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A comparison of Joomla Shop Solutions

Presented by: Gabe WahhabSavvy Panda - Owner

gabe@savvypanda.com | @gswahhab

Why watch this Presentation?

Simple Complexity Store

RokQuickCart SimpleCaddy

Creator Rocket Theme Atlantic Intelligence

Price Free Free

Compatibility 1.5 / 1.7 1.5 / 1.7

Simple Complexity Store

• Both Plugin Based Systems

• Both Paypal only for Payment

• Both have Sandbox Mode

• Simple Caddy gives more Options

Full Featured StoresredSHOP Virtuemart 2.0

RC2Tienda

Creator redComponent Virtuemart Dioscouri

Price Free / 29€ / 69€ / 249€

Free Free / $ Addons

Compatibility 1.5 / 1.7 1.5 / 1.7 1.5

Support

redSHOP Virtuemart 2.0 RC2

Tienda

Type Forum - Staff Forum - Peer Ticket

Price Included w/ Sub Free $99 p/m

Updates / New Features

redSHOP Virtuemart 2.0 RC2

Tienda

Bug Fixes Very Frequent Occasional Occasional

New Features Frequent Occasional Occasional

Extendibility / Code Base

redSHOP Virtuemart 2.0 RC2

Tienda

Extendibility Poor Good Unknown

Code Base Poor Good Unknown

Payment Plugins

redSHOP Virtuemart 2.0 RC2

Tienda

Free Paypal / Bank Tr Paypal as of now

PayPal, 2CO, Auth.net,

GooglePaid 20+ N / A 4

Shipping Plugins

redSHOP Virtuemart 2.0 RC2

Tienda

Free Self Pickup / Basic

Basic UPS, FedEX / Basic

Paid 8 N / A 2

Templating

redSHOP Virtuemart 2.0 RC2

Tienda

Difficulty Very Easy Medium Simple / Medium

Method Label Based in CMS

Change Joomla

Template / Modify View

Modify View

SEOredSHOP Virtuemart 2.0

RC2Tienda

SEF Urls SH404 Yes – but unknown

SH404 but removing -

BuggyControl Over

SEOExcellent Poor Good

Admin Usability

redSHOP Virtuemart 2.0 RC2 Tienda

Poor Excellent Good

Taxation

redSHOP Virtuemart 2.0 RC2

Tienda

US Poor Poor Good

Europe Good Good Good

Custom Fields

redSHOP Virtuemart 2.0 RC2

Tienda

Products Fields

Good Good Good

Attributes Good Good Good

Shopper Fields

N/A Excellent N/A

Child Products

redSHOP Virtuemart 2.0 RC2 Tienda

Good Good Good

Reporting & Stats

redSHOP Virtuemart 2.0 RC2 Tienda

Good Fair Good

Couponing

redSHOP Virtuemart 2.0 RC2 Tienda

Flexible Standard Excellent

Gift Certificates

redSHOP Virtuemart 2.0 RC2 Tienda

Yes No No

SHOPPER GroupsredSHOP Virtuemart 2.0

RC2Tienda

Price Levels Yes Yes Yes

Shipping / Payment

Restrictions

Yes Yes No

Category ACL Yes No No

Digital Sales

redSHOP Virtuemart 2.0 RC2

Tienda

Digital Products

Yes Yes Yes

Subscriptions No No Yes

One Page Checkout

redSHOP Virtuemart 2.0 RC2 Tienda

Yes Yes Yes

Inventory Management

redSHOP Virtuemart 2.0 RC2 Tienda

Yes Yes Yes

Reviews & Ratings

redSHOP Virtuemart 2.0 RC2 Tienda

Yes Yes Yes

Filtering / Drill Down

redSHOP Virtuemart 2.0 RC2 Tienda

Yes Yes No

Product Comparison

redSHOP Virtuemart 2.0 RC2 Tienda

Yes No No

WishLists

redSHOP Virtuemart 2.0 RC2 Tienda

Yes No Yes

Quotations / BackEnd Ordering

redSHOP Virtuemart 2.0 RC2 Tienda

Yes No Yes

Multi Launguage

redSHOP Virtuemart 2.0 RC2 Tienda

No Yes No

Imports

redSHOP Virtuemart 2.0 RC2 Tienda

VM / Tienda (1.5) VM 1.0 VM / Xcart

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