PrestaShop connector for your wholesaler products
With the Import2Shop PrestaShop connector, your wholesalers’ products are created in PrestaShop automatically, including variants, images and categories. Stock, prices and texts stay current, orders go to the supplier on their own and the tracking number comes back to your shop.
- No module needed
- Orders handled automatically
- All features in one app
What does Import2Shop create in PrestaShop for you?
Your suppliers’ products arrive in the shop complete. You don’t create anything by hand or upload CSV files.
Products with variants
Products are created automatically, including variants such as size or colour.
Images per variant
Images come along, for each variant individually too.
Manufacturers and categories
Manufacturers are created. Categories are built automatically, or you assign products to your own categories.
EAN, MPN, weight, dimensions
Your suppliers' master data goes into the matching PrestaShop fields, plus SEO title and SEO description.
Base price and minimum quantity
The base price, for example per litre or kilogram, and the minimum order quantity are sent along. Base prices are transferred from PrestaShop 8 onward.
Delivery time texts
For each shipping class you store a delivery time text, separately for in stock and not available.
How do attributes become filters in PrestaShop?
Import2Shop sends your product attributes to PrestaShop as features. You use them to build filters in the shop so customers can narrow down their search.
When attributes or values change, Import2Shop carries the change over.
Attributes arrive as PrestaShop features instead of sitting in the description.
New or changed values reach the shop automatically.
What does Import2Shop keep current in PrestaShop?
After the first import the upkeep continues: Import2Shop compares stock, prices, texts and status with the supplier data.
You calculate prices with the price rules and the calculation in the app. Products that are deleted at the supplier are also removed from PrestaShop.
When the supplier changes stock, PrestaShop follows.
Calculated with your price rules from the app.
Descriptions and the product status stay in sync.
When a product is deleted, it disappears from the shop too.
What happens to a PrestaShop order?
Import2Shop fetches orders from PrestaShop automatically and passes them on to the supplier. The tracking number goes back to the shop and the order status switches to shipped.
New orders reach the app without retyping.
The order goes to your wholesaler automatically.
The number lands in PrestaShop and the status changes to shipped.
PrestaShop itself notifies your customer with the shipping email.
How do you set up the PrestaShop connector?
You need no plugin and no module in PrestaShop. The connection runs through the web service that PrestaShop already includes. PrestaShop 1.7, 8 and 9 are supported, because the web service is included in all three versions.
Enable the web service
In PrestaShop you switch on the web service.
Create an API key
In PrestaShop you create an API key.
Enter it in Import2Shop
You enter the shop URL and the key in the app. After that, product creation can start.
The PrestaShop connection in brief
| Versions | PrestaShop 1.7, 8 and 9, connected through the web service |
|---|---|
| Products | Created with variants, images (also per variant), manufacturers and categories |
| Master data | EAN, MPN, weight, dimensions, SEO title and SEO description |
| Prices | Base price and minimum order quantity are sent along. Base prices are transferred from PrestaShop 8 onward |
| Delivery time | Text per shipping class, for in stock and not available |
| Attributes | As PrestaShop features for filters, changes are carried over |
| Updates | Stock, prices, texts and status; deleted products are removed |
| Orders | Pickup, handover to the supplier, tracking number back, status shipped |
| Setup | Enable web service, create API key, enter URL and key in the app; no module needed |
PrestaShop and more channels from one range
Your wholesalers’ products flow into Import2Shop once and go from there to your channels. The interfaces overview shows which shop systems and marketplaces are included.
Frequently asked questions about the PrestaShop connector
Which PrestaShop versions are supported?
Import2Shop supports PrestaShop 1.7, 8 and 9. The connection runs through the PrestaShop web service, which is included in all three versions. Base prices are transferred from PrestaShop 8 onward.
Do I need a module or plugin in PrestaShop?
No. You enable the web service in PrestaShop and create an API key. You enter the shop URL and the key in Import2Shop.
How do I connect PrestaShop to Import2Shop?
Enable the web service in PrestaShop, create an API key and enter the shop URL and the key in the app.
Are variants such as size and colour created?
Yes. Import2Shop creates products with their variants, and the images come along for each variant too.
What happens to manufacturers and categories?
Manufacturers are created. Categories are built automatically, or you assign the products to your own categories.
Which product data goes to PrestaShop?
Among other things EAN, MPN, weight, dimensions, SEO title and SEO description. The base price, for example per litre or kilogram, and the minimum order quantity are sent as well. Base prices are transferred from PrestaShop 8 onward.
Can I build filters in PrestaShop?
Yes. Import2Shop sends the attributes as PrestaShop features. You build filters on them, and changes to the attributes are carried over.
Are stock and prices updated automatically?
Yes. Import2Shop keeps stock, prices, texts and status in sync. You calculate the prices with the price rules in the app.
What happens to deleted products?
Products that are deleted are also removed from PrestaShop by Import2Shop.
How do orders from PrestaShop work?
Import2Shop fetches the order and passes it to the supplier. The tracking number goes back to PrestaShop and the order status becomes shipped. PrestaShop sends the shipping email to the customer.
See what Import2Shop costs, or tell us which wholesalers you use. Your PrestaShop range then runs without manual work.
- No module needed
- All features in one app
