Prestashop GeoIP Module – IP Address Auto Detection

PrestaShop is a free, open source e-commerce solution. It consists of 70 developers, designers, and professional e-commerce addicts. It supports payment gateways such as Google Checkout, Authorize.Net, PayPal and PayPal Payments Pro (Direct) via their respective APIs. Technical support is provided on the official forum from PrestaShop growing Community consisting of more than 450,000 active members. It allows user to take advantage of the important web 2.0 innovations such as dynamic AJAX features and the next-generation design and development facilities. The PrestaShop based eCommerce website can store a large database and numerous products without becoming clumsy.

PrestaShop GeoIP Module enables the merchants to detect the IP and showcase their domains. Identifying the user’s location based on the IP address. IP address location data can include information such as country, region, city, postal/zip code, latitude, longitude and time zone. It can also determine the other parameters such as connection speed, domain name, language, company name, ISP, NAICS codes, and home / business. It thereby helps them to know about those who place fraudulent orders. The module detects the IP automatically and redirects the entire URL to the assigned URL for the detected IP. If there is no IP set, it will open the default domain.

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The PrestaShop GeoIP Extension useful for the stores with one or multiple sub domains. The module identifies the user’s IP address and redirects the website URL to the corresponding URL assigned to the detected IP. If the IP address of the customer matches to the IP numbers which are set by you in the back end, then the module automatically redirects the users. If the IP is not found then it displays the default URL to the customer. By redirecting the users to their Native language store, the customer can view the product information in his native language and it is easy for them to understand the product details. This can attract more number of customers to your online store.

The currency settings can be done by both manual and automatic. It is a friendly interface module. The currency updater is handled by using custom GEOIP import services. The module is compatible with PrestaShop eCommerce Version 1.4.x and 1.5.x. It is simple and quick to install. The module increases the product sales of your website and provides the best customer services. This module helps you to hit the traffic rate and improves the growth of your online store business.