Everything you'd want to know before you install.
A detailed look at how Step-by-Step Product Configurator — Visual Options, Live Preview & Price Impact (PrestaShop 8 & 9) works, why we built it the way we did, and the thinking behind the features above.
§ 01
Sell made-to-order without blowing up your catalog
Engraved bottles, personalized jewelry, configurable furniture, composed gift sets: as soon as a product comes in colors, finishes and paid options, native combinations hit their limits — combinatorial explosion, unmanageable stock, no engraving possible. The Product Configurator adds a guided flow right on the product page: the customer picks, sees, and pays the right price, without you creating a single extra combination.
§ 02
A preview that sells for you
Each option can carry a transparent PNG layer, stacked in real time on the product photo. Add the engraving overlay — text position, size and color tuned to the percent from the back office — and the customer sees exactly what they will receive. It is the most direct conversion lever in made-to-order: nobody abandons a cart they have already visualized.
§ 03
The right price, applied where nobody can cheat
Every option and every engraving field carries a tax-excluded price impact, positive or negative. The total updates live in the visitor's currency, but that amount is display only: the actual surcharge is applied by PrestaShop's native price calculation, server-side, with currency conversion and the customer's VAT context. A cart tweaked in the browser console will never change the billed price.
§ 04
Native customizations, not a fragile overlay
Rather than reinventing the cart, the module builds on PrestaShop's native customizations: each validated configuration creates its own line, with a readable summary (Color: Ocean blue · Engraving: Lea · Accessory: Bamboo cap) that follows the order through to the invoice and the back office. Your fulfillment workflows do not change, neither do your accounting exports.
§ 05
A back office built for speed
Two tabs under Catalog are all it takes: Steps, attached to a product through an autocomplete search, and their Options, with thumbnail and layer uploads resized automatically. Default option, required steps, negative impacts for base bundles: everything is configured without touching the theme. On order validation the configuration is archived; abandoned cart configurations are purged automatically after sixty days.
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