Channels

A Channel represents a single sales channel which can be one of the following things:

• Webstore
• Mobile Application
• Cashier in your physical store

What may differ between channels? Particularly anything from your shop configuration:

• products,
• currencies,
• locales (language),
• themes,
• hostnames,
• taxes,
• payment and shipping methods.

Create

To add a channel click the create button top right of the view. This will present you with the below view:

Fields

• Code
  • Unique identifier for the channel.
• Name
  • An internal identifier for this channel.
• Description
  • Short description of what the channel is for.
• Enabled
  • Whether or not the channel is currently allowed to be used.
• Hostname
  • This is the url on which the channel is accessed.
  • If you are using multiple channels, this option is required as it will let the system know which channel to display to the user. Without this, there will be an error.
• Contact Email
  • An email address for the person or persons that manage the channel.
• Color
  • This color is used to conveniently identify a channel in the channel archive view.
• Theme
  • You are able to create different themes for different channels. This allows you to select which theme to use. This will require a developer if more themes are needed.
• Shop billing data
  • This is used if you would like different billing information for different channels.
• Locales
  • This option allows you to select which locales are available to this channel.
• Default Locale
  • This locale will be use if a user accesses this channel without specifying a locale.
• Currencies
  • The currencies that are used by the channel. More currencies can be added in the “Currencies” option in the sidebar.
• Base currency
  • This is the currency that is used to calculate conversion rates.
• Default tax zone
  • The tax zone that this channel will use.
• Tax Calculation strategy
  • TBC