Journal
What we learn building modules for live PrestaShop stores: checkout, carriers, payments and selling in packs.
· CheckoutBRT-fermopoint in PrestaShop: the pickup point plugin, the network and the checkoutHow BRT-fermopoint pickup points work in a PrestaShop shop: the BRT plugin and its PrestaShop versions, the size of the network in Italy and Europe, how customers choose a point, and what to test in a one page checkout. · SalesCart upsell in PrestaShop: suggesting a cheaper package instead of loose piecesA cart upsell that saves the customer money: how to suggest the same quantity as packages in a PrestaShop cart, what the suggestion must show, when not to show it, and how it differs from cross-selling. · DevelopmentCustom PrestaShop module: how to brief a developer and what drives the costWhat to put in a brief for a custom PrestaShop module or integration, the questions a developer will ask, what makes a module cost more or less, and how to tell a module that survives updates from one that does not. · SalesHow to increase average order value in an online store: packages, quantity tiers, thresholds and cart suggestionsFive practical ways to increase average order value in an online store, how to measure AOV in PrestaShop and Google Analytics, and how to tell a higher cart value from a higher profit. · PaymentsPayPal, PrestaShop Checkout and card payments in a one page checkout: what can break and how to testHow PrestaShop payment modules plug into the checkout, which of the four payment types are sensitive in a one page checkout, and a test plan for PayPal, PrestaShop Checkout and card payments before going live. · CheckoutAbandoned carts in PrestaShop: what the shop does on its own, and when you need a moduleWhere PrestaShop shows abandoned carts, why the bundled reminder modules are no longer maintained, what a cart needs before you can recover it, and what to check before buying an abandoned cart module. · B2BPrestaShop B2B mode: what it switches on, and what a wholesale shop still has to set upWhat PrestaShop’s built-in B2B mode adds to the back office and the storefront, where to enable it, and what it does not do for wholesale shops: package sizes, box pricing and VAT number checks. · B2BProducts with combinations sold by the box in PrestaShop: sizes, colours and packagesHow to sell a product with combinations (size, colour) by the box in PrestaShop: quantity discounts per combination, box products with their own combinations, why packs do not fit, and packages per combination. · CheckoutFree shipping over a set amount in PrestaShop: three native ways and how to show “X left” in the checkoutHow to give free shipping from a set order amount in PrestaShop: the shipping preference, a free carrier or a cart rule, when to use which, and how to show customers how much is missing in the checkout. · CheckoutPrestaShop guest checkout: how to enable it, what a guest order creates and how to turn it into an accountHow to let customers order without an account in PrestaShop, what PrestaShop stores for a guest, how to convert a guest into a registered customer, and how guest checkout works in a one page checkout. · B2BPrestaShop packs compared: the native pack of products, Advanced Pack and Pack SelectorBundles of different products or boxes of the same item? How PrestaShop’s native pack of products, the Advanced Pack 5 module and Pack Selector differ, with versions, stock and what each one is for. · B2BPrestaShop quantity discounts step by step: specific prices for one product, catalog price rules for a categoryHow to set up quantity discounts (volume discounts) in PrestaShop 8 and 9: specific prices from a minimum number of units, volume discount pricing examples with tiers, discounts for one customer group, catalog price rules for a category, and what the customer sees. · B2BCompany invoices in a PrestaShop checkout: VAT number fields and the VIES checkWhich VAT number and company fields PrestaShop offers for business customers, what the old vatnumber module did, what a VIES check tells you and what it does not, and how to collect invoice details in the checkout. · CheckoutPickup points in a PrestaShop one page checkout: why some carrier modules need a refreshWhy pickup-point and locker modules can show an empty list or an old address in a PrestaShop one page checkout, including the native 9.2 checkout, how to test it, and the two ways to fix it. · CheckoutPrestaShop one page checkout in 2026: the native 9.2 module vs Supercheckout, One Page Checkout PS and Prime OPCPrestaShop 9.2 now ships its own one page checkout. How it compares with One Page Supercheckout, One Page Checkout PS and Prime OPC on versions, themes, guest checkout, fields and price. · B2BPrestaShop wholesale pricing: quantity discounts, box products or packagesThree ways to sell the same product by piece, box or pallet in a PrestaShop B2B or wholesale shop: volume discounts, separate box products and package rows, with what each shows the customer.