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E-commerce

E-commerce

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Here you can adjust the general settings of the E-commerce module. The following settings can be adjusted:

 

Products UI

Display tree of product sections

Indicates whether the tree of product sections is displayed in the products administration UI. If the sections tree is hidden, only stand-alone SKUs can be created from the products administration UI. Otherwise, a complete product (i.e. an SKU with its document representation in the sections tree) can be created.

Products starting path

A path within the content tree where the subtree of product sections starts, e.g.: /Products. This subtree is then displayed in the products administration UI. However, the setting has no effect if the sections tree is hidden. Please refer to the Display tree of product sections setting for more details.

Display products in sections tree

Indicates if products should be displayed in the product sections tree. This setting has no effect if the sections tree is hidden. Please refer to the Display tree of product sections setting for more details.

Allow stand-alone SKUs

Indicates whether it is possible to create stand-alone SKUs (i.e. SKUs without their document representations in the sections tree). If so, the stand-alone SKUs node is displayed in the product sections tree in the products administration UI. This setting has no effect if the sections tree is hidden. Please refer to the Display tree of product sections setting for more details.

Products properties

Related products relationship name

The name of the relationship which is used for defining related products. If you leave the default option, i.e. (all), the user can choose from all relationships defined on the given site when adding related products. This gives them the possibility to use more than one type of relationship among products.

Products are 'new' for

The number of days for which created products are marked as New products in the store. The days are counted based on the product's In store from property.

Public status for 'new products'

A product public status indicating that the respective product has been evaluated as new. Any product may be marked with this status automatically based on the Products are new for setting and In store from product property, regardless of the product-specific public status settings. Properties of the status are then used when displaying the product status indicator on the live site.

Default product image URL

The default product image URL (virtual path). This image is used if no image is specified for a given product.

Taxes

Default country

Allows to set the default country, choose your country or country where you sell the most. All taxes are applied based on their values in the default country unless the customer specifies their country or state during the checkout process.

Apply taxes based on

Indicates whether the taxes are applied based on a shipping or billing address. Taxes related to orders without a shipping address will be calculated based on a billing address, regardless of this setting.

Live site pricing

Display price including discounts

Indicates if product prices on the live site are displayed including discounts. This takes effect only for prices that are displayed using the GetSKUFormattedPrice() or GetSKUPriceSaving() methods.

Display price including taxes

Indicates if product prices on the live site are displayed including taxes. This takes effect only for prices that are displayed using the GetSKUFormattedPrice() or GetSKUPriceSaving() methods.

Accounts

Allow anonymous customers

Indicates if customers need to register on your site so that they can make the purchase.

Use an extra company address

Indicates if the option of providing a company address is available in the check out process.

Require company account information

Indicates if it is compulsory to provide company account information during the check out process.

Show Tax registration ID field

If checked, customer details will contain the tax registration ID field (e.g. VAT registration ID). The field will be displayed also in My account on the live site and during the check out process.

Show Organization ID field

If checked, customer details will contain the organization ID field. The field will be displayed also in My account on the live site and during the check out process.

Invoice number pattern

A pattern used for invoice number generating. The default pattern {%Order.OrderID%} is used when left empty. In that case, the invoice number is equal to the ID of the order.

Shipping

Weight formatting string

The format used to display product weight. Use the {0} expression to insert the weight into the formatting string.

Minimal amount for free shipping

The minimum order value in the store main currency when the shipping is not charged.

Pages

My account URL

The URL of the My account page (virtual path).

Wishlist URL

The URL of the Wishlist page (virtual path).

Shopping cart URL

The URL of the Shopping cart page (virtual path).

Redirect to shopping cart

If checked, the user is redirected to the shopping cart content page when the Add to shopping cart button is clicked. Otherwise, the user stays on the same page and the product is added to the shopping cart at the background.

E-mails

Send e-commerce e-mails from

An e-mail address from which the E-commerce notification e-mails are sent.

Send e-commerce e-mails to

An e-mail address (e.g. merchant's e-mail address) to which the E-commerce notification e-mails are sent.

Send order notification

Indicates if e-mail notifications are sent after an order has been finished and saved. The E-commerce order notification to customer e-mail template is used when sending a notification to a customer. The E-commerce order notification to administrator e-mail template is used when sending a notification to the administrator.

Send payment notification

Indicates if e-mail notifications are sent after the payment has been completed. This is done automatically by the system on condition that the user paid using a payment gateway or if the order changed its status to one with the Mark order as paid property enabled (available in E-commerce -> Configuration -> Order status -> Edit (Edit) order status). Besides, a store administrator can manually complete the payment by enabling the Order is paid property (available in CMS Desk -> E-commerce -> Orders -> Edit (Edit) order on the Billing tab). Please note that the E-commerce - Order payment notification to customer e-mail template is used when sending a notification to a customer, whereas the E-commerce - Order payment notification to administrator e-mail template is used when sending a notification to an administrator.

Send e-products reminder (days)

The number of days prior to e-product expiration when a notification is sent to the user.

Use customer's culture for e-mails

Indicates if e-mails to customers should be sent in the shopping cart culture.

Conversion tracking

Registration conversion name

The name of the conversion that will be logged when a user successfully registers on the website through the checkout process.

Registration conversion value

Sets a number that will be recorded as the value of the registration conversion whenever it is logged. The values are cumulative, i.e. when a conversion hit is logged, the specified value is added to the total sum previously recorded for the conversion. You may insert a macro expression into this field to dynamically retrieve a value from the current website context.

Order conversion name

The name of the conversion that will be logged when a user completes an order.

Order conversion value

Sets a number that will be recorded as the value of the order conversion whenever it is logged. The values are cumulative, i.e. when a conversion hit is logged, the specified value is added to the total sum previously recorded for this conversion.

 

You may insert a macro expression into this field to dynamically retrieve a value from the current website context.

 

For example: {% EcommerceContext.CurrentShoppingCart.TotalPrice %}

 

This macro is resolved into the total price of all items contained in the order, including tax and shipping. With this configuration, each Order conversion will automatically store the price of the given order as its value.

Add to shopping cart conversion name

The name of the conversion that will be logged when a user adds a product to the shopping cart.

Add to shopping cart conversion value

Sets a number that will be recorded as the value of the add to cart conversion whenever it is logged. The values are cumulative, i.e. when a conversion hit is logged, the specified value is added to the total sum previously recorded for this conversion.

 

You may insert a macro expression into this field to dynamically retrieve a value from the current website context.

 

For example: {% ShoppingCartItem.UnitTotalPrice %}

 

With this macro as the conversion value, the Add to shopping cart conversion will log the price (including tax) of the specific product that was added to the shopping cart.

 

For detailed information about Kentico CMS website settings, please refer to Developer's Guide -> Website settings.

Further information about how to configure your store settings can be found in E-commerce Guide -> Configuring your store -> Settings.