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Moving a store from PrestaShop to Horoshop

Moving a store from PrestaShop to Horoshop moves the store from a PHP engine that needs hosting, updates and modules to a cloud platform where these tasks are included in the plan. The catalog, combinations and page URLs move over according to a mapping of old and new URLs.

  • products with prices and SKUs, manufacturers, features and their values, product photos from the PrestaShop database;
  • product combinations become product variants;
  • the category tree is recreated by hand in the Horoshop admin panel;
  • URLs like /12-name and /category/34-name.html get redirects to the new ones;
  • product translations for each language are recreated as Horoshop language versions;
  • PrestaShop modules are replaced with the platform's built-in functionality.

How the move from PrestaShop to Horoshop works

Those who search for moving a store from PrestaShop to Horoshop are usually held back by the complexity of maintenance: every engine update requires compatible modules, and you have to find a developer for every change. Horoshop takes over the technical side, so you are left with products, prices and orders.

PrestaShop stores products, combinations, manufacturers and features in linked tables, and the Back Office has a built-in CSV import and list export. Friendly URLs contain a numeric ID by default: /12-category-name for sections and /category/34-name.html for products. We use these numbers to connect the old URL with the new product card.

What we move from PrestaShop and what we rebuild

  • products with SKUs, prices, stock and descriptions – via import from Excel;
  • we build combinations (size, color) as product variants with selection buttons;
  • manufacturers become brands, product features become specifications for filters;
  • we create the category tree by hand, because Horoshop does not support importing sections;
  • meta tags, URLs and translations for each language;
  • CMS pages and blog articles that have traffic.

We export customers and orders as spreadsheets for the archive. There is no point in moving password hashes from the PrestaShop database to the new platform, so customers set a new password.

How we work and what we need from you

  1. audit: PrestaShop version, modules, languages, pages with traffic;
  2. a mapping of URLs with numeric IDs;
  3. sections, import of products and combinations, filters;
  4. translations, SEO templates, payment, delivery, feeds;
  5. a test order and domain switch.

We need access to the Back Office or a database dump, access to Search Console and Analytics, and a list of the services connected to the store. The timeline depends on the number of products, languages and modules that have to be replaced, and we name it after the audit.

Cost of migration from PrestaShop and terms

We estimate the cost after a free consultation and an audit, and we fix the price and scope in the contract. The domain and the Horoshop admin panel belong to you, and the platform plan is paid separately. The stages are described on the "Migration from other platforms to Horoshop" page, an SEO audit checks the state of the website before the move, and after the launch you can add SEO promotion of online stores.

Questions and answers

Will the language versions be kept?

We recreate the translations of titles, descriptions and meta tags in Horoshop language versions, and search engines index each of them. We agree on the list of languages during the audit.

What should be done with the PrestaShop modules?

Horoshop is closed to changes in the theme code. Built-in filters, SEO templates, feeds and coupons take over the role of the modules, and we cover the rest with external services.

Can the old URLs with numbers be kept?

The URL formula on Horoshop is changed by the platform support on request, so we agree on it before the launch. For URLs that will change anyway, we add manual redirects.

Will we lose customers with accounts?

Password hashes do not carry over to the new platform, so customers restore access via e-mail. We keep the order history for you as a spreadsheet.