Name: Mohammad Shahinur Ferdoush
Student ID: st122605
Open Source E-Commerce Merchant Server Software
PrestaShop
Picture: Home Page of PrestaShop
PrestaShop is the best open source E-Commerce merchant server
software and most popular among the retailers. It was developed in
collaboration with a community of more than one million users. It has
complete features for E-Commerce. It provides basic functionality for
sales. It has the intuitive easy to use admin panel in which user can easily
install an E-Commerce website on PrestaShop. It is suitable for start-up.
PrestaShop is very popular due to its ease of use.
Features of PrestaShop:
It is cheap and full-featured plugins are available.
It includes more than 600 features, and 5,000+ modules and
themes are available in the marketplace already built-in, developed
by PrestaShop and Developer community.
Name: Mohammad Shahinur Ferdoush
Student ID: st122605
It is most powerful in respect of handling more products. Product
creation allows as many as needed. It can handle 1 lac product easily.
It has self-hosted or open source option and both of them are free.
It introduced ready version as Software as a Service (SaaS).
Integration module, daily operation, product creation, order
management and inventory management is simple.
It has easy store customization option.
It allows downloadable products selling (i.e. e-books, music etc.)
It has product order management system.
It supports SEO, SSL.
Google Rich Snippets option for product
It has one page check out
It has shipping features and supports shipping discount.
It has Payment features.
It has marketing features like Create Special Offers, Highlight your
Products, Reinsure Customers, Increase Engagement, Get Traffic (by
SEO, social network), Advertise in your store.
It has customer localization features.
It has Content & Navigation features, display physical stores on a google
map.
It has security features
It has Analytics features.
It has secure, scalable, flexible, and sustainable solution for users and
developers.
It has configuration for legal issues and follows local sales tax and
shipping rules.
Name: Mohammad Shahinur Ferdoush
Student ID: st122605
It has Global and multicultural capability and is available in 75 languages.
Installation steps of PrestaShop to Hosting site:
Requirement:
- Server space at a hosting provider
- Domain Name
- FTP client
- Text Editor
Step-1: Downloading the PrestaShop archive (.zip) latest version from
http://www.prestashop.com then “Download” button.
Step-2: Unzip the PrestaShop archive (.zip).
Step-3: Uploading PrestaShop to hosting site by using FTP client or
upload option.
Step-4: Create a database for your shop.
Step-5: Launch the auto installer.
Provide user and shop information
Provide database information
Step-6: Completing the installation.
Delete “install” folder, “docs” folder and “readme” file from FTP
server.
Change “admin” folder name to something unique such as “4dmin-
123”
Click “manage your store” button
Put the changed unique name “4dmin-123” after / and press
“Enter”
Login page will appear. Provide your admin info to login to your
admin panel.
Name: Mohammad Shahinur Ferdoush
Student ID: st122605
Image: PrestaShop Admin Panel
Admin Panel Features:
PrestaShop logo: link to dashboard
Quick Access, Search field, View my shop, Bell icon for notification,
Personal menu for profile and sign out option,
Main Menu:
Orders – displays all orders, invoice, returns, credit slips and customer service.
Catalog –products for sale, create categories, handle partners and suppliers, etc.
Customers –information on your clients: names, addresses, order history, etc.
Customer service –all the interactions with your customers over the order.
Stats –stats and graphs reflecting your different kinds of activity in PrestaShop.
Modules – add power and functionality to your shop by applying to them modules.
Design – this tab contains theme, pages (CMS), modules and image settings.
Shipping – contains data on delivery details, carriers and shipping rates and costs.
Payment – Payment Methods tab manage payment methods, Preference tab for
currency for each country.
International –configure Localization, Locations, Taxes and Translations details.
CONFIGURE group consists-
Shop parameters –set basic characteristics like Main Shop Activity, Brands and
Suppliers, etc.
Advanced parameters –for technical advanced features which is supposed to be
set at the beginning and configured rarely.
Name: Mohammad Shahinur Ferdoush
Student ID: st122605
Evaluation of PrestaShop:
In case of evaluation of any E-Commerce Merchant server software the
following points is considered:
Criteria PrestaShop
Basic functionality for sales Yes
Online catalogue Yes
Shopping cart, Credit card processing Yes
Merchandise display Yes
Order management Yes
Functionality Yes
Support for different business models less customizable
Business process modeling tools Yes
Visual site management and reporting Yes
Performance and scalability Yes
Connectivity to existing business systems Yes
Compliance with standards Yes
Global and multicultural capability Yes
Local sales tax and shipping rules Yes
Website customization in-built No, need to buy extra theme
In conclusion, PrestaShop is perfect for start-up business, most user-friendly,
fast and perfect software platform for any E-Commerce merchant server.
References:
1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cANFwuJqdgM
2. https://ecommerce-platforms.com/ecommerce-reviews/prestashop-review
3. https://belvg.com/blog/admin-panel-in-prestashop-1-7-5.html
