# PrestaShop Developer in Mulhouse

> Mulhouse carries the legacy of an old textile and industrial hub, now reconverted towards other manufacturing, and sits a few kilometres from the Swiss and German borders. A PrestaShop shop based in Mulhouse often combines technical B2B sales with a Swiss customer base that falls outside EU law.

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- Dernière mise à jour : 2026-09-30

## Manufacturing industry and a border outside the European Union

Mulhouse's industrial base, inherited from textiles and later diversified into machinery and other manufacturing, often sells technical items online: materials, parts, sometimes machinery or equipment. The product page then needs to carry more information than a consumer-facing one — size variants, technical spec sheets, material options — otherwise it generates needless quote requests simply because the information wasn't visible directly on the shop.

The immediate proximity of Switzerland changes something essential: Switzerland isn't part of the European Union, so a sale into that country isn't an intra-EU sale but a full export. That means invoicing without French VAT under certain conditions, an export declaration, and rules different from those that apply to a sale into Germany, which is just as close geographically but falls under the standard intra-EU regime. A shop that treats Switzerland like any other European country almost always invoices it wrong, which leads to costly corrections down the line.

## What this concretely changes on your shop

- **Technical product pages and variants** — Options by dimension or material and attached technical documents, to cut down on avoidable quote requests.
- **Switzerland treated as an export, not an EU sale** — Invoicing without French VAT and destination rules distinct from those applied to Germany, despite being just as close by.
- **Swiss francs as a display currency** — The option to display prices in Swiss francs for this specific customer base, alongside the euro used for the rest of sales.

## About an hour twenty's drive from Schirmeck

Schirmeck is about an hour twenty's drive from Mulhouse. A visit therefore stays reasonable to arrange, particularly for project scoping at the start of a project or work that requires seeing how the business actually runs, especially when the shop ties into an internal management tool. The day-to-day of the work, meanwhile, runs remotely without surprises: ticket follow-up, fixes and video calls make up most of the time spent, with the visit staying a supplement rather than the default mode.

## The export declaration stays a separate process

> The shop automatically applies the correct tax regime based on the delivery country, but the export declaration itself and its customs follow-up don't go through PrestaShop: these steps remain handled by the company or its accountant.

## FAQ

### Do you handle VAT-free orders to Switzerland from a Mulhouse-based shop?

I configure the invoicing rules so sales to Switzerland are treated as an export, without French VAT under the required conditions. The customs declaration itself stays managed by the company or its accountant.

### Do you work on-site in Mulhouse?

Yes, that's workable: Mulhouse is about an hour twenty's drive from Schirmeck. It stays occasional, reserved for project scoping or work that genuinely justifies being on-site.

### Can prices be shown in Swiss francs alongside euros?

Yes, PrestaShop supports managing several display currencies. The conversion rate needs to be kept up to date, either manually or via an automatic update service depending on the volume of Swiss orders.

### Does a technical product page take much more work than a standard one?

A bit more upfront structuring, yes, but it heads off a stream of repetitive email questions afterwards. On a technical catalogue, that time invested early on pays for itself fairly quickly.