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usa, February 25, 2015 (Newswire.com) - The quantity of social networks which currently exist is really huge. The most popular of them are known to everyone who is a part of the Internet society: Facebook, LinkedIn, Google+, Instagram, Twitter, Tumblr, Flickr, Pinterest, Reddit and many, many others. Each of these networks has millions of registered users who regularly access their profiles. No doubt, most of these users also make their shopping through the Internet, and thus use the online stores. The online stores have also become extremely popular in today's busy world as they provide people with freedom of choice and convenient conditions to select, order and receive the necessary products at any time they wish. The registration option in the online stores gives users a possibility to create permanent accounts and use them to buy products in the same stores without having to fill all contact information each time they make an order; besides, most of the stores also offer good discounts to their permanent buyers.

The web stores are usually created with the help of various CMS. One of the most popular CMS is Magento. It provides online businessmen with a wide range of tools and features to build reliable and flexible online stores. Magento modules developed by GoMage extend the functionality of online stores based on Magento and provide additional features which make the stores more flexible and easy-to-use for customers. GoMage Social Connector extension is designed to improve the account login functionality and allow customers login using their accounts in social networks. Thus, if this extension is installed in the online store and enabled for all available social networks, a customer can simply press a corresponding social network button in order to access their account in the store. If a customer is already logged into the social network account they will not need to enter their login and password again, they can login in one click and make an order. This option is very helpful and appreciated by customers because it saves a lot of time and simplifies the login process significantly. What is most important, GoMage Social Connector extension is available for download free of charge. The installation and configuration of the module is very simple. All one needs to do is upload the extension files to their server where the Magento store is located, then enable the extension in Magento admin panel and configure login options for the necessary social networks.

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Currently, the extension supports the following social networks:

• Facebook
• LinkedIn
• Google and Google+
• Twitter
• Tumblr
• Reddit

Like any other extension developed by GoMage, Social Connector has open source code and can be easily customized by a skilled programmer. There are no monthly fees and no connection to third party services is required. Although, free technical support is not provided for this extension. The installation and configuration of the Social Connector extension is very easy and can be done within a few minutes using the instructions in the extension documents on GoMage site. What is also important, Social Connector is compatible with the latest Magento releases - Community Edition 1.9 and Enterprise Edition 1.14.