HikaShop Development Services
Turn the Joomla site you already have into a real online store — products configured properly, payments wired in, and no monthly platform fee taken out of every sale.
- Built for Joomla
- No Monthly Platform Fee
- You Own Your Store & Data
- Based in Miami, FL
Sell Online From the Joomla Site You Already Have
HikaShop is an eCommerce extension that turns Joomla into a full online store. If your site is already on Joomla, it is usually the shortest and cheapest route to selling — same admin, same content, same team, with products added alongside your pages.
The trade against hosted platforms is straightforward: no monthly platform fee and no cut of your sales, but hosting, updates and security are yours to manage. That is the part we take on.
- Physical products, digital downloads and subscriptions
- Runs inside your existing Joomla installation
- Your product and customer data stay in your own database
- Scales from a handful of products to several thousand
Everything Included in Our HikaShop Services
Setup, design, and the configuration work that separates a store that sells from one that just exists.
Installation & Setup
HikaShop installed and configured inside your existing Joomla site, or a new Joomla build around it, with the settings that usually get missed handled from the start.
Product & Catalog Setup
Variants, characteristics, categories and filtering configured properly, so a growing catalog stays browsable instead of becoming a long list.
Payments, Shipping & Tax
Authorize.net, PayPal, Stripe and other gateways connected, plus shipping zones, live carrier rates and tax rules for where you actually sell.
Custom Store Design
A storefront that matches the rest of your Joomla site rather than looking like an extension bolted on, with product and checkout pages treated as the conversion tools they are.
Migration to HikaShop
Moving from VirtueMart, an older Joomla cart or a hosted platform — products, customers and orders brought across with redirects so your rankings survive.
Hosting, Security & Maintenance
A store is not a brochure site. We handle hosting sized for checkout traffic, SSL, PCI considerations, backups, and the Joomla and extension updates that keep it running.
Ready to Start Selling on Joomla?
Tell us what you are selling and how you want to get paid. We will come back with a scope and a price — free, with no obligation.
A Catalog Your Customers Can Actually Navigate
Most HikaShop stores that underperform have the same problem: products entered with no characteristics, no categories worth filtering by, and no thought given to how someone finds the thing they want.
We set the catalog up properly — variants, characteristics, categories and filtering — so a shopper who knows roughly what they want can get to it in two clicks instead of scrolling.
A Mature Joomla Cart With Room to Grow
HikaShop has been developed and supported for well over a decade and is one of the most widely used commerce extensions for Joomla. There are plugins for most gateways, carriers and accounting packages, and a support team that actually answers.
It also means you are not locked in. Your products, customers and orders live in your own Joomla database and can be exported at any time — no platform holding your catalog hostage if you decide to move on.
How a HikaShop Build Runs With Us
Products and payments get settled first — everything else follows from them.
Products & Payments
We review what you sell, how it varies, how you ship it and how you want to get paid, then scope the build around that.
Design
Storefront, category, product and checkout pages designed to match your Joomla template and approved before development starts.
Build & Configure
HikaShop set up, products imported, gateways connected, shipping and tax rules configured, then tested with real test orders.
Launch & Support
Go-live, staff training on managing orders and stock, then optional hosting and maintenance so updates never break checkout.
What Pairs Well With a HikaShop Store
A store needs traffic and a server underneath it. These are the services most HikaShop clients add.
VirtueMart
The other major Joomla cart. Worth comparing before you commit to either one — we build both.
WooCommerce
If you are open to moving off Joomla, WordPress and WooCommerce have the larger ecosystem behind them.
Search Engine Optimization
Product and category pages optimized so shoppers find you without paying for every click.
eCommerce Hosting
Hosting sized for checkout traffic, with SSL, backups and the PCI considerations handled for you.
HikaShop: Frequently Asked Questions
Is HikaShop free?
There is a free Starter edition that covers a basic catalog, plus paid Essential and Business editions that add variants, discounts, subscriptions and more payment options. The licence is a fraction of a hosted platform’s annual cost and there is no cut of your sales. We will tell you which edition your store actually needs.
Can you add HikaShop to our existing Joomla site?
Yes, and that is usually the cheapest path to selling online. We install and configure HikaShop alongside your current content, match the store design to your existing template, and make sure the addition does not slow the rest of the site down.
HikaShop or VirtueMart — which is better?
Both are mature Joomla carts. HikaShop is generally quicker to configure and has a cleaner back office; VirtueMart has been around longer and suits some catalog structures better. We build both and recommend based on what you sell, not our margin.
How many products can HikaShop handle?
Several thousand comfortably, when hosting and the database are set up for it. Performance problems are almost always hosting or extension bloat rather than the platform hitting a limit.
Which payment gateways can you set up?
Authorize.net, PayPal, Stripe, Square and most regional processors. If your merchant account offers a HikaShop plugin, we can connect it.
Can you migrate our store to or from HikaShop?
Yes, in both directions. We move products, customers and order history, rebuild the storefront, and put redirects in place so the URLs you already rank for keep working.
Do you handle Joomla updates and security after launch?
Yes. A store processes payments, so an unpatched Joomla core or extension is a real liability. Our maintenance plans cover Joomla, HikaShop and extension updates, plus backups, monitoring and checkout testing after each update.
Let Us Build Your HikaShop Store
Tell us what you sell and we will come back with a clear scope and a clear price. Use the form below, or call (305) 812-5999 and talk to someone who will actually be working on your store.