OsCommerce is an electronic commerce system adaptable to all types of businesses wishing to make their items for sale over the Internet. Modules containing credit card payment and other systems such as WebPay, DineroMail.

OsCommerce with basic installation covers all the needs of most online businesses. However, its functionality can be widely extended thanks to the numerous extensions that provide their community for free.

Features:

• Multilingual with English, Spanish and German installed by default
• Unlimited Products and Categories
• Accept numerous online payment methods, such as WebPay, DineroMail, etc.
• Payments by credit card, check or bank transfer
• Support for different currencies
• Management of different shipping zones with different rates
• Management via Internet
• Secure transactions SSL (Secure Sockets Layer)
• Different shipping options product (price, weight, destination, etc)

VirtueMart is an eCommerce system that allows to implement an online store very easily. It is also fully integrated with content management systems Mambo and Joomla, with which the administration of the system is extremely easy to perform.

These are the main features of VirtueMart:

1. General Features
   1. Solution platform: Works on both servers / hosting Windows and Linux / Unix / MacOS
   2. All features are configured when installing the product
   3. Fully multi-language: It can be deployed in multiple languages
2. Graphic Design
   1. Fits the template used by Joomla and Mambo
   2. Support for dynamic images

1. Products and Categories
   1. You can add as many products and categories as you want
   2. Can be used only as a catalog (without cart features)
   3. Nesting unlimited categories and subcategories. Products can be assigned to multiple categories.
   4. Sort your Categories the way you want
   5. Support for downloadable products online (eg, MP3 Music, Videos or Software)
   6. You can add a small and a large picture of each product
   7. You can add attributes to their products (eg, size or color) to offer product variations
   8. You can apply discounts (Percent, Total, for a limited time, etc)
   9. You can show details and images for each item
   10. Import data from their products via comma delimited files (CSV)
   11. You can manage the stock level of products and items
   12. Automatic notification to customers when they again have a product in stock
   13. Highlight certain products marked as "On Special"

1. Client Groups and User Management
   1. Add clients and assign them to different groups
   2. Discounts for groups of customers
   3. Products can have multiple prices according to groups of customers or the price range
   4. You can restrict the display of prices for specific groups of users
   5. You can assign users to groups to allow the administration of them by several people in your organization.
   6. You can assign products to vendors to allow them to retain only those products that you own.

1. Easy configuration and adaptation
   1. All the functionality of the product is administered directly into the integrated interface with Joomla / Mambo
   2. In the Welcome screen is available statistics from the shopping cart. Has a summary of the number of customers, the number of purchase orders, the 5 new clients, etc.
   3. You can manage the system directly from the page of your site without having to enter the backend system.
   4. Overall format and currency rates
   5. Templates for product pages
   6. You can extend the basic functions of the shopping cart with various expansion modules available.
   7. It can handle different currencies and countries
2. Shipping addresses and rates
   1. Customers can add individual Shipping Addresses
   2. You can get shipping rates in real time from Intershipper, USPS, UPS, Canada Post, etc.
   3. Shipping modules can be created to expand the system
   4. Prices of products may include shipping costs as the client group of concerned
   5. You can choose between calculating prices according to the shipping address (city / province and country / region) or the region where the shop owner
3. Payment
   1. You can use SSL encryption (128 bit) and Shared SSL
   2. It is possible to process the credit card in real time
   3. Support for the following methods of payment providers
      1. DineroMail (Coming soon)
      2. 2CheckOut
      3. PayPal (with IPN gateway)
      4. Paymate
      5. NoChex
      6. WorldPay "IPN"
      7. PayMeNow
      8. eCheck.net
      9. eWay (XML Transactions)
      10. eProcessingNetwork
      11. Other
4. Order Management
   1. Full management Purchase orders
   2. Automatic notification to customers before the change in the status of orders
   3. You can see who ordered according to their IP address
   4. States can extend other orders defined by yourself
5. Features available to customers
   1. Easy to find products by its customers through the search form
   2. Customers can see how long shipping normally takes place on the product detail page (seen this information with nice pictures)
   3. Customers can manage their user accounts
   4. Customers can view all purchase orders with their details
   5. E-mail confirmation of orders as to both the user and the owner of the shopping cart

1. Integration with Joomla and Mambo
   1. Customer registration while in the checkout process. The system records the user on the global user table because it is necessary to register to purchase items in the shopping cart.
   2. Full integration with the screen layout using CSS styles defined in

1. Additional Modules Available
   1. Several modules available checkout
   2. List of latest products
   3. Mini Cart
   4. Random Products
   5. Featured Products & Specials
   6. Basic report for statistical purposes