Merchant 1.5

About Merchant

Sometimes Paypal is your pal and sometimes you wish you never had such a friend. Paypal a decent payment gateway, and its simple cart is good for one or two items, but if you have an inventory of items, simple solutions, are simply not enough. There are a bunch of E-commerce solutions out there that provide a heavy-duty approach to e-commerce and rightly so, when ever money is involved there are a lot of things to think about. Our Merchant package is just as heavy-duty as other solutions, but it also is integrated with Joomla, which allows you to venture into other markets as well. Your site does not need to be a shopping cart only, with our Merchant package you can extend it where ever you desire!

Why use this package?

Other shopping cart solutions can be pretty bulky and complex. OS Commerce, Zen Cart, and others are great shopping carts but that is all they are. Hosted carts cut into your bottom line. Our Merchant package was created to give you the lowest bottom line possible while giving you the freedom to do more with your site.

E-commerce can be easy to do, but only if you have it set up correctly. Our package is put together by people who have experience running an on-line shop. Everything is tied together in this package, giving you a single coherent system. When you accept credit card information and personal information you accept a greater level of responsibility than a normal web site. You have your customer's wallet in your hands. Therefore it is important to let experts help you put your best foot forward. Our Merchant package is that starting point. We also offer advice and services to aid you in your on-line store.

Who is this package for?

Intermediate to advanced users should use this package. Brave newbies can try also. Most of the configuration is advanced; intermediate users might cringe at the complexity. The administrative interface is heavy-duty so you might want to make sure you have a powerful computer to do all your administrative tasks. All features are configured and ready to use but in order to get full use of your package, intermediate and advanced users might think about attending a "Building a Joomla Store" clinic. (There are also clinics that will bring newbies up to speed.)

What is in this package?

Our Merchant package is first and foremost built upon our powerful core package, which includes the latest 1.5 version of the Joomla CMS. All advanced SEF, FAQ, and Sitemap tools are included for normal website duties. In addition we have included the Virtuemart e-commerce suite. Some shopping carts are lightweight and are meant for simple tasks but when you need a full E-commerce solution, with Joomla there is only one answer. Virtuemart is a robust heavy-duty shopping cart that can be used to deal with all sorts of shop needs, from: different size products, different colors, different weights, and more. You can sell tangible goods as well as digital goods. Virtuemart handles the registration and emailing from the checkout interface. It has shipping and payment gateway modules already included and is highly modifiable to your needs should you require your own specific payment or shipping logic.