PrestaShop Cloud
About PrestaShop
PrestaShop is a free eCommerce software that allows users to setup online stores on a quick and easy fashion, cutting off the technical and financial complications that are usually involved in this kind of business.
The PrestaShop Cloud version offers the setup and start-up of your online store within a specialized hosting service, suited for that platform. Sparing the user the technical tasks of installing and configuring your site on your own hosting.
Requirements
- Open up a PrestaShop store (https://www.prestashop.com)
- Sign up for an Openpay merchant account
- Set up an SSL certificate for your site
PrestaShop Store Sign-up
You can easily create your PrestaShop Cloud store following these steps:
- Go to the Store Sign-up form using this link.
- Write in the name of your store and your email address.
- Confirm the URL of your PrestaShop Cloud store and select the rest of the required information. Click Next.
- Complete the form as it is required. Finally click Create my store.
- Check your email account for the Store Activation notification. Use the link within that mail to active your new store.
- Setup and manage your store using the Back Office. You can reach it using the link Manage my store, also you can use the login data contained on the email sent right after the Store Activation.
- In order to install and setup the Openpay module keep reading this article.





Installation
In order to install the Openpay module on your PrestaShop Cloud store, you need to follow these steps:
- On your PrestaShop admin panel (Back Office), go to Modules and Services using the lateral menu.
- On the search field placed on the left, type in openpay. Click Install on the search result.
- Look for the success message to confirm the plugin installation.



Setup
- Identificar las credenciales de API asignadas a su comercio dentro del panel de administración de Openpay.
- On your PrestaShop admin panel (Back Office), go to Modules and Services using the lateral menu.
- On the search field placed on the left, type in openpay. Click Configure on the search result.
- Fill in the configuration mind keeping in mind the following topics:
- Select the operation mode of the module: Sandbox (for testing purposes) or Production.
- Write in the API credentials obtained on Step 1.
- Check the payment methods you want to enable on your store.
- Define the amount of hours on which your customer will be able to make a payment via Convenience Store or Wire Transfer, in case those payment methods are enabled.
- Type in the hexadecimal color codes for your Convenience Store or Wire Transfer payment receipts, in case those payment methods are enabled.
- Click Save configuration, once the form is completed.

Find the credentials by clicking the cog icon on the upper right corner of the screen, then select Credenciales de API


