Magento is a popular open source framework for the development of eCommerce websites. It was originally launched in 2008, and was eventually bought by eBay. It provides a feature-rich eCommerce platform that offers merchants complete flexibility and control over the presentation, content, and functionality of their online channel. Magento works best for larger applications, as it is relatively resource heavy to run, and getting good performance out of a Magento site will usually require a private server, which will be over $100 monthly. Pearstem also works with other lighter, more minimalist eCommerce solutions such as ZenCart.

Advantages of Magento

• Open Source - familiar to a lot of developers, easy and relatively inexpensive to to update/extend
• Highly Extendable - virtually any capability can be built into it without changing core code
• Built with PHP

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