Matthew Turland is back today with the latest article in his in-depth look at the Magento e-commerce platform for the Blue Parabola blog. This time he looks at the checkout features the software has to offer.

Features mentioned include:

• One-Page Checkout
• Shipping to Multiple Addresses in One Order
• Guest Checkout
• Checkout with Account to Use Address Book
• Accept Gift Messages Per Order and Per Item
• Saved Shopping Carts with Configurable Expiration Time

He also points out an issue where dynamic IPs could cause an "empty cart" problem because of a security measure Magento has in place.