Post-2020, the number of eCommerce stores has exploded, with almost every business and company offering a digital platform for customers to view, shop, and order their products or services without going to a physical store. While a significant chunk of these online stores are based on the Shopify model, there are multiple other platforms that companies are using to help stand out in this highly competitive space and generate high-quality eCommerce leads. 

An open-source eCommerce platform from France, PrestaShop is widely used to create an eCommerce website or online store. It was launched in 2007 and is today used by 251,047 eCommerce companies (among roughly 25M globally), with a global market share of 2.23%. The popularity of PrestaShop is thanks to its support for over a dozen languages, which it rolled out shortly after its launch. The platform strongly focuses on creating international sites that are also highly localized as per language and other requirements for each geography.

Here is a look at the top eCommerce brands using PrestaShop in 2022:

1. Samsung
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Founder: Lee Byung-chul
Year Founded: 1938
Location: South Korea

Samsung's monthly unique visitors: 11,615,568
Samsung's order volume: 50,000+
Samsung's web sales: $1B-$5B

Samsung is a consumer electronics manufacturer and one of the largest global companies known for products such as smartphones, air conditioners, refrigerators, etc. 

While the brand has stores all over the globe, it is also making a sizeable income from online sales. It has its website built on PrestaShop to make it easy for it to provide localized products in each market segment. 

2. Pampered Chef
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Founder: Doris Christopher
Year Founded:  1980
Location: United States of America

Pampered Chef's monthly unique visitors: 1,880,044
Pampered Chef's web sales: $250M-$500M

Pampered Chef began as early as 1980, when its founder, Doris Christopher, held her first cooking party. Sensing that this could lead to a strong business enterprise, the entrepreneur began offering top kitchen products, recipes, and party ideas to a niche audience and soon expanded to more geographies. Ever since, the company has grown in Canada, the UK, Germany, Austria, and France and also received a massive investment from Warren Buffet’s Berkshire Hathaway in 2002.  

Its online store has been generating a considerable part of its revenue. The brand uses the PrestaShop store for its global and multi-level marketing while also selling its products in five countries. 

3. Decathlon
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Founder: Michel Leclercq
Year Founded:  1976
Location: France

Decathlon's monthly unique visitors: 387,123
Decathlon's order volume: 10,000-50,000
Decathlon's web sales: $250M-$500M

Decathlon is a globally renowned sports equipment and fitness products brand. Founded in 1976, the French company has 1600+ stores in 60+ countries worldwide and is the largest sporting goods retailer globally. The brand has a sizeable online presence thanks to its eCommerce store that customers use to place orders. The products are delivered from the closest Decathlon warehouse. 

Given its wide market reach and specific location-based offerings, Decathlon is among the most popular online stores using PrestaShop.

4. Atipici
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Founder: Filippo Brucoli
Year Founded:  2003
Location: Italy

Atipici's monthly unique visitors: 5159
Atipici's web sales: $250M-$500M

Atipici is an Italian retail apparel brand that offers a collection of clothing, lifestyle, and accessories for men and women. The store specializes in what it calls ‘streetwear’ fashion and has a vast market among the Gen-Z and millennial crowd in the US and other parts of the world. 

5. Technologico de Monterrey
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Founder: Eugenio Garza Sada
Year Founded: 1943
Location: Mexico

Tecnológico de Monterrey's monthly unique visitors: 1,616,809
Tecnológico de Monterrey's web sales: $100M-$250M

Technologico de Monterrey is a Mexico-based portal that specializes in the online retailing of products related to education. Its programs are focused on developing professional and human potential through academic excellence, resources, research, and similar programs. 

The university uses PrestaShop to help promote its offerings and has 35 campuses throughout Mexico. This institution is also known for its high number of billionaire alumni.

6. Primor
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Founder: Juan Ricardo Hidalgo
Year Founded:  1953
Location: Spain

Primor's monthly unique visitors: 291,030
Primor's web sales: $100M-$250M

Starting as a family business in 1953, Perfumeries Primor was a 100% Malaga-based perfume store that has slowly expanded to other geographies in recent years. The company has 150+ stores from Malaga to Madrid, Granada, Seville, Barcelona, and Portugal. It is also expanding its offerings using its PrestaShop online eCommerce store. 

7. iCanvas Inc
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Founder: Leon Oks
Year Founded:  1999
Location: United States of America

iCanvas' monthly unique visitors: 200,277
iCanvas' web sales: $100M-$250M

iCanvas is an online retail provider of artwork in multiple formats. The company has its base in Morton Grove, Illinois, and delivers art pieces worldwide.

iCanvas uses PrestaShop for its online store and offers products by multiple artists. It also provides a ‘create your own feature’ that allows customers to select the development and design they require. 

8. Brico Prive
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Founders: Julien Boué and Marc Leverger
Year Founded: 2012
Location: France

Brico Prive's monthly unique visitors: 65,557
Brico Prive's web sales: $100M-$250M

Brico Privé is an online retailer of products related to general merchandise, based in L'Union in France. Its key offerings include DIY products, gardening, home improvement products, and several other segments. Thanks to its digital expertise using the PrestaShop store, the company has rapidly grown in markets such as France, Spain, and Italy, with nearly €100M in sales. 

The Takeaway

Being free and open-source, PrestaShop has a massive advantage over other platforms and is extremely helpful for beginners and more prominent brands that want to cater to a global audience while ensuring that each customer segment and geography are appropriately targeted. The platform also offers a one-click hosting setup and has a massive repository of themes and modules that are entirely free. 

Due to these factors, it has a major presence among the US and European eCommerce companies, making up 2% of the global eCommerce merchants’ market share.