Some of the lesser known features of PrestaShop

PrestaShop is a great shopping cart software and is slowly becoming the favorite platform of the eCommerce developers and store owners worldwide. It is currently powering over 230,000 stores and the count is increasing rapidly. You will be surprised to know that the software has over 300 exciting features that make it a truly full-fledged eCommerce development platform in every sense.


The amazing features of PrestaShop help store owners to run their business successfully, manage products with ease and keep customers happy. Though you may be aware of the common features that PrestaShop, we are here to disclose some of the less known ones. These features can help you to magically enhance the functionality of your store. Here is the list:

• You can receive notifications every time a new order is placed. This will keep you informed about the sale of your store. Go to the Administration section and select yes for new mail orders and then add the email at which you want the notifications.
  
  

• PrestaShop provides a feature to change the theme and color of your back office as you like. While the default colors remain the green and Grey, you have five other color combinations to choose from.
  
  

• The ability to add the menu on the top of your site is a great feature. Just go to the administration section click employee’s name and select the admin menu orientation to be at the top.
  
  

• By uploading a .gif version of your watermark you can protect your images. Set the opacity and the position of the watermark as you wish it to be.
  
  

• You can modify the confirmation email template so that it truly represents your brand. A custom email template with your site logo and other details will improve the overall shopping experience.
  
  

• Pre-configured permissions allow you to add new team members to your store and provide them the rights and privileges they require. This will help to expand the team sans any rights issue.
  
  

• To make the inventory management easy, PrestaShop provides you to carry out a catalog evaluation and mark products in the sold out and low category. This will help you to get the products in the inventory beforehand so that customer do not end up with “sold” tags.
  
  

• You can set the language of the PrestaShop store based on the customers you are targeting. Having an English based store is not a compulsion anymore.

This is just an overview about the versatility of PrestaShop and how you can harness it to make your eCommerce business stand high amidst the fierce competition.