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title: Getting started with the E-commerce Solution
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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).

Whether you are a newcomer to or an experienced user of Kentico, this section gives you an introductory insight into the Kentico E-commerce Solution. Specifically, the section:

- describes how you can [install](https://docs.kentico.com/k82/e-commerce-features/getting-started-with-the-e-commerce-solution/installing-your-sample-e-commerce-site.md) your sample _E-commerce Site_,
- describes in which parts of the system's [administration interface](https://docs.kentico.com/k82/e-commerce-features/getting-started-with-the-e-commerce-solution/e-commerce-user-interface.md) you can find e-commerce features,

The Kentico E-commerce Solution offers the [users](https://docs.kentico.com/k82/managing-users/user-management.md), i.e. [customers](https://docs.kentico.com/k82/e-commerce-features/configuring-and-managing-your-store/customers.md) and store owners, a flexible, feature-rich e-commerce platform that addresses a wide range of e-business needs with mobile device support.

## On-line store customers

Among other features, the Kentico E-commerce Solution allows your on-line store customers to:

- purchase via the integrated shopping cart,
- check the status of their [orders](https://docs.kentico.com/k82/e-commerce-features/configuring-and-managing-your-store/orders.md),
- subscribe to [newsletters](https://docs.kentico.com/k82/on-line-marketing-features/email-marketing/working-with-email-campaigns.md), etc.

## On-line store owners

As the owner of websites employing the Kentico E-commerce Solution, you have tools for:

- managing your customers' orders,
- managing [shipping options](https://docs.kentico.com/k82/e-commerce-features/configuring-and-managing-your-store/configuring-shipping-options.md) and [payment methods](https://docs.kentico.com/k82/e-commerce-features/configuring-and-managing-your-store/payment-methods.md),
- managing [products](https://docs.kentico.com/k82/e-commerce-features/configuring-and-managing-your-store/products.md), [manufacturers](https://docs.kentico.com/k82/e-commerce-features/configuring-and-managing-your-store/manufacturers.md), [suppliers](https://docs.kentico.com/k82/e-commerce-features/configuring-and-managing-your-store/suppliers.md), etc., and much more.