eCommerce sites are scraper magnets. Competitors scrape your prices. Affiliate spammers scrape your product descriptions. Image-hosting parasites hot-link your photos. Prestashop Total Protection Pro is the layered defense for Prestashop stores.
What it does
- Right-click and drag-to-save blocking on product pages.
- Image hot-link prevention with placeholders.
- View-source obfuscation for product data.
- Scraper-targeted defenses tuned for Prestashop's product catalog structure.
Why this matters more for eCommerce
- Price scraping is real. Competitor monitoring tools scrape prices in real time. You don't have to make it free for them.
- Image bandwidth is expensive. Hot-linkers cost you real money.
- Duplicate content hurts SEO. When scraper sites republish your descriptions, Google can't always tell the original.
Setup walkthrough
1. Install
Upload via Prestashop's Module Manager. Enable.
2. Configure protection
Standard mode is the safe default. Aggressive mode is worth testing if you're being actively targeted; verify checkout still works perfectly afterward.
3. Whitelist legitimate consumers
Add your own domain, your CDN, your product feed consumers (Google Shopping, Facebook Catalog), and social network preview crawlers.
4. Monitor your audit log
Watch for blocked requests over the first week. Tune as needed — eCommerce traffic patterns are unique to each store.
Pair with these
- HTTPS everywhere — non-negotiable for any eCommerce site.
- A solid backup strategy. See our backup guide.
- PCI-compliant payment processing. Use vendors that handle the compliance for you.
Where to go next
For the broader software security framework, see what actually makes software secure.
