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VirtueMart, by VirtueMart Team - Joomla Extension Directory

Introduction

e-Commerce, Shopping Cart

[Attention, Version 4.4.4 is a security update. Ensure to update your installation]
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

Best choice



Posted on 24 July 2015
Functionality
Full feature and function
Ease of use
Good user interface.
Support
Good
Documentation
Enough and deserve to read.
I used this to: My shop.
Functionality
Full featured and a wide range of functions, for any thinkable needs and market. Despite of the crowing complexity of Joomla it fits great
Ease of use
Really not quiet trivial, but what do you expect, if you need a solution with features like security, representation of complex markets ...
Support
In the forum you'll find answers to your questions and competent support; there is also the possibility of professional support
Documentation
As far as the functions are similar to vm 2. there is a thoroughly documented manual, faqs and api. 5 Points minus according the gap to vm3
I used this to: webbased cataologue of bikes, shop of dvds and promotion features
Functionality
A complete and extendable Shopping solution. Developped seens Joomla 1, you can add many plugins to add more features to your shop
Ease of use
It's easy to use for all the included features
Support
Virtuemart have a big active forum with many users for all questions
Documentation
You can find Youtube videos or se main site to find many doc to setup your shop
I used this to: My own shop and customer shops
Functionality
Extensive range of functionality allowing you to create a professional looking store.

Best Joomla e-commerce component in my opinion
Ease of use
Great range of configurations available to make your store work for you

As easy to use as any I have tried (and I have tried a few!)
Support
Forum is actively managed by the team.

Direct support is also available.
Documentation
On-line documentation has improved significantly and a visit to the forums will help answer most other queries.
I used this to: All my e-commerce stores

I have tried other e-commerce solutions, but in my opinion Virtuemart stands out as the current leader in this market.


Functionality
great
Ease of use
easy
Support
Documentation

Hi there!



Posted on 19 June 2015
Functionality
I made many VirtueMart Shop and I love VirtueMart.
Ease of use
It taked for me something about 3 hours to install it.
Support
Documentation
I used this to: My eshops.

Great Extension



Posted on 09 April 2015
Functionality
Good, met all the requirements for my websites
Ease of use
Good
Support
Didn't need much
I used this to: A spare parts website
Functionality
Good
Ease of use
Good
Documentation
Good (find in Internet)
I used this to: non-Commercial
Functionality
I used Virtuemart since a long time, many bugs and issues encountered but now with version 3 it's a bit better even if not perfect
Ease of use
It's a complex extension, but i don't know ecommerce solutions that are immediate to use
Documentation
Very well written documentation, you find everything you need!
I used this to: My personal website to sell online

Perfect



Posted on 04 March 2015
Functionality
Virtuemart is the must-have if you need to setup a Ecommerce, once prepared it does his work perfectly fine, leaving time for other things.
Ease of use
Just a bit hard to start up: installation and configuration surely need a little more job to make it more and more intuitive
Documentation
All made by the community, you need somethin? you ask, and they answer.
Maybe in the future YOU will answer, who know?
I used this to: An industrial ecommerce, that started 3 years ago. Is still going fine and virtuemart helped me on mantaining focused for what i needed most.

VirtueMart

Version:
4.4.4
Developer:
VirtueMart Team
Last updated:
Jan 03 2025
3 months ago
Date added:
Mar 05 2006
License:
GPLv2 or later
Type:
Free download
Includes:
c m p
Compatibility:
J3 J4 J5 J5 (b/c plugin)
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Uses Joomla! Update System

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