I’ve long waited for the day when people would start to use mobile commerce in their businesses.  With people using more and more smart phones in everyday life it was only a matter of time until someone developed the architecture for the next wave of business… m-commerce.  M-Commerce or “Mobile commerce” as it’s known is the ability to buy and sell products and services using mobile devices like PDAs, smart phones and mobile (cell) phones.

Recently, Magento Commerce said that it now has the ability to commerce through mobile devices.  This feature has not been released to all users just yet but it’s only a matter of time.  So what does this mean to the average business owner?

• A new way to conduct your business
• The ability to reach more customers in a new way

So what does Magento Mobile have to offer you and your business?  Here is a list of features about the latest mobile commerce offering from Magento Commerce:

• Integration with PayPal Mobile – Naturally if you are going to offer a mobile commerce solution you are going to need a payment gateway that is capable of processing payments made on mobile devices which is where PayPal Mobile comes into play with its processing power.
• It’s Completely Customizable – That’s right!  You can customize your mobile commerce website as you see fit!
• The Total Cost of Ownership is low – Ultimately a solution that is truly best should cost a small fortune and the total cost of ownership is something that Magento has focused on in releasing this mobile commerce solution to the masses
• Manage Multiple Devices – In order for Magento Mobile to be successful in helping you grow your business you need the mobile website to work on many different types of mobile phones, PDAs and smart phones and Magento Mobile allows you to do this with a growing list of supported mobile devices under its belt.
• And more…

So if you are interested in adding a new sales channel to your existing business or you want a way to sell through mobile devices then Magento Mobile might just be able to help you out with this!  Oh yeah, checkout this screenshot of how it looks on a iPod or iPhone.

Website Theme Specs:
Framework: None
Layout Options: supports 3,4 and 5 column category layouts including the standard 1 and 2 column layouts
Theme Vendor: SilverThemes.com
Requirements: N/A
Web hosting Requirements: Linux / Unix based web hosting

Pricing Options:

The “Sigyn Pro Magento Theme” sells for $150.00

Click here to buy

What’s included in the SilverThemes Summer Offer?

• The SilverThemes Magento TubeTheme – Regular Price $149.00
• The MagicZoom plugin from Magic Toolbox – Regular Price $37.00
• The SilverThemes Magento Vertical Menu Addon – Regular Price $99.00
• A SilverThemes Widget of your choice – Regular Price $49.00

So how much do you think all this costs? Would you believe you can get all these Magento functionality for $249.00? Well that’s exactly correct. You will save $85.00 or about 25% off the regular price of $334.00 which will definitely hope those of you looking to either switch platforms to try out Magento Commerce or for those of you designing Magento sites for clients and looking for excellent core functionality this package from SilverThemes is worth a look at. Check it out here today in action! But it won’t last long. The offer ends August 15, 2009.

SilverThemes just built another great premium Magento theme for your ecommerce store with your customers and future customers in mind. The overall design of the theme is built to allow the user to quickly and accurately find what they are looking for and it does it very well. I had a look through the demo and some of the things that caught my eye were the fact that the customer login, the search menu is visible and easy to use, the layout of the item list allows you to quickly see and sort a number of products by price, name and position, you can even choose the number of items that you want to see on a single page of a category and all this and more does one amazing thing. It gives your customers the ability to search and find any item quickly and accurately which will earn you a lot of respect and sales from your customers. Not to mention that this template is pretty easy to customize to your businesses needs.

Some of the features that this theme has are…

1. The ability to add items to a wish list
2. Support for 4 and 5 column pages
3. Easy to modify to suite your client’s needs
4. Scalable for larger stores
5. Works with all major browsers

Have a look at the product pages you’ll see in the TubeTheme from SilverThemes…

Even though this theme for your Magento site is not as “sexy” as others you may see around it is built very solidly and because it is easy to customize you as a business owner, can definitely hire a skilled web designer to add a little “sex appeal” to its pages. For the web designers in the crowd, you can present this as a solid option to clients looking for a highly functional ecommerce theme and add your own flair into it while utilizing the architecture that makes Magento one of the best trusted and celebrated ecommerce platforms around. The TubeTheme costs $149.00 and its one of the great themes offered by SilverThemes!

One of their most Popular Themes Includes…

The Mega Store Magento Theme is available for $149.00 and is currently supported for up to version 1.3.1 of Magento.  It supports 4 column category pages (4 products per row).  The theme itself is useful for larger stores and is designed to work in all major web browsers.

One of their most Popular Widgets Includes…

The SquaredSpace Widget is new and costs $49.00 and it allows users to show featured products in categories inside static blocks or on the front page of your magento website.  Its a very customizable widget and allows you to change the size, colors, texts, links and titles.  Click here to see this widget in action.

Currently, for the month of May 2009, SilverThemes offers its customers a special package that includes its Mega Store Theme, Simpleboard Widget, the MagicZoom Plus product/image-magnifier and the category dropdown widget for $199. It’s a good price considering that you would normally spend over $300.  Check it out here today, the offer is only good until May 31, 2009 so you better hurry up.