Can one PrestaShop installation run several stores?
Yes. Multistore is part of the PrestaShop core: one back office can run several shops, each with its own domain, theme, languages, currencies, prices and stock rules, grouped so that some data is shared and some is not. It suits a brand selling in several countries, or a group running a retail and a trade shop side by side. Miracuves plans the shop groups and what they share before any product is imported, because changing that later means moving data.
How much does PrestaShop development cost at Miracuves?
Custom PrestaShop work starts from $3,699, depending on the work. A custom PrestaShop MVP typically costs $8,000-$25,000 over 2-8 weeks; where it lands depends on the number of shops, languages and currencies, tax rules per country, catalogue size and combinations, data migration, payment and carrier modules that must be written, marketplace logic and ERP or PIM sync. If a ready-made platform fits instead, our catalogue starts from $2,199 with delivery in 6 days - for commerce, the Amazon clone from $2,799 or the Alibaba clone from $3,099, each on its own stack and not a PrestaShop store. An ongoing retainer for feature work and maintenance starts from $2,299/month. Every quote is written before payment, with no surprise invoices after kickoff.
Does Miracuves deliver the full source code?
Yes - completely. Miracuves hands over every custom module and theme, the Git repository with its full commit history, database and environment configuration, API and module documentation, and all server and back-office credentials. PrestaShop is open source and self-hosted, so there is no lock-in: your own developers or another agency can carry on the day after handoff.
How fast can a PrestaShop app realistically be delivered?
PrestaShop work is custom: a new store, a set of modules, a theme or an upgrade to PrestaShop 9 takes 2-8 weeks depending on scope, and larger scopes are quoted in writing before work starts. If a ready-made marketplace suits your plan instead, our Amazon or Alibaba clone - web store, apps, admin, payment gateway and your white-label setup - goes live in 6 working days on its own stack. All timelines are stated in writing before any payment is requested.
Can PrestaShop handle a large catalogue?
Into the tens of thousands of products, yes, provided the work is done up front. The usual failure is combinations - a few thousand products with heavy attribute combinations behaves very differently from the same count without them. Miracuves tests with a production-sized catalogue before launch, indexes the filters customers actually use, and caches anonymous traffic at the page level. Past roughly a hundred thousand SKUs with complex pricing rules we would point you at Magento instead rather than push PrestaShop past what it does well.
What is included in the admin panel with every delivery?
On a PrestaShop store the admin panel is PrestaShop's own back office: catalogue and combinations, orders, customers and customer groups, carriers, tax rules, multistore settings and statistics, with employee profiles and permissions. Miracuves adds admin screens for whatever custom modules we build - an ERP queue, a B2B price list, a marketplace commission report - so your team runs the store from one place in any browser.
Does Miracuves handle hosting, SSL and payment go-live for PrestaShop?
Yes, as part of every delivery engagement. Miracuves sets up a server sized for your catalogue, with PHP OPcache, the PrestaShop cache and a CDN for product images, configures SSL, and moves payment modules from sandbox to live before handoff. Card payments use the provider's hosted fields or payment page: we build to PCI DSS requirements using the payment provider's hosted fields; PCI certification is the merchant's and the provider's.
What happens after the app is delivered if there are bugs?
Every Miracuves delivery includes 60 days of post-launch support. Bugs in the modules, theme and integrations we delivered are fixed at no extra cost, including problems a PrestaShop patch release exposes. New features beyond the agreed scope are quoted separately, and a monthly retainer is available at published rates.
How does Miracuves handle NDA and confidentiality?
Miracuves signs a mutual NDA before you share any project details, covering your catalogue data, pricing rules, supplier terms, business logic and code. An IP assignment confirming that 100% ownership of every module and theme we write passes to you is signed when the project starts, not when it ends.
Can Miracuves work on a PrestaShop store another agency built?
Yes. We begin with a written audit: PrestaShop and PHP versions, every installed module and whether it is still maintained, every override and which core class it replaces, edited core or theme files, and how payments, cron tasks and backups are set up. You get a prioritized list of fixes. We then move logic out of overrides and into hook-based modules so the store can take PrestaShop updates again.
Does Miracuves work with PrestaShop merchants in Europe?
Yes. Miracuves is based in Mumbai and delivers remotely to merchants worldwide, including across Europe, with no local office. Our hours are Mon-Sat 10:00-19:00 IST, which overlap the European working morning, and first responses come in under 2 hours. Every European build is tested with its real languages, currencies and per-country tax rules before launch.
