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Comments on: Magento's open-source e-commerce platform makes progress--Q&A

Roy Rubin, CEO of open-source e-commerce leader Magento, says the company expects to reach 1 million downloads by month's end.

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by AaronHandford June 25, 2009 11:48 AM PDT

Thanks for posting this interview. I am wondering is Magento has plan to create the functionality to allow multiple vendors to manage their own products from a common site, without having access to the other vendors products or company details.

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by royrubin June 25, 2009 5:08 PM PDT: Aaron - There are no plans to add a 'marketplace' type functionality at the moment. This request has come up a few times and may make its way to the roadmap. We appreciate the feedback.; Like this


by RidingHighOnline July 7, 2009 6:03 AM PDT: Hi Aaron. Check out the multi-vendor edition of Interspire Shopping Cart. It has the exact functionality you're after. We're about to go live for one of our clients on it and couldn't be happier.

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by furnacepc June 28, 2009 5:35 PM PDT: Magento has a lot of promise - but one issue that must be resolved is performance - the front end interface is still very slow.; Like this Reply to this comment

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