HikaShop 
Version
2.1.3 (last update on May 14, 2013)
Rating
Compatibility
Reviews
167
License
GPLv2 or later
Non-Commercial
Type
Date Added
6 October 2010
Uses Updater?
- Yes
HikaShop also has a wide range of marketing tools, but also powerful statistics displayable on your HikaShop dashboard to help you manage your store.
It provides advanced taxes, zones, languages and currencies management for worldwide sales as well as advanced customization capabilities of your online shop in order to meet your website ecommerce needs.
+Highly customizable checkout process (workflow as well as layouts)
+Checkout steps reduced as much as possible to increase transformation
+Multiple currencies, with auto conversion based on currencies rates
+Product prices manageable in several currencies with quantity rebates
+Powerful dashboard
+Coupons and discounts
+User address custom fields
+Advanced tax management with multiple taxes supported
+Payment and shipping plugins
+More than 40 payment plugins to handle online credit card payments including:
Paypal Standard and PayPal Pro, Google Checkout, Authorize.net with AIM, SIM and DPM, Moneybookers, Bluepaid, EPay, SagePay, Payment Express, AlertPay, eWAY, SIPS ATOS, CM-CIC, HSBC CPI, iVeri, PayJunction, ServiRed, Innovative Gateay Intuit, CardSave, RBS Business and Global Gateway, AliPay, MIGS (for Bendigo, Commweb and ANZ egate), OKPay, VirtualMerchant, iPayDNA, PostFinance, Ogone, Amazon FPS, CECA, eSelect/Moneris etc
+Credit card plugin to collect credit card information for offline processing
+Australia Post, Canada Post, UPS, FedEx shipping plugins
+Shipping per weight/volume/zone/post code/product
+Events triggering plugins enabling you to extend easily HikaShop using standard joomla plugins without any hack
+Views customization override interface (Joomla MVC)
+Handle downloadable goods (with possible restrictions) as well as shippable goods
+Products and categories display module with a wide range of options
+Orders invoice, history and edition
+Integration with jComments and jomComment for products comments
+Integration with Community Builder and JomSocial for orders listing in user's own profile
+Integration with XMAP for site map
+Integration with Joomla's breadcrumb module
+Integration with sh404SEF and Joomla's SEF system
+Translation interface to easily translate HikaShop in your language and share it with the community
+Import/Export products/categories information and export of orders
+Integrated Documentation
+Administrator/User email notifications
+Dashboard statistics widgets
+Multilingual support compatible with JoomFish and Falang
+HikaShop is available in more than 20 languages
+A ReCaptcha integration plugin which enables you to display the recaptcha on your registration forms
+Possibility to force SSL on the checkout
+Integrated with joomla's breadcrumb
+Optimized for SEO ( metadata, microformat, page title ... )
+Catalogue mode
+RSS support for products
+Social networks support: twitter , facebook, google
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I have had a great experience with everyone from HikaShop, their support is unmatchable. They are an absolutely amazing team. The product is so easy to use, if you have any problems support usually answer within two hours and will help you no matter what the problem.
If you were really struggling to decide what to use, then go with HikaShop, It's the easiest to use, They've got everything you could need in one place and most importantly it's a proper support system.
If you were really struggling to decide what to use, then go with HikaShop, It's the easiest to use, They've got everything you could need in one place and most importantly it's a proper support system.
excellent extension. i switched from virtuemart because i find it very easy and quick to configure and to insert products. Only negative thing i found in combination with sh404sef component there are some issues with metadata which i reported to both developers. So if you need to use both components and you have high need to modify the matadata for each variant of products you'll have some difficulties. But unles this i like it very much
After using virtue mart for my last 2 websites and having many issues - I was interested in finding another option.
This was a great find for me - the support is outstanding. The cart is easy to configure.
I'm please and will use this extension for future sites.
This was a great find for me - the support is outstanding. The cart is easy to configure.
I'm please and will use this extension for future sites.
I am a beginner to medium skill level and I struggled with many open-source and a subscription based shopping cart before I found Hikashop. The cart is very easy to use and setup. Customer Service is Excellent and company seems to be solid!
All products are well worth the money! If you are reading this, my advice to you as go for it! My personnel opinion: After trying the rest, this cart is the best!
All products are well worth the money! If you are reading this, my advice to you as go for it! My personnel opinion: After trying the rest, this cart is the best!
I have used the free version which offers all I needed to set up a professional ecommerce website with a large number of payment plugins to choose from.
I needed a little support to tweak something and it was there within 24 hours.
Would not hesitate to upgrade to paid version for more features. Great product - thank you to the Hika Team.
I needed a little support to tweak something and it was there within 24 hours.
Would not hesitate to upgrade to paid version for more features. Great product - thank you to the Hika Team.
I am using the starter edition as a prelude to purchasing the full product. I chose Hikashop because it integrates perfectly with Akeeba Subscriptions.
Hikashop is an advanced shopping cart with loads of payment processors and I found it much easier to set up than other shopping carts. There have been a number of bugs in the product - but I am happy to report that every one of these issues has been resolved in less than 24 hours. The shortest response time from the developer was an amazing 7 minutes!
Nicolas and Jerome monitor the forums and provide excellent support even for the starter edition. Hikashop is a relatively new kid on the block but it is a fully fledged shopping cart and I for one shall continue to use it as long as it is developed.
A hearty thanks to the team for a first class product.
Hikashop is an advanced shopping cart with loads of payment processors and I found it much easier to set up than other shopping carts. There have been a number of bugs in the product - but I am happy to report that every one of these issues has been resolved in less than 24 hours. The shortest response time from the developer was an amazing 7 minutes!
Nicolas and Jerome monitor the forums and provide excellent support even for the starter edition. Hikashop is a relatively new kid on the block but it is a fully fledged shopping cart and I for one shall continue to use it as long as it is developed.
A hearty thanks to the team for a first class product.
Having used several ecommerce components in the past and always leaning towards Redshop I took the plunge and decided to try Hikashop as I just needed fairly basic functions to replace my existing redshop ecommerce component that was running under joomla 1.5 and as I was upgrading the site to Joomla 2.5 I thought 'what the hell' and boy was I glad I did. To say that Hikashop just works would be an understatement, it works brilliantly and is very flexible to the point that I could adapt the basic free version to get all the functions I needed. It would be fair to say that there is a steep learning curve to start with in order to understand the structure of Hikashop and how it works, but the documentation is also excellent so this was not a problem in any way. If I could give 11 out of 10 I would, Brilliant, well done!
I can´t really compare Hikashop to other components but I feel like I don´t have to. Here my experience:
I bought ans installed Hikashop. At the first moment I was confused about all the options (backend). It seemed complicated and my first steps without reading the documentation were not so successful. But then I read the detailled documentation and found out that it was pretty easy. The whole shops works perfect and has really awesom functions.
The really amazing thing is the support. I mean it! I experienced great support for other modules and components but the hika team is more than amazing. They replied quickly, took time to answer all my question until everything was solved and even published one update because of a customization (in hika serials).
I absolutely recommend hikashop for everybody who is looking for a professional shop system for physical and digital goods and works long therm with it.
It is absolutely worth it to take time and learn to work with the shop.
I bought ans installed Hikashop. At the first moment I was confused about all the options (backend). It seemed complicated and my first steps without reading the documentation were not so successful. But then I read the detailled documentation and found out that it was pretty easy. The whole shops works perfect and has really awesom functions.
The really amazing thing is the support. I mean it! I experienced great support for other modules and components but the hika team is more than amazing. They replied quickly, took time to answer all my question until everything was solved and even published one update because of a customization (in hika serials).
I absolutely recommend hikashop for everybody who is looking for a professional shop system for physical and digital goods and works long therm with it.
It is absolutely worth it to take time and learn to work with the shop.
Hikashop is one of the best Joomla extentions I’ve ever used. Great product and even greater support. Would recommend it for everyone who's looking for a simple and at the same time powerful e-commerce tool for their Joomla website. Look no further, you just found it :).
Cheers to all Hikashop team and keep up the good work guys.
Donatas
Cheers to all Hikashop team and keep up the good work guys.
Donatas
I use the commercial Business edition. It lets you build your own Amazon.com. Somewhat complicated because it's very powerful and flexible. I never object to commercial extensions that save us time and agony. Documentation could be better but support is superlative. For building full-blown e-commerce sites, our first choice.
I generally prefer paid extensions but decided to try this one after having some issues with paid ones. I was surprised by the easy of use of Hikashop, the admin dashboard rocks, I have all the stats I want in one place... The workflow of the system is very easy and logic for customers. I had to play a little with Html and Css in order to get the look I want but that worths for an ecommerce site.
Highly recommended!
Highly recommended!
I too am not a programmer, just a designer, and after extended research and comparison decided to install HikaShop to handle my first e-commerce site. I couldn't be happier. Everything worked from the start, and when I had a question or two about the system, (as well as a more technical request to handle taking deposits), Nicolas provided excellent support. Thank you very much! I am happy to use HikaShop in all my projects from here on...
After years using other shop components we finally found the one that is easy to configure, reliable and full featured.
Easy admin control of almost any parameter that is available. The support, even for the free version of Hika, is first class. The updates are always improving the component and it's extensions and from the very beginning we started it on Joomla!™ 3. Great work Hika team!
Easy admin control of almost any parameter that is available. The support, even for the free version of Hika, is first class. The updates are always improving the component and it's extensions and from the very beginning we started it on Joomla!™ 3. Great work Hika team!
I am not a programmer or techie in any way and chose HikaShop based on the feedback of others for ease of install, good performance etc. I wasn't disapointed with the product in any way and it worked straignt out of the box. When I ran into a few issues with my template that were beyond my technical ability to solve, I contacted Hika Shop and received superb support by return - even working on my website on a Sunday. That is way beyond the call of duty. Thank you Nicolas for all your help. Five Stars all round!
I built a site using the business edition but it lacked a FREE shipping coupon so I was instructed to buy AWOCoupon and that seemed to work. Overall, I got the impression that the site was a mishmash of code from different programmers held loosely together by old telephone string -- formerly used to connect two tin cans.
It did do very well in the Zone arena, where you may not be able to ship a certain product to just 3 of the 50 states but it was quite slow and cumbersome with the variations a product may have.
Nicolas does do a good job at answering questions on the forum but the forum is a hodgepodge of answers that need to be linked or categorized better. It's bad enough that the forum search is limited to 20 characters. I've never seen a search string limitation so harsh.
As I have tried 4 carts so far, this is not the one that is so open that you can just install and see results as you built. It requires patience. If you have it, this extension is for you.
It did do very well in the Zone arena, where you may not be able to ship a certain product to just 3 of the 50 states but it was quite slow and cumbersome with the variations a product may have.
Nicolas does do a good job at answering questions on the forum but the forum is a hodgepodge of answers that need to be linked or categorized better. It's bad enough that the forum search is limited to 20 characters. I've never seen a search string limitation so harsh.
As I have tried 4 carts so far, this is not the one that is so open that you can just install and see results as you built. It requires patience. If you have it, this extension is for you.
Owner's reply
Hi,
Thank yo for your comment.
The forum categorization is indeed unpractical since it was firstly made two years ago when we launched and that we now have more than 80000 posts on it. I agree that it would be great to redo the categorization at some point. It's on our todo list, along with a new website for 2013.
The search of the forum allows for more than 20 characters.
Here is an example:
http://www.hikashop.com/en/forum/search.html?q=hikashop+extension+great+joomla&childforums=1
Concerning the speed of setting up a web shop with HikaShop, I must say that it can greatly vary based on what you want to do. We have a beginner tutorial on our documentation which allows you to sell your first product in less than 10 minutes. But if you want to personalize everything, it can indeed take a lot of time, especially if it's your first use.
Best regards,
Nicolas
I've been a Joomla! user for some time, almost 5 years. I've tried many components, modules, plugins, etc.
I needed a component for shopping and already knew of virtuemart. I've tried it in the past and wasn't sure if I'd want to use it again. Then I came across HikaShop. I read the features, reviews, and thought I'd give it a shot. Was I in for a suprise! The Features! ENDLESS!! Sure, some are paid, but you can tell they took the time to pack this component with EVERYTHING a site owner could DREAM OF! I have to say to this team, HATS OFF TO YOU! Oh but wait...I sent a question regarding a small issue and sure enough, got a response in less than 10 minutes! NO JOKE! Never EVER have I seen a response THAT fast from ANY Joomla Extensions Developer. I think the Joomla team needs to feature this...just saying. 10 Stars to you guys for this!
I needed a component for shopping and already knew of virtuemart. I've tried it in the past and wasn't sure if I'd want to use it again. Then I came across HikaShop. I read the features, reviews, and thought I'd give it a shot. Was I in for a suprise! The Features! ENDLESS!! Sure, some are paid, but you can tell they took the time to pack this component with EVERYTHING a site owner could DREAM OF! I have to say to this team, HATS OFF TO YOU! Oh but wait...I sent a question regarding a small issue and sure enough, got a response in less than 10 minutes! NO JOKE! Never EVER have I seen a response THAT fast from ANY Joomla Extensions Developer. I think the Joomla team needs to feature this...just saying. 10 Stars to you guys for this!
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