Store Manager for VirtueMart

The Internet managed to integrate most real life activities within specific services, and categories. Stores and transactions make no exceptions, with multiple platforms helping place orders with little effort. However, management is not an easy task, but using specialized applications like Store Manager for VirtueMart surely helps.

Needless to say that there are two mandatory requirements, namely an active Internet connection, as well as a VirtueMart account. Launching the application brings up the connection wizard to quickly get you in touch with your product database, but you can skip this step and access it later on, with several advanced settings at your disposal for FTP, SFTP, FTPS, and FTPES.

A great advantage is the visual design, which is wrapped around the popular Office interface, and even lets you select from different color schemes to make it suit your style. Panels can be resized and arranged in different layouts, while window support allows you to work on more projects at a time. All changes can be restored to default at the press of a button.

With a successful connection you have access to most areas you need to properly manage your store. These categories range from products, and manufacturers, taxes and calculation rules, media files, and even shoppers, shopper groups, coupons, or orders, to point of sale unit controls, and possibility to edit custom fields.

Editing can seem a little overwhelming at first, with all edit panels filled with an abundance of properties, and general info fields. Depending on the type, such as SKU, ID, name, URLs, manufacturer, availability, price specifications, and metadata, you can pick existing values from your database with a drop-down menu, set numerical values with the help of a calculator for prices, or manually insert values.

There’s a built-in SQL editor with which to handle your database with ease. Scripts and tasks can be imported from existing files. Email notifications are sure to alert you of custom events, while automated backup procedures keep your work safe, and updated.

Last but not least, the SQL can also take part in building a report, which also benefits from a visual designer to add some personality. There are several preset types like invoice, delivery notes, barcode labels, best customers, sellers, customer reviews, or common reports like products list, sales reports, or worst sellers.

There is more to Store Manager for VirtueMart than meets the eye, and it can take some time for newcomers to fully get acquainted with the abundance, and variety of features. However, the popular Office like design helps out, while the connection wizard gets you quickly in touch with your database. Store management becomes a walk in the park thanks to intuitive database management solutions, making this application a powerful ally to your online store.