Magento is an open-source e-commerce platform written in PHP. The software was originally developed by Varien Inc., with assistance from volunteers.
Magento provides two distinct platforms: Magento Open Source (previously Magento Community Edition) and Magento Commerce; the latter is available in an on-premises version (previously Magento Enterprise Edition) or as a platform-as-a-service (previously Magento Enterprise Cloud Edition). There were also two former platforms, Magento Professional Edition, and Magento Go.
Magento Open Source
Magento Open Source, previously Magento Community Edition, is an open-source e-commerce platform. Developers can implement the core files and extend their functionality by adding new plug-in modules provided by other developers. Since the first public beta version was released in 2007, Magento Open Source has been developed and customized to provide a basic e-commerce platform.
The current release and each of the previous historical release versions of the 1.X and 2.X version branches of Magento Open Source are available on the Magento Commerce, Inc. website for download as single-file downloads. Development of the 2.X version branch of Magento Open Source is coordinated publicly on GitHub. Magento 1.9.4, the last version of Magento 1.X to be released, reached end-of-life on June 30, 2020.
Magento will remain open source after the recent acquisition by Adobe.
Magento Commerce
Released April 11, 2016, Magento Commerce is an e-commerce platform as a service.
Magento 2 has many new and improved features, developer tools, and its architecture is quite different from all the previous versions. Magento 2 was announced in 2010. It was planned for release in 2011, and its merchant beta version was released in July 2015. Since then Magento 1 and Magento 2 have existed simultaneously.
Magento caters to three levels of businesses: small business, mid-market, and enterprise.
For shop owners at Magento 2 e-commerce platform, they need to serve their customers well in a competitive business world. SMS messaging is a good tool to serve. With more than 5 billion people in the world own a cellphone, SMS message has been a great method for the merchants to connect with its customers.
Merchants can send products updates, promotion events, discounts, and just simple greets to their customers. Since no extra apps shall be installed to receive SMS messages, it is quite sure that people will receive SMS messages sent by you. According to statistics, the open rate of SMS messages can be as high as 98%. And if you do right, you will build good relationships with your customers.
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Many SMS platforms provide tailored SMS messaging services for Magento 2 e-commerce platforms. As shop owners on Magento 2, you can choose one of the SMS messaging platforms, and cooperate with them. They will choose the right package for you that’s best suits your business.
Here are some choices you can take into consideration: SMSGlobal, Meetanshi, MageComp, LandofCoder, China Skyline, and so on.
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