What is NopCommerce Multi-store?
The Multi-store is a wonderful feature of nopCommerce, this facilitates you by allowing you to create and run multiple online stores. For this, you don't have to install nopCommerce multiple times. As it possible in the one-time installation of nopCommerce. You can run numerous stores on a single authentication system that is similar to all the stores. So be it a Jewellery store or a toy store or another, you can run all the stores you have with the same authentication pool.The accessibility of nopCommerce Multi-store is discussed as follows :
- You will be able to sell a single product in more than one store. Your customer will be able to get a single Id for login to multiple stores.
- You can manage your multiple websites under a single administration.
- You will have a single database and application, for starters.
- Here your customer data and feedback are also shared; you can use it for marketing purposes in your multiple stores.
- You can also create micro-stores for the promotional campaigns. You can manage other content and blogs of each store you have separately. There is also a feature to customize your page with limitless customizations.
Know who will be benefited from the nopCommerce Multi-store
The nopCommerce Multi-store feature is suitable for you if you are one of the following :
- A businessman that operates with numerous brands.
- A merchant who needs a separate store for B2B and B2C processes.
- A retailer that exports their business products to several countries and does need different stores for different countries.
Process of setting up the store into the nopCommerce
After knowing about the introduction of nopCommerce Multi-store, You must know the process to set up a Multi-store in nopCommerce. The process to set up your Multi-store which is as follows :- To get a kick start to set up your nopCommerce Multi-store, the first step is the technical installation of the stores. If you are not a developer, you can outsource people for installation tasks, and you can hire a nopCommerce development company to get appropriate nopCommerce development services.
- After the technical development part, to set up your Multi-store, you first have to go to the admin panel present in your nopCommerce store.
- Then, go to configuration, store, and click on add new option, which is on the top right corner. You can now set up multiple stores with this feature.
- Fill out the details that are mentioned below that pop up after the add new option.
- Store Name: Enter the desirable store name. The store's name is localized; that is, it can be in the language of the area that you live in, or it can be in the language of the area in which you want your website to be ranked. You can choose your desired store name.
- Store URL: Enter the URL for your store. You have to have a domain or subdomain for the second website.
- SSL Enabled: You can tick the SSL option only if you have an SSL certificate for your particular domain. SSL certificate ensures the credibility of your website. Before ticking this option, you have to configure the SSL certificate to your website.
- Host Value: This can be the list of HTTP_ HOST values for your store. For example, If the store website is https://abc store.com. Then the host value can be www. abc.com or abc.com.
- Default Language: Enter the default language that you are using on your website. It can be any language of your desire. You can also leave it unselected if the initial one that is found is to be used.
- Display Order: Here, you have to mention the display order for your store. You have to select the top of the list.
- Information: In this column, you have to add the company name, address, phone number, and VAT similar to that of the SSL certificate. You can fill up the information and save it by clicking on the 'save' option. After all this, you will be able to add multiple. Finally, however, you are done with adding up 2 or 3 stores. Yet, the process is not fully over.
- Link your second store domain to the website. You are free to link your store to the website from the control panel if you are not using the shared hosting. Suppose you will host your nopCommerce website on a server that is not using any third-party hosting.
- Then you have to go to IIS, then after it goes to the right panel, then edit the site and then to bindings.
- After it, the option of side bidding pops up, and then after it, click on add.
- Then after that, you have to paste your domain address into the hostname column.
- Your final binding is ready.
- Now lastly, from the store domain, you have to edit the DNS records.
Entities that can be configured per store:
To be more precise with nopCommerce Multi-stores, You can set up numerous features or entities per store; some of these are discussed as follows :1. Setting
The setting is the one you can configure in each store you have. You can use the 'settings' from the admin panel to make any changes or edit in a specific or all stores.2. Product price
You can see product price as per the store, and you can do so by the following process:- You first have to go to administration, then go-to products.
- You can choose the product to set up the price then choose the edit option.
- Click on add new price tier option by scrolling down to the tier panel.
- After clicking the new tier option, a window will open with a detailed tier price to edit the price. Now you can configure the price.