Magento is known for being one of the most popular eCommerce platforms in today’s industry. The following three eCommerce solutions, Nucleus Commerce, Pixafy, and LaunchPad that are built on top of Magento with features not included out-of-the-box from Magento.
What is Nucleus Commerce?
Nucleus Commerce is a site accelerator solution specially designed for merchants so that it can be used on top of certain Magento releases, including Magento Community 1.9.1, Magento Enterprise 1.14.1 and above. Nucleus Commerce is a scalable, robust and flexible eCommerce solution that includes features that are not available in Magento by itself. All of the features and functionality within Nucleus have been pre-integrated and tested with Magento for ease of implementation, reduced deployment cost, and faster time-to-market.
Merchants come across a few common difficulties while operating their eCommerce store. Those difficulties are performance issues, getting quality support when needed, selecting the right implementation partner, and selecting and installing the right extensions. Nucleus Commerce is intended to eliminate these technology obstacles that are holding merchants back.
Features
- Faster site return on investment through reduced costs and site deployment time
- Improves admin efficiency, lowering costs of site management
- UI and UX enhancements product higher customer satisfaction, conversion rates, and AOV
- Single point of in-admin technical support
- Commercially licensed solution, layers on top of both Magento Community and Enterprise
The purpose of Nucleus Commerce is to empower merchants on Magento and help them thrive in the eCommerce market.
What is Zoey?
Zoey, previously known as Pixafy, is a Software as a Service (SaaS) solution that requires no coding skills, and is similar to a solution like Shopify, but built with larger merchants in mind. P is powerful and flexible because it is build from Magento Community. They took the best of Magento’s capabilities and added new features all available in the user friendly control panel.
Starting at $89/month, users have access to dozens of highly curated themes and apps, the ability to manage a store’s day to day operations, and Pixafy manages all technical details like hosting, security, and platform upgrades on behalf of merchants. Pixafy is designed so that non-technical users can easily build, customize, and launch a store.
Features
- Customizable pre-built themes, ensuring an unique brand experience
- Pixafy-developed plugins that deliver high-demand features missing from Magento’s base offering
- Open source platform allows for endless customization and third-party integrations
- Pixafy has certified Magento developers that can make additional website updates anytime
- Speed enhancements to the Magento core
What is Launchpad?
Launchpad is powered by Magento, which is one of the leading platforms for eCommerce websites. It offers features that make managing your store quick and easy. If you’re looking for an easy-to-setup Magento store, Launchpad is a great option.
Launchpad is an affordable; at $4,000, a one-time purchase, the site is yours to own. Launchpad will product a fully featured eCommerce site in 2 days.
Launchpad is built for non-technical users; no need to hire a developer or buy extensions – advanced features are built right into Launchpad. When your site is done using Launchpad, it will be responsive and work on mobile, tablets and desktops.
Launchpad has useful frontend extensions to add more style to your store. Some of the options include an image slider, countdown timer for products on sale, featured items, color swatches for products and a blog.
High performance is a must with websites today. With Launchpad, your site will be optimized to get the fastest speeds possible with Magento. Of course, performance also depends on what server you choose but your store will be much faster than if you tried using Magento straight out-of-the-box.
Once your store is up-and-running, you have direct access to the code. You will be able to modify it in any way that would you like. Of course, there is support needed for non-tech savvy users.
Features
- Intuitive page builder
- Built for conversions
- Thorough documentation
- Magento certified support
- Flexible design
- Unique elements
- Support forum access
- Simple customization
Launchpad is designed for smaller merchants (defined as < $1 million in revenue) who don’t want or can’t afford a custom site.
Conclusion
Merchants of any size, type of budget and company type can have access to an exceptional Magento solution. Launchpad and Pixafy is a solution for the smaller merchants and Nucleus Commerce gives a powerful solution for the other merchants.
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