HikaShop 
Version
2.1.3 (last update on May 14, 2013)
Rating
Compatibility
Reviews
170
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
Images
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!
Like most people I tried many different carts but no others worked so easily, had extensive payment options, looked as good or were easy to get around. It is like the developers were trying to create a product that worked rather than making a product to make money from. I am happy to give them my money for a product that does what it says. Great job.
I'm so happy I discovered HikaShop. After failing miserably with a couple of other shopping cart extensions I was about ready to give up the whole idea in despair but luckily I decided to give HikaShop a go. The documentation could be better - in an ideal world there would be a simple, lynda.com-style video explaining how to get started - but the support forum was so helpful that I got myself sorted out fairly quickly. I'm using HikaShop Business edition with Falang for a multi-language shopping site and it was much easier to set up than I would have predicted. Tip to newcomers: following the setup on the Hikashop demo is a good way in, once you have an idea of the basics the documentation makes better sense.
So: good extension and excellent support - friendly, helpful, patient, seemingly always good-tempered - a pleasure to work with. I paid for the Business edition, partly for the extra features but also because I thought the developers deserve to get paid for their good work.
So: good extension and excellent support - friendly, helpful, patient, seemingly always good-tempered - a pleasure to work with. I paid for the Business edition, partly for the extra features but also because I thought the developers deserve to get paid for their good work.
My Web Site appears to all be working now. I have created
a strange mixture of Joomla! articles with HikaShop embedded and the HikaShop by
itself.
This reflects my first time efforts at a Joomla! web site with HikaShop
coming along later. If I was to start over, I would do all my store in
HikaShop but somehow I did not wake up to the availability of HikaShop
templates until a few days ago. They made all the difference.
I am really impressed with HikaShop. It functions very well. It is a solid
piece of software. It is hard to learn if you have never created a web site
before and only have limited HTML and no PHP knowledge.
I am immensely grateful for the help and quick response to my queries. The support effort of the HikaShop Team
made it all possible.
a strange mixture of Joomla! articles with HikaShop embedded and the HikaShop by
itself.
This reflects my first time efforts at a Joomla! web site with HikaShop
coming along later. If I was to start over, I would do all my store in
HikaShop but somehow I did not wake up to the availability of HikaShop
templates until a few days ago. They made all the difference.
I am really impressed with HikaShop. It functions very well. It is a solid
piece of software. It is hard to learn if you have never created a web site
before and only have limited HTML and no PHP knowledge.
I am immensely grateful for the help and quick response to my queries. The support effort of the HikaShop Team
made it all possible.
I tested this s/w after giving up on Virtuemart and their 100 files.
So I got Hikashop and got good support before buying the s/w.
To my surprise, after buying the s/w (100 Euro)I am getting 0 response on my 1 (one) email to "support" (mailing by using the "contact us" on the Hika site and regular mails).
The s/w has a potential of becoming a leader, but it needs some advantages in the Business version that seem to be missing.
Thanks for the work, and hopefully you will get better.
So I got Hikashop and got good support before buying the s/w.
To my surprise, after buying the s/w (100 Euro)I am getting 0 response on my 1 (one) email to "support" (mailing by using the "contact us" on the Hika site and regular mails).
The s/w has a potential of becoming a leader, but it needs some advantages in the Business version that seem to be missing.
Thanks for the work, and hopefully you will get better.
Owner's reply
Hi,
I personally reply to all the messages sent via our contact form within 48 hours.
As far as I know, I've replied to all the messages.
Please send again your question. Maybe it was rejected by the Captcha system. The best is to use the forum for your questions as we have all the team able to answer on it with a ticketing system and no captcha.
Nicolas
After spending too much time on other extensions, I've finally found the good one :) !
I came across this extension fairly recently as I have developed in other cart systems for years. I was really surprised with the features and ease of use. One of the nicest features which I had been looking for in other cart systems in the past was the ability to change up the images based on custom variants selected which comes built in to Hikashop. Customizing the look and feel of Hikashop was relatively simple with firebug installed and whenever I ran into an issue I was able to post it in the Hikashop forum and every question I had was answered. I was seriously blown away by the level of support and how quick the response time was. If you take your time reading the documentation as well as posts in the forum setting up shipping, payment methods etc. was relatively simple. I plan to continue using this extension and supporting this project. Well done!!!
i am pleased i must say, this component made my life easy.the functionality is amazing. I am happy
I want to commend the development team for HikaShop. It is an extraordinary component and in my opinion the best shopping cart extension for Joomla. I tested the free version before buying the business version to set up for a client this weekend.
The configuration is straight forward and the documentation is extremely comprehensive. It was the perfect fit for what our client wanted.
The configuration is straight forward and the documentation is extremely comprehensive. It was the perfect fit for what our client wanted.
I've never submitted a review before, even though I've used many Joomla components on many different sites. However HikaShop deserves to be acknowledged. It's a brilliant component into which a massive amount of effort has been put to make it comprehensive, feature-rich and well supported. I now use the commercial version, but it's amazing that there is even a free version available. ecommerce modules are always going to be complex, but HikaShop is fairly intuitive, well-organised and easy to manage compared to others. The online documentation is always one click away, even if it's a bit sketchy at times (I know this is constantly being worked on). Despite the lack of a good, comprehensive manual though, it's probably as easy to set up and use as an ecommerce module can be. So far, if I've wanted a feature, it's already included in HikaShop. The support is excellent, with prompt and helpful responses. In short, this is a superb extension that looks set to lead the field. It fully deserves all the praise it gets.
I tried Virtual Mart and always went through countless hours prepping it. and was still never satisfied.
Just tried Hikashop and 3 days later (might I add I was on experimental usage) and this afternoon got fully engrossed. I've set up most of my options, set up categories, associate the necessary modules... am so happy. And av not yet even asked for assistance....
I recommend this for anybody aiming to get ecommerce application within Joomla. Adding payment gateways is even easier than HTML!!
I'm going Pro soon. Thanks alot to the Hikari team.
Just tried Hikashop and 3 days later (might I add I was on experimental usage) and this afternoon got fully engrossed. I've set up most of my options, set up categories, associate the necessary modules... am so happy. And av not yet even asked for assistance....
I recommend this for anybody aiming to get ecommerce application within Joomla. Adding payment gateways is even easier than HTML!!
I'm going Pro soon. Thanks alot to the Hikari team.
Hello, I have 4 years experience in creating website with Joomla. I actually found the superiority of this component relative to others. This is a really intuitive component within the reach of everyone, beginner also. I used this extension and I am very happy. I appreciate the help desk, for its efficiency and speed. I used the free version for development and the Business version for the production without any problem when I have upgraded. Thanks to Hikashop team (specialy Nicolas)Help desk also in french...
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