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.

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

2. extensions
web development
custom integration
PolishedGeek.com
@PolishedGeek
JoomLister
Joomla! component
Cart-agnostic design
Compatible with multiple Joomla e-commerce solutions

3. best shopping cart?
2.5 1.5

5. A lot to Shopper Interaction
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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
Comparisons as of September, 2012

6. So many carts, so little time.
Extension
Eco-System
Eco-System
Features

7. So what’s in the box?

8. Well, we might upset
a few cart vendors…
VirtueMart AceShop
K2mart
HikaShop
DigiStore
ECO -
SYSTEM
redSHOP
J2Store
RokQuickCart
Tienda
Quick2Cart (alpha)
(alpha)
CORE FEATURES

9. Joomla! 2.5 e-Commerce Extensions
VirtueMart AceShop
MijoShop
K2mart
HikaShop
DigiStore
ECO -
SYSTEM
J2Store
redSHOP
RokQuickCart
Tienda
Quick2Cart (alpha)
(alpha)
CORE FEATURES

10. Hybrid Carts
Bolt-on e-Commerce
J! content or CCK catalog
J2Store v1.2.1 K2mart v2 Quick2Cart Alpha
J2Store.org JoomlaWorks.net TechJoomla.com

11. Rok QuickCart
RocketTheme.com Current version 1.2
March 2012
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good stuff twice about again
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12. digistore
iJoomla.com Current version 2.6.3
August 2012
The Think Think
good stuff twice about again

13. VirtueMart
VirtueMart.net Current version 2.0.10
August 2012
The Think Think
good stuff twice about again

14. VirtueMart
VirtueMart.net Current version 2.0.10
August 2012
The Think Think
Beware the Winchester House
good stuff twice about Again

15. HikaShop
HikaShop.com Current version 1.6
August 2012
The Think Think
good stuff twice about again

16. Tienda
Dioscouri.com Alpha version 0.10
July 2012
The Think Think
good stuff twice about again

17. redSHOP
redCOMPONENT.com Current version 1.1.10
April 2012
The Think Think
good stuff twice about again

18. AceShop
www.JoomAce.net Current version 1.4.6
July 2012
(Lots of) Think
good stuff again
The Best Kept
Secret in Joomla!
e-Commerce

19. AceShop
www.JoomAce.net Current version 1.4.6
July 2012
(Lots of) Think
good stuff again

20. MijoShop
www.mijosoft.com Current version 1.1.4
September 2012
New AceShop fork – August 17, 2012

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terrifying words
a client can say

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26. Deb Cinkus,CEO
THE POLISH
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Donald Champion,CTO
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27. Deb Cinkus,CEO
THE POLISH
deb@PolishedGeek.com
Donald Champion,CTO
THE GEEK
PolishedGeek.com @PolishedGeek donald@PolishedGeek.com