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Magento 2 Essential Video Training (Udemy.com)

Magento 2 course gives merchants, marketing managers, shop admins info to setup and manage Magento eCommerce store guide

4.2
561 reviews

Created by: Alex Kostritsa

Last updated December 2020

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Based on the ratings of 561 students, a sample of their written reviews and the syllabus, as the course stood in December 2020. No course pays to be reviewed.

This is a short, admin-side introduction to Magento 2 for the people who run a store rather than build one. Alex Kostritsa spends most of the 4.3 hours (42 lectures, about 172 minutes of them on core functionality) walking through the dashboard, the six product types, attributes, related products and upsells, catalog and cart price rules, newsletters, user roles and order statuses. There is a short hosting and install section up front and a closing section on the Marketplace, the command line tool and production mode. Coding is not covered at all, and the description says so.

Reviewers mostly like the teaching. Several say Alex explains each feature clearly and that they came away confident in the admin panel, and one business owner notes that while a developer is still needed, the course teaches you what to ask for. The complaints are consistent, though. Lower-star reviews call it a long overview that never goes deep, and point at gaps like bulk product upload and setting up websites and store views. A few find the delivery monotone or the pronunciation hard to follow. The install section leans on a one-click hosting provider whose trial has since changed, and the course was last updated in December 2020.

With close to 5,000 students and 561 reviews at 4.2 stars, it is a solid but modest pick. Next to The Complete Magento 2 Course and the Simplified Magento 2 course it sits beside, this one stays strictly on the merchant side. Fine as a first look before handing the developer work to someone else. Not the right buy if you expect depth on any single feature.

Best forShop owners and marketing managers who need to run a Magento 2 store that someone else built.
Skip it ifYou want to write code, build themes, or learn store setup in depth; this stays inside the admin panel.

Pros

  • Covers all six product types, attributes, related products, upsells and price rules step by step
  • Reviewers say Alex explains each admin feature clearly and simply, even with zero prior Magento exposure
  • Short at 4.3 hours, so a manager can get through the whole admin panel in an afternoon
  • Closing section on the Marketplace, command line tool and production mode goes a bit past the basics

Cons

  • Low-star reviews call it a surface tour; bulk upload and website and store view setup are not covered
  • Last updated December 2020, and the hosting trial used in the install lectures has changed since
  • Some students find the voice monotone and the pronunciation hard to follow
Very good introduction for a business owner to undrstand how Magento works. You will still need a web developer but at teast you will know what to ask them to do.
Duncan Johnston, a student

Labeled all levels, but it is really a beginner course for non-developers; no Magento experience is needed.

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What you will learn

  • Upon course is finished, student will have solid knowledge how to manage Magento 2 based store and how to setup core functionality from scratch.

Course content

5 sections · 42 lectures · 4.3 hours of video

  1. 1Introduction 1 free preview1 lecture · 1 min
  2. 2Installation and Configuration 3 free previews7 lectures · 32 min
  3. 3Magento 2 Core Functionality26 lectures · 2.9 hours
  4. 4Tweak and Tune-up Magento 2 1 free preview7 lectures · 54 min
  5. 5Thank you!1 lecture · 1 min

Who it is for

The instructor says it suits

  • ecommerce managers, entrepreneurs, anyone who want to learn Magento 2 from User standpoint.

What you need before you start

  • This course is applicable for anyone no matter whether you have any experience with Magento 2 or not.

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Course Description

BESTSELLER Course on Udemy!

(~3.5k students could not be wrong)

Leading Magento e-commerce platform explained in detail from the very beginning to a successful launch or management of your e-commerce business based on Magento 2

Among many e-commerce platforms including Shopify, WooCommerce, OpenCart, PrestaShop, BigCommerce, etc., Magento 2 highlighted by its solidity and tons for features out of the box.

There are 3 main sections in my Magento 2 course:

SECTION #1

Installation and Configuration 

In the scope of this section, we will start from the very beginning and review hosting options. There is a number of points that should be considered before you select hosting for Magento 2. After selection, we will learn how to get Magento 2 easily installed with one of the compatible hosting providers. And at the end of the section, we will review an external free tool to manage the server as well as install Magento 2 sample date, so that we can play with preconfigured data and learn more effectively.


SECTION #2

Magento 2 Core Functionality 

In the scope of this section, we will define what is core Magento 2 core functionality and in the step by step, manner will start reviewing it.

As the first step, we will cover what is Magento 2 hierarchy and how it could help you to have a number of separate websites within one installation and different localization.

As the next step, we will cover the new Magento 2 dashboard and the way it’s organized.

Right after that, we will start reviewing all available and supported product types in Magento 2 including Simple Product, Configurable Product, Grouped Product, Virtual Product, Bundle Product, and Downloadable Product. We will also cover what are the attributes of the products and how to manage them.

Later, we will start digging into the marketing related stuff, and we will learn how to use Related Products, Upsells, Cross-sells, Catalog Price Rules, Cart Price Rules as well as Newsletter functionality.

Finally, we will cover User Groups, User Roles, Order Statuses, and other aspects of Magento 2 Core functionality.


SECTION #3

Tweak and Tune-up Magento 2 

In the scope of this section, we will learn how to use Magento Marketplace so that you could install extensions and templates.

We will also cover what is Magento 2 Command Line Tool and how to switch you Magento 2 to production mode to get better performance.

This User-Oriented Magento 2 video course gives merchants, marketing managers, and other admin users the basic information they need to set up and manage a Magento 2 store. 

The development/coding side is not covered in this course.
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Instructor Details

Alex Kostritsa

Thanks for scrolling till that point 

My name is Alex. For more than 10 last years, I've been working in the role of Project Manager in an Agile environment. I have experience working with different business domains including e-commerce, social networks, and gambling. As an IT Manager in engineering, I try to keep myself tuned and continue self-development. As of now, I am a holder of the following certificates which confirms my knowledge in various areas including PMP, SAFe SASM, and POPM.

Hobbies: UI/UX Design, Programming, Sports, History

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By Jarmo G on 8/3/2024

The hosting platform in the first few chapters has changed its trial options. The course would've been better, if shown how to run Magento via a localhost method. That's also more cost friendly, especially when learning this to apply the knowledge at a company where Magento is already configured with a real database & online hosting.

By Ayoub on 4/15/2024

Alex possesses a remarkable gift for explaining complex concepts in a way that is both accessible and engaging. His teaching style is clear, concise, and filled with enthusiasm, making even the most daunting topics feel manageable and exciting.

By Bridada Bethea on 7/8/2020

You go really in depth about Magento, explaining it really well, and I truly appreciate it. Really awesome information! Because I've used other eCommerce platforms before, it's nice to see the difference and ease Magento provides. Thank you!

By Navipartner Academy on 3/29/2020

Really nice tutorial about basics/essentials regarding Magento Setup and admin configuration. Alex is leading you throughout the process of creating roles/products/attributes etc with fine and nice explanations. Would recommend to all business owners, Magento beginners.

By Aziz Meknassi on 2/6/2020

Great course to familiarise yourself with Magento 2 admin area and a bit of backend work such as payment gateway and extensions installation. It would have been great for me if the instructor went in a bit more details about the front end, themes etc. sometimes the words are not clear but that could be watching it at 1.5 speed in general, it's great and if you don't anything about Magento 2, this is a very good start.

By Georgi Anev on 1/19/2020

Many essential functionalities are not covered up. The speaking in most times is too slow and in some time feels distrubed/unclear in the speaker's mind. On the other side there is good (but not excellent) explanation the the catalog-related functionalities

By Rowan Reid on 1/10/2020

Great knowledge and informative instructor, who shared a lot of insight and great recommendation. I strongly recommend this course for anyone needing to learn Magento 2 or improve their knowledge.

By Ahmad Imran on 11/6/2019

Speaking from a strictly development point of view, this course was definitely not worth the money. Major things like setting up the store, website, store view were left out. How to manage indexes even when we do not have the cli access was crucial. This would be helpful for the layman user .

By Massimo Zaffalon on 8/15/2018

I have taken this course because I wanted a deep dive on the Magento platform essentials. This course shows, step by step, the main section with a concise explanation of how it works. I recommend this course to everyone who needs a crash course on Magento.

By Darren Crawford on 4/21/2018

Good course for beginner by providing an overview of the key features. It would have been nice if the course was a bit longer and went into more detail. Overall there is some good material but the accent can be a little bit difficult to understand sometimes which is the only reason why I dropped it by half a star. Thanks.

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  • Updated: icon December 2020
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  • Lectures:42 in 5 sections
  • Students:4,989
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