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Phobos Urgency Engine

Show how many customers are looking at each product, using the real traffic of your own shop.

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Rollback snapshots kept
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Languages included
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Ready made messages

The shopper who likes it, and leaves anyway

Most visitors who like a product do not buy it on the first visit. They postpone, compare, and forget. Nothing on the page tells them the item is worth deciding on today. One honest line about how many other people are looking at it gives them that reason.

Without Phobos

  • The product page gives no reason to decide now.
  • Urgency modules that display invented numbers, which you cannot defend if a customer asks.
  • Counters frozen by full page cache, showing the same figure for days.
  • Settings changed by trial and error, with no way back to the configuration that worked.

With Phobos

  • A short line, "14 people viewed this product today", built from your real traffic.
  • You set the time window, the threshold, the multiplier and the upper limit, so the figure is always plausible.
  • The number is fetched right after the page, so it stays current on cached shops.
  • Every save is snapshotted: one click on Restore brings back the previous settings.

Key features

Everything is set from one configuration page. No code, no file editing, no developer needed.

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Real viewers, not random numbers

Phobos counts distinct visitors on your own product pages and stores them in your own database. Nothing is invented and nothing comes from a third party service.

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No cookies, no personal data

Visitors are counted through a salted, irreversible fingerprint that cannot be turned back into an IP address. Nothing is written to their browser.

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Numbers you control

Three time windows, a minimum threshold, an optional multiplier and an upper limit. The multiplier can never take the figure below the real count.

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It hides itself when it should

Below your threshold the banner does not appear at all, and the page looks exactly as it did before. "2 people viewed this product today" is never displayed.

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Works with full page cache

The text is part of the page, the number is fetched right after it. Cache, CDN and Smart cache never freeze a stale figure into your product pages.

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7 languages included

English, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Polish and German, ready to use.

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Configuration Rollback

Every save is automatically snapshotted, up to five, each with its date. Change the multiplier, try another message, move the banner: if the result is worse, one click on Restore puts everything back. No values to write down, nothing to remember.

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Direct support

A "Contact us" panel lets merchants report bugs or request features in one click.

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Native theme compatibility

Works out of the box with PrestaShop 9's Classic theme and any theme derived from it.

How it works

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Install and activate

Upload the zip, enter your license key. The module creates its own table and starts counting straight away.

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Choose your numbers

Pick the time window, the minimum audience below which nothing is shown, and an optional multiplier and upper limit.

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Choose the message

Six ready made texts or your own, in one of three positions on the product page, with your colour and icon.

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Test without risk

Every save is snapshotted. Try a different multiplier or a different position, and if the result is worse, restore the previous settings with one click.

Screenshots

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FAQ

Are the numbers real?

Yes. Phobos counts distinct visitors on your own product pages and stores them in your own database. The multiplier and the upper limit only change how that real count is presented, and the multiplier can never take the figure below reality.

Can I undo a configuration mistake?

Yes. The Rollback panel keeps up to five snapshots of your previous settings, each with its date and a short description, restored with one click. Finding the right numbers for your catalogue takes a few attempts, and this is what makes those attempts free.

Does it work with my theme?

It works natively with PrestaShop 9's default theme and any theme derived from it. No theme customization is required.

How many languages are included?

Seven: English, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Polish and German. Adding more is quick and easy directly from PrestaShop's translation panel.

Which PrestaShop and PHP versions are supported?

PrestaShop 9.0 or later, with PHP 8.1 or later. Multistore ready.

Does it work with full page cache, and does it slow the page down?

It works with full page cache: the number is fetched right after the page is displayed, so a cached product page still shows a current figure. The page itself is served as usual, and the extra request returns nothing more than a number.

I found a bug or have a feature request. Who do I contact?

Use the "Contact us" panel at the bottom of the configuration page, or write directly to tema@temanet.it.

Made in Italy

Designed, developed and supported by TEMA S.r.l. Automazione in Legnano (Milan).
Since 1974, a real company with direct human support.