PrestaShop is a content management system, focused on the creation of online e-commerce stores. It was launched in 2007 and since then it has increased its work team from 5 to 75 employees, with offices in Paris and Miami. The company recently announced that 60% of online stores in Spain have been created with this platform, while in just 2 years, more than 20.000 Ecommerce pages have been opened in this country.
The beginnings of PrestaShop in Ecommerce
When it was released in 2007, PrestaShop got more than 1000 downloads, allowing 200 online stores to remain active. PrestaShop currently has more than 300 features, more than 3.500 modules and templates, as well as a community with 500.000 members, plus the software was available in 60 different places.
For the 2013, PrestaShop registered more than 3 million downloads, while at present it already has more than 150.000 active online stores, which tells us about its great popularity and why it is one of the best e-commerce platforms.
PrestaShop in Spain
In Spain there are currently 43.000 online stores, of which 60% have been created using PrestaShop ecommerce software. In Spain alone, the company is expected to bill one million euros from the commission charge for the sale of Premium designs.
In addition to this, PrestaShop offers integration with Amazon and 300 other native functionalities of the platform. Some of the recognized brands and companies in Spain that use PrestaShop include Bimba y Lola, Custo Barcelona, as well as the Espanyol football club.
According to Bertrand Amaraggi, Managing Director of PrestaShop in Spain, the segment of online stores is the market that grows the most Because SMEs have realized that money can be made by selling over the Internet, while large companies have started to rely on open source software.
Excellent article, without a doubt here in Spain and in France, Prestashop is the great winner among E-commerce platforms and a very important factor is being the community that revolves around this framework, which is making it improve day by day. The incorporation of Symfony in its renewed architecture of version 1.7 has been a success.