On November 5, 2026, on stage at PS Summit in Lyon, we unveiled PrestaShop Payments, our new payment solution. Built by PrestaShop for PrestaShop stores, it runs on PayPal’s infrastructure and will be available to all stores in early 2027.
Seven years of PrestaShop Checkout, and a lot of lessons learned
In 2019, we launched PrestaShop Checkout with PayPal, a PrestaShop partner since 2012. It was our first real step into online payments. The early days weren’t easy, and many of you were skeptical. But we learned a great deal.
Every agency that reported a bug and every merchant who told us what was missing made the module better. Release after release, we fixed our mistakes, added features like installment payments and Apple Pay, and strengthened the infrastructure.
Today, PrestaShop Checkout has been downloaded more than 1.6 million times and processes payments for tens of thousands of stores every day. It has also made payments a core business for PrestaShop. We’re very proud of that.
Why we went back to the foundations
Ecommerce has changed profoundly in seven years. Covid accelerated online selling, PrestaShop moved to versions 8 and then 9, and AI arrived in online stores. Merchants’ expectations for performance, stability, and management followed.
One conclusion became clear: the architecture behind PrestaShop Checkout was reaching its limits for supporting the innovations of the years ahead. Improving what existed was no longer enough. We had to rethink the foundations.
That is how PrestaShop Payments was born. It brings together everything we’ve learned, with you and with our partner agencies, in a solution designed for the next ten years.
A renewed partnership, redefined roles
For this next chapter, we are renewing our alliance with PayPal under an entirely new model.
PrestaShop designs the entire solution, sets merchant pricing, and becomes your primary point of contact, including for support. PayPal provides the payment services and brings its global infrastructure, reliability, and security standards.
In short: our expertise day to day, PayPal’s strength behind the scenes.
This renewal, fourteen years after our collaboration began, reflects PayPal’s confidence in PrestaShop and its ecosystem.
It also gives us a rare advantage. Most ecommerce platforms now offer a payment solution. Very few can say the same company builds both the online store and the payment experience. When something needs to change at checkout, we have full freedom to make it happen.
What PrestaShop Payments changes for you
One module, integrated into the store and back office you already use. It brings together PayPal, credit and debit cards, wallets like Apple Pay and Google Pay, and local European payment methods such as iDEAL, Bancontact, and Blik, depending on availability in each market.
For your customers, it means a smooth checkout experience designed to support conversion.
For merchants, it means payments managed directly from PrestaShop, with a module that updates automatically, no action required.
For agencies, it means a solution that is simpler to deploy, maintain, and optimize across all their clients’ stores.
PrestaShop Payments will gain new features on a regular basis. And we’re putting real resources behind it: PrestaShop is dedicating 30% of its tech and R&D effort to this project.
Built with you
Last October, a group of agencies and merchants began using PrestaShop Payments on their own stores, with real customers and real orders. They told us what worked and what needed improvement. Most importantly, they confirmed that we had understood what they expect from a payment solution. Thank you to them. This product bears their mark.
Nine months after joining the cyber_Folks group, PrestaShop is investing, building, and committing for the long term, alongside partners who are equally committed. PrestaShop Payments is the most concrete proof of that.
What about PrestaShop Checkout?
Nothing changes for stores that use it. PrestaShop Checkout continues to work as usual.
Availability and early access
PrestaShop Payments will be available to all stores in early 2027. The launch date, eligible markets, and pricing will be announced at a later date.
In the meantime, agencies and merchants can request early access. Sign up here to be among the first to use it. If you represent an agency, your PrestaShop channel manager is also available to discuss it.
We can’t wait to put PrestaShop Payments in your hands.
PrestaShop Payments: coming to your store in early 2027
The new payment solution designed to improve conversion, built and maintained by PrestaShop, and backed by PayPal’s infrastructure.
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