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title: Tips for configuring the store
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> 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.
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> - [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).

The following is a list of features you should consider configuring when setting up the E-commerce solution:

## Before working on the site

- Set which global [objects and settings](https://docs.kentico.com/13/e-commerce-features/configuring-on-line-stores/choosing-site-or-global-e-commerce-configuration/using-global-e-commerce-objects-and-settings.md) you want to use.
  - If you do not plan to use a [multi-site store](https://docs.kentico.com/13/e-commerce-features/configuring-on-line-stores/choosing-site-or-global-e-commerce-configuration.md) running on one Xperience instance, it is recommended to use only site objects and settings.

- Create at least one [currency](https://docs.kentico.com/13/e-commerce-features/configuring-on-line-stores/configuring-currencies.md) and select it as the main currency.
  - You also probably need an [exchange table](https://docs.kentico.com/13/e-commerce-features/configuring-on-line-stores/configuring-currencies/configuring-exchange-rates.md).

    > **Info:** Generally, there are only two cases when you do not need to create an exchange table:
    >
    > - You use only one global currency (and no site currencies).\
    >   _-OR-_
    > - You use only one site currency and you do not use any global object (for example, global [product](https://docs.kentico.com/13/e-commerce-features/managing-on-line-stores/products.md) or [tax class](https://docs.kentico.com/13/e-commerce-features/configuring-on-line-stores/configuring-taxes.md)).

- [Set the type of rounding](https://docs.kentico.com/13/configuring-xperience/managing-sites/configuring-settings-for-sites/settings-e-commerce.md) that the system uses for price values when calculating taxes or discounts, converting currencies, etc.

- Set up the [mass unit](https://docs.kentico.com/13/configuring-xperience/managing-sites/configuring-settings-for-sites/settings-e-commerce.md) and its format.
  - If you do not set up the mass unit, store managers can then set weight of products in a wrong unit (as they will not see any unit by the field) and shipping options may work incorrectly.

- Create at least one [order status](https://docs.kentico.com/13/e-commerce-features/managing-on-line-stores/orders/order-statuses.md) to be able to create orders.

- Create at least one [shipping option](https://docs.kentico.com/13/e-commerce-features/configuring-on-line-stores/configuring-shipping-options.md) to be able to ship products.

- Create at least one [payment method](https://docs.kentico.com/13/e-commerce-features/configuring-on-line-stores/configuring-payment-methods.md) and assign it to at least one [shipping option](https://docs.kentico.com/13/e-commerce-features/configuring-on-line-stores/configuring-shipping-options.md) to allow payment for orders.

- Configure the [settings](https://docs.kentico.com/13/configuring-xperience/managing-sites/configuring-settings-for-sites/settings-e-commerce.md) related to [tax matters](https://docs.kentico.com/13/e-commerce-features/configuring-on-line-stores/configuring-taxes.md):
  - Set the **Default country** for tax calculations
  - Choose whether **Prices include tax** – this determines how store managers set the prices of products.

    > **Note:** **Note**: Changing the value of the _Prices include tax_ setting at a later point may require you to update the prices of all existing [products](https://docs.kentico.com/13/e-commerce-features/managing-on-line-stores/products.md), [options](https://docs.kentico.com/13/e-commerce-features/managing-on-line-stores/products/working-with-product-options.md), [variants](https://docs.kentico.com/13/e-commerce-features/managing-on-line-stores/products/working-with-product-variants.md), etc. The system does not automatically recalculate prices or any existing [orders](https://docs.kentico.com/13/e-commerce-features/managing-on-line-stores/orders.md).

- Configure [invoices](https://docs.kentico.com/13/e-commerce-features/configuring-on-line-stores/configuring-invoices.md).

## Before creating page types

- When creating form controls for page type fields, use the [explanation text](https://docs.kentico.com/13/custom-development/extending-the-administration-interface/developing-form-controls/reference-field-editor.md) for fields that could be unclear.
  - The explanation text is displayed directly below the field.
- Set up [page type scopes](https://docs.kentico.com/13/developing-websites/defining-website-content-structure/managing-page-types/limiting-the-pages-users-can-create.md) to ensure order and clarity of your products.
  - Page type scopes allow users to create only specified page types inside the individual sections of the content tree. For example, in the _Books_ section of your on-line store, you can set the scope only for the _Books_ page type.

## Before adding products

- Enter the [default product image](https://docs.kentico.com/13/e-commerce-features/configuring-on-line-stores/configuring-products.md).
  - If you do not enter any default product image URL, products in product listings could be displayed incorrectly.
- Create [departments](https://docs.kentico.com/13/e-commerce-features/managing-on-line-stores/products/categorizing-products/departments.md) with defined taxes.
  - The system then automatically adds taxes to new products.
- Enter the [relationship name](https://docs.kentico.com/13/e-commerce-features/configuring-on-line-stores/configuring-products.md) of products for related products, if you plan to allow only one relationship.
- When [adding a product options category](https://docs.kentico.com/13/e-commerce-features/managing-on-line-stores/products/working-with-product-options/creating-and-modifying-product-options.md) to products, it is recommended to manually select the options and not use the **Allow all options** property.
  - If you select **Allow all options**, any new option added to the option category will be also offered for the already created products.

## Using on-line marketing features in on-line stores

- Purchasing of products or putting them into the shopping cart can be an action tracked in on-line marketing campaigns.
  - See more in [Campaigns](https://docs.kentico.com/13/on-line-marketing-features/managing-your-on-line-marketing-features/campaigns.md).
- You can send an email notification to your customers when they leave your website while their shopping cart contains some products.
  - See more in [Walkthrough - Sending an automated reminder of an abandoned shopping cart](https://docs.kentico.com/13/on-line-marketing-features/configuring-and-customizing-your-on-line-marketing-features/configuring-marketing-automation/walkthrough-sending-an-automated-reminder-of-an-abandoned-shopping-cart.md).
- Different actions in your on-line store can be logged as activities.

  - See more in [Configuring activities](https://docs.kentico.com/13/on-line-marketing-features/configuring-and-customizing-your-on-line-marketing-features/configuring-activities.md).