The system requirements to run Magento are typically not found with most hosting companies. Here is a partial list of hosting companies that meet or exceed the system requirements to run Magento. I’ve also included a list of what it takes to run Magento so you can do your own comparisons.

Bluehost.com.

I use Bluehost for many of my sites and they have been a very good provider and I am completely satisfied with their services. They currently have a “one click installation” script to get your Magento site running automatically. They have very affordable packages and lots of unlimited features that are standard. I highly recommend this hosting provider.

Hostmonster.com

300 Gigabytes of Hosting Space - Host UNLIMITED Domains on 1 account for no extra cost - 5000 Pop/Imap Email Accounts - SSH Access (Secure Shell) - 3,000 Gigs of Transfer - SSL, FTP, Stats, CGI, Ruby (RoR), Perl, PHP, MYSQL, Front Page Extensions, Free Domain Forever, Free Site Builder, Free Search Engine Submission - Best Support in the Industry

Dreamhost.com

Dreamhost is an employee owned hosting company that has very competitive hosting services. You can run your Magento installation here.

NEXCESS.NET Web Hosting

NEXCESS.NET specializes in hosting Magento-driven websites on its shared and dedicated web hosting plans, and has now become a .Platinum Partner. with Magento, as of April 15th. NEXCESS.NET currently hosts more than fifty Magento installations on their shared and dedicated hosting service.

System Requirements

At the base level, Magento will require the following software:

• Supported Operating Systems:
  • Linux x86, x86-64
• Supported Web Servers:
  • Apache 1.3.x
  • Apache 2.0.x
  • Apache 2.2.x
• Supported Browsers:
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 and above
  • Mozilla Firefox 2.0 and above
  • Apple Safari 2.x
  • Adobe Flash browser plug-in should be installed
• PHP Compatibility:
  • 5.2.0 and above
  • Required extensions:
    • PDO_MySQL
    • simplexml
    • mcrypt
    • hash
    • GD
    • DOM
    • iconv
  • Safe_mode off
  • Memory_limit 32M or more
• MySQL:
  • 4.1.20 or newer
  • InnoDB storage engine
• SSL:
  • If HTTPS is used to work in the admin, SSL certificate should be valid. Self-signed SSL certificates are not supported
• Server - hosting - setup:
  • Ability to run scheduled jobs (crontab) with PHP 5
  • Ability to override options in .htaccess files

This video tutorial covers how to create landing pages for your Magento E-Commerce storefront.

By far the most common request for a new user to Magento E-Commerce is “How do I add Products to my home page?” This video will walk you through the process step by step and show you how to make your products appear on your your storefront.

This Open Source E Commerce software is extremely sophisticated. I’ve recently taken it upon myself to learn this software so I can begin to offer a fully functional online storefront to my customers.

The features are so extensive I will not begin to try and list them here. The easiest way to learn about Magento is to visit their site.

What I see in the future is several Magento themes that I am developing as my learning process that will be available for download in a Magento store. I also plan on making myself available to develop your online storefront. Make sure to check back and get the latest update on my Magento status.

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I am a passionate photographer, nature lover, wild mushroom hunter, drummer, carpenter and love to learn and create. It is these passions that have led me to design and build web sites and I am currently in the process of developing a series of Wordpress themes that will be based on the natural elements of fire, earth, water and air. You are not likely to see them anytime too soon as life is busy!

I make most of my sites with Wordpress and believe it is the user friendliest CMS software available. You will find the backend administration a breeze to add new content and besides the support I give to my customers there is a huge support network available online.

All my sites come with the standard features of automatic back-up of your data base, SEO optimized, css and html compliant and installed on your server. What are you waiting for? Let me start on your project now!

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Upselling products on a product page can result in greater sales for high-end items. This screencast shows you how to apply upsell products to any product page in your catalog, and get your customers buying bigger than ever before.