PrestaShop Multi-Domain configuration

 

Here’s the step-by-step process:

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🔹 1. Enable Multistore

• Go to Advanced Parameters → Multistore in your Back Office.
• Enable Multistore → Save.

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🔹 2. Create Shop Groups

• Go to Advanced Parameters → Multistore → Add New Shop Group.
• Decide if you want shops in the group to:
  • Share customers
  • Share available stock
  • Share orders

⚠️ Once you enable Share Customers or Share Orders, you cannot disable them later.

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🔹 3. Create Shops

• Go to Advanced Parameters → Multistore → Add New Shop.
• Choose:
  • Shop Group (you just created).
  • Root Category (defines product hierarchy).
  • Theme (can be different per shop).
• Save.

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🔹 4. Assign a Domain to Each Shop

This is the key step for Multi-Domain setup.

1. Go to Advanced Parameters → Multistore → Shop URLs.
2. Add a new URL for each shop:
   • Domain → e.g., store1.com
   • SSL domain → store1.com (if using HTTPS)
   • Physical URI → / (if installed at root; or /shop/ if in subfolder)
   • Virtual URI → leave empty (unless you want something like store1.com/furniture/)
3. Repeat for each shop with its own domain:
   • Shop A → store1.com
   • Shop B → store2.com
   • Shop C → brandx.com

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🔹 5. DNS & Hosting Configuration

• Point each domain (store1.com, store2.com) to the same hosting server.
• If using Apache or Nginx, make sure ServerName / ServerAlias are set up.

Apache example (VirtualHost config):

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName store1.com
    DocumentRoot /var/www/prestashop
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName store2.com
    DocumentRoot /var/www/prestashop
</VirtualHost>

Both domains point to the same PrestaShop installation. PrestaShop decides which shop to load based on the URL configured in Shop URLs.

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🔹 6. Switch Context to Manage Each Shop

Use the Multistore context dropdown in the top menu:

• Select All Shops, a Shop Group, or a Single Shop.
• Configure products, themes, modules, and settings shop by shop.

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🔹 7. SEO & Domain Considerations

• Each domain should have its own SEO settings (meta titles, sitemaps).
• Use different Google Search Console properties for each domain.
• Make sure each domain has proper SSL certificates installed.
• If you want language-specific shops (e.g., .fr, .de), you can use this multi-domain approach.

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✅ Example Setup:

• fashionstore.com → Retail Shop (default theme, B2C pricing)
• fashionwholesale.com → Wholesale Shop (different theme, B2B pricing)
• frenchfashion.fr → French version (different domain, language & currency set to FR/EUR)

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