBay's Head of North America Hal Lawton, "eBay's strategy and our business model is firmly grounded in the foundation of making sure we have the best choice in selection for all our buyers across all markets." He further added, "To continue to deliver on that, it's very much grounded in continuing to acquire small-to-medium-sized businesses that bring that unique differentiated inventory at great bargains to our site." Moreover, the sales platform jointly created by Bigcommerce and eBay will provide retailers a much wider audience with some unique benefits such as rapid bulk product listing, centralized inventory management and synchronized product price, quantity and descriptions. All the product information synchronizes instantly from Bigcommerce to eBay allowing the orders to be imported to Bigcommerce platform. The partnership intends to enable retailers to integrate multi-channel commerce capabilities, sell products more seamlessly across two vast channels through a single simple dashboard and eventually scale business operations. Even eBay says it is happy with the partnership. “We’re ecstatic to welcome Bigcommerce merchants to our vibrant seller community”, says Hal Lawton, Senior Vice President of eBay North America. “We’re steadfast in our efforts to provide merchants of all sizes the tools and platform to drive their businesses and brands in a scalable, frictionless manner within today’s multichannel environment – and that is exactly what this relationship is designed to accomplish,” he added. The Beta testing of Bigcommerce and eBay integration will start in the Q3 of 2016. What are your thoughts about this Bigcommerce-eBay partnership? What are the major benefits you think it will bring in for eCommerce merchants? Write to us in the comments below. |
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