Rizzzle Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 Hello, 1.6 is a great product. However it is becoming a little dated. Do we think Prestashop has a future considering the following three factors: - Rise of Shopify. - The disaster that 1.7 is. It's quite clearly had a low uptake if we look at the board and sales figures for the themes in the marketplaces. - For a tech guy, it is now as easy to install and learn Magento 2. This is where Prestashop used to have the upper hand. What are your thoughts? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicmaster Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 I partially agree. I believe 1.7 is a mistake. It adds nothing in functionality and even subtracts a bit. Only in 1.7.3 they now plan to add something new. It makes some things easier to develop. But the price is a lot of extra complexity that makes other things more difficult. They shot themselves in the feet with that: 1.7 chased the people away who liked the approachability of the code and the ease with which you could make changes. But it was too bad to attract the more technical people who for example might choose Magento. Prestashop has more often taken a considerable time before a major upgrade was stable (Magento 2 wasn't that stable either initially). So we still need to wait to see what happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MockoB Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 Yes it does and the future is called thirty bees Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicmaster Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 Once I had high expectations from Thirty Bees. Now I don't know. They are taking very long to solve simple problems. So I am puzzled about their priorities. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MockoB Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 And still the better working solution with so many great additions and continue adding new. I must say that everything I missed from ps 1.6 is there with few exceptions, but there is nothing perfect in the world. And don't forget it's not multimillion company with hundreds with developers, the few working on the project are doing it for free, they have to make a living meanwhile and that is why you think the process is slow. But still there are more bugs fixed and more features added than ps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nadie Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 (edited) Do you have future Prestashop? Yes. Prestashop has a great future. Is Prestashop 1.7 an evil version? Yes. Sorry for my English, Edited January 26, 2018 by nadie (see edit history) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
selectshop.at Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 @Rizzzle Why do you think PS 1.6. is going dated ? It is a technically stable version with high quantity of free and paid addons. There is no contradiction for to continue using this version as far as I know. Furthermore PS 1.6. is still having updates . Don't think it is a reason for to move to another software because of the disaster of PS 1.7. Take it as it is: PS 1.7 is a version still in development. You can stay with PS 1.6. and when PS 1.7. will be moved to 100% symfony framework you can upgrade. This is the way I'm going with my customers. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ckay Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 I've not used 1.7 but for me 1.6 has been a fantastic platform which I've used to create a very successful corporate website. Long may Prestashop continue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Patron Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 once 1.7 has been 'community tested' as this is apparently 'open source' way of doing things.. and we see autoupgrade and stable that is not missing some of the most simple of things (i.e. who test this, oh yea we do).. then it's off to the races people...... anyone that thinks 1.6 is easy to develop in, does not develop...at all...else does not understand 'best practices'... 1.7+....sets complete new framework that IS NOT IN 1.6 and never will be... all you need to know about 1.7? template inheritance, similar to shopify 'liquid'....we are seeing some great new work that can be done THAT COULD NOT BE DONE in 1.6... disaster? what new release of ps was not? welcome to open source.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TiaNex Shopping Posted February 27, 2018 Share Posted February 27, 2018 maybe PS 1.7 is learning from magento,but there are serious problems,and not stable now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuk66 Posted February 27, 2018 Share Posted February 27, 2018 API first ecommerce platform & JavaScript frontend have a future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Posted February 27, 2018 Share Posted February 27, 2018 I am very new to PrestaShop, having been asked to take over from a previous developer - the old version of PS (1.6) would not upgrade, so I have started a fresh with the latest version!!! - and started filling that up with old content from a backup. Having read about it being 'evil', 'unstable', 'buggy' ... should i start to worry now ... even look at changing platforms? Can i retro back to a version that is stable from the 1.7.2.4? I have found it to be a very slow process of adding change to the system, updates don't show front-facing yet are done and saved within the modules, errors appear when upgrading modules ... but the frustrating thing is, PS 1.7 looks so much nicer than 1.6, My latest error "exception thrown by module ps_customtext on upgrade. Error sent by Addons. You may need to be logged." ... what does that even mean? should i log it in with the PS team? Start a thread on here? or has it be logged already by the system? I'm feeling a bit dejected at the moment ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ali Samie Posted September 12 Share Posted September 12 I'd like to know if there are still good reasons in 2024 to choose prestashop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickz Posted September 12 Share Posted September 12 38 minutes ago, Ali Samie said: I'd like to know if there are still good reasons in 2024 to choose prestashop Well as long as you are aware that in the nearer future the company will concentrate more on their SaaS offer you are good. As a merchant you should anyway have more than one site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Divine Posted September 12 Share Posted September 12 Hello, Prestashop is still a great free solution if you have some skills in web development. Otherwise you should just be aware that you will have to pay. Pay for useful features (modules, themes...), pay for a developer or an agency that will help you to build and manage your shop and/or pay for the SaaS offer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoodFromCyprus Posted September 13 Share Posted September 13 We have been using Prestashop as merchants for over a decade now and are very happy with it. We also tried a Shopify clone of our Presta site a few months ago and found Presta much better to the point that we closed the Shopify shop! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ali Samie Posted September 13 Share Posted September 13 15 hours ago, FoodFromCyprus said: We have been using Prestashop as merchants for over a decade now and are very happy with it. We also tried a Shopify clone of our Presta site a few months ago and found Presta much better to the point that we closed the Shopify shop! That's a good news for ps Can you mention some pros and cons? I meancan you explain your reasons for us to be able to compare properly? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoodFromCyprus Posted September 16 Share Posted September 16 Please note some reasons below: 1. Fully customisable for all countries internationally 2. Reatively easy to set up, upload products and maintain 3. The basic shop is free of charge and the prices for the optional paid templates and modules are reasonable 4. As I already mentioned the SEO is good because we never advertised on Google but we still have good rankings and cutomers can find us on the net (we do sell niche products though so this might be helping) 5. Zero downtime due to Prestshop 6. Good solutions for payment gateways that give customers many options to pay that are relativile seamless 7. Also tried Magento in the past but found it over-complicated 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetx Posted September 19 Share Posted September 19 (edited) The biggest headache for me is shipping from Australia. Most addons (shipping api's) do not support prestashop. The third party apps available all have problems with Australia apart from Australia Post. Using other solutions like Starship, Shipmarvel, webservices, etc have not been successful due to the inability to pull up product weights from Prestashop. These addons work with Shopify and Magento. The Aramex addon doesn't work (waste of money), so all my shipping is via a 14900 ln csv file. It's ridiculous. So depending upon your country and the addons available you may find a suitable solution, but for me I'm now looking at other carts. I once paid a developer to write a fedex module to support local TNT, it was a disaster and had to be ripped out. Edited September 19 by jetx (see edit history) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickz Posted September 19 Share Posted September 19 8 hours ago, jetx said: Most addons (shipping api's) do not support prestashop. Custom modules make most wishes possible. The problem is the mind-set of today's entrepreneurs. It has to be free and fulfill all desires. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ali Samie Posted September 22 Share Posted September 22 On 9/19/2024 at 2:55 PM, Nickz said: The problem is the mind-set of today's entrepreneurs. It has to be free and fulfill all desires. That's why I want to leave PS, product owners in the PS community are mostly running small companies and they think too much before paying for development, whether it's you or another developer or product. But let's agree to disagree, PS is a pain in the ass most of the time, even for us developers. Sometimes following the guidelines and official documents won't generate the expected results. That sucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ali Samie Posted September 22 Share Posted September 22 On 9/19/2024 at 6:50 AM, jetx said: Most addons (shipping api's) do not support prestashop I have recently made a custom module that supports multi-sellers per cart, which is also compatible with the ETS Market Place module. This module uses SendCloud API and it is supposed to provide shipping worldwide. First of all PS and SendCloud are in Europe, worst than that, they are French-made. I don't want to sound racist, but most of the French products are strange. I don't know why but they are like that. I was going crazy with the SendCloud API till I found a working solution and finally, it works as expected. Anyways, I understand what you have been through with PS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Divine Posted September 23 Share Posted September 23 Il y a 20 heures, Ali Samie a dit : I have recently made a custom module that supports multi-sellers per cart, which is also compatible with the ETS Market Place module. This module uses SendCloud API and it is supposed to provide shipping worldwide. First of all PS and SendCloud are in Europe, worst than that, they are French-made. I don't want to sound racist, but most of the French products are strange. I don't know why but they are like that. I was going crazy with the SendCloud API till I found a working solution and finally, it works as expected. Anyways, I understand what you have been through with PS And yet, Prestashop is a french solution Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ali Samie Posted September 23 Share Posted September 23 6 hours ago, Divine said: And yet, Prestashop is a french solution EXACTLY, and that's why it is not easy to work with in many many cases. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mediacom87 Posted September 24 Share Posted September 24 il y a une heure, Ali Samie a dit : EXACTLY, and that's why it is not easy to work with in many many cases. And that's exactly why an open source project is perfect, so that each national community can participate according to its own territorial particularities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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