Introduction

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The key is for Magento e-stores to stand out in a crowded marketplace.

Magento 2.0 is indeed a robust platform with a complete revamp of features offered in the earlier version. Still, there are a few areas of hiccup in e-stores that stand to be tackled such as-• Rates of cart abandonment.• Poor navigation and inexpedient search that

cause distraction in customers.• Dissatisfied with e-commerce opportunities

available.

Did you know ?

According to statista.com, back in 2014, retail e-commerce sales amounted to 298.26 billion US dollars and are projected to grow to 481.94 billion US dollars in 2018. That is an astounding number.

1) Improved and Layered NavigationThis extension improves the navigation of store catalog and provides for multi-select filter option. They give an up-to-date functionality to your stores and are extremely easy to understand for setting it up while your visitors have the ease of browsing through product attributes and de-select the chosen options. One of the famous and best navigation extensions is provided by Amasty.

12 must have extensions in Magento 2.0

2) Product Listing

To enable product selection stationed on condition-based filters from variant attributes and categories; Magento 2 comes with this new widget which makes shopping a hassle-free experience. It adheres to the Shopping Cart Price Rules which only allows the conditions that can be based on any combination of product attributes and categories; where only the products that are in coherence to this rule will be displayed.

12 must have extensions in Magento 2.0

3) One Step CheckoutThe simple process of single step checkout eases and expedites the process of checkout for customers, ultimately improving the shopping experience for the customers. Conclusion? Reduced abandoned carts, higher traffic rate, and an exponential increase in the brand value. Some of the products come with three options – Free, Pro, and Enterprise. It is easy to install and also supports reward points, store credits, and gift cards in the enterprise model.

12 must have extensions in Magento 2.0

4) Follow Up Email

Did you know that 40% of revenue comes from repeat or returning purchasers? email marketing is a highly effective tool in generating both first-time sales as well as repeat business. The Magento 2 follow-up email extension meets the precise need of communication objectives. Highly scalable and send messages (confirmation letter, order placed or cancelled, and promotions) can now be triggered to customers customized based on their needs to keep them well-informed about their accounts, merchandising, and the business. One of the popular follow-up email extensions is provided by Magenest.

12 must have extensions in Magento 2.0

5 ) CRM IntegrationSalesforce is an exceptional CRM system which needs great care while importing/exporting data and hence making it important to automate the information (like customers, products, and orders’) flow between Magento with Salesforce CRM systems. You can also check out i95Dev’s Magento – SalesForce Connect that provides features such as customer information sync, product information sync, Magento leads to Salesforce, order sync, real-time updates from Magento to Salesforce CRM.

12 must have extensions in Magento 2.0

6) Related product manager

Commerce Stack's related product manager extension, based on the history of earlier purchasing and views data of customers, will spawn suitable and related products for up-sells and cross-sells purposes.

12 must have extensions in Magento 2.0

12 must have extensions in Magento 2.0

7) Blog

Blogging is essential and powerful for e-marketers as well; can be used to update your fresh arrivals or use it as a tool to lure investors or prospective employees. The blog extension must support manifold languages and stores, so you can post content aimed at thoroughly disparate target audience. Aheadwork’s blog extension is very popular, feature-rich and free.

12 must have extensions in Magento 2.0

8) Product ReviewA good product review extension allows customers to upload an image with the product review, add product review using a widget, allows the store owner to add up & footer links from the backend. It should easy to install and manage while it eases the number of rejections or returns good, and increases the number of visitors on a page. One of the well-known facilitators of this feature is Solwin Product Reviews.

12 must have extensions in Magento 2.0

9) Social sharing

Embedding the extensions of social media sharing amplifies the reach of your websites. You can also easily share product details, admin can easily customise the sharing configuration from the admin panel, easy to install, and support for various mobile platforms.

12 must have extensions in Magento 2.0

10) Search Auto-Complete and Suggest

To enrich user experience and enhances usability ;once your customer has begun typing in the search box, the extension should show the drop-down list with the most suitable product names, images, and prices. Nextopia and Hawksearch both have very good extensions for search.

12 must have extensions in Magento 2.0

12 must have extensions in Magento 2.0

11) Cross LinkingWith the extension, you can link your site pages to any relevant external source. It enables you to specify a link title and alt tags, choose store views to place external cross links on, set keyword replacement count, and define external cross link priority. Mageworx has a very popular extension for this.

12 must have extensions in Magento 2.0

12) ERP Integration Integrating ERP and e-commerce not only helps in streamlining business processes, automate order fulfilment, improving operational efficiency, improving customer service and more. i95Dev’s suite of integration products for Magento and ERP systems like Dynamics ERP (GP, AX, and NAV), SAP Business One, and Sage 100 are one of the best in the industry.

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