Synchronization of Amazon with Prestashop store

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If you are going to sell products on a PrestaShop store, our software developments will release you from a huge amount of monotonous tasks. Which exactly monotonous tasks? Ins and outs are described below in this article.

Root of the matter

Briefly. Let’s imagine, that you have an online store on PrestaShop. This way, you undoubtedly face the problem of constant synchronization of Amazon with PrestaShop. What kind of problem is it? In particular it includes the processes of adding, editing and removing items. The purpose of synchronization is maintenance of the PrestaShop price list in compliance with the list presented on Amazon. Click here to find out more useful information about synchronisation.

Solution options

In order to keep the information on your PrestaShop store always relevant, you can:

• Track all updates on Amazon yourself and edit relative information on PrestaShop manually. But be prepared for spending a lot of efforts while doing it. The point is, that a product range can fluctuate quite regularly and unpredictably: some items are sold out, new ones are added, prices are corrected, etc.
• Start using one of the services for constant automation. It can be Hublogix, for example. But there is a big possibility that they would interact with your online store incorrectly. Besides, such services are quite expensive.
• Search for a freelance developer and order developing of a such program. But first, think about all the efforts it can take you, not to speak of the financial expenses.

Our solution

We offer the software solution which speeds the synchronization of your product range on Amazon and PrestaShop up to 100%. As a result:

1. You will save your time and money (depends on whether you do monotonous tasks yourself or pass them to your employees).
2. The chance of creating errors caused by human error is totally left out.

Example

Nevertheless, let’s move from words to action! In this video we illustrate one of the synchronizers developed by us.

From Amazon to PrestaShop

Similarly to the example presented on the video, we have created the synchronizer from Amazon to PrestaShop. We can also create a much-the-same development (extended with features according to your requirements) to synchronize your PrestaShop store with the original online store on Amazon.

Useful to know

About Amazon

Amazon is a large trading platform intended for worldwide retail distribution. The amazon.com website is well-known even for those people who have never shopped online. There are more than thirty kinds of products presented on the Amazon website. You can buy there almost anything, ranging from household appliances to toys. The Amazon headquarters is situated in the USA, but the company also has its offices in France, Canada, China, Germany, Japan and England. Initially Amazon was created for selling books, but over the years it has overgrown to a large trading platform. Amazon doesn’t have any brick-and-mortar stores so far, every single product is sold entirely via the Internet. As a result of the cost avoidance on salespeople and warehouses, Amazon manages to maintain prices on a competitive level. Besides, the USA citizens are excused from paying sales taxes, which they usually have to pay in every common shop. Due to the user friendly website interface, it usually takes you under a couple of minutes to find an item you need. In addition to that, the payment process takes you even less – just a couple of clicks. Amazon has the useful system, which allows to leave a comment about any product you have personal impression about. A comment can be left by every registered user. One more really useful option is that you can vote for a comment and thus recommend other potential purchasers to read it. All advantages listed above are the reasons for Amazon to be one of the e-Commerce leaders all over the world.

About PrestaShop

PrestaShop is a reliable online trading system intended to create online stores or price lists. It allows users to sell some products or services online. You can download and use PrestaShop for selling purposes totally for free. An online store created on the PrestaShop basis is always convenient, and simple to set and administrate. In case you have some basic PHP knowledges, you are able to create patterns and features yourself. It will help you to expand the functionality of your online store. The fact that system has an open source code allows every user from all over the world to download and install PrestaShop on their website without any financial expenses. A lot of users prefer PrestaShop due to its block structure and simplicity of operation. This CMS differs from many similar content management systems because of its highspeed response, steadiness, faultless operation performance and efficiency.