The eCommerce Control Panel

The tabs on top of the Control Panel allow you to access the different sections of the Control Panel.

• Home – This is what you will see first when you launch your control panel.
  

• Sales tab – This is where you can manage shopping carts, customize steps for orders, edit price levels, and more. Please refer to the image below:
  

• Inventory tab – This is where you can organize your products, add information about manufacturers, manage warehouses, and more. Please refer to the image below:
  

• Operations tab – This is where you can manage discounts, manage shipping, configure search options, and more. Please refer to the image below:
  

• Design tab – This is where you can manage the overall look of your online store, customize your mobile template, update your details page, and more. Please refer to the image below:
  

• Pages tab – This is where you can use predefined pages that are commonly used in eCommerce websites. Click on the Edit button to update a page of your choice.
  

• Reports tab – This is where you can see the overall performance of your store, view tax reports, know the search terms visitors use to search your store, and more. Please refer to the image below:
  

• Add-A-Store tab – This tab allows you to add product details, images, and prices to a website or blog you have already built. Here, you can customize the look of your customers’ checkout experience, add products/services/gift certificates/digital goods to your website, and select a design to showcase your products on your website.
  

The taskbar, found on top of your navigation tabs, includes the following features to help better manage your store:

• File Manager - This is a tool for uploading images, files, eCommerce products, themes, and other data to your online store. You can also use the file manager to upload custom HTML pages.
• Import/Export – This is where you can download your site’s Product, Order, Customer, Related Search Terms, Price Levels, and Category data into a .csv or .xml file. Once exported, you can work on your data and import it back to your store’s admin once ready.

  Note: The Import/Export feature is only available in Premium.

• Messages – This will open the message center, where you will see messages about updates or notices that concern your eCommerce store.
• View Storefront – This will take you to your storefront.
• Store Status – This will show as Online if your store is accessible by customers or Offline if not.
• Help – This will take you to a page where you will be provided with details on how to contact support.
• Account – Hovering over Account will display the type of eCommerce product you have and the domain associated with it. Below is an example:
  
• Logout – This will log you out of your eCommerce Control Panel.

On the left side of the control panel, you will find the Shortcut Bar, which contains the Quick Search functions, Bookmarks, and Additional Resources. These Control Panel functions are detailed below.

Quick Search

The Quick Search lets you quickly find Orders, Products, or Customers by entering the desired information in the correct fields.

Bookmarks

The Bookmark function works just like a bookmark on a web browser. If you are at a page in the Control Panel you wish to bookmark, simply click on the + Bookmark this page link, give the bookmark a name, and click Add.

When you first log in to your Control Panel, there are default bookmarks already set up to help you easily navigate to the most popular areas of the Control Panel.

Additional Resources

Clicking on the Glossary of Terms link will open a new window with a list of eCommerce terms from A to Z.

The Setup Wizard Checklist is a great way to start building your eCommerce store. You can follow along with the Store Setup Checklist by clicking on each task link that appears on your storefront.

You can hide the checklist anytime by clicking the Hide Setup Wizard link.

This is the main informational pane for the Control Panel, giving you the most important store operation summaries at a glance.