Review of Fahuo100: A Virtual Goods Delivery System
The following is a product introduction from the official website:
Fahuo100 is a powerful automatic delivery system for virtual goods and article payment reading systems. It requires no manual supervision; transactions are completed automatically when customers make online purchases. It supports features such as out-of-stock notifications, quick login, recycle bin, and purchase without login.
About Pricing
Recently, I purchased this program for my own virtual goods platform, see: shop.xiaoz.top. As a mall source code, the price ranges from 598 to 998 yuan for a lifetime license, which is not expensive. Since I don't need the mini-program features, I bought the standard version for 598 yuan/lifetime. With an 88% discount during the promotion, the actual payment was around 526 yuan.
Environment Requirements
Fahuo100 has strict requirements on the environment. It does not require special component dependencies. The PHP version requirement is 5.5-7.3, and it requires MySQL database support.
About the Backend
The backend has few functional options and is easy to get started with. After using it a few times, you will basically master it. Although most settings provide links to help documentation, the documentation is quite rudimentary and not suitable for beginners.
One thing that annoyed me is the SMTP email sending feature. The recipient and sender are the same by default, and there is no place in the backend to modify this.
About Templates
After purchasing the authorization, there are more than 10 templates available in the backend, but the template interfaces are not very attractive.
Some templates call static resources from BootCDN, which caused significant lag. I eventually replaced all static resources with local ones.
Some template interfaces cannot be modified through backend settings. If you want to modify or remove them, you must edit the templates yourself. The template location is in the templates directory.
About Payments
In addition to supporting official Alipay and WeChat Pay, it also supports fourth-party payments such as Hupijiao, PAYJS, and YiPay. Since official Alipay and WeChat payments require individual business licenses or enterprise qualifications and mandate domain name filing, this has stumped many people. If you do not have the corresponding qualifications, you can use fourth-party payments.
Secondary Development
The source code of Fahuo100 is only encrypted for core content, so some code can be modified by yourself. Currently, I have observed that key .js files are encrypted. Below are some notes on secondary development organized by xiaoz:
- If you need to modify templates, go to
templates/template_nameto make changes. - If you want to modify the SMTP email delivery content, go to
conn/function.php. - If you need to replace product page content, also go to
conn/function.php.
Pitfall Avoidance Guide
The built-in editor in Fahuo100 stores images pasted directly as BASE64 encoded data in the database. I think this practice is very unprofessional; it not only consumes database capacity but also results in low efficiency as every image output requires dynamic processing.
Therefore, when uploading images in the editor, it is recommended to click the editor's upload button or reference external image addresses. Never paste images directly into the editor.
After-sales Service
The after-sales attitude is good, but the response is slightly slow. They accept suggestions, but it is unclear whether they will be improved.
Summary
If I were to rate Fahuo100, I would give it a 6. The good points are that the price is not expensive, and the after-sales service is acceptable. The unsatisfactory points regarding the program itself are:
- The overall architecture is outdated, using traditional template tags, making modifications very painful.
- Some parts are not rigorous, such as forms lacking strong validation.
- The help documentation is rudimentary, and there is no secondary development documentation.
I have summarized the main points for your reference:
- Fahuo100 has low environment requirements, with PHP version requirements of
5.5-7.3. - Templates are not very attractive, and some parts require manual modification.
- It supports official WeChat and Alipay channels, as well as third-party payment channels.
- When uploading images, never use the editor's built-in paste image function.
- The program is relatively niche, the official documentation is rudimentary, and there are almost no tutorials online. If you encounter unsolvable problems, you must rely on after-sales support.
If you are looking for a virtual goods platform, xiaoz does not recommend the Fahuo100 program. I suggest looking at other malls. I have compiled a list including: Magento, Opencart, CRMEB, fecmall, and WooCommerce, but I have not used these myself, so other pitfalls may exist.
If you still insist on purchasing the Fahuo100 program, you can use my AFF address: https://www.fahuo100.cn/