ePay.bg adds Bulgarian online and delayed payment options to HikaShop

The extension is a payment gateway for HikaShop. According to the listing, it sends customers to ePay.bg to pay from an ePay.bg account or by bank card, and can also create payment instructions for an EasyPay counter or an ATM using B-Pay.

Joomla itself does not provide an online shop checkout or payment-provider integrations. HikaShop supplies the commerce layer and its payment-plugin framework, but a merchant still needs a plugin for each provider. A template override can change the checkout’s appearance; it cannot normally implement ePay.bg’s signed requests, server-to-server notifications, delayed payment states or amount checks. This extension goes beyond HikaShop’s built-in structure by handling ePay.bg-specific payment methods and callbacks, including payments that may arrive days after an order is placed.

It is aimed at a shop selling in Bulgaria that already uses HikaShop and has, or intends to create, an ePay.bg merchant account. It may also suit a team that wants to test the payment flow through ePay.bg’s demo system. A site that does not sell in Bulgaria, does not use HikaShop, or only needs card processing through another provider has no obvious reason to install it.

• The listing marks it as a paid download, but gives no price or subscription terms.
• The directory identifies Hikari Software Team and shows 76 other extensions, but that number does not establish the quality or support record of this specific plugin.
• Before purchase, check the HikaShop versions covered, support and update arrangements, ePay.bg merchant requirements, production notification setup, and how the payment statuses map to the shop’s workflow. The listing says Joomla compatibility is J4, J5 and J6, and also says “all versions”, but does not explain that broader claim.

Listed on the Joomla Extensions Directory.