The Online Shop Designer Blog » user friendly http://www.tosd.com.au Sun, 27 Nov 2011 01:29:52 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 Prestashop: a well balanced eCommerce applicationhttp://www.tosd.com.au/2009/03/prestashop-a-well-balanced-ecommerce-application/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=prestashop-a-well-balanced-ecommerce-application http://www.tosd.com.au/2009/03/prestashop-a-well-balanced-ecommerce-application/#comments Tue, 10 Mar 2009 23:05:03 +0000 tosd http://www.tosd.com.au/?p=798 Prestashop has entered into a world where eCommerce systems are becoming evermore comprehensive. In this climate it is becoming quite a challenge for developers to deliver an interface that satisfies the demands of site users and administrators. Usually, and perhaps rightly, end users are favoured in the useability trade-off and it is the site administrators who have to go the extra mile down the learning curve!

Having researched and implemented eCommerce sites based on Prestashop I am now of the opinion that both end users and administrators have been very well catered for. Here is a sample list of some of the key features:

User features

  • Special deals (inc gift vouchers)
  • Featured products on homepage
  • Top sellers on homepage
  • New items on homepage
  • ‘Free shipping’ offers
  • Cross-selling (Accessories)
  • Product image zoom
  • Order out-of-stock items
  • Customer subscription & user accounts
  • Unlimited payment methods
  • Payment by bank wire
  • Google™ Checkout module
  • Preconfigured for Paypal™
  • Multiple-recipient contact form
  • Product tagging & tag cloud
  • Search
  • Merchandise return (RMAs) & credit slips
  • Package tracking
  • Offer gift-wrapping & recycled packaging
  • PDF customer invoice
  • Shopping Cart recall
  • Sale of services & virtual goods
  • Custom Favicon
  • RSS feed
  • Newsletter opt-in
  • ‘Pick up in-store’ option
  • Customized product (text and images)
  • Wishlist
  • Loyal customer program
  • Affiliate program
  • Sponsor-a-friend benefit program
  • Customer product reviews
Admin features

  • Unlimited categories/subcategories
  • Full-featured WYSIWYG text editor
  • Unlimited product specifications
  • Unlimited images with automatic resizing
  • Unlimited currencies
  • Unlimited tax settings
  • Unlimited carriers destinations
  • Tax by state, country, both, zones, or no taxes
  • Digressive pricing (Quantity discounts)
  • Real-time currency exchange rates
  • Inventory management
  • SMS/Text-message alerts
  • Add/delete function modules
  • Bar codes
  • Contextual help
  • Attribute Combo Generator
  • Delivery status notification e-mails
  • Unlimited languages & dialects
  • Import/export language translations
  • Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
  • Friendly URLs / Permalinks
  • 100% modifiable graphic themes
  • Back Office users permissions (ACL )
  • Maintenance Mode
  • Minimum order amount
  • Newsletter contact export
  • Alias search
  • Bulk lister/import .CSV files
  • SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) encryption
  • Visitors online
  • Content Management System (CMS)
  • Reports
Of course features only tell part of the story. In a nutshell, the reasons Prestashop is my preferred development platform are capability, flexibility and useability. The features above demonstrate the application’s capability. Flexibility is derived from the wonderfully simple way Prestashop’s options can be configured and the useability is enjoyed by both site visitors and administrators alike.
Prestashop is an Open Source development that has solid community support.
Please use the contact form or leave a comment if you would like to know more about the suitability of Prestashop for your next eCommerce venture.
See also the Prestashop ‘How to’ guides:
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