PrestaShop Multi Store Feature

The PrestaShop Multi-Store feature lets you run multiple online shops from a single admin panel. It’s very useful if you want to manage different brands, domains, languages, or customer groups without installing PrestaShop multiple times.

🔹 What is Multi-Store in PrestaShop?

It allows you to:

• Manage multiple shops (stores) from one back office
• Share or separate products, customers, orders, and inventory
• Use different domains or subdomains
• Customize each store’s design, pricing, and catalog

🔹 Example Use Cases

• Same products, different domains → mysite.com & mysite.in
• Different brands → Brand A store & Brand B store
• Wholesale + Retail stores
• Country-specific stores (India, UAE, etc.)

🔹 Types of Multi-Store Setup

PrestaShop gives 3 levels:

1. Shop

• Individual store
• Can have unique theme, products, and settings

2. Shop Group

• Group of shops sharing some data (like customers or stock)

3. All Shops

• Global settings applied to all stores

🔹 How to Enable Multi-Store

1. Go to Advanced Parameters → Multistore
2. Click Enable Multistore
3. Save settings

🔹 How to Add a New Store

1. Go to Advanced Parameters → Multistore
2. Click Add new shop group (optional)
3. Click Add new shop
4. Configure:
   • Shop name
   • Shop URL (domain/subdomain)
   • Associated shop group
5. Save

🔹 Domain Setup (Important)

You must configure domain in:

• Hosting (cPanel / DNS)
• Point domain/subdomain to same PrestaShop folder

Example:

• store1.com
• store2.com

🔹 What Can Be Shared or Separate?

🔹 Advantages

• Save hosting cost (single installation)
• Centralized management
• Easy scaling for new brands or regions

🔹 Disadvantages

• Complex setup (especially domains & SSL)
• Some modules may not support multistore
• Mistakes can affect all shops

🔹 Pro Tips (Important)

• Always test on staging before enabling
• Use separate themes if branding differs
• Check module compatibility with multistore
• Backup before making changes