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Introduction

e-Commerce, Shopping Cart

[Attention, Version 4.4.10 is a security update. Ensure to update your installation. There is also an hotfix for older installations down to 3.6 https://dev.virtuemart.net/attachments/1395/HOTFIXcomvirtuemartpatchervm3.6_vm4.4.8.zip]
VirtueMart is a highly configurable and customizable multi-language shopping cart solution for Joomla 3, 4, 5 with a large number of additional extensions.

Please read our full list of features here:
http://virtuemart.net/features/all-features

Based on Joomla MVC framework with all its advantages:

  • Template overriding,
  • Implementation of Joomla Plugins for: payment, shipment, coupons, calculation rules, custom product fields, ...
  • Simple installation and integration of other joomla extensions.
  • Joomla ACL System, controll who edits or publish a product, or controll who is allowed to change the order status of an order, and so on.

CATEGORIES

  • nested categories
  • with meta tags for seo
  • with description and media

PRODUCTS

  • Product Bundles
  • with meta tags for seo
  • short and long description
  • dimensions (weight, size)
  • multiple media
  • multi-variants/attributes for products (variant-matrix)
  • unlimited child products and derivated levels
  • product pattern (Parent product used as pattern for child products)
  • related products
  • reviews and ratings
  • downloads

SHOPPERGROUPS

  • pricing depending by shoppergroups
  • price display depending by shoppergroups
  • payment/shipment depending by shoppergroups

SHOPPERS

  • customizable shopper input form
  • input form depended on registration, checkout or shipment
  • recaptcha
  • adressbook
  • default Bill-to and Ship-to address
  • default payment and shipment method

INVENTORY/STOCK

  • stocking/inventory
  • stock warning
  • virtual stock (ordered but not finally bought)

PRICES

  • various type of prices to display depended by shoppergroup
  • prices adjusted by shopper choosen currency
  • different currency format per currency
  • unit price
  • quantity based pricing

REAL MULTI CURRENCY

  • auto updating rates
  • add your own currencies for fixed currency rates
  • prices per currencies

SEF/SEO

  • default SEF/SEO integrated

DYNAMICAL CALCULATOR

  • discounts based on time, category, shoppergroup, country, and state
  • tax based on time, category, shoppergroup, country, and state
  • discounts, tax per product and/or order
  • discounts, tax have their own currencies (for duties)

PAYMENT/SHIPMENT

  • both are based on plugins
  • a very handy default plugin is already onboard
  • minimal amount / maximal amount to use
  • restricted by shopper groups
  • restricted by categories
  • restricted by blocking categories
  • restricted by countries
  • restricted by blocking countries
  • restricted by blocking shipment
  • restricted by coupons
  • plugins can add their own
  • plugins already onboard: PayPal Checkout, Sofort Banking and Sofort iDeal, Skrill, Authorize.net, Realex, eWay, default (can be used to create payments like cash on delivery), and a lot more in the net.
  • transaction fees (for payments)

CHECKOUT

  • guest checkout; completly anonymous checkout
  • option to register at begin of checkout
  • cart is an object not template related, GUI and flow competly overridable by template
  • cart is stored in the session
  • multi-page checkout
  • one page checkout
  • SSL
  • Double Opt-in

ORDERS

  • payment/shipment workflow
  • history
  • modifiable
  • order tracking for anonymous users
  • order editing
  • partial refunds
  • order balance
  • pdf invoice, delivery note

PRODUCTS DISPLAY

  • latest
  • topten (most sold)
  • newest
  • featured
  • sortable
  • searchable
  • shipment/payment

MULTILINGUAL

  • native with Joomla!
  • allows partial translations

MARKETING PROMOTION AND TOOLS

  • coupon handling
  • coupon analytics

VirtueMart ist eine hochgradig konfigurierbare und anpassbare mehrsprachige Warenkorb-Lösung für Joomla 3 mit einer großen Anzahl von zusätzlichen Erweiterungen.

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I'm taking my hat off....



Posted on 24 April 2008
The app is awesome. I'm using it for 2 months now, and i can say it works like a charm.

Although i had a few problem like when cache is turned on in Joomla global config, a "Page last modified:" with no date appeared at the bottom of every VM page, but i solved it via their forum....

Great app, good supper, excellent customization and integration...

I definitely recomend it :)

VM 1.1.0 Stable!



Posted on 23 April 2008
Excelent job dev team. Proud to recommand this component. Glad to be the first user to comment this release!

Could not work out of the box - buggy



Posted on 04 April 2008
I am using Joomla 1.0.15 with VM 1.0.15. A check at the forum show there is still a lot of bugs to be resolved (session lockout, unable to verify security token...not fixes). Great if these issue can be resolved. I am still not giving up on VM, only just disappointed.

VirtueMart is Easy to Use and Works Great



Posted on 22 March 2008
It's a great product. Easy to install (please note - you'll need to install the different modules in addition to the main module - see the user manual for more information), and it gets working immediately.



It's also very cusomisable and has an active forum that help with questions.

Working perfect with Joomla 1.5



Posted on 09 March 2008
After researching for why all my products show up in all categories I finally found the answer here in the reviews. As Dragonman117 shows below, replacing some code on line 19 fixes the issues.



I found where to place it and everything works great!

I love Joomla!

I love Virtuemart!



file to fix: /components/com_virtuemart/virtuemart.php



Find:

global $mosConfig_absolute_path, $product_id, $vmInputFilter,



Replace with:

global $mosConfig_absolute_path, $product_id, $vmInputFilter, $category_id;



Thanks Dragonmann117 for the info

Wonderful on the whole!



Posted on 07 March 2008
I think it's a wonderful mixture:

Joomla and Virtuemart.

With that combination, you can style online-stores with a beauty that I cannot imagne you can build it with other os solutions like oscommerce or xtcommerce.

For me, the shop is very easy to handle, with all functionalities that I need.

Thank you, developer, you did a great thing! I hope that there will be other developers who help you making (or keeping?) Virtuemart the NO 1 ecommerce solution!

Good component but serious concerns loom large



Posted on 02 March 2008
We have used VirtueMart for a year now, and got it to work very nicely for our needs. An ecommerce package like VM, totally integrated inside Joomla is unique ( well.. there is a challenger now... Ixxo cart )and makes it absolutely strategic for Estore owners like us. It is so important in fact that we anxiously await every upgrades of the product.



The problem that we see with VM is that the product seems to be developed by one developer. Granted, he is very talented and deserves all our thanks, but such an important product requires a team, a clear road map etc... Just look at the list of bugs on the forum, and tasks yet to be filled, and you realize that there is not enough "manpower" to maintain the product. What to say about developing it ??



My comments are not to be construed as a rebuke, we have been very pleased, that said, we see a red flag attached to the product's future... Businesses need the reassurance that the product is maintained, developed and serviced. If it is not, we look for alternatives, and this is precisely what we are planning to do with the Ixxo cart for Joomla.



We plan to try Ixxo for Joomla inthe next few weeks, and will comment on how the two products stack up when we can make an objective assessment.



The good news is that there is now competition, and even though one product is not free, it is a small price to pay for a business that demands a 100% foolproof solution.



Best,



Michel

Great



Posted on 28 February 2008
Not so easy at beginning, but once learned to use your life and your web production will be very simple and productive. I'm a webmaster and use VM evry day for my job!

best ever... use as a catalog with no hassle!



Posted on 28 February 2008
This is the best shopping cart around... but I only use it for the catalog and it is fantastic.



The import and product entry section could use some vast improvements - but the core extension is perfect!

Wait until the bugs get fixed - if they ever do



Posted on 20 February 2008
There is so much hype about this app and when you look at it, it really does look good.



Problem is, there are severe problems in the core of this app. Problems that have been posted on the developer's forum since last year, yet still not addressed nor even replied to.



The two biggest problems are:



1. Import of CSV product data does not work.

2. If using sales tax, pricing does not work!!!



If you're only having a dozen products or so, you may be able to live with not being able to import your products - but the developer has been aware of this bug for over a year and hasn't fixed it.



Random pricing? Actually, random discount pricing! Sales tax is usually subtracted after being subjected to seemingly random math functions.



I'm a web developer/database guy and have installed hundreds of Joomla (and other) components, plug-ins, etc., so it's not like I'm some newbie user who doesn't read manuals.



One annoying bug in the /administrator/index2.php file will keep loggin you out, but is easily fixed by adding ob_start(); immediately after the first php tag (include the semi-colon).



Unfortunately, the other bugs aren't so easily fixed.



- Hank Castello

VirtueMart

Version:
4.4.10
Developer:
VirtueMart Team
Last updated:
Jul 18 2025
1 month ago
Date added:
Mar 05 2006
License:
GPLv2 or later
Type:
Free download
Includes:
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Compatibility:
J3 J4 J5 J5 (b/c plugin)
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