Paris, 15 June 2017 It is surrounded by his community and all professionals of the web and e-commerce on the occasion of the PrestaShop Day Paris that PrestaShop is now celebrating its 10 years. Ten years that have seen the platform move from the project of end of study of a 23 year old student at one of the top 5 world’s leading platforms dedicated to e-commerce. Today, led by Corinne Lejbowicz, the company prepares its balance sheet and reveals her news, and perspectives.
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PrestaShop 2007 2017
Designed by a 21 year old student, in the early stages of e-commerce, to enable e-merchants to easily launch and grow the platform PrestaShop has developed at a speed and in dimensions that have surprised even its founder and today President, Bruno Lévêque :
“The open-source was at the heart of the project and my values as of the first day, but I thought I’d gather a few dozens of contributors : we have today several tens of thousands. Similarly, the internationalisation was well provided for, but I imagined initially target 10 countries, gold PrestaShop is used in more than 195 countries. Finally, I thought I’d create a community of 10 to 20 000 members, it now counts more than 1 million. ”
PrestaShop now confirming its position as a nugget international Tech French.
270 000 shops in more than 195 countries
PrestaShop, it is today more than 270,000 stores across the world and a product that continues to evolve thanks to the contribution of its community to the four corners of the world : Corinne Lejbowicz, CEO of PrestaShop confirms it : “You know a lot of software that evolve on 5 continents ? The international is certainly a goal of development for PrestaShop but it is above all an intrinsic value to our software and our company. Keiko Ito, processor-driven PrestaShop, came straight from Japan visit us at PrestaShop Day. What pride of gathering so many fans ! “.
If the platform is already a leader in Europe, PrestaShop aims to further strengthen its presence and expand in other regions of the world.
Stripe and MailChimp join the ecosystem of PrestaShop
E-commerce is become a hot topic worldwide, Corinne Lejbowicz today enjoys the PrestaShop Day to announce two new partnerships with two major players in the innovation and web marketing in the world : Stripe and MailChimp.
“Our partnership with PrestaShop will change the way in which e-tailers engage with their customers through different marketing channels. Connect the e-shop at MailChimp will help dealers to better understand their audience and send messages more relevant and personalized way, in order to grow their turnover and the impact of their brand, ” says Sean Cook, VP of Marketing at MailChimp.
With the module Stripe, the merchant PrestaShop will now be able to offer their customers the best payment experience web and mobile market, both in terms of design, that of fluidity or security. In a few seconds, they will also be able to receive payments from all over the world and benefit from the most advanced features of the Stripe, to optimize their conversion and grow their business. says William Princen, CEO southern Europe of Stripe.
PrestaShop, view and commented on by 10 personalities key to its development
For 10 years, PrestaShop has given the word to 10 personalities key to its development, symbolizing the diversity of the community that made his success : 3rd historical customer and 3rd contributor to Marketplace, web agency major, 1 Ambassador, and future Ambassador, partner industrial, historical and major, e-trader, country managers, head of open source… and of course its Founder and its CEO. Find their interviews on the blog to PrestaShop.
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About PrestaShop : Founded in 2007, PrestaShop has a mission to deliver an e-commerce software free by focusing on innovation open source. PrestaShop is part of the grading Inc. 5000 2016, which brings together private companies to rapid growth in Europe. PrestaShop has won the People’s Choice CMS Award for best e-commerce solution for SMES. Based in the United States and in France, the company is funded by XAnge Private Equity, Seventure Partners and Serena Capital. #WeAre1Million ; #1Million4Devs ; 250/500 among the champions of growth (The Echos/Statista)
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