Great theme with a few issues
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This theme is amazing but I will keep this review 100% real with you guys, and share my experience. It might help some of you out there who are thinking about upgrading and buying the hypermarket plus plugin.
Pros:
1. For the most part everything is great, and is very pleasing to the eye.2. The product countdown, and dynamic home slider is not included in the free version so do buy the plugin if you want this included. You will also have more control over the widgets, and your homepage (I got the plugin, and can say it’s pretty good).
Cons:
1. The product gallery page has a limit. Having too many images = those images overlaying themselves on top of each other, and on top of your product description. So if you plan on having a multitude of images to show the different features of your products you might want to look into getting another theme or fixing and coding it yourself. I looked into this for support on their forum and they told another user who had this issue “well, that’s the theme. That’s the design.”
So I do not believe they will change this problem any time soon.2. The shipping buttons don’t stick to the professional look of the overall theme, and look a bit amateurish or like a last minute rush. It was purposefully left out of the demo until I addressed this (that it wasn’t shown on the demo so you don’t fully know what you’re getting…especially when you pay for it—-the plugin that is).
3. Guest checkout issue. If you offer shipping methods based on location and the address in which your users put into the hypermarket form those shipping options do not show up. It displays a “no shipping methods based on your address” even if your customers put in their address (this issue only occurs for guest checkout. You might want to turn this option off in woocommerce settings). I am currently talking to their support about this and will update you guys as well. Just in case I get hit with “it’s the theme. It’s the design.”
3. The hypermarket menu is not suited for large or mega menus. If you offer multiple products, categories, and options in your menu hypermarket cannot in any way handle it for the moment. Many sub menus will be hidden on mobile, stack on top of each other, and look like a cluttered mess (extremely unprofessional) which will cost you sales. You will have to invest in a mega menu plugin to handle your large menus.
I have hundreds of products in my ecommerce store ranging from physical, handmade, digital, and services so I had a huge menu for those different options (think huge menus like amazon, Barnes and noble, etc). Hypermarket could not handle it so I upgraded to a mega menu.
If you do not have a lot of sub menus, and just need a basic menu hypermarket will do the trick. You do not have to worry. Only think twice if you have a large menu.
I also had to invest in a responsive mobile menu that is more suited for mobile users as Hypermarket’s menu is not very much suited for mobile (especially for large menus with sub menus).
I paid for the hypermarket plus plugin without giving future issues a second thought as I was excited about the theme. Once those issues started it was too late as I already purchased the plugin. The flaws weren’t completely major but enough to make me second guess doing this again.
To get the theme how I liked it I had to code a few things myself (if you can’t code some plugins can do the job sometimes). Overall I love the theme, but don’t like the fact that I had to go out of my way to fix a few things myself.
Some things support will not help you with so fully try out the free version, and check for any issues before getting the hypermarket plus plugin. That way if you don’t like it you have lost absolutely nothing but a bit of time.
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My review highlights my experience with the overall free hypermarket theme, and the issues I came across (on the theme itself).
I didn’t review the plugin but instead pointed out flaws with the free theme itself (re-read my review. I don’t criticize or review the plugin itself but rather the free theme and whether the upgrade—-since the demo we are shown the slider and countdown—-is worth it for others considering the flaws with the free theme).
These are things that would personally be helpful to me before I upgraded to the plugin for hypermarket to have the demo look (since the plugin itself is an extension of the theme which is showed to users on the hypermarket demo. You don’t show a free version without the plugin involved on the homepage so mentioning the plugin—-slider and countdown—-in my review is necessary as its part of the homepage demo we all see as an example for the hypermarket theme we are downloading).
I did mention that users should get the plugin for the extra features shown in the demo (countdown and slider) but due to the issues with the free theme they may want to weight the pros and cons of the free theme.
If they want those extra features you showed in the homepage of your demo do they not have to purchase the plugin?
Yes they do, so it had to be mentioned as it is one of the main features showed on the hypermarket theme demo itself (I am not breaking any rules by mentioning what was shown in the demo as part of the theme itself—-the only difference is it has to be purchased seperately as a plugin—-while reviewing the free theme’s flaws, and letting others weigh the pros and cons of the free theme for themselves).
Keep in mind that I did not mention any plugin feature that was not shown in the demo homepage as it is part of the theme nor did I criticize those features as I am fully reviewing the free hypermarket theme and my issue with the free hypermarket theme not the plugin itself (did you see me mention anything wrong with the plugin itself? No. The free theme itself? Yes).
The menu issue is part of the free hypermarket theme.
The gallery issue is part of the free hypermarket theme.
The checkout shipping issue is part of the free hypermarket theme.
My review is based solely on the “free hypermarket theme”, what is shown on the hypermarket theme demo, and the issues.
I basically said weigh these issues (from the free theme) before you upgrade.
If you can live with these issues then upgrade to get the “demo” look we are shown as most of us want the demo look.
My review is about the hypermarket theme issues and if it’s worth it. It’s not a plugin review.
It’s a great theme (very beautiful you guys worked very hard on it), but the flaws I was met with reassures me to test something to it’s fullest extent before going “pro” or “plus”.
I did recommend this theme to quite a few people (including blog readers) so I want to give my complete honest truth and my experiences with the theme as others weren’t fully honest with me when recommending themes/products and highlighting key issues that were not shown on the theme demo. This is my truth. My experience.
Thank you, and have a great day!
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