An Introduction to PrestaShop

PrestaShop is an easy to install and easy to use open source e-commerce program. It is quickly becoming one of the most popular platforms for creating an online store. Whether you want to sell physical products, digital downloads, or a combination of the two, PrestaShop makes it easy to get your new store up and running.

Some of PrestaShop's features include:

• Unlimited Categories, Products and Attributes
• Easy customization of your online store
• Choices in payment methods (many available with default installation and more available through installable payment modules)
• Cross selling (offer your customers related products)
• Sell downloadable, digital products
• Inventory management (including bulk uploads and updates)
• Powerful sales reporting and statistics
• Shipping tables that can be set by product price or weight
• Easy to configure tax tables and rules 
• Built-in search engine optimization
• Translations available for multiple languages

If you would like more detailed information about the features available in PrestaShop, please see the full list of features:

http://www.prestashop.com/en/features

We are currently working on developing our tutorial series on setting up and using PrestaShop. Please keep checking back as we add new articles to the series.