If you’re currently evaluating eCommerce platforms and want to know why Magento Go is right for you, here are the top 10 reasons why thousands of customers trust us:

1. Hosting and Security - you automatically get a PCI compliant, tier 4 data center site right from the start!  No need to worry about the ongoing costs and complexities of hosting or PCI compliance.
2. Customizable Design - Use Magento Go’s built in themes and design tools, or engage one of our many design partners to create a professionally designed store. Either way, Magento Go enables you to build beautiful stores that will attract and convert customers.
3. Marketing - we’ve made Marketing effortless; create banners, discounts and other promotions quickly and easily. Whether you’d like to offer your customers a buy one, get one free incentive or a percentage discount off of the total for sales over a certain dollar amount, it’s all very easy to do in the admin panel of your store.
4. Unlimited Product Options - Magento Go’s product catalog is completely flexible to support any type of product you want to sell. Sell products with product-specific options (e.g. color and size for clothing, and megapixels and zoom for digital cameras). You can create as many options as you like or link multiple products to create groups and bundles. You can also create configurable options for customers to select before adding a product to their shopping cart.
5. Catalog Browsing - searching is easy for your customers, they can sort by price, name and position.Customers are more likely to convert when you find what they’re looking for within a few clicks.
6. Industry Leading SEO - you have complete control over URLs and meta information and there is no need to generate a site map, it is done automatically for you. What does this mean? Your site will show up more in search engine results and you’ll acquire more customers!
7. Customer Engagement - with a Go site you have the ability to do customer-assisted shopping, view product comparisons, ratings and reviews or add items to a wish list. Customers can also “Like” a product on Facebook, tell their friends about an item they like or share a wish list with them. The more your products are talked about, the better for you and your sales. Go’s customer engagement tools let your customers do the work for you.
8. Language and Currency – Magento Go makes it easy for you to go global with the ability to customize the shopping language of the site as well as your own admin panel. Merchants can also sell in multiple currencies. Go makes it easy for you to maximize your potential and reach new audiences worldwide.
9. Reporting and Analytics - Go comes with a robust set of reports and analytics so you know exactly how to improve your sales and convert more customers.
10. Business and Marketing Tools (Add-ons) – once your store is live, you’ll want to add additional business and marketing tools to really fine-tune your site. Magento Go offers Add-on solutions for easy integrations with Quickbooks, Salesforce, Olark live chat and many other options. Get to know your customers better, ship your items more efficiently or let your customers chat with you right as they are about to make a purchasing decision. Add-ons are there to help you get the most out of your online store.

Alyssa joined Magento in 2011 as an Online Marketing Manager. She became passionate about Magento when researching new platform solutions at her previous job. When Alyssa is not working, she enjoys playing tennis, dancing and enjoying the Southern California sunshine with family and friends.

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