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Checkout your options for Joomla! 2.5 e-Commerce Deb Cinkus, CEO of Polished Geek Updated September 2012

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Do you tend to keep using the same shopping cart extension over and over, for every Joomla project? If so – is it honestly because it’s the right solution for every client? Or is it because that’s what’s familiar and comfortable, and you know where the proverbial skeletons are buried? While it can be efficient to continue to refine your skills and deepen your expertise in only one cart, you also could be limiting yourself, and your clients, in ways you don’t realize. This presentation uncovers what you might be missing that’s available today in the world of Joomla eCommerce. This presentation is a comparative analysis of several popular eCommerce extensions for Joomla! 2.5. Deb Cinkus highlights the relative strengths of each extension, along with some of their potential downsides. This presentation provides objective insights into how different eCommerce extension features stack up against each other, to help you decide which cart(s) might be the best fit for your next project. Deb also includes some subjective considerations to keep in mind before investing your time, energy and money into learning yet another new shopping cart. -- About the Speaker -- Deb Cinkus is the CEO of Polished Geek, a Raleigh, NC based Joomla web development company she co-founded February 2009. Deb enjoys helping clients take broad, brushstroke concepts through requirements analysis and the solution design process. It’s a great satisfaction for her to help guide ideas that are barely a twinkle in a client’s eye, to become new or improved extensions and customizations for Joomla. Deb is the product manager responsible for designing the administrative power features of JoomLister, the only native Joomla component certified by eBay™ for listing management and inventory synchronization with Joomla ecommerce stores. She enjoys solving complex problems, and relentlessly works to find the elegant, and often simple, solutions that are hidden within many challenges, if one only looks hard enough. In addition to the satisfaction she gets from creating custom Joomla solutions, Deb admits to having two other addictions: sushi and the color purple. Deb holds a B.A. degree in Business Management from NC State University and a Master’s Certification in Project Management from the George Washington University School of Business. She is a certified Project Management Professional by PMI, with over twenty years of application development experience across multiple industries and platforms. Her experience also includes five years as an international IT project management consultant working with multiple Fortune 500 companies.

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Checkout your options

for Joomla! 2.5 e-Commerce

Deb Cinkus, CEO of Polished Geek Updated September 2012

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extensions web development

custom integration

JoomLister Joomla! component

Cart-agnostic design

Compatible with multiple Joomla e-commerce solutions

@PolishedGeek

PolishedGeek.com

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best shopping cart?

2.5 1.5

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AS RS VM HS T DS J2S RQC K2M Q2C

Shopper Interaction

Power Search X X X

Power Sort / Filter P X X

Backorders / Pre-Orders X X X E X

Quotations X 3rd Party

Product Reviews / Comments 3rd Party X X 3rd Party X X X

Product Ratings X X X X X X

Product Tagging X X X X

Product Returns X

Compare Products X P 3rd Party B X 3rd Party

Related Products X X X X X X

Order History X X X X X X X X

Printable Invoices X X X E X X X X

Address Book X X X ?

Wishlists X P X

Credits Management X X

Quick Reordering X 3rd Party

Shipping Estimate before Checkout X

Ask a Question X X E X

Gift Wrapping X

Backend Order Entry (Admin) X X X

Price Filtering P X X

Back in Stock Notifications / Waitlist X X E 3rd Party

Auto-Apply Coupons 3rd Party B

Portal Shop Mode X X X X

Coupons & Marketing

Basic Coupons / Promo Codes X X X X X X X

Advanced Coupons / Discounts X 3rd Party B 3rd Party

Use Multiple Coupons per Order X X 3rd Party X

Vouchers X X 3rd Party

Rewards Points X 3rd Party X 3rd Party

Newsletters C 3rd Party X X X

Gift Certificates X X 3rd Party 3rd Party

Affiliate System X 3rd Party 3rd Party B X X

Product Discounting by Time Period X X X

Category Discounting by Time Period X X

Email Marketing (Post-Purchase) X

Checkout

One- Page Checkout 3rd Party X 3rd Party X

Two Page Checkout X X X X X X

Guest Checkout X X X E X X

Silent Account Creation X X

Auto Select Shipping Method X X

Auto Select Payment Method X

Social Sharing:

* Twitter X X X X X X

* Facebook X X X X X X

* Google + X X X X

Bit.ly Integration X

A lot to consider

Comparisons as of September, 2012

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Features Eco

-Sys

tem

Extension Eco-System

So many carts, so little time.

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So what’s in the box?

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AceShop

redSHOP

HikaShop

VirtueMart

DigiStore

Tienda (alpha) Quick2Cart

(alpha)

RokQuickCart

K2mart

J2Store

CORE FEATURES

ECO - SYSTEM

Well, we might upset a few cart vendors…

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HikaShop

VirtueMart

DigiStore

Tienda (alpha) Quick2Cart

(alpha)

RokQuickCart

K2mart

J2Store

CORE FEATURES

ECO - SYSTEM

Joomla! 2.5 e-Commerce Extensions

AceShop

redSHOP

MijoShop

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Hybrid Carts Bolt-on e-Commerce J! content or CCK catalog

K2mart v2 JoomlaWorks.net

Quick2Cart Alpha TechJoomla.com

J2Store v1.2.1 J2Store.org

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The good stuff

Think twice about

Think again

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RocketTheme.com Current version 1.2 March 2012

Rok QuickCart

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The good stuff

Think twice about

Think again

iJoomla.com Current version 2.6.3 August 2012

digistore

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The good stuff

Think twice about

Think again

VirtueMart.net Current version 2.0.10 August 2012

VirtueMart

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The good stuff

Think twice about

Think Again

VirtueMart.net

VirtueMart

Beware the Winchester House

Current version 2.0.10 August 2012

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The good stuff

Think twice about

Think again

HikaShop.com Current version 1.6 August 2012

HikaShop

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The good stuff

Think twice about

Think again

Dioscouri.com Alpha version 0.10 July 2012

Tienda

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The good stuff

Think twice about

Think again

redCOMPONENT.com Current version 1.1.10 April 2012

redSHOP

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(Lots of) good stuff

Think again

AceShop www.JoomAce.net Current version 1.4.6

July 2012

The Best Kept Secret in Joomla!

e-Commerce

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(Lots of) good stuff

Think again

AceShop www.JoomAce.net Current version 1.4.6

July 2012

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MijoShop www.mijosoft.com Current version 1.1.4

September 2012

New AceShop fork – August 17, 2012

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best shopping cart?

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best shopping cart?

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The three most terrifying words a client can say

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EM

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COUPONS

PAY

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NEWSLETTERS

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WISHLISTS

MULTI- LINGUAL

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SEF

CATEGORIES SEO

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MULTI-CURRENCY

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PAYMENT

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ADMINISTRATION

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Deb Cinkus,CEO THE POLISH

[email protected]

PolishedGeek.com @PolishedGeek

Donald Champion,CTO THE GEEK

[email protected]

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Deb Cinkus,CEO THE POLISH

[email protected]

PolishedGeek.com @PolishedGeek

Donald Champion,CTO THE GEEK

[email protected]