Create your online store easily
How to create an online store
- Create an account by signing up for free or downloading PrestaShop.
- Choose a name for your virtual store
- Design your website in the “Theme and logo” section
- Add products to your catalog
- Configure your payment methods: Paypal, Visa, Mastercard, Maestro, American Express, Discover, JCB
- Choose the company that will handle your shipments: UPS, USPS, FedEx
- Activate your site and integrate your own domain name
- Sell online
All the tools you need to create your e-commerce business
Customizable themes to design your store
Create a professional, elegant site that meets your clients’ needs. All our themes are optimized for mobile devices and you can customize them by modifying colors, images, layout, and typography. Create a website that perfectly reflects your brand—no computer skills necessary.
Complete and 100% secure hosting with Google Cloud Platform
Our partnership with Google means your e-commerce store will be hosted on Google Cloud Platform. This service offers you all you need to start and grow your business, without any limitations with regards to storage for your products or available bandwidth*.
Create your product catalog
Quickly and easily integrate all the products you wish to sell on the Internet on your online store. Create and manage a complete catalog with thousands of products and hundreds of categories. The PrestaShop CMS has everything you need to organize your product and service inventory.
Different payment methods
Activate different payment methods for your PrestaShop store so that potential customers can make purchases easily and securely. Accept payment by Visa, MasterCard, and PayPal, letting your users choose the option that suits them best. With PrestaShop, you can offer card or electric wallet payment, pre-payment, payment on delivery, or in-store payment.
Easy order management
Receive orders made on your online store, manage them in real time, access delivery information of your customers in an easy way, draw up invoices automatically, and call on leading delivery companies to deliver your products to clients, all with our e-commerce platform.
E-marketing tools to increase your sales on the Internet
Once your virtual online store has opened, you need to spread the word and generate traffic on your site to boost sales. PrestaShop has thought of everything for you and has made modules available that let you create promo codes, product offers, a blog, mass email, and everything you need for your e-commerce business to be a success.
Technical support
Documentation and tutorials
The community
How much does it cost to create an online store?
Free version: PrestaShop Download
PrestaShop Download is the open source version of the PrestaShop e-commerce CMS that you can install on your server. On the Addons marketplace, you can integrate all the themes and advanced features needed to create and improve your PrestaShop store.
Turnkey version: PrestaShop Ready
This open source all-in-one version of PrestaShop includes must-have modules to quickly and successfully build your e-business. Try PrestaShop Ready for free for 30 days and start selling your products online for only €14.50/month.
More than 270,000 online stores around the world have been created with PrestaShop.
*Only available with PrestaShop Ready
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Join more than 270,000 merchants who are selling online today with PrestaShop. Get the download or hosted version and let’s get started!