Out of the box Prestashop gives you a full fledged working store that you can set up without any hassle and use it to sell your products right away. But if you want to take advantage of all of the functionalities that Prestashop offers and want to take your business to the next level, then you have to have some extra modules installed. We have gone through a number of modules available for Prestahop and have listed here 5 that we think is must have for almost every Prestashop store. All of these modules offers some very important features that cant be ignored in order to set up a successful online business based on Prestashop ecommerce platform.
Prestashop Store Locator and Pickup Module
As the name suggests Prestashop Store locator modules allows your customers to see all the physical locations of your store on Google map. From there they can not only get directions on map but at the same time can see other information such as store timings, products offered by each store, address and phone number. Prestashop Store Locator also offers pick up fucntionality where customers can select the store, the day and the time for the pickup. All this information is then sent to the merchant so that he/ she can prepare the order.
Other important features include:
- Auto detects the location of the user and shows the nearest store
- Multiple searching options and filters for users
- Multiple layouts and display option to show your map
- Option to create delivery slips in bulk from backoffice
- Option to show store images on each location on map
Prestashop Friendly URL Module
It will not be an exaggeration to say that Pretty URL Module is one module that is being suggested by almost every SEO guy when it comes to Prestashop. You can use
SEO tools to check whether your URL structure is user-friendly or not. This is the sole reason it is one of the highest downloaded module on Prestashop Offcial marketplace where it has more than 16,000 download. This number should be enough to convince you the importance of Pretty URL module. Pretty URL cleans all your store urls by removing numbers and default Prestashop IDs. This make your urls more search engine friendly and helps you get higher rankings.
Other important features include:
- Removes all numbers from URLs in a matter of minutes without any complex configuration
- Show duplicate URL report on the backend
- Redirect old URLs to new ones automatically
- Option to edit category tree
Also read :
How to enable friendly URLs in PrestaShop 1.7
Prestasho Private Shop Module
Prestashop Private Shop Module allows you to restrict access to your shop from your customers based on multiple criterias. This can help you make your store exclusive to some customers where you can offer special items. You can privitize whole shop or selected group of products or categories. The restriction can be based on user groups, IPs, or password. Private shop module offers many customization options.
Other important features include:
- Option to set background opacity for login page
- Option to enable disable fields and admin can also add extra fields from backend
- Set approval on new registrations
- Restricted pages will be shown on search engine results
Prestashop Registration Form Module
Another must have module for your Prestashop store is Custom Registration Form Module that gives you the ability to customize your default registration form. You can add more fields on the form to get extra information from your customers. As Prestashop Custom Registration Form Module offers more than 8 field types with the option of conditional fields, you can get the exact information from your new users that you might require. All the information gathered from the customers is available at the backend for merchants to utilize.
Other important features include:
- Field types include drop down, radio button, text field, file upload, image, checkbox, Date, Yes / no selection
- Allow customers to select the user group on the registration form
- Powerful conditional fields
- Option to set validation on new registrations
Prestashop Labels and Stickers Module
Prestashop Product labels and Stickers Module allows you to show labels and stickers on product images so that you can convey some extra information to your customers. The strikers can show discounts, free shipping or any other information in form of image stickers or labels. You can show stickers on a single product or on whole categories. Prestashop Product Labels and Stickers Module offers full customization where you can select the size, location of stickers as well as fonts and colors or your labels.
Other important features include:
- More than 20 selection criteras to specify where you sticker should be shown
- Full customization options
- Option to show labels only on product page or on listing page
- Option to schedule your labels or stickers
Prestashop SEO Module
PrestaShop SEO Module is a comprehensive extension designed to optimize the search engine visibility and performance of your Prestashop e-commerce website. This all-in-one SEO module offers a range of essential features aimed at improving your online store's rankings in search engine results pages (SERPs), driving organic traffic, and enhancing the overall user experience. Key functionalities include the ability to customize and optimize meta tags, such as meta titles, descriptions, and keywords, for your product pages, categories, and content management system (CMS) pages. It can also facilitate the generation of XML sitemaps and the management of robots.txt files to aid search engine crawling and indexing.
Other important features include:
- Automatically configure multilingual Meta Title and description for your products, categories, and CMS pages
- Easily configure and enable Google Social Profiles integration
- Implement 301, 302, and 303 redirects for streamlined page management
- Enable the inclusion of Product Cards for Facebook and Twitter sharing
- Generate Sitemap and Robots.txt files for improved SEO
Also read:
Top PrestaShop SEO modules for 2024
