[Skip to main content](#vessel-content) # Migration from Virtuemart possible ## - **[IamJim](/forum/user/5406-iamjim "View IamJim's Profile")** - [![IamJim's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/core/svg/person.svg)](/forum/user/5406-iamjim "View IamJim's Profile") - [ Offline](/forum/user/5406-iamjim) Less More - Posts: 135 - Thank you received: 5 - - 14 years 7 months ago [\#45618](#45618) by [IamJim](/forum/user/5406-iamjim "View IamJim's Profile") Replied by *[IamJim](/forum/user/5406-iamjim "View IamJim's Profile")* on topic *[Re: Migration from Virtuemart possible](/forum/2-general-talk-about-hikashop/208-migration-from-virtuemart-possible?start=20#45618 "Hi, I have an existing webshop built with Virtuemart, but for some reason I have been looking for an alternative for a while. Biggest problem with Virtuemart is the presentation of different languages, a component called Joomfish has to be installed, kind of difficult to me, anyway I need my shop in three languages. However in order to avoid building up a new shop from scratch, it would be great if there was a solution to migrate the existing one to a hikashop. Would that be possible? Best wishes wolfsauge")* And then do the same for category also? 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Biggest problem with Virtuemart is the presentation of different languages, a component called Joomfish has to be installed, kind of difficult to me, anyway I need my shop in three languages. However in order to avoid building up a new shop from scratch, it would be great if there was a solution to migrate the existing one to a hikashop. Would that be possible? Best wishes wolfsauge")* I do not see EXPORT in Hika? Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzItZ2VuZXJhbC10YWxrLWFib3V0LWhpa2FzaG9wLzIwOC1taWdyYXRpb24tZnJvbS12aXJ0dWVtYXJ0LXBvc3NpYmxlP3N0YXJ0PTIwJnRtcGw9bWFya2Rvd24=) or [Create an account](/component/users/registration?Itemid=101) to join the conversation. - **[nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile")** - [![nicolas's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/avatars/resized/size144/users/avatar63.png?1793428657)](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile") - [ Offline](/forum/user/63-nicolas) Less More - Posts: 86541 - Thank you received: 14304 - - 14 years 7 months ago [\#45623](#45623) by [nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile") Replied by *[nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile")* on topic *[Re: Migration from Virtuemart possible](/forum/2-general-talk-about-hikashop/208-migration-from-virtuemart-possible?start=20#45623 "Hi, I have an existing webshop built with Virtuemart, but for some reason I have been looking for an alternative for a while. Biggest problem with Virtuemart is the presentation of different languages, a component called Joomfish has to be installed, kind of difficult to me, anyway I need my shop in three languages. However in order to avoid building up a new shop from scratch, it would be great if there was a solution to migrate the existing one to a hikashop. Would that be possible? Best wishes wolfsauge")* In your products listing, there is an export button. You should not have to import categories as they will be imported along with your products. 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Biggest problem with Virtuemart is the presentation of different languages, a component called Joomfish has to be installed, kind of difficult to me, anyway I need my shop in three languages. However in order to avoid building up a new shop from scratch, it would be great if there was a solution to migrate the existing one to a hikashop. Would that be possible? Best wishes wolfsauge")* I found it, sorry !! Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzItZ2VuZXJhbC10YWxrLWFib3V0LWhpa2FzaG9wLzIwOC1taWdyYXRpb24tZnJvbS12aXJ0dWVtYXJ0LXBvc3NpYmxlP3N0YXJ0PTIwJnRtcGw9bWFya2Rvd24=) or [Create an account](/component/users/registration?Itemid=101) to join the conversation. - **[IamJim](/forum/user/5406-iamjim "View IamJim's Profile")** - [![IamJim's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/core/svg/person.svg)](/forum/user/5406-iamjim "View IamJim's Profile") - [ Offline](/forum/user/5406-iamjim) Less More - Posts: 135 - Thank you received: 5 - - 14 years 7 months ago [\#45629](#45629) by [IamJim](/forum/user/5406-iamjim "View IamJim's Profile") Replied by *[IamJim](/forum/user/5406-iamjim "View IamJim's Profile")* on topic *[Re: Migration from Virtuemart possible](/forum/2-general-talk-about-hikashop/208-migration-from-virtuemart-possible?start=20#45629 "Hi, I have an existing webshop built with Virtuemart, but for some reason I have been looking for an alternative for a while. Biggest problem with Virtuemart is the presentation of different languages, a component called Joomfish has to be installed, kind of difficult to me, anyway I need my shop in three languages. However in order to avoid building up a new shop from scratch, it would be great if there was a solution to migrate the existing one to a hikashop. Would that be possible? Best wishes wolfsauge")* For some reason, how come there is not names in all the columns of the VM export? I am not having fun...<smile> Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzItZ2VuZXJhbC10YWxrLWFib3V0LWhpa2FzaG9wLzIwOC1taWdyYXRpb24tZnJvbS12aXJ0dWVtYXJ0LXBvc3NpYmxlP3N0YXJ0PTIwJnRtcGw9bWFya2Rvd24=) or [Create an account](/component/users/registration?Itemid=101) to join the conversation. - **[nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile")** - [![nicolas's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/avatars/resized/size144/users/avatar63.png?1793428657)](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile") - [ Offline](/forum/user/63-nicolas) Less More - Posts: 86541 - Thank you received: 14304 - - 14 years 7 months ago [\#45672](#45672) by [nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile") Replied by *[nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile")* on topic *[Re: Migration from Virtuemart possible](/forum/2-general-talk-about-hikashop/208-migration-from-virtuemart-possible?start=20#45672 "Hi, I have an existing webshop built with Virtuemart, but for some reason I have been looking for an alternative for a while. Biggest problem with Virtuemart is the presentation of different languages, a component called Joomfish has to be installed, kind of difficult to me, anyway I need my shop in three languages. However in order to avoid building up a new shop from scratch, it would be great if there was a solution to migrate the existing one to a hikashop. Would that be possible? Best wishes wolfsauge")* I don't see what you're talking about. Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzItZ2VuZXJhbC10YWxrLWFib3V0LWhpa2FzaG9wLzIwOC1taWdyYXRpb24tZnJvbS12aXJ0dWVtYXJ0LXBvc3NpYmxlP3N0YXJ0PTIwJnRtcGw9bWFya2Rvd24=) or [Create an account](/component/users/registration?Itemid=101) to join the conversation. - **[IamJim](/forum/user/5406-iamjim "View IamJim's Profile")** - [![IamJim's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/core/svg/person.svg)](/forum/user/5406-iamjim "View IamJim's Profile") - [ Offline](/forum/user/5406-iamjim) Less More - Posts: 135 - Thank you received: 5 - - 14 years 7 months ago [\#45678](#45678) by [IamJim](/forum/user/5406-iamjim "View IamJim's Profile") Replied by *[IamJim](/forum/user/5406-iamjim "View IamJim's Profile")* on topic *[Re: Migration from Virtuemart possible](/forum/2-general-talk-about-hikashop/208-migration-from-virtuemart-possible?start=20#45678 "Hi, I have an existing webshop built with Virtuemart, but for some reason I have been looking for an alternative for a while. Biggest problem with Virtuemart is the presentation of different languages, a component called Joomfish has to be installed, kind of difficult to me, anyway I need my shop in three languages. However in order to avoid building up a new shop from scratch, it would be great if there was a solution to migrate the existing one to a hikashop. Would that be possible? Best wishes wolfsauge")* In the VM export, (previously attached) Only Column A is named..and not separated. All names are in A ~product_sku~^~product_parent_sku~^~category_path~^~product_name~^~product_s_desc~^~product_desc~^~product_price~^~product_full_image~^~product_thumb_image~^~product_availability~^~product_available_date~^~product_currency~^~product_discount~^~product_discount_date_end~^~product_discount_date_start~^~product_packaging~^~product_publish~^~product_special~^~product_tax~^~product_url~ As is the Hika (attached here) a = product_id b = product_parent_id Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzItZ2VuZXJhbC10YWxrLWFib3V0LWhpa2FzaG9wLzIwOC1taWdyYXRpb24tZnJvbS12aXJ0dWVtYXJ0LXBvc3NpYmxlP3N0YXJ0PTIwJnRtcGw9bWFya2Rvd24=) or [Create an account](/component/users/registration?Itemid=101) to join the conversation. - **[nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile")** - [![nicolas's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/avatars/resized/size144/users/avatar63.png?1793428657)](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile") - [ Offline](/forum/user/63-nicolas) Less More - Posts: 86541 - Thank you received: 14304 - - 14 years 7 months ago [\#45679](#45679) by [nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile") Replied by *[nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile")* on topic *[Re: Migration from Virtuemart possible](/forum/2-general-talk-about-hikashop/208-migration-from-virtuemart-possible?start=20#45679 "Hi, I have an existing webshop built with Virtuemart, but for some reason I have been looking for an alternative for a while. Biggest problem with Virtuemart is the presentation of different languages, a component called Joomfish has to be installed, kind of difficult to me, anyway I need my shop in three languages. However in order to avoid building up a new shop from scratch, it would be great if there was a solution to migrate the existing one to a hikashop. Would that be possible? Best wishes wolfsauge")* That's because you need to tell excel that ^ is the separator and ~ is the quotation character. Rename the file to have a txt extension and open it again with excel. It should then ask you about these and then it will open it properly. 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Biggest problem with Virtuemart is the presentation of different languages, a component called Joomfish has to be installed, kind of difficult to me, anyway I need my shop in three languages. However in order to avoid building up a new shop from scratch, it would be great if there was a solution to migrate the existing one to a hikashop. Would that be possible? Best wishes wolfsauge")* If you are still interested i am developing a joomla component to do this that not only will get all your categories, products and their basic information, as well their images directly from virtuemart 2. The following user(s) said Thank You: [nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile") Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzItZ2VuZXJhbC10YWxrLWFib3V0LWhpa2FzaG9wLzIwOC1taWdyYXRpb24tZnJvbS12aXJ0dWVtYXJ0LXBvc3NpYmxlP3N0YXJ0PTIwJnRtcGw9bWFya2Rvd24=) or [Create an account](/component/users/registration?Itemid=101) to join the conversation. - **[reace](/forum/user/272-reace "View reace's Profile")** - [![reace's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/avatars/resized/size144/users/avatar272.gif)](/forum/user/272-reace "View reace's Profile") - [ Offline](/forum/user/272-reace) - Entrepreneur Less More - Posts: 93 - Thank you received: 5 - - - - 14 years 2 weeks ago [\#73200](#73200) by [reace](/forum/user/272-reace "View reace's Profile") Replied by *[reace](/forum/user/272-reace "View reace's Profile")* on topic *[Re: Migration from Virtuemart possible](/forum/2-general-talk-about-hikashop/208-migration-from-virtuemart-possible?start=20#73200 "Hi, I have an existing webshop built with Virtuemart, but for some reason I have been looking for an alternative for a while. Biggest problem with Virtuemart is the presentation of different languages, a component called Joomfish has to be installed, kind of difficult to me, anyway I need my shop in three languages. However in order to avoid building up a new shop from scratch, it would be great if there was a solution to migrate the existing one to a hikashop. Would that be possible? Best wishes wolfsauge")* Hello again ![:)](/media/kunena/emoticons/3.png ":)") have not been here in what seems like forever ![:P](/media/kunena/emoticons/14.png ":P") however I am back. like everyone else here , I would also like to Migrate from VM1.3 to Hikashop for another client. This time even seriously thinking about the Business Plan Edition (yet will test the FREE one first and see whats new!) couple of suggestions regarding a possible migration option; seeming as all information these-days is contained within the DB , would it not be a more viable option to just copy this data from one table to another? surely that would be the quickest/most-efficient method? one would just need to find all the tables (categories) in the VM Table and copy/Convert them over to HikaShop.. after that Products , Images , Orders , Even Shop Details? Just a thought and glad to see that HikaShop has gone from strength to Strength. Regards Reace. --- you Guys are Awesome and have excellent Support! Keep up the great Work!. Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzItZ2VuZXJhbC10YWxrLWFib3V0LWhpa2FzaG9wLzIwOC1taWdyYXRpb24tZnJvbS12aXJ0dWVtYXJ0LXBvc3NpYmxlP3N0YXJ0PTIwJnRtcGw9bWFya2Rvd24=) or [Create an account](/component/users/registration?Itemid=101) to join the conversation. - **[nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile")** - [![nicolas's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/avatars/resized/size144/users/avatar63.png?1793428657)](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile") - [ Offline](/forum/user/63-nicolas) Less More - Posts: 86541 - Thank you received: 14304 - - 14 years 1 week ago [\#73440](#73440) by [nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile") Replied by *[nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile")* on topic *[Re: Migration from Virtuemart possible](/forum/2-general-talk-about-hikashop/208-migration-from-virtuemart-possible?start=20#73440 "Hi, I have an existing webshop built with Virtuemart, but for some reason I have been looking for an alternative for a while. Biggest problem with Virtuemart is the presentation of different languages, a component called Joomfish has to be installed, kind of difficult to me, anyway I need my shop in three languages. However in order to avoid building up a new shop from scratch, it would be great if there was a solution to migrate the existing one to a hikashop. Would that be possible? Best wishes wolfsauge")* I only know of VirtueMart 2.0, 1.1 and 1.0, not 1.3: [ virtuemart.net/downloads](http://virtuemart.net/downloads) If it's VM 1.1 or 1.0, the import system that is already in HikaShop should be able to do the job already: [ www.hikashop.com/en/support/documentatio...port.html#virtuemart](http://www.hikashop.com/en/support/documentation/73-hikashop-import.html#virtuemart) The following user(s) said Thank You: [reace](/forum/user/272-reace "View reace's Profile") Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzItZ2VuZXJhbC10YWxrLWFib3V0LWhpa2FzaG9wLzIwOC1taWdyYXRpb24tZnJvbS12aXJ0dWVtYXJ0LXBvc3NpYmxlP3N0YXJ0PTIwJnRtcGw9bWFya2Rvd24=) or [Create an account](/component/users/registration?Itemid=101) to join the conversation. 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