PrestaShop Shipping Modules Worth Installing

If you've chosen PrestaShop for your online store, you already know it's a different beast from Shopify or WooCommerce. PrestaShop gives you power and flexibility — sometimes too much of both. The shipping module ecosystem is a perfect example: hundreds of options, wildly varying quality, and documentation that ranges from excellent to nonexistent.

I've been working with PrestaShop since version 1.6. Here are the shipping modules I've actually deployed on production stores, why they're worth the money, and a few I'd steer clear of.

PrestaShop's Default Shipping: What You Get

Out of the box, PrestaShop 8.x gives you a carrier management system with:

• Weight-based shipping rates
• Price-based shipping rates
• Zone-based pricing (different rates per geographic zone)
• Free shipping rules (per carrier or per cart rule)
• Multiple carrier support

This is already more than what Wix or Squarespace offer natively. You can define carriers, assign them to zones, and set rate tables. For a straightforward domestic operation, you might not need any modules at all.

But here's where it gets limited:

• No real-time carrier rate calculation
• No label printing
• No tracking page
• No dimensional weight handling
• No delivery date estimation
• No multi-warehouse shipping logic

That's where modules come in.

Carrier Integration Modules

SendCloud PrestaShop Module

Price: Module is free; SendCloud plans from €12/month Verdict: Must-have for European stores

SendCloud is a shipping platform popular in Europe that integrates with 80+ carriers. Their PrestaShop module syncs orders, provides discounted carrier rates, prints labels, and handles returns.

What makes it especially good for PrestaShop: it works as a complete shipping backend. You don't need to configure complex carrier settings in PrestaShop itself — SendCloud becomes your shipping layer. Create a label, get a tracking number, customer gets notified. Done.

The catch: it's Europe-focused. If you're primarily shipping within the US, SendCloud's carrier network is less relevant. Look at ShipStation or Shippo instead.

Packlink PRO Module

Price: Free module, pay-per-label Verdict: Good budget option for multi-carrier

Packlink aggregates rates from multiple carriers and lets you buy labels at discounted rates. The PrestaShop module pulls orders in, you select the best rate, buy the label, and the tracking number pushes back.

I've used this on three stores. The rates are genuinely competitive — often 20-30% below what you'd pay going to the carrier directly. The UI is clunky compared to SendCloud, but the savings make up for it.

Colissimo Module (Official)

Price: Free Verdict: Required for France

If you ship from or within France, you need the Colissimo module. It's the official La Poste integration. Generates labels, handles relay point selection (point relais), and integrates with PrestaShop's order management.

Relay point delivery is huge in France — a significant percentage of online shoppers prefer picking up from a local shop rather than home delivery. This module handles that entire flow, including showing relay points on a map at checkout.

Table Rate / Advanced Shipping Modules

Advanced Shipping Manager (by Informatics Commerce)

Price: Around €80-100 Verdict: The best table rate module for PrestaShop

PrestaShop's built-in carrier rate tables are weight-based or price-based, but not both simultaneously. And you can't add conditions like "only show this carrier if the cart contains products from Category X."

This module fixes all of that. You get:

• Rates based on weight AND price AND quantity (combined conditions)
• Per-product or per-category shipping rules
• Time-of-day or day-of-week rules (yes, really)
• Zip code-based pricing within a zone
• Dimensional weight calculation

The setup is complex. Budget an afternoon for initial configuration. But once it's running, it handles scenarios that would require custom development otherwise.

Table Rate Shipping by MyPrestaModules

Price: ~€60 Verdict: Good mid-range option

If Advanced Shipping Manager feels like overkill, this module is simpler but still capable. You get table rates based on weight, price, quantity, or number of products. The UI is more intuitive than the Informatics Commerce module.

Where it falls short: no per-product rules and no dimensional weight. If you need those, go with the advanced option.

Delivery Date / Time Slot Modules

Delivery Date & Time Module

Price: ~€70-90 Verdict: Worth it for food, flowers, or any time-sensitive business

This module lets customers choose a delivery date and time slot at checkout. You define available days, blocked dates (holidays), time windows, and capacity limits per slot.

If you're in food delivery, flower delivery, or any business where "when" matters as much as "how much," this module is practically required.

Configuration example:

The capacity limits prevent overbooking. Once a slot fills up, it grays out at checkout. This is a feature that costs thousands in custom development on other platforms.

Estimated Delivery Date

Price: ~€50-70 Verdict: Nice UX enhancement

This is simpler — it shows an estimated delivery date on the product page and at checkout based on the carrier's typical transit time plus your processing time. "Order by 2 PM today, get it by Thursday."

It doesn't let customers pick a date. It just shows when they can expect delivery. Still, this information reduces "when will I get it?" support tickets significantly.

Tracking Modules

AfterShip Tracking Module

Price: Free module; AfterShip from free (50 shipments/month) Verdict: Best tracking solution for PrestaShop

AfterShip is the industry standard for shipment tracking, and their PrestaShop module is solid. It:

• Creates a branded tracking page on your domain
• Auto-detects carrier from tracking number format
• Sends email/SMS notifications at each status change
• Supports 1100+ carriers worldwide
• Shows estimated delivery date based on carrier data

The branded tracking page is the key feature. Instead of sending customers to USPS.com or FedEx.com, they stay on your site. Your brand, your experience.

17track Integration

Price: ~€40-60 Verdict: Budget alternative

17track is a popular tracking aggregator, especially for international shipments. Modules exist that embed 17track's tracking widget on your PrestaShop site. It's not as polished as AfterShip, but it covers more carriers and the cost is lower.

Return Management Modules

Return Manager Pro

Price: ~€80-120 Verdict: Saves hours on returns processing

Returns in default PrestaShop are painful. This module creates a self-service returns portal where customers initiate returns, select reasons, print return labels, and track return status.

On the admin side, you manage returns in a dedicated dashboard with status tracking, refund processing, and analytics.

If you process more than 20 returns a month, this module pays for itself in time savings within the first month.

Modules I'd Avoid

Not every popular module is worth installing. Here are patterns I've learned to watch out for:

Any module last updated before 2024. PrestaShop 8.x introduced breaking changes. Modules built for 1.7 might work, might break silently. Check the "Compatible versions" field.

Free carrier integration modules from unknown developers. Carrier APIs require maintenance — rate updates, authentication changes, service additions. A free module from a solo developer often gets abandoned after a year.

"All-in-one shipping" modules. They try to do everything: rates, labels, tracking, returns, analytics. In practice, they do everything mediocrely. Better to use specialized modules that excel at one thing.

Modules without English documentation. PrestaShop has a large French-speaking developer community. Some modules have French-only docs. If you don't speak French, troubleshooting becomes guesswork. Check before buying.

My Recommended Stack by Business Type

Domestic Store (Single Country)

European Multi-Country Store

Food/Perishable Delivery

Installation and Testing Tips

Always back up before installing. PrestaShop modules have full access to your database and template files. A bad module can break your entire front end.

Test on a staging environment. If you don't have a staging setup, create one. Most hosting providers let you clone your site to a subdomain. Install modules there first.

Check for conflicts. Two shipping modules can conflict at checkout. Install one at a time, test thoroughly, then add the next. If checkout breaks, you know exactly which module caused it.

Clear cache after installation. PrestaShop aggressively caches. After installing a shipping module, go to Advanced Parameters > Performance and click "Clear Cache." Then test.

Read the module's hook list. PrestaShop modules work by hooking into specific points in the system. If two modules hook into the same point (like "displayCarrierList"), they can conflict. The module's documentation should list which hooks it uses.

PrestaShop's shipping module ecosystem can feel like a minefield, but the gems are genuinely powerful. Pick the right 2-3 modules for your specific business type, test them thoroughly, and you'll have a shipping setup that rivals platforms costing five times more per month.