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Introducing EasyStore: eCommerce Made Easy Yet Powerful in Joomla 

05 October 2023
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Introducing EasyStore: eCommerce Made Easy Yet Powerful in Joomla 

Buckle up, eCommerce enthusiasts! The moment you've been eagerly awaiting is finally here. 

EasyStore has officially made its entrance! As the name suggests, it's easy to use and power-packed with features to elevate your Joomla eCommerce game.

Whether you're a seasoned business owner or an aspiring entrepreneur, EasyStore has the perfect mix of simplicity and functionality to take your Joomla eCommerce experience to new heights. From effortlessly creating products to delivering the perfect checkout experience, the new eCommerce extension in town equips you with the tools you need to bring your dream online store to life. 

Drumroll please, as we unveil the endless possibilities that await you with EasyStore!  

Create Your Products With Ease

Create products in EasyStore

Let's dive straight into the heart of EasyStore which is product creation. 

With EasyStore you can effortlessly create, manage, and present products with finesse all within the familiar Joomla environment. From categories to variations, images to descriptions, it lets you craft products to give your shoppers the best shopping experience! 

Add Variants to Your Products

With EasyStore, we have made it a breeze to create and manage product variations! Offer different options like size, color, or material, and let your customers tailor their shopping experience to their preferences.

  • Create as many attributes as you need, and let EasyStore automatically generate the corresponding variations.
  • Manage advanced attributes for each variant, such as SKU, weight, price adjustments, and inventory status, all in one place.

Enrich Product Showcase With Multiple Images

In the realm of eCommerce, images speak volumes. Enrich your product showcase with multiple images allowing shoppers to explore your products from every angle. 

Prevent Over-Selling Mishaps With Automated Inventory Management 

Managing inventory can be a daunting task, but EasyStore takes the sweat out of it. Say goodbye to manual inventory updates, stockouts, lost sales, and frustrated customers. Its automated inventory management ensures that your product availability is always up-to-date, down to the variant level.

Enjoy the Convenience of Bulk Updating Product Information

Managing a large inventory? No problem. With EasyStore, you can swiftly update product information in bulk, saving you precious time and effort. Enjoy the convenience of performing bulk actions, such as generating SKUs and updating prices, inventory values, and weights for multiple variants simultaneously.

Organize Your Store with Categories & Tags

Organize products with categories and tags

EasyStore makes it quick and efficient for your customers to find what they want by organizing your store with categories & tags.

Easily create and manage categories, making navigation a breeze for your customers. You can also add descriptive tags to your products to enhance product discoverability, ensuring that customers find what they're looking for quickly and efficiently.

Store Essentials - Currency, Shipping, & Tax Management

Set up store essentials

Tailor your online store with preferred currency and weight units, shipping regions, methods, rates, and precise state-specific tax control.

Set Your Desired Currency & Weight Units

Personalize your store your way with your preferred currency and measurement options. Set your preferred currency for pricing and choose the weight unit that suits your products best. 

Simplified Shipping Management 

Set up shipping regions, configure delivery methods, and ensure a smooth shipping experience for your online store. 

  • Define custom shipping regions tailored to your target markets.
  • Configure various delivery methods to meet your customers' shipping preferences.
  • Set shipping costs based on your business strategy, whether it's flat-rate, rate-by-weight, or free shipping for specific products.

State-Specific Tax Management

Define and manage your sales tax rates not only at the country but also at the state levels. This granular control makes it easy to update and maintain precise tax adjustments based on your specific location.

Flexible Order Management

Flexible order management in EasyStore

EasyStore takes order management to the next level, offering unparalleled flexibility to meet your specific needs. Whether you need to create manual orders, apply exclusive discounts, or track order statuses, EasyStore has you covered.

Never Miss a Custom Order

Got a custom order or a special request? No worries – EasyStore allows you to create orders manually, ensuring you seize every business opportunity.

Add Exclusive Discount if Needed

Enjoy the freedom to apply exclusive discounts to specific orders, catering to unique scenarios and rewarding loyal customers.

Monitor Order Status & Add Tracking

Stay on top of your orders with EasyStore's order management capabilities. Monitor order statuses and efficiently track orders by adding tracking information, keeping your customers informed every step of the way.

Issue Partial or Full Refund

If a paid order requires a refund, EasyStore provides a straightforward process for handling this scenario too! You have the flexibility to issue either a partial or full refund and the payment status will be automatically changed to reflect the refund. 

Create Discount Coupons to Attract More Sales

Create coupon and discount codes

Who doesn’t love a good bargain? Discounts and promotions boost your sales and breathe more life into your site. With EasyStore, you can create and manage discount coupons, reuse them, set coupon duration, and more giving your customers compelling reasons to shop with you.

Boost Trust With Reviews & Ratings

Display and manage product reviews

Reviews & ratings hold tremendous power and can make or break a sale. With EasyStore, not only can you showcase product reviews and ratings, but you can also take control of your reviews, deciding whether to publish or unpublish them according to your preferences.

Pre-built Customizable Email Notifications

Default email notifications

Get default email templates to keep your customers informed and engaged throughout their shopping journey. Add the customer’s name, billing address, coupon codes, etc. in your emails with the help of tokens and customize the content to match your brand's tone and style effortlessly.

Secure Payment Integrations

Your customers deserve a payment experience they can trust, and EasyStore is here to deliver just that! It offers a selection of top-tier payment integrations, including Stripe, PayPal, and Paddle to ensure safe and reliable transactions for your online store.

That’s not all! With an exciting lineup of additional integrations in the pipeline, rest assured you can offer your customers a seamless and worry-free payment experience.

Deliver the Perfect Checkout Experience

Deliver the perfect checkout experience

EasyStore simplifies the checkout process for a perfect, hassle-free shopping experience that will keep your customers coming back for more.

Add to Cart

Streamline the checkout process with the "Add to Cart" functionality. Customers can easily gather their desired products for a seamless purchasing experience.

Wishlist

Let customers create their wishlists, allowing them to save and revisit their favorite products effortlessly.

Account Creation

EasyStore simplifies the account creation process, encouraging customer engagement and retention.

Grow Your Business With Performance Analytics

Grow your store with Analytics

eCommerce analytics are built right in EasyStore so that you can track your store performance and make informed decisions! Get data-driven insights like gross sales, net sales, total orders, products sold, canceled orders, etc. to analyze product and customer trends.

From tracking your top-selling items and categories to your net sales and refunds over time, get all the metrics you need to succeed. 

Seamlessly Manage Customer Accounts

Manage customer accounts

EasyStore streamlines customer accounts management, making it both efficient and hassle-free.

  • Get the flexibility to manually create customer accounts, ensuring no business opportunity goes unnoticed.
  • Seamlessly edit and update customer account information, keeping your records accurate and up-to-date.
  • Easily search and retrieve customer data, allowing you to serve your customers better.

Design Your Store with SP Page Builder 

Wait, there’s more! 

EasyStore also has deep two-way integration with SP Page Builder to give you the ultimate creative control over your eCommerce store’s layout and design. With the intuitive drag-and-drop capabilities of SP Page Builder, you can effortlessly craft visually stunning Joomla eCommerce websites.

This integration includes two default pages, Storefront and Single Product page, as well as a collection of addons that can be used to create highly customized product listings and single product pages.

These dedicated EasyStore addons cover various aspects of store design, including product filters, product lists, pagination, and more, giving you the utmost flexibility over your store pages' layout.

Take EasyStore For a Spin! 

If you have read it this far, don't just take our word for it. Take EasyStore for a spin and see it for yourself! Get started now and witness an eCommerce experience in Joomla like never before. 

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Zareen Tasnim

Zareen Tasnim

Technical Content Writer
Zareen is a technical content writer at JoomShaper. She's a tech enthusiast, writer by day, programmer by night, and always a foodie at heart!
swemmel
swemmel
6 months ago
Too expensive. No guest-checkout.
If you have Agency membership for templates, you have also entrance to all templates and sppb pro, even for unlimited domains. If you only need for 1 domain an easy store license, you don't need the templates and extensions.
Also a price raise of 25% (without any notice to the customers!!)) for the Agency subscription for templates/sppb pro is pretty ridiculous. (from $299 to $399).
Kawshar Ahmed
Kawshar Ahmed
6 months ago
Guest checkout will be added in the future. The core is ready to accept guest checkout. We will introduce the feature in no time.

EasyStore pricing includes all Templates, SP Page Builder Pro & EasyStore extension.

Thanks
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nakyfo
6 months ago
I don't understand, a few months ago, you mentioned that these features would be included in SP Page Builder. Please, let's avoid creating false expectations and misinformation.
Kawshar Ahmed
Kawshar Ahmed
6 months ago
Initially it was planned for SP Page Builder but now it's not. That's why the pricing is not a part of the existing plans. Thanks for understanding.
Andreas
Andreas
6 months ago
It looks really really good!
I am from Sweden and probably need other checkouts later, and as i understand it is now 599 for Agency license. I have been member on Agency level for many years and i do not agree 100%% with the others, 599 is not that much for unlimited access i think. That is payed back with the first built shop i think otherwise you are doing something wrong.
swemmel
swemmel
6 months ago
Then you are going from $299 to $599 wich is a increase in price from +200%. For that $300 you get a shopping-cart solution for multiple websites. Knowing JoomShaper, the shopping-cart will still have many bugs and lacks more or less functionalities that other (cheaper) shopping-carts for Joomla have.
Another thing is that they increase the price of the "regular" Agency subscription with 25% (from $299 to $399) without informing the customers.
Andreas
Andreas
6 months ago
Yes, at least that's how I feel, you can feel however you want. But I still think 599 a year is cheap considering how much I use these products.

It sounds like you think it's expensive and useless, so what are you doing here? There are many other solutions that are cheaper as you say.

I have no interest whatsoever in entering into a discussion about this. So this is my only answer to you. I wish you all the best in the future with your business. Many hugs from me.
Atlas
Atlas
6 months ago
Andreas.. for once, the price would be okay. But you need to pay this every f*** year! Think about!
zamipl
zamipl
6 months ago
I have the same... I have acvite developer account since 07 November 2016 and i'm so disappointed !!! It looks like this is the first time I won't renew my subscription. You promised something different... Besides, why did the package for the agency increase from $299 to $399 without any information? $200 for the ability to use the store itself when there are so many other solutions? As an agency, I say no!
Muntasir Sakib
Muntasir Sakib
6 months ago
I would like to respectfully suggest that it might be premature to make a definitive decision without first experiencing EasyStore for yourself. Should you have an active subscription with us, you have the opportunity to download the Allura template and immerse yourself in the process of developing an eCommerce website firsthand.

Your experience with EasyStore could provide valuable insights and inform your decision-making process. We encourage you to explore the possibilities before reaching a conclusion.
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lluis
6 months ago
I like what I see, it's a shame I can't try it to give my opinion and evaluate if it is a suitable product for my clients. EasyStore supports multi language? Do you have in your roadmap to offer the Redsys payment method?
Andreas
Andreas
6 months ago
What do you mean? I am testing it right now, i just downloaded it and installed it.
Muntasir Sakib
Muntasir Sakib
6 months ago
If you currently possess an active subscription with us, we invite you to take advantage of the opportunity to experience EasyStore firsthand. Simply download the Allura template quickstart pack and proceed with the installation. Once completed, you will have access to the brand-new template, complete with EasyStore integration.

We welcome you to explore EasyStore thoroughly and share your valuable feedback with us. Your insights and input are highly appreciated as we continue to refine and enhance our offerings.
Muntasir Sakib
Muntasir Sakib
6 months ago
@Andreas, do not hesitate to share your EasyStore experience with us.
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lluis
6 months ago
@Andreas @Muntasir Sakib, Perfect. I had gone directly to download the extension and it won't let me. Now I have downloaded the template and I am going to try it. Thank you
pepperstreet
pepperstreet
6 months ago
Confused.
There is no single purchase of EasyShop? I don't need ALL TEMPLATES access.
SP PageBuilder PRO is required or is it an optional design tool?
pepperstreet
pepperstreet
6 months ago
Catalog mode? Is it possible to create a Products catalog/directory without any prices. No shopping cart. Maybe the wishlist functionality is still interesting: Visiters might collect products and request additional details or get personal offers by mail.
Kawshar Ahmed
Kawshar Ahmed
6 months ago
It can be done easily. Using SP Page Builder Pro, you can remove the Add to cart button and use it as catalog. The customization is beyond imagination and that's why brought deeper integration with SP Page Builder. I hope this answered your previous comment as well.

Thanks
swemmel
swemmel
6 months ago
It can be done, but you have to do it on every column that you created. There is no global option in the shop-backend where you can set it in just one place.
pepperstreet
pepperstreet
6 months ago
Thanks Kashwar & swemmel,
I just can judge it from the Joomshaper product page and the template demo... so it is quite hard to get a complete picture.

It is still unclear if EasyShop requires PageBuilder Pro? Or is it also a standalone extensions with the usual menuitems and modules?

SPPB integration: Is this an integration like with J! Articles? So, I would have to design each and every single product? No general template for a product, or an entire category?

ALLURA DEMO – some things I have noticed...

- FILTER
on small screens should be collapsable. Or in an off-canvas panel like the shopping cart. Otherwise, people would have to scroll all day long. Pretty unusable on a phone.

- SHOPPING CART
After putting an item into the shopping cart, it opens the cart immediately. It would be nice to have an option to just get a notice/message and stay on the shop page. Alternative, a visual button in the shopping cart that says "keep on shopping...". Currently there is only a small close x icon in the upper right corner. Not speakable enough for an average user.

- WISHLIST
I could not see a wishlist functionality in the demo. Is it only for registered users?

Allure looks pretty sleek, BTW ;)
Samu
Samu
6 months ago
I am inclined to try the Allura template.
That is only after the other templates are up to date with PHP 8.x.

I expect EasyStore to do that when the other templates are up to date.

I will say it again.
Please quickly bring the other templates up to date with the latest PHP 8.x.
Muntasir Sakib
Muntasir Sakib
6 months ago
@Isamu, There will be more PHP 8.x compatible eCommerce templates in the coming days. Even the existing templates will get the required updates soon. Thanks for your concern.
Samu
Samu
6 months ago
Mr Muntasir, you who are a boaster should be obliged to answer this!

https://www.joomshaper.com/forum/question/28262

It is a constructive conversation.

We look forward to hearing from you.
swemmel
swemmel
6 months ago
A first quick testrun on the EasyShop / Allure-template give me a first impression. As I was afraid of the product is not actually finalized and lacks stuff that other shops have. Though I love the integration with PageBuilder and the pretty clear UI of the Shops backend. Here are my first remarks/bugs that I found. If I have more time I will do more testing for you guys:

- No Guest checkout, people are forced to make an account
- When adding a product to wishlist I get the error "JLIB_JS_AJAX_ERROR_OTHER"
- No compare products
- No email template(s)
- No option for "Inform me when product is in stock"
- When edit a order in the backend, there is no back-button. When you leave the screen with cancel the order is still checked-in by the administrator
- Tracking inventory does not work well.
- Not at the level of Variants (When customer buys more then 1 variant only the stock of 1 of the sold products is modified)
- Not at the Product level (When have underlaying variants, the main inventory of the product is not modified when 1 or more variants are sold)


Payment options
- Mollie

Shipment options
- DHL
- UPS
swemmel
swemmel
6 months ago
Some more issues.

- No "Continue Shopping" in cart module (after adding products to cart)
- Checkout page on mobile needs some adjustment (see picture)
- After checkout it would be nice to have a summary of your order instead of just the line "Thanks for your purchase"
- After checkout and press back-button in browser you get an error: "0 Invalid checkout information. You may come early or not in a proper way."
- Customer Profile shows standard Joomla profile with settings like Editor, Frontend Language, etc etc". A customer is not interested in this, he/she 99 out of 100 times does not even know the meaning of these settings. Better hide this stuff for shop-visitors/shop-customers.
- When adding more product to cart then there are in stock you just get a popup with the message "training.pswemmelaar.nl meldt het volgende. You cannot add more Drop Shoulder Top (XS | Taupe) to the cart.". This happens for example when there is 1 product in stock and people ad 2 or more to the cart. I think it is better to prevent the possibility to add more items then there are in stock.
- The same popup appears when there is 1 item in stock and you add that item to the cart and then go back to the article. The article still shows "in stock" but when you add the article again to the cart the popup appears.
- No Captcha/reCaptcha at adding reviews. A lot of spam will appear.
- There is no option to set if the prices of the products are shown included or excluded taxes. Now I got the surprise that during checkout 21% VAT was added to the price. A lot of shops show the price on the website including taxes and on the checkout page you will see the price split in price of product + price of taxes. (For example, price of a product in the product listing is €121,00, but on the checkout page the price of the product is €100,00 and taxes are €21,00)
Muntasir Sakib
Muntasir Sakib
6 months ago
We would like to express our gratitude for your comprehensive feedback and suggestions aimed at enhancing EasyStore in the future. Your insights are greatly appreciated. Additionally, we have taken note of the forum post containing your recommendations.

We will bring the suggestions you made to the table and thoroughly review and consider every feature request and issue.
swemmel
swemmel
6 months ago
You are welcome
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Darek
6 months ago
I'm sorry for your opinion, but once again you are not listening to your customers. It was similar when you removed Page Builder 4 backend edit from SP. The current pricing plan for EasyShop is unacceptable and I think long-time customers will not renew their subscription.
Muntasir Sakib
Muntasir Sakib
6 months ago
Have you tried EasyStore yet? If so, how's your experience so far?

We are taking care of every customer's requirements and will introduce any and every feature that is needed to make EasyStore better in the coming days. What exactly are you referring to by saying 'not listening to your customers' if you wouldn't mind me asking?
S
ssnobben
6 months ago
E-commerce solutions have higher prices and is needed. So people that want quality have to pay for it.
JB
Jean-Marc Burri
6 months ago
This shop really needs an option to set the prices with taxes included.
Muntasir Sakib
Muntasir Sakib
6 months ago
Thank you for your suggestion. We might take that into consideration.

We know, it's necessary for the German users and users from the EU to showcase the tax amount in the product list page, are you from any of these places?
JB
Jean-Marc Burri
6 months ago
Yes, I am from Switzerland. Standard businesses need to show prices with taxes included.
S
ssnobben
6 months ago
Great news! Congrats hope you tested it for Joomla 4.4 and Joomla 5 too. I am interested if you have support for "Dropshipping" system too. Cheers!
Francois Barnard
Francois Barnard
6 months ago
Hi

I have a few questions:
1. If I am already subscribed to unlimited SP Page Builder installations, and EasyStore includes the same, do I still have to pay the $599 fee - it seems a bit hefty.
2. Is EasyStore compatible with payment platforms such as Payfast or Mobipaid? We prefer not to use PayPal due to their outrageous fees and poor service.
3. Do you have anyone else in South Africa using this product?

Having read the comments above, I am hesitant to commit myself to this product at this stage.

Regards,

Francois
Muntasir Sakib
Muntasir Sakib
6 months ago
Thanks for your interest @Barnard. As you said you already have an active Agency subscription with us, why don't you just download the Allura template and give EasyStore a try before coming to a conclusion on whether you should go for EasyStore or not? Let's talk about your queries -

1. If you have an active Agency subscription with us, you can upgrade to the EasyStore Agency plan anytime. You can upgrade from your dashboard and the adjusted price that you need to pay will be shown immediately.

2. We have Stripe, Paddle, and COD (Cash On Delivery) integrated with EasyStore now. We will surely introduce more payment systems in the coming days. Most importantly, we will share the developer documentation so that anyone can integrate his desired payment systems easily. However, thanks for sharing your interest in Payfast and Mobipaid.

3. We have clients based in South Africa who are currently exploring EasyStore.

Do you have any more questions in your mind? Feel free to reach out.
WJ
Wilson Junior
6 months ago
The new extension is amazing and certainly many improvements are necessary for its improvement. I don't know how many subscriptions Joomshaper has in Brazil, but to enter these e-commerce platforms, which is already very competitive (considering too a disadvantage for the player who is from outside because of the very high Dollar), the payment method functions and delivery must be explored much more so that the extension has a relative sales success. Anyway, congratulations on the newest addition to the Jooshaper family.
S
ssnobben
6 months ago
About Helix Ultimate with Joomla 5 compability. There were some report about problems there "Re: Discuss Joomla! 5.0

Post by JasnaSontag » Fri Oct 20, 2023 8:10 am
Administration for Helix framework doesn't work in J5, and no Font Awesome 5." https://forum.joomla.org/viewtopic.php?f=9&p=3704568#p3704568

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