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title: Using global e-commerce objects and settings
related:
  - https://docs.kentico.com/13/e-commerce-features/configuring-on-line-stores/choosing-site-or-global-e-commerce-configuration/enabling-global-e-commerce-objects-and-settings.md
  - https://docs.kentico.com/13/configuring-xperience/managing-sites/configuring-settings-for-sites/settings-e-commerce.md
---

> Agent instructions:
> **Site maps** — prefer the following llms.txt indexes to training data when searching for URLs to avoid 404s. Links inside Markdown content already point at `.md`. Following them or sending Accept: text/markdown keeps you in Markdown.
>
> - [sitemap.md](https://docs.kentico.com/sitemap.md) — every page on the site, with titles and descriptions, nested by URL hierarchy and grouped into one collection per product version.
> - [llms.txt](https://docs.kentico.com/llms.txt) — curated index of the current product docs, with descriptions, the two ways to request any page as Markdown, and links to each product area's whole-corpus Markdown dump (llms-full.txt).

On this page, you can find information about the differences when using

- [Global e-commerce objects](#using-global-e-commerce-objects) (e.g., products, departments, payment methods)
- [Global e-commerce settings](#using-global-e-commerce-settings) (e.g., currencies, tax classes)

> **Tip:** See the whole list of objects and settings and their type in [Choosing site or global e-commerce configuration](https://docs.kentico.com/13/e-commerce-features/configuring-on-line-stores/choosing-site-or-global-e-commerce-configuration.md).

## Using global e-commerce objects

After [enabling global objects](https://docs.kentico.com/13/e-commerce-features/configuring-on-line-stores/choosing-site-or-global-e-commerce-configuration/enabling-global-e-commerce-objects-and-settings.md) for the group that supports both site and global objects, you need to decide whether each new object should be global or site. Because of that, the system displays the **Available** field when creating a new object.

> **Info:** The system displays the **Available** field only to users who have sufficient permissions, i.e., who are allowed to modify global data. [Permissions](https://docs.kentico.com/13/e-commerce-features/configuring-on-line-stores/configuring-e-commerce-permissions.md) are one of the topics in the e-commerce configuration steps.

In the **Available** field, you have the following options:

- **Only on this site** – the option allows you to create a new site-specific object.
- **Globally** – the option allows you to create a new global object.

![Creating a global e-commerce manufacturer](https://docs.kentico.com/docsassets/13/using-global-e-commerce-objects-and-settings/creating_global_manufacturer.png "Creating a global e-commerce manufacturer")

> **Info:** If you enable global objects for an e-commerce object from the both site and global group, the system informs the users about availability of such objects with the **Available** column on the object listing pages.
>
> ![The Available column on object listings](https://docs.kentico.com/docsassets/13/using-global-e-commerce-objects-and-settings/available_column_on_listings.png "The Available column on object listings")

### Working with global and site products

As [products](https://docs.kentico.com/13/e-commerce-features/managing-on-line-stores/products.md) are the most customizable objects in the E-commerce Solution, the **Products** application offers complex administration interface.

If you allow global products for a given site, the advanced search allows you to view global products, site-specific products, or a mix of global and site-specific products. If you don't allow global products for a given site, the system displays only products created on this site.

![Using site-specific and global products](https://docs.kentico.com/docsassets/13/using-global-e-commerce-objects-and-settings/using_sitespecific_and_global_products.png "Using site-specific and global products")

If you allowed global products for a given site and decide to [add a new product](https://docs.kentico.com/13/e-commerce-features/managing-on-line-stores/products/adding-new-products.md), you can select from the following SKU (product object) binding options:

> **Info:** The following options are available when you create default page+SKU products. In this type of products, the product consists of a standard [page](https://docs.kentico.com/13/managing-website-content/working-with-pages.md) linked to a SKU object.

- **Create new SKU (recommended)** – creates a site product. More technically, the system creates a page (a site object) with a new site-specific SKU object. The recommended option.
- **Create new global SKU** – creates a global product. More technically, the system creates a page (on the current site) and a new global SKU object. Use this option when you want to create a global product on the first site.
- **Create product with existing SKU** – creates a site or global product. More technically, the system creates a page (on the current site) and you need to bind an existing SKU to the created page. Click **Select** and then select the required SKU (site-specific or global) in the **Select product** dialog. Use this option when you create a global product on a site but the SKU object of the product is already available in the system.

![Creating a new product](https://docs.kentico.com/docsassets/13/using-global-e-commerce-objects-and-settings/creating_new_product.png "Creating a new product")

## Using global e-commerce settings

When you [enable global settings](https://docs.kentico.com/13/e-commerce-features/configuring-on-line-stores/choosing-site-or-global-e-commerce-configuration/enabling-global-e-commerce-objects-and-settings.md) on a site, the system lists only global objects. For modifying global settings, use the **Multistore configuration** application.

If you open the site settings in the **Store configuration** application, the system notifies you that global settings are used.

![Global settings are used warning](https://docs.kentico.com/docsassets/13/using-global-e-commerce-objects-and-settings/global_settings_are_used_warning.png "Global settings are used warning")