Summary | State of Magento Part 1

The sun is setting on Magento 1. That means if you are using that platform you’ve got just about one year left to migrate to Magento 2 or change platforms altogether.

What exactly is going on and what’s the best solution for your business? In this 3 part series we will answer each of those questions so you come away informed and ready to act.

In Part One, this article, we will look at the changes.

In Part Two we will analyze the cost of ownership.

And, in Part Three we will look at the state of new features.

Before we dive into the changes that have transpired over the past year, let us start by saying by choice, Razoyo is not a Magento partner. In fact, we aren’t partners with any of the eCommerce platforms because we want to be free to recommend the solution that is best for each client. We are, however, certified Magento developers.

Now for the changes.

Last year, Adobe purchased Magento. There were some immediate changes to the internal structure. Much was as expected, but certain aspects, like closing the development office in Ukraine, came as a tough blow to the core of the Magento community.

In addition to the internal shake ups, Magento changed the names of the products from names that made sense to names that are less than logical. The Magento Community Edition became is now Magento Open Source, and the Magento Enterprise Edition is now Magento Commerce.

Magento also launched the Magento Commerce Cloud which is simply a cloud-hosted version, but please note it is NOT a SaaS platform and doesn’t have the advantages or disadvantages of one.

Magento started hyping its “long-awaited” order management system, the Magento Order Manager (MOM) that essentially is a consulting service offered by Magento Services - which completes with the developer community.

Many of these moves make sense only if Magento intends to pull out of the mid-tier market and aim for bigger and bigger fish. As of now Magento is only providing services to 1 out of 5 merchants in the eCommerce Top 1000.

Digital commerce is a fast moving field. Our prediction is that Magento will continue to pursue it’s long term strategy and that will leave a void in the mid-tier market. We will continue to innovate on Magento as long as it makes sense for our clients.

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