Esty, the online retail platform for all those crafty people. Magento, the powerful flexible system that allows the biggest players to sell online with increased functionality.

What are the differences and which provides more for your money?

Etsy was created to help those creative people sell their wares online to an engaged audience. Due to recession and economy, more and more people turned to a DIY lifestyle and businesses boomed which were based on creating beautiful clothing, accessories, furniture and other crafts at home.

Since 2005 Etsy has created a market place for niche products which are very much in demand. It is a great starting point for those setting up their first business or selling on a smaller scale. What happens when companies grow and need to expand onto a platform, which will give increased functionality and is able to cope with thousands of payments from across the globe?

This is where Magento steps up to the mark. It will integrate with any remaining EPOS or ERP systems, you can copy your front facing pages over to Magento with ease, you can also add modules to help track trends in the market, make sure your products are priced well and take payments from a range of cards and alternative payment sites such as Paypal.

You can simply migrate all of the information and pictures from Etsy to Magento, you will receive reports from both sites, you can change information which will update automatically and the system is seamless.

Magento simply is the best platform to sell, especially when expanding from a community such as Etsy.

The benefits of Magento also include great SEO capabilities, which will benefit your online store when people are looking for home made or hand crafted items.

As a starting point Etsy is great but a very niche market, building up to Magento is always a sensible investment.

Magento Developer