VirtueMart is open source e-commerce shopping cart software developed as an extension of the Joomla - one of the widely used open source Content Management System (CMS). VirtueMart is written in PHP and requires the MySQL database environment for data storage. Virtuemart-Joomla integration is best suited for low to medium level traffic web-sites.
VirtueMart is real time Shopping cart
integration solution; it is highly user-friendly as well as manageable. It is a great alternative for professional software without the high cost. Anyone can add product and information delete product easily. That is the reason why it is widely used by many store owners in the world as it provides enhanced security, performance and usability.
VirtueMart software is capable of using Secure Sockets Layers (SSL) with an encryption of 128-bit. Flexible tax models are included such as ship-to-address and tax calculation. Users can perform shipping address management. They are also able to view customer accounts, order history, confirmation emails and change currencies and languages if desired.
The product feature allows users to upload an unlimited number of products and categories. Users can classify their products by putting them in certain categories. 'Shoppers Group' is a free marketing tool, is included in VirtueMart. It allows different payment options like PayPal, credit card, debit card, master card and different price levels. Currencies from different countries and states can be easily managed. It has also an option for shipping modules where customers can pick different shipping carriers with rate configuration.
VirtueMart has product slideshow feature which is a great attracting feature to attract customers to buy more products. It also provides shop statistics that shows products and categories that are doing better than others for marketing purposes. Administrator can also see the summary of orders and customers as well as can build a marketing list to sell future products and services.
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