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This is the bandwagon that everyone needs to jump on. I worked with Tienda for a long time and was one of its biggest supporters (username marksa). However, with the change to Joomla 2.5, I went through several carts.

Bottom line is this extension just works. eCommerce sites can easily become "black holes" where you spend a lot more time than you imagined. Install is easy and there are no bugs. Import function works great. It is worth the money to get MijoShop over AceShop as it uses the newest version of OpenCart which will help you in extension choices.

These are my only notes that might be helpful (from US perspective)

- Add to cart buttons: To make it match with your template buttons (like "readon" or "readmore"), you can actually change the CSS class for these in the MijoShop options.

- Postal Code: You will want to go into countries and make postal code required for US and Canada.

- Default units are all metric. Make sure you change in system settings and in products (I go into mysql and change default there)

- Dates are not in US format which confuses clients. There is free OpenCart extension to fix.

Developer is also responsive with support tickets.

Easy install. Add info from zendesk account and it's up and running in minutes.

The best compliment I can give JPayPlans is that my customers use it. The front end process is very straightforward and keeps conversions high.

For a long time, I have wanted to get all my maintenance and hosting clients on an automated reoccurring billing system. I have tried several other components but inevitably would get the "I tried your system but just couldn't figure it out; can I just mail you a check?" After switching to JPayPlans every existing client that I have sent there has completed their subscription and that makes it worth the money right there. I just upgraded it to Professional to use on other sites.

In using it, I have found a few little things on the backend that need to be tweaked or documented better; but they are very aggressive with their upgrades and it seems like when I go to the site to report something, it is already in a new upgrade or in progress. The time that I did request support, I heard back from JPayPlans within hours which is impressive considering the time difference.

Overall, it takes a lot to impress me for components, but this is something I will highly recommend for others to use.