JOOMLA ECOMMERCEPresented by Gabe Wahhab of

The Savvy Group

History of eCommerce

Started in late 70s used for banking

1982 First online ordering system in France

Early 90s ecommerce goes main stream

1995 ecommerce as we know it is born

2008 – $204 Billion online retail sales

Why are companies utilizing it?

Global Reach – targeted segments

Open 24/7/365

Lower operating costs vs brick and mortar

Increased sales and lower marketing costs

How does it work?

YES

Are there viable extensions for Joomla eCommerce?

What extensions are available?

Auctions

Billing & Invoicing

Donations

Subscriptions

Shopping Cart

3rd Party Integration

Auction Extensions

Billing & Invoicing

nBill

Mighty Invoice

Jaccounts – Quotes and Invoices

Paypal Invoice

Donations

Many Gateway Based Simple Donations

Subscriptions

Shopping Carts

3 Flavors

Which type is best for you? Ask yourself…

Who will the gateway be?

What kind of shipping integration do I need?

How many products will the store carry?

What kind of features do I need?

Shopping Carts - Cont.

What to look for in a shopping cart

extension?

How active is the developer? Security.

How active is the community?

Open or closed code?

What type of gateways and shipping support?

How easy is it to template.

Shopping Carts - Cont.

WHAT FEATURES DO YOU NEED

Coupons

Multiple Pricing Levels

Affiliates Programs

Customer Accounts

Analytics & Reporting

Email Marketing

SEO

Order Management

Reviews

Related Products

Multiple Tax Levels

Custom Attributes

Checkout Types

Ease of Management

Shopping Cart Simple

•Active support

•Large community

•Features• PayPal or Google Checkout• 16 different curencies supported• Tax rate calculation• Shipping auto calculation• RokBox: Used to lightbox images• Easy styling

•Cost Free

Rok Quick Cart

Shopping Cart Simple

•Single developer

•Very simple and basic cart

•Features• Editor Plugin• Attributes • Paypal only• Export• Many languages supported

•Free

Simple Caddy

Shopping Cart Simple

•All products

•Active development and support

•Nearly no community

•Features• Stats & Google Analytics Integration• Coupons & Affiliates• Packaging • Auth.net & Paypal

•Encrypted, NonGPL

•Cost $99.00

Shopping Cart Advanced- Released October 19th, 2005- Latest Version October 16th, 2009

•Been around a while

•Very large and active community

•Lots of templates, extensions and community submitted

development

•Development slow …. but has picked up

•Has had previous security issues – see last point

•Notable Features

•Cost = Free

Shopping Cart Advanced- Released Feb. 20th, 2010- Latest Version Mar. 12th, 2010

•Developed by a Danish team of 15 over 11 months

•Similarities to a CCK

•Very Modular – get only what you want and charge accordingly

•Notable Features

•Lite and Full Version

•$95 / $340 Dollars - Club Access

Shopping Cart Advanced- Released Mar. 6th, 2010 - Alpha- Latest Version Mar. 6th, 2010 - Alpha

•Notable Features

•Community and Enterprise Version

•No price yet but average Dioscouri component around $100 with

support

3rd Party Integration

Magebridge

Freeway

FoxyCart

josC

jCafe

Conclusion

Joomla has an expansive array of solutions

Questions?

Thank You