Magento is one of the best open source eCommerce application! It is incredibly well architectured, fully flexible, scalable and really powerful. If you are thinking about creating an online shop, Magento is your choice! In the following two screencast we will cover the basic options in Magento, which will help you set up your web store.
What is Magento?
“Magento is a feature-rich, professional open-source eCommerce solution that offers merchants complete flexibility and control over the look, content, and functionality of their online store. Magento’s intuitive administration interface contains powerful marketing, search engine optimization and catalog-management tools to give merchants the power to create sites that are tailored to their unique business needs. Designed to be completely scalable and backed by an extensive support network, Magento offers companies the ultimate eCommerce solution.”
Source Magento
Tutorial 1 – The Dashboard
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mScf7wsOESE
Tutorial 2 – Adding Categories & Products
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3r-mtqZDsw