Adding Downloadable products for sale in VM2.0.8e

[kanivel]

Hi,
I'm using VM2.0.8e. While adding a new product I don't get the role 'Downloadabl product File(to be sold). I can see only 2 roles, namely 'displayable' and 'downloadable'. What should I do?

[fstltna]

You need to buy the "virtual good shipping" module to make downloadble items. The "downloadable" option you are toking about is just for images.

[kanivel]

Is it so? But in the manual for older version, it talks about all downloadable items like ebook & so on. It is also said to be a part of the free version in the older releases. Is it dropped now?

[fstltna]

Yes, in the 2.x version of vm it is a seperate piece...

[rickyvt]

I will be checking on other joomla ecommerce solutions then...

[PolishedGeek]

Rickyvt, if downloads are your primary product (or only product), then yes, you might want to check on an ecommerce extension that is specifically designed for virtual products.

I recently did a presentation at JoomlaDay Chicago 2012 comparing 10 different Joomla ecommerce extensions. (slides for my talk "Checkout Your Options for J!2.5 E-Commerce" are available in PDF here: http://polishedgeek.com/media/checkout-your-options-for-joomla-ecommerce-shopping-carts-j2.5-e-commerce.pdf).  Digistore is the commercial extension I recommend if you are selling all digital goods. (http://ecommerce.ijoomla.com/)

If you want to stay with Virtuemart, I recently saw this new DigiToll extension recommended - http://www.digitollsoftware.com/#features . However, I cannot vouch for it myself as I have not evaluated a live copy yet.