What is PrestaShop? PrestaShop Review, Features

PrestaShop is a full-featured, cross-platform, free, open source e-commerce solution designed for web2.0. PrestaShop is suitable for creating free hosted or semi-hosted stores.

About PrestaShop

• PrestaShop was founded in 2007 and has provided e-commerce solutions to more than 300,000 online stores worldwide. It is a free self-hosted e-commerce platform. If you have solid web development skills, you can use PrestaShop to create a good online store at a very low cost.

• PrestaShop has developed rapidly since its 1.0 version was released in 2008. PrestaShop is based on Smarty engine programming design, modular design, strong scalability, can easily realize multi-language, multi-currency browsing transactions, and supports almost all payment methods such as Paypal. It is a good choice for building foreign trade websites. PrestaShop is one of the most simple, user-friendly and user-friendly e-commerce solutions so far.

• PrestaShop was one of the Inc. 5000 fastest growing private companies in Europe in 2016. The company also won the 2016 CMS Critics Award for Best Ecommerce Software.

Features

1. Free & open source

PrestaShop is a free e-commerce shopping cart software. It is free to download and use. You don't have to worry about someone coming to you to claim compensation for unauthorized use. You can also abandon those expensive commercial software, which greatly reduces costs.

2. Scalable & modular

PrestaShop is simple and practical, and can easily add and adjust the display of the front page. By installing additional module components, administrators can easily arrange the front page as they want without even professionals. Its modular design divides the page into many code blocks, which can customize a small or medium-sized e-commerce website in a short time.

3. Lightweight & Fast

Although PrestaShop is so powerful, it is still an extremely lightweight e-commerce solution, so PrestaShop is easy to download, install and update.

4. Sleek and intuitive interface

For a good website, the image is very important. No one likes to face an ugly interface every day. PrestaShop's interface design is beautiful and logical, and it is easy to use. Based on WEB2.0 technology, it uses AJAX asynchronous communication mechanism to give users an excellent operating experience.

Advantages

• 100% free e-commerce solution;

• 1,200+ mobile-friendly third-party themes available (price range: $29.99-$319.99);

• Provides getting started guides, training, documentation, software demonstrations, and community forums;

• PrestaShop is perfect for sellers on a tight budget, and it offers features that are on par with WooCommerce and Shopify.