Personalized products with a live preview.

Why PrestaShop customization fields are not enough

PrestaShop has customization fields, which collect text or a file. They show no preview, cannot charge per character, and cannot limit input in any useful way. For engraving or monograms that is not enough.

Product Personalizer shows the text on the product photo while the customer types, in the chosen font and position, and gives the price before they add it to the cart. It works through PrestaShop’s own customization mechanism, on the same cart line as its customization fields, with no overrides.

How personalization works

1. The customer fills in text or monogram fields, with Classic, Block, Circle or single-letter styles.
2. They choose from 12 fonts, 8 of them bundled, and from center, top, bottom, upper or lower third. A live preview works on Classic and Hummingbird.
3. The character counter and fee update live, and messages explain anything that cannot be accepted.
4. Add to cart checks every value again on the server, so the browser can never set a price.
5. The personalization shows on every cart line, in checkout including the 9.2 one-page checkout, confirmation, order history, e-mails, PDF invoices and the back-office order.
6. A production sheet prints open orders with done marks, and there is a panel on each order.

Templates and fees

A template has up to 6 fields and applies per product or per category. Fees are per item, taxed and converted like the product. The offensive word filter uses a built-in English list plus your own words, and catches look-alikes such as sh1t and $hit, repeated letters, spaced-out words, and initials such as "ASS".

Fonts load only when used, and one small script does the rest.

Limits and alternatives

This is for text and monograms, not image uploads or a free-form designer. Positions are set areas of the main product image. If customers send you artwork, use a customization file field or a designer module.

Our themes draw the preview correctly on their product pictures. Store kits for Atelier, Gloss, Kite and Ridge include this module, and the Made-to-Order Pack combines it with Sell by Weight & Length and Make an Offer. See the packages page. Get Product Personalizer on the store.

Getting the preview right

Use straight-on product photos with a clear engraving area, keep it inside one of the five positions, and match the finish to the material. Set character limits from a real test piece. Thin script fonts can fill in on small plates, so offer two or three fonts your machine reproduces well. State turnaround time and return rules in the help text, since personalized goods are often handled differently; check with your adviser for your market.

Compatibility

One package for PrestaShop 8.2 and 9.x, on Classic and Hummingbird. Turning off the storefront form leaves carts and orders unaffected.

Pricing personalization

Per character with free characters suits engraving: short names stay free, and long messages pay for the extra time. A fixed fee suits monograms, where length does not change the effort. A free field suits gift messages.

Fees are per item, so three engraved mugs pay three times. The production sheet shows what was actually sold, so the workshop can print it and tick off lines as they go.