subject: Complete Information On Prestashop And Its Services [print this page] What is Prestashop? What is Prestashop?
Prestashop is an e-commerce web development solution; it is an open source and cost free solution for almost every web developer around the globe. Prestashop is also most preferred because it supports payment modes like PayPal, Google Checkout, Skrill, Authorize.net etc. Apart from that these payment methods are also offered for commercial purpose.
Prestashop was officially launched on august 2007 basically for medium and small sized businesses. The software is based on smarty template engine and is used by more than one lakh online shops globally. In the year 2010 Prestashop was declared as the best open source e commerce application by the Packt 2012 open source awards and in the year 2011 it was also awarded with the best open source business application by open source awards.
Prestashop is available in more than 40 languages but the full versions are available in only English and French. For any technical assistance you can visit their official website and seek help.
This software makes wide use of AJAX in the administration panel and the module blocks can be added to the website store with added functions. These services are generally provided free of cost by autonomous developers. The inventors of Prestashop development sell priced modules at their official market place and entitled themes along with prestashop add on.
Prestashop is globally accepted shopping cart development software and there are numerous individuals around the globe who contribute and support to the add-ons. In recent times prestashop has also launched mobile e-commerce solutions with the help of Mob e-commerce. Thus, this is good news for online store owners as this will increase their revenue generation to a great extent.
Technical Requirements for Prestashop
The individual planning to open an online store needs to have a domain name and a web server with the following features.
1.MySQL 5 or the updated version.
2.Apache Web Server 1.3 or the updated version.
3.PHP 5 or the updated version.
4.Windows, UNIX or Linux installed in the operating system.
What are the General Features that come with Prestashop?
Following are the features provided for the front office.
1.Special deals like discounts and gift coupons.
2.Display of the top selling products on the home page.
3.Display of the latest products on the homepage.
4.Featured product on the home page
5. Free Delivery orders
6.Zooming of the products
7.Placing order for out of stock items
8.Numerous mode of payment
9.Creating user account and subscriptions.
10.Payment via bank
11.Checkout Module by Google
12.COD or cash on delivery services.
13.Tagging products
14.Tracking of the products
15.Gift wrapping options along with recycled packaging.
16.Customer Invoice in PDF format.
17.RSS feed
18.Customer loyal programs
19.Gift a friend option
20.Reviews for customer products.
Following are the features provided for the back office.
1.Indefinite categories and sub categories
2.Alerts though messages and emails.
3.Bar code
4.Delivery status update by emails and messages
5.Indefinite language and dialects
6.Delivery of goods to any location or country.
These are some of the basic front and back office services provided by Prestashop for its users globally.
