Administration: Store settings

• Settings set per site
  You can set store setting for each individual site.
  These settings include:
  • General
  • Tax
  • Measurement units
  • Currencies
• Globally set settings
  All other settings, you can configure using the Global settings.
  All sites inherit the setting from the global settings. 
  

  To open the global settings, on Store settings page, click link Global settings.

NOTE: If you want each site to have settings different from the ones inherited from the global settings, select the site, using the site selector in the upper-left part of the screen, click Ecommerce » Store settings » Brake inheritance.

1. In the main menu, click Ecommerce » Store settings » General.
   The General page appears.
2. In Store Name input field enter the name of your store
3. In Country dropdown select the country where the store is located.
4. If you country has states, in State dropdown select the state where the store is located.
5. In City, enter the city where your store is located.
6. In Zip input field enter the zip code of the store
7. In Address(optional) input field, you can enter the full address of the store.
8. In Email input field enter the merchant email address which the emails will be send from.
9. In Contact person(optional) input field, you can enter a name of a contact person.
10. Under Advanced settings, you can select the following:
    
    • Save credit card numbers in database (encrypted) 
      If you select this checkbox, the customer's credit card will be saved encrypted in the OrderPayment table. If you leave it unselected, the credit card number field will be left blank. We recommend selecting the checkbox, only if you cannot charge the credit card immediately, because the shipments take a number of days (or more). In this case, you will need the credit card number in the database, so that you can charge the card when the shipment is delivered. 
    • Bypass real-time payment processing 
      Select this checkbox, only if you want to test the checkout process without using a payment processor. This way you do not have to configure a payment processor, such as Authorize.Net or PayPal Payflow Pro.

To configure the how taxes will be displayed, perform the following:

1. In the main menu, click Ecommerce » Configuration » Tax.
   The Tax page appears.
2. Choose one of the following:
   • Excluding tax
     Tax is included on checkout.
     For example, you entered a price of 100 for a product, the price displayed in the product list is 100, the price displayed during checkout is 120 (100 + 20 tax).
   • Including tax automatically
     For example, you entered a price of 100 for a product, the price displayed in the product list is 120 (100 + 20 tax), the price displayed during checkout is 120 (100 + 20 tax).
     In the dropdown box, select which of the created taxes to include in the price.
   • Including tax manually
     Prices are entered including tax.
     For example, you entered a price of 120 for a product, the price displayed in the product list is 120, the price displayed during checkout is 120 (100 + 20 tax).
     In the dropdown box, select which of the created taxes to use in the calculation.
3. Click Save.

1. In the main menu, click Ecommerce » Configuration » Measurement units.
   The Store Settings page appears.
2. In Mass Unit dropdown box, select how you are going to measure the weight of the products.
3. In Length Unit dropdown box, select how you are going to measure the dimensions of the products.
4. When finished, click Save.

You configure which currencies your site will use and the exchange rates between these currencies.

You do this in the following way:

1. In the main menu, click Ecommerce » Configuration » Currencies.
   Your default currency appears on the right.
2. To add a new currency, click Add currencies… button.
   The Select currencies window appears, displaying a list of all available currencies.
   

   To add a currency that is not in the list, perform procedure Advanced store settings » Step 3.

3. Select one or more currencies and click Done.
   The selected currencies are added under Currencies allowed section.
   

   You must have one default currency. This is the currency that your website opens in. For each additional currency, the system displays the Set as default link and Remove link. You cannot remove a default currency.

4. For each currently you can specify the rounding options by clicking + Rounding options.
   The system displays the Round value column for each currency. 
5. When you have added more than one currency, the Exchange rates section appears, where you choose one of the following:
   
   • Set manually
     For each currency that you have added in Step 3, enter the exchange rate.
   • Use external service
     A dropdown box appears displaying all configured external services. You can configure new services in Administration » Settings » Advanced » Ecommerce » MultiCurrency » ExchangeRatesServiceProviders.
     To set how often to update the exchange rates, click Administration » Settings » Advanced» Ecommerce » MultiCurrency and in field SyncWhen, enter one of the following:
     • AutomaticallyDaily
       Update every day
     • AutomaticallyHourly
       Update every hour
6. Select the external service and click Get rates.
7. If you want rates to be updated automatically, select Automatically update daily.
8. Perform Step 4 and Step 5 for each currency that you have added in Step 3.
9. Click Save changes.