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
- Go to Advanced Parameters → Multistore
- Click Enable Multistore
- Save settings
🔹 How to Add a New Store
- Go to Advanced Parameters → Multistore
- Click Add new shop group (optional)
- Click Add new shop
- Configure:
- Shop name
- Shop URL (domain/subdomain)
- Associated shop group
- Save
🔹 Domain Setup (Important)
You must configure domain in:
- Hosting (cPanel / DNS)
- Point domain/subdomain to same PrestaShop folder
Example:
store1.comstore2.com
🔹 What Can Be Shared or Separate?
| Feature | Can be Shared |
|---|---|
| Products | ✅ Yes |
| Customers | ✅ Yes |
| Orders | ❌ No |
| Themes | ❌ Separate |
| Prices | ✅ Optional |
| Stock | ✅ Optional |
🔹 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