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I am prepping to build a site that will enable me to have the ability to sell downloads( books and mp3). If anybody has suggestions on the best plug in for this project and any other suggestions would be appreciated.

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#432383

<em>@kmjrecords 292704 wrote:</em><blockquote>I am prepping to build a site that will enable me to have the ability to sell downloads( books and mp3). If anybody has suggestions on the best plug in for this project and any other suggestions would be appreciated.</blockquote>
Which shopping cart component do you plan to use with your site?

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#432387

I am not sure still in the planning process. I do like the look and feel of Ijoomla digi store plug in. I don’t know enough about it yet. it has some great features that allows video’s and descriptions of downloads. Any suggestions.

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#432388

<em>@kmjrecords 292710 wrote:</em><blockquote>I am not sure still in the planning process. I do like the look and feel of Ijoomla digi store plug in. I don’t know enough about it yet. it has some great features that allows video’s and descriptions of downloads. Any suggestions.</blockquote>
Well, that is certainly one way to go. iJoomla products are generally well received and seem to function well.

Of course, there is VirtueMart – which recently released their v2.0 (J1.7 compatible) component update. I believe the core VirtueMart compoenent supports download sales – though there are also several 3rd Part extensions/plugins for VirtueMart that will allow this as well. I would think you would also want to include some kind of mp3/music (and/or video) viewer as part of your sales/marketing efforts too – right?

Personally, I do not know enough about JoomShopping or RedShop to be able to vouch for their respective capabilities and/or reliability.

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#432389

Tom are these templates for the whole site or are they used as a page for purchasing. ijoomla looks as if its a total template site.

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<em>@kmjrecords 292712 wrote:</em><blockquote>Tom are these templates for the whole site or are they used as a page for purchasing. ijoomla looks as if its a total template site.</blockquote>
Well, VirtueMart is a component that generates it’s own pages – and various extensions you install can enhance such … though you would likely need to do some relatively minor customization to get it to look just as you like. There are also “plug-and-play” themes for VirtueMart available as well.

However, if you are most comfortable with something that you can run with right out of the box, then perhaps the iJoomla DigiStore is the way to go for you. (I’ve only ever read/seen the info pages and images on the iJoomla website – I don’t think I’ve seen an actual site using the iJoomla DigiStore component . . . . yet). 😎

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@ TomC

I have the same ambition however mine are files that can be downloaded free of charge. I want to use VM can you point me at the right direction?

Thanks

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<em>@mgbcomputers 300097 wrote:</em><blockquote>@ TomC

I have the same ambition however mine are files that can be downloaded free of charge. I want to use VM can you point me at the right direction?

Thanks</blockquote>
Well, really …. the place I would point you is to VIRTUEMART[/url].

I am quite sure you can offer downloadable products free of charge through the configurations.

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#438004

<em>@TomC 300177 wrote:</em><blockquote>Well, really …. the place I would point you is to VIRTUEMART.
</blockquote>

Get out!

Use JoomShopping!! :laugh:

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#438009

<em>@swissa 300181 wrote:</em><blockquote>Get out!

Use JoomShopping!! :laugh:</blockquote>
Well, there are a variety of options . . . VirtueMart, JoomShopping, RedShop . . .

It basically comes down to what one feels one can work best with. For myself, it also comes down to the additional options available to me, such as themes, addons, analytics, etc.

For example, both YAGENDOO and POWERED BY VIRTUEMART make some pretty decent themes for VirtueMart.

😎

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#438012

I got VM2 running on a tiris on localhost but it’s hard work for an idiot like me.

Aber Du hast Recht!

It’s all down to personal preferences and thanks to you guys @ JA, I’ve ended up knowing JoomShopping inside out! The fact that it’s got German roots is by-the-by! 🙂

(Hikashop is pretty cool too but expensive when you factor in mehrsprachige/multi-language). As long as it all works on T3 eh? :p

(Currently playing with JS and Methys 2.5 and I think it could come out better than Tiris!)

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