Magento 2: Top 14 Extensions Must Have

As there is a rapid alter in the market scenario of e-commerce, it leads to a cut-throat competition to stay. For this, you need to ensure your website being extensible enough, so that it can handle the changes. Let’s move ahead and discuss Magento 2 extensions for the website which are a must-have. Here, we have tried to explore some important Magento 2 extensions that may help you:  

MatrixRate

It was developed by WebShopApps. This extension is free to install. Those who are new to eCommerce store business, they should be aware that organizing shipping control is one of the most urgent issues. What makes the task more complicated is the varying shipping cost. For example, if a small item is being delivered to the remote areas of the country will cost more as compared to the delivery of the whole set of these items to the address next door. It is really helpful in calculating shipping cost while taking into account various parameters which includes quantity, location, weight, and some other order details.

Olark 

It is a practical chat box helpful for customer support. Basically, it is helpful in dealing with support. It is really compatible with Zendesk. This extension organizes a live conversation via chat box with the customers. Though it is not the unique chat box software, but definitely in of the best. While your conversation, you may check the activity of the person with help of record provided by Olark. Therefore, avoid asking questions and offer a better service.

TriggMine

As suggested by its name, TriggMine provides triggered messaging solution set for the Customer. The main target of this is to convert ordinary customers into regular ones. To do this, it offers various options which include welcome emails, up-selling and cross-selling, as well as many other tools to get your customers back or not to lose them. It is helpful in customer behavior analysis for the website. For example, it may analyze income generated by those purchasers who came from triggered messages. With the help of TriggMine, one can get their own marketing professional. It is simple and user-friendly. Though not free, provides 14 days free trial as well as while purchasing, you can avail a $15 welcome bonus. 

XML map creator

It was developed by Magestore. This extension is free to install. For this extension, an XML sitemap is a must. This extension enables you for creating multiple XML sitemaps, that too easily and quickly. As soon as you add a new page to your site, it will automatically be submitted to the sitemap. Therefore, your site will be crawled by Google or Bing. having a sitemap will enable you to analyze yourWeb site’s structure, better indexing as well as get more traffic.

Magento – WordPress Integration

It was developed by FishPig. This extension is free to install. Since WordPress pages are everywhere, they are familiar for us to work and handle. However, one may have avoided this framework, while choosing the e-commerce platform. With the help of Fishpig plugin, WordPress can be integrated into Magento online store. You may be familiar with Yoast extension for WordPress and might want to find same for Magento. It may be a relief for you to know that Yoast’s SEO WordPress extension is also compatible with Fishpig’s WordPress integration.

Optimizely 

For A/B tests, these extensions are used and track areas/metrics they’re focused on. To get it to work, its basic setup will be enough. It has a simple visual editor i.e. just drag-and-drop. While a permanent page is on its way to being established, it can deploy a copy of the temporary page, along with testing pages. Earlier, for running advanced targeting tests custom codings were required. But now it has become much simpler with the help of this absolutely splendid extension.

Blog 

It was developed by aheadWorks. This extension is free to install. A blog can prove to be an additional feature, which can be useful for your online store. This is one of the most popular extensions for Magento store. Along with being simple and free to use, it offers constant updates and free maintenance.

Yotpo 

This extension is free to install. to have a reviews system, there exist many ways and good reasons i.e. email-based review requests. It is helpful in boosting purchase confidence and better content management. In Yotpo, everything is gathered one can ask for in a review system. It comes with some little tricks, which you might not have thought of, such as filtering out the reviews. This doesn’t mean that it will hide the reviews we don’t like, it just filters the useless and pointless reviews on our websites. Yotpo focuses on making your reviews work best for your e-commerce store.

Fooman Google Analytics 

This extension is free to install. For your Google analytics to go deeper, Fooman extension is helpful. Fooman Google Analytics also covers your Adwords conversions as well as purchases. In short, it will help you get more accurate analysis by providing more information. It comes with an option of filtering by the customer.

Layered Navigation

It was developed by Aitoc. Layered Navigation extension is helpful to enable new drop downs, filters, and breadcrumb displays. This enables the customer to the site efficiently. Making the navigation as comfortable as possible holds a vital importance. According to SEO masters, if a customer is lost, we count a lost customer. To avoid such mistakes, internal search and navigation should be as logical as possible.

One Page Checkout

It was developed by iwdExtensions. This extension is free to install. It normally takes 4-6 steps for an ordinary checkout process. To get it all in one and easy-to-go page, this extension will be really helpful. With quick checkup, there will be an increase in order. For decreasing the cart abandonment, there is a shortcut i.e. make it more practical. It is very difficult to get back a lost customer rather than to get and keep one. This extension is compatible with many languages as well as Paypal integration.

Nitrogento

Your online store must load fast to be more profitable. With the help of customizing proper caching setup, Nitrogento helps to reduce load time. This extension is not available for free, none the less its high price is still justified.

Zendesk

This extension is helpful for efficient customer support. If you are a single agent, then you can get it for only $12. But if there is a pre-existing customer support team, you can still make it work more efficiently and that too for just $59. This is not a huge amount when compared to professionals’ wages. Zendesk helps in organizing, monitoring and improving the support provided by you. It is one of the simplest and most practical ways to organize customer support for your online business. 

AddShoppers

This extension is free to install. If you are looking to boost your income with influencer marketing, then this application is highly recommended for you. Switch to AddShoppers, even if you already have social network buttons on your website. To define your top influencers, increase social sharing, conversion rate as well as referral sales, it will be really helpful.

I hope, this shortlist proves to be helpful for you and your online business. Good luck to you as well as your business!