As we known that VirtueMart is one of the most popular eCommerce solution for Joomla. It provides a huge number of eCommerce features to set up an online shop.
Beside VM default features, SmartAddons have developed a number of Joomla extensions for VirtueMart which are well styled to adapt any kind of online store. These Joomla modules, plugins also are integrated in our VirtueMart templates that bring the complete eCommerce webshop for your users.
In this article, we would like to collect 5 best must-have VirtueMart extensions and the Joomla website templates are using them. Then you will have a closer look on these extensions.
Best VirtueMart Extensions for Building Joomla eCommerce Sites
1. Sj MiniCart Pro
Powered by VirtueMart component, SJ MiniCart Pro enables elegant checkout process. Whatever your Website is selling, this Joomla extension will increase conversion rate, much more greater, by bringing your Website a mini bar with all function of an e-cart. Less steps that customers have to do when checking out, more products you sell! Basically, this VirtueMart extension is a nice bar presenting status of the shopping basket that your customers have made during the selection process.
Highlight Features:
- Responsive layout
- Open Cart Detail by hover
- Change width of Cart detail
- Change height of product list
- Show label and attribute of products in Cart Detail
- Show Coupon Form
- Show buttons for Go To Cart and Checkout
- 4 modes for resizing images
- Change width/height of images of products
Joomla Templates Using Sj MiniCart Pro:
2. Sj Filter for VirtueMart
SJ Filter for Virtuemart - A high-performance module for VM component. The module displays some criteria for users choosing, it will filter and return the exact products according to the chosen fields. This module provides a wide range of filtering parameters according to categories, manufactures, product price or you can custom your own fields filters such as: color, size, material, cap size... Users can easily choose filter fields from drop-down lists. You can filter the products by one or several fields.
Highlight Features:
- Set the number of products to display
- Display Categories, Manufactures, Price and Custom Fields
- Select categories for filtering
- Set number products in each filter option
- Sort product order by: Product Name, SKU, Category, Manufacture name
- Drop down list for filter fields
- Set min, max price for price range filtering
- Add custom fields: size, color, weave, cap size and etc
- Caching to make your website load faster
Joomla Templates Using Sj Filter for VM:
3. Sj Search Pro for Virtuemart
SJ Search Pro for VirtueMart is a great module for any VirtueMart stores. The module will help the visitors to quickly and easily find the needed products based on keyword search. Specially, visitors don't have to wait for reloading the whole searching results page.When users start to type the keyword, the products which include the inserted letter will be beautifully suggested with image thumbnail, name, category and price.
Highlight Features:
- Set the number of the search suggestion
- Set the number of character that will return the suggestion
- Show/hide the Image thumbnail/Category/Price for search suggestion
- Get image from various sources
- Set the image output type
- Set width/height for product image
- Change background color for images
- Include class suffix
- Resizing image of product/category: Center, Fill, Stretch, Fit, None
Joomla Templates Using Sj Search Pro for VM:
4. Sj Super Category for Virtuemart
SJ Super Category for VirtueMart is now available for VirtueMart users. The module is used to show any category with subcategories and product list. The module is well structured with a slider for subcategories and product tabs by name, price, latest... Besides, the module supports lots of beautiful effects for both product and subcategories that you can attractively present your products to your visitors. With modern layout SJ Super Category for VirtueMart can be placed on any highlight position to emphasize your content.
Highlight Features:
- Opening link in: Parent Window, New Window, Popup
- Multi-Module in the same page
- Support Multi-Language
- Set column numbers on each screen resolution
- Order by Ascending or Descending
- Set numbers of column for categories slider on each screen resolution
- Control the number of items to show on the module
- Change and the number of title/description characters of item
- Set width/height of product image
- Get images from Product Image, Description, Extend Folder
- Change background color for images
- Slide by Mouse Drag, Touch Drag and Pull Drag
Joomla Templates Using Sj MiniCart Pro:
5. Sj Quickview for VirtueMart
SJ Quickview for Virtuemart - An advanced plugin to approach your products. With SJ Quickview for VM, there is no need to turn to the product's details page, you can view them right on product page with a popup window. This feature participates to reduce the low page response. The module allows you to fully control the popup window. You can choose to auto size or set your own parameters such as: width, height, display overlay or not, open and close effects for the popup window.
Highlight Features:
- Input multi classes product
- Change name of the button
- Select auto size of Quickview
- Change width, height of Quickview
- Select overlay OR not
- Support Elastic, Fade and None effects for opening/closing Quickview
- Include jQuery OR not
Joomla Templates Using Sj Quickview for VM:
Thanks for reading!