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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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The best free e-commerce solution



Posted on 23 August 2007
I think this is the best open source e-commerce solution!



1. the integration with Joomla allow to have an unique presentation+shop website, that looks better and easier for customers



2. highly customizable, a lot of features, for different types of shops: support for downloadable items, credit card/paypal payment, discounts and coupons management....



3. very active community at virtuemart.net, most problems are resolved in forum, and also many hacks/plugins were developed



4. easily programmable for PHP developers, to customize and expand the component



5. great development team, the next versions will be very improved with a lot of new features



...and so on...

the best Shop for Joomla!



Posted on 08 August 2007
thank you guys for developing that product!

The cart is good but has a key issue that can lose customers



Posted on 02 August 2007
I really have to hand it to the cart. It could be totally seamless and the features as far as inventory options and shipping integration are very good.



There are two key issues that (unfortunately) forced me to choose another option. I didn't want to because this cart IS so very promising with tons of potential.



1. There needs to be an allowance for more than one product image. Of course a merchant can always find a way to creatively do this, not a big problem, really.



2. This one is big -- to me :)-- The user registration at checkout forces the customer to leave the site, and then confirm their registration after they have shopped and gone half way though the checkout process. I think the entire point in having a seamless solution like this is so that it's seamless. I personally like the registration process but a simple continue checkout button, allowing them to complete the order and get their info afterward would help with cart/sale abandonment.



It's a good free feature and I do see the longterm potential.

Works great!!!



Posted on 19 July 2007
I love it! Saved me the hassle of having to design a shopping cart template that replicates a main site. Just plugged right into my site and worked. Thanks a bunch!

It can be much better



Posted on 16 July 2007
I set VM for my ecommerce solution. There are many problems, but so little answers on VM forum, bad assistence. Almost all things I must do myself, or cant do, waiting solution for other time.

Excellent Component!



Posted on 10 July 2007
This shopping cart blows alot of shopping carts out of the water!

Great tool



Posted on 02 July 2007
After a great deal of frustration with X-Cart, then OSCommerce and then CRE Loaded, Virtuemart was like a gift from heaven - really easy to set up, easy to get a basic store up in just two days.



It became a little tricky when I was trying to add attributes and assign stocklevels via these attributes, (I'm setting up an online clothing store, so needed to have the system recognise how many small, medium, etc sizes were left when people ordered them) - BUT after hours of research, I found out how to do it (should have bookmarked the resource)

Nice program



Posted on 27 June 2007
...But how about the payment module? - It's impossible to turn off the registration! When you have filled your cart with good, and want to pay - You'll have to fill in loooong registration-forms and so on and so on and so on.... This is not appropriate for a shop. Personally I remove myself from a site where I cannot finish payment within 1½ minute! How much patience do You have?

Great Piece of code



Posted on 14 June 2007
I personally, really like this code. There are several very complicated features, but with a little work, their not to hard figure out. I highly recommend this to ANYONE who needs to sell items online.

bad design from the root



Posted on 21 May 2007
Why you all praise this component so much ?



Today I began to test it and thought it must be very good. Finally, I realized that this component was disigned wrongly from the first line of code.



It requires to disable the registration system of Joomla, and can't use the registration of Community Builder.



Why it need a new registration system when everyone agree that CB must be the Core of Joomla?



Very bad idea. I will give up it even if there is no shopping cart component for Joomla.

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
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Compatibility:
J3 J4 J5 J5 (b/c plugin)
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