<s>
PrestaShop	B-Application
is	O
a	O
freemium	O
,	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
e-commerce	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
software	O
is	O
published	O
under	O
the	O
Open	B-License
Software	I-License
License	I-License
(	O
OSL	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
written	O
in	O
the	O
PHP	B-Application
programming	I-Application
language	I-Application
with	O
support	O
for	O
the	O
MySQL	B-Application
database	O
management	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
has	O
a	O
software	B-Library
dependency	I-Library
on	O
the	O
Symfony	B-Language
PHP	B-Application
framework	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PrestaShop	B-Application
is	O
currently	O
used	O
by	O
shops	O
worldwide	O
and	O
is	O
available	O
in	O
60	O
different	O
languages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PrestaShop	B-Application
started	O
in	O
2005	O
as	O
a	O
student	O
project	O
within	O
the	O
EPITECH	O
IT	O
School	O
in	O
Paris	O
,	O
France	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
,	O
PrestaShop	B-Application
SA	O
,	O
was	O
founded	O
in	O
2007	O
by	O
Igor	O
Schlumberger	O
and	O
Bruno	O
Lévêque	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Between	O
May	O
2010	O
and	O
April	O
2012	O
,	O
PrestaShop	B-Application
grew	O
from	O
17	O
employees	O
to	O
more	O
than	O
a	O
hundred	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
establishment	O
of	O
secondary	O
headquarters	O
in	O
Miami	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
April	O
2016	O
,	O
PrestaShop	B-Application
has	O
over	O
120	O
employees	O
and	O
offices	O
in	O
6	O
countries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2014	O
,	O
PrestaShop	B-Application
SA	O
secured	O
$9.3	O
M	O
in	O
Series	O
B	O
Funding	O
to	O
continue	O
its	O
global	O
expansion	O
efforts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2015	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
launched	O
PrestaShop	B-Application
Cloud	O
,	O
a	O
free	O
self-hosted	O
version	O
of	O
its	O
software	O
,	O
but	O
at	O
least	O
since	O
2017	O
is	O
no	O
longer	O
available	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
1.7.x	O
branch	O
of	O
PrestaShop	B-Application
is	O
the	O
latest	O
branch	O
of	O
PrestaShop	B-Application
,	O
first	O
released	O
as	O
a	O
stable	O
version	O
in	O
November	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
various	O
reasons	O
,	O
Prestashop	B-Application
decided	O
to	O
extend	O
this	O
maintenance	O
period	O
until	O
June	O
30	O
,	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PrestaShop	B-Application
has	O
been	O
built	O
as	O
a	O
monolith	O
following	O
traditional	O
object-oriented	O
PHP	B-Application
practices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Originally	O
based	O
on	O
a	O
custom	O
framework	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
progressively	O
being	O
migrated	O
to	O
Symfony	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2018	O
,	O
Alexandre	O
Eruimy	O
took	O
over	O
as	O
CEO	O
of	O
PrestaShop	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
October	O
2021	O
,	O
0.31	O
%	O
of	O
sites	O
employing	O
open-source	B-Application
shopping	B-Application
cart	I-Application
software	I-Application
use	O
PrestaShop	B-Application
,	O
according	O
to	O
software	O
tracking	O
website	O
BuiltWith	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
W3Techs	O
,	O
PrestaShop	B-Application
is	O
used	O
by	O
0.5	O
%	O
of	O
all	O
websites	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2019	O
,	O
PrestaShop	B-Application
closed	O
the	O
Miami	O
headquarters	O
and	O
ceased	O
its	O
operations	O
in	O
the	O
Americas	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2019	O
,	O
PrestaShop	B-Application
received	O
the	O
Acteurs	O
du	O
Libre	O
International	O
Award	O
for	O
its	O
international	O
development	O
strategy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
current	O
and	O
latest	O
version	O
of	O
Prestashop	B-Application
is	O
8.0.1Migration	O
from	O
PrestaShop	B-Application
1.7.8	O
to	O
8.0	O
just	O
got	O
easier	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
2021	O
,	O
PrestaShop	B-Application
joined	O
the	O
MBE	O
Worldwide	O
group	O
to	O
accelerate	O
its	O
growth	O
and	O
become	O
the	O
leading	O
commerce	O
platform	O
for	O
accelerating	O
business	O
growth	O
worldwide	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
an	O
open-source	B-Application
organization	O
,	O
PrestaShop	B-Application
is	O
faced	O
with	O
the	O
challenge	O
of	O
generating	O
revenues	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
leveraging	O
the	O
size	O
and	O
international	O
scope	O
of	O
its	O
open-source	B-Application
community	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
established	O
two	O
main	O
sources	O
of	O
revenue	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
PrestaShop	B-Application
has	O
more	O
than	O
three	O
hundred	O
built-in	O
features	O
for	O
managing	O
product	O
listing	O
,	O
payments	O
,	O
shipping	O
,	O
manufacturers	O
and	O
suppliers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PrestaShop	B-Application
uses	O
a	O
web	O
template	O
system	O
that	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
customize	O
store	O
themes	O
and	O
add	O
new	O
features	O
through	O
add-on	O
modules	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PrestaShop	B-Application
Addons	O
marketplace	O
provides	O
a	O
platform	O
for	O
third-party	O
developers	O
to	O
sell	O
themes	O
and	O
modules	O
to	O
merchants	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PrestaShop	B-Application
provides	O
a	O
basic	O
responsive	O
theme	O
by	O
default	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
most	O
important	O
element	O
for	O
SEO	O
optimization	O
in	O
PrestaShop	B-Application
is	O
On-page	O
SEO	O
(	O
Content	O
,	O
Website	O
architecture	O
and	O
HTML	B-General_Concept
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
June	O
14	O
,	O
2021	O
,	O
Wish	O
announced	O
a	O
partnership	O
with	O
PrestaShop	B-Application
whereby	O
Prestashop	B-Application
will	O
provide	O
over	O
300k	O
merchants	O
with	O
access	O
to	O
the	O
Wish	O
marketplace	O
.	O
</s>
