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Using Magento for eCommerce

Tuesday, November 17th, 2009
An existing client with an ecommerce site that they have been successfully operating for over 3 years came to me with a list of new features they wanted to add to the site. They wanted to incorporate product ratings, product comparisons, video and more. They also wanted to introduce a new site and have the ability to manage products and content for both sites via a single interface. The existing site was on osCommerce, an open source ecommerce platform. While osCommerce was and continues to be a solid platform it did not meet the clients requirements. Enter Magento!

Magento is an incredibly robust open source ecommerce platform that is off the hook! It’s ecommerce done right, you can see its been developed by a team intricately familiar with the issues faced by ecommerce site owners, developers and administrators. Managing products across multiple sites is a breeze! Magento allows site owners to incorporate product ratings, promotions and videos effortlessly. URL rewrites promote a site that is SEO friendly, catalog management is robust and the dashboard and reporting is great. While the client was initially skeptical and hesitant to move to a different platform they are thrilled with the result. Check out the sites at wetsuitgear.com and kite-gear.com. Have an existing ecommerce site you are looking to take to the next level? Do you have an  osCommerce site that just isn’t cutting it anymore? Contact us for expert advice on ecommerce platforms and possibilities. We are experts in ecommerce and converting osCommerce sites to Magento. We can also handle promoting and feeding your products to external sources such as Google Base.

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Redesign for Ecommerce Website running Sports Camps, Travel Teams and Tournaments

Thursday, September 17th, 2009

Check out the website redesign we recently did for BlackBear Lacrosse.  BlackBear runs Lacrosse camps, tournaments and travel teams across a number of counties in the Greater Philadelphia Area. They wanted a site that would:

  1. Allow customers to easily sign up for camps, travel teams and tournaments and pay online.
  2. Have a custom registration process to include custom waivers/agreements and would generate team rosters, etc.
  3. Have a robust content management system that would allow coaches/key contacts of the various travel teams to easily manage their own teams content including coach profiles, photos, rosters, etc.
  4. Include the ability for site owners to easily email people based on the list of team to which they belong.

As is often the case BlackBear could not find an online solution that fullfilled all their needs. What they looked at often did about 60% of what they needed and could not be customized or the price was prohibitive. This is where Durkan Consulting Group comes in, we work with the client to understand their requirements, provide a high level of service and implement a custom website that does exactly what they need. Below is a screen cap of the new design, check it out. Props go to Clinton, DCG’s Design, CSS/XHTML, ECommerce and PHP guru.

Website for Sports Camps, Travel Teams and more

Website for Sports Camps, Travel Teams and more

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