A quick comparison between Joomla! (focussing on VirtueMart) and Magento, plus a quick intro of MageBridge.

1. Joomla!
versus
Magento
Presentation “Joomla! vs Magento” - http://slideshare.net/yireo
Jisse Reitsma (jisse@yireo.com) - Twitter @yireo

2. Joomla! versus Magento
Part I - e-commerce?
Part II - Feature comparison
Part III - More than a shop
Presentation online: http://slideshare.net/yireo
Tweets: @yireo
Presentation “Joomla! vs Magento” - http://slideshare.net/yireo
Jisse Reitsma (jisse@yireo.com) - Twitter @yireo

3. Part I
e-commerce?
Presentation “Joomla! vs Magento” - http://slideshare.net/yireo
Jisse Reitsma (jisse@yireo.com) - Twitter @yireo

4. What is e-commerce?
Catalog & promotions
Products & categories; Blogs;
Sales
Payment methods; Order emails; Invoices;
Delivery
Shipment gateways; Stock management; Parcel tracking;
After sales
CRM connectivity; Sales care; Support;
Presentation “Joomla! vs Magento” - http://slideshare.net/yireo
Jisse Reitsma (jisse@yireo.com) - Twitter @yireo

5. Part II
Feature comparison
Presentation “Joomla! vs Magento” - http://slideshare.net/yireo
Jisse Reitsma (jisse@yireo.com) - Twitter @yireo

6. Everybody has this already
Catalog
Categories; Nested categories
Product pages
Unlimited products; Unlimited categories
Payment methods
PayPal, iDEAL
Conversion benefits
OPC (One Page Checkout)
Presentation “Joomla! vs Magento” - http://slideshare.net/yireo
Jisse Reitsma (jisse@yireo.com) - Twitter @yireo

7. Actual comparison (1 of 2)
VirtueMart
Magento
Fairly easy but sometimes weird
Complex but very flexible
Support, mwoah
Fairly supported
Awesome CMS (Joomla!)
Limited CMS features
Only basic features
Tags, comparison, multisite
Presentation “Joomla! vs Magento” - http://slideshare.net/yireo
Jisse Reitsma (jisse@yireo.com) - Twitter @yireo

8. Actual comparison (2 of 2)
VirtueMart
Magento
Joomla! MVC
XML layout / PHTML
Simple database structure
EAV database-structure
Shared hosting
VPS or Magento “shared dedicated”
< 3000 Euro
3000 Euro >
Presentation “Joomla! vs Magento” - http://slideshare.net/yireo
Jisse Reitsma (jisse@yireo.com) - Twitter @yireo

9. Advanced Magento features
API
SOAP, XML-RPC, REST
Scalability
Varnish
Clustering
Redis, MariaDB, Solr, Sphinx
Presentation “Joomla! vs Magento” - http://slideshare.net/yireo
Jisse Reitsma (jisse@yireo.com) - Twitter @yireo

10. Part III
More than a shop
Presentation “Joomla! vs Magento” - http://slideshare.net/yireo
Jisse Reitsma (jisse@yireo.com) - Twitter @yireo

11. Who needs a CMS anyway?
Promotion
Blog / news linking to products
Product-pages, screenshots, demos
After sales
Download-section for manuals, whitepapers, software
Newsletters
Follow up emails
Presentation “Joomla! vs Magento” - http://slideshare.net/yireo
Jisse Reitsma (jisse@yireo.com) - Twitter @yireo

12. Yireo Stuff
MageBridge
Integrate Magento into Joomla! and vice versa
Replace Magento theming development with Joomla! templating
After sales actions (downloads, newsletter, emails, tutorials)
Vm2Mage
Migration tool from VirtueMart to Magento
JoomlaPassword
Re-use Joomla! encrypted passwords in Magento
Presentation “Joomla! vs Magento” - http://slideshare.net/yireo
Jisse Reitsma (jisse@yireo.com) - Twitter @yireo

13. tweet @yireo
Presentation “Joomla! vs Magento” - http://slideshare.net/yireo
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