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VirtueMart
VirtueMart

VirtueMart is an open-source e-commerce solution designed for use with the Joomla! Content Management System (CMS). VirtueMart is written in PHP and requires the MySQL database environment for storage. Virtuemart is an extension for Joomla, and not a stand-alone application. As VirtueMart is only a plugin for Joomla!, it has the same system requirements, which are currently:

Joomla! 1.0.x
PHP 4.2.x or above - recommended: PHP 4.4.x
MySQL 3.23.x or above -recommended: MySQL 4.0.x
Apache 1.13.19 or above -recommended: Apache 2.x

Other required supporting libraries or extensions include XML and Zlib which are normally built into PHP. Support for https (openSSL) and cURL are also recommended.

Virtuemart Features
Virtuemart (sometimes abbreviated as VM) is a modern e-commerce shopping cart best suited for low to medium level traffic web-sites. Here are some of its prominent features:

  • Catalog Mode allows you to turn of the Shopping Cart features
  • Unlimited number of Products and Categories
  • Unlimited Category/Subcategory depth
  • Products can be assigned to multiple Categories
  • Sort your products and categories the way you like
  • Sell downloadable files like software, templates, videos or MP3s
  • Add images and files (such as data sheets) to products for your customers’ convenience
  • Add Attributes like Size or Color to your products to offer product variations or groupings
  • Use Product Discounts (percentage/total, time limited or not)
  • Manage and control the stock level for products and items
  • Automatically notify customers when a product is back in stock
  • Feature specific products by setting them “on special”
  • Add Shoppers and assign them to different shopper groups
  • Global Shopper Group Discounts
  • Multiple prices can be added to a product, for a shopper group or a quantity range
  • Flexible Shipping setup, fetch shipping rates live from Intershipper, USPS, UPS, Canada Post etc.
  • Extend the shop with other modules and functions
  • Manage different currencies and countries
  • Flexible Product Import & Export using CSV Files

Virtuemart Payment Integration
Virtuemart supports a variety of Payment Gateways. This is a list of pre-installed Gateways:

  • PayPal (IPN), PayPal Pro
  • 2Checkout
  • Payflow Pro
  • Authorize.net (AIM)
  • eCheck
  • eProcessingNetwork
  • eWay (XML Transactions)
  • Linkpoint
  • Montrada
  • NoChex
  • Paymate
  • PayMeNow
  • PBS (Danish)
  • Worldpay