Desenvolvimento de loja virtual utilizando plataforma de e-commerce open source

Abstract

Commercialization by means of Internet in general is supported by e-commerce systems, also called virtual stores. This work has as theme the use of an ecommerce platform for open source customization and deployment of a virtual store. Was performed survey about e-commerce platforms available in the market, was identified some open source platforms and verified which of these are most used. Among the studied platforms, the Magento was selected to conduct a case study on setting up a virtual store for selling computer products. The whole process carried out for installation and configuration of the virtual store is described in this work. Based on experience gained, the recommendation is that a study be done before using any platform, to understand how it works, thus avoiding problems during the installation or customization. Magento is a very complete platform with many features that require a bit of study to be used, but it can be considered a great platform for easy and rapid development of a virtual store.