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Can’t decide between Magento and Shopify? You are not alone, many businessmen who want to open an e-store for their business are in a dilemma as to which platform is more effective between Magento and Shopify. 

These two brands are the most popular brands in the world, Shopify and Magento have a rating of 4.6 and 4 respectively for some features like ease of use, sales features, website features, help and support, value for money, etc. 

Shopify: This is an easy-to-use solution for online store building. You can support fledgling and high-volume businesses by paying a monthly fee.

Magento: This is an open-source platform like WordPress that you can install on your computer for free. However, you may have to pay for web hosting, security, and extensions.

Shopify VS Magento

Ease of use: 

Shopify is far easier to use than Magento.  In fact, Shopify is a one-stop shop, drag-and-drop website builder, which means you can easily customize your store by moving elements how you want.  However, Magento’s learning curve is pretty steep compared to Shopify. You’ll have to interpret. Jargon and use of code to build the online store you want.

Themes: 

Shopify offers 10 free and 64 premium themes, which cost between $ 140 and$180 each. All of Shopify’s themes are mobile responsive and gorgeous scoring 3.7/5 in the design research category. On the other hand, Magento offers ready-made themes that don’t require any coding customization, as well as custom themes that demand the skill of an expert developer. 

The average cost of ready-made themes is $ 100  while custom themes can cost $ 600 to $ 25,000. Magento scored 3.5/5 in the design research category.

Sales tools:  

Shopify has the best features that enable businessmen to sell products and make money. Some features include abandoned cart recovery, multi-channel selling, and selling digital products. Moreover, Magento also offers impressive features like Multi-channel selling options, checkout customization, abandoned cart recovery, set percentages,s and fixed price discounts. 

Marketing features: 

Shopify provides brilliant marketing tools, including the ability to. Run email campaigns through a third-party integration with Seguno, Klaviyo, Constant Contact, and many others. On the opposite corner, Magento relies on its marketplace for the bulk of its marketing tools. 

Conclusion : 

This article has run you through the key difference between Shopify and Magento. Now you know which platform is right for you.

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