Capability

Commerce

Liferay DXP includes robust e-commerce capabilities. Liferay’s commerce capabilities integrate content management, digital asset management, and comprehensive commerce functionalities, empowering you to deliver diverse online shopping experiences.

Use Liferay’s Commerce features to set up a storefront, add and manage products and catalogs, configure multiple channels for sales, configure multiple forms of payment, and much more.

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Managing Exchange Rates
Managing Exchange Rates You can manage exchange rates manually or configure Liferay to update them automatically using an online service. Automatic updates help keep exchange rates current for your...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:47 PM
Configuring Shipping Methods
Configuring Shipping Methods Liferay supports two shipping methods out-of-the-box, Flat Rate and Variable Rate. Before choosing any shipping method, verify the Measurement Units that the store...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:47 PM
PayPal
PayPal To accept PayPal payments, you must obtain a merchant ID, PayPal client ID, and client secret from the PayPal Developer Dashboard. Configuring PayPal Open the Global Menu (Applications...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:47 PM
Managing Channels
Managing Channels To display products and receive orders, a Liferay instance must have at least one channel. Accelerators like Minium already have a channel set up for you. Adding a New Channel ...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:46 PM
Order Management Permissions
Order Management Permissions With Liferay Commerce, you can use permissions to control access to Order Management applications and resources in the Commerce tab of the Global Menu (Global Menu). ...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:47 PM
Inventory Management Permissions
Inventory Management Permissions With Liferay Commerce, you can use permissions to control access to Inventory Management applications and resources in the Commerce tab of the Global Menu (Global...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:47 PM
Measurement Units
Measurement Units Liferay Commerce comes with a number of common measurement units already defined, but if you or your shipping provider use different units, you will need to change the default...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:47 PM
Shipping Method Reference
Shipping Method Reference Carrier: This shipping method integrates your shipping processes with a shipping company. This ensures the prices you charge your customers closely matches your actual...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:47 PM
Inviting Users to an Account
Inviting Users to an Account This article documents how to invite users to an account. Corporate accounts can have more than one user assigned to handle various aspects of a transaction. There are...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:47 PM
Product Management Permissions
Product Management Permissions With Liferay Commerce, you can use permissions to control access to Product Management applications and resources in the Commerce tab of the Global Menu (Global...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:47 PM
Pricing Permissions
Pricing Permissions With Liferay Commerce, you can use permissions to control access to Pricing applications and resources in the Commerce tab of the Global Menu (Global Menu). Control access to...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:47 PM
Store Management Permissions
Store Management Permissions With Liferay Commerce, you can use permissions to control access to Store Management applications and resources in the Commerce tab of the Global Menu (Global Menu). ...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:47 PM
Settings Permissions
Settings Permissions With Liferay Commerce, you can use permissions to control access to Settings applications in the Commerce tab of the Global Menu (Global Menu). Control access to Settings...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:47 PM
Product Delivery API Basics
Product Delivery API Basics Product API Basics covers the admin API used for creating and managing products. To display product data in your storefront, you must use the Product Delivery API. Call...
Published Date: Nov 16, 2024 3:30 PM
Using the Mini Cart Widget
Using the Mini Cart Widget Liferay Commerce comes with a Mini Cart widget that provides a quick overview of the current cart status. The Mini Cart widget is not the same as the custom mini cart...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:46 PM
Compare
Compare The Compare Page is a page where buyers can view two or more products side by side for comparison. The Compare Page uses the Product Comparison Table widget which is populated only when a...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:46 PM
Using the New Organization Management Chart Widget
Using the New Organization Management Chart Widget Liferay DXP 2024.Q1+/Portal GA112+ You can use Liferay's organization management chart to view, manage, and search through organizations,...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:46 PM
Creating Separate Catalog Pages for Individual Product Catalogs
Creating Separate Catalog Pages for Individual Product Catalogs Your storefront can contain products from multiple catalogs. Liferay stores products in catalogs and displays them in your storefront...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:46 PM
Placed Orders
Placed Orders The Placed Orders page is a required page that displays all orders that have completed the checkout process per account regardless of order status. The page uses the Orders widget. ...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:46 PM
Using the Price Range Facet Widget
Using the Price Range Facet Widget Liferay includes the Price Range Facet widget for quickly filtering product search results by price. Before adding this widget to a page, ensure you also have the...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:46 PM
Using the Product Downloads Widget
Using the Product Downloads Widget Liferay includes the Product Downloads widget to access and download digital assets purchased as Virtual Products. Click Add(Add) from the top menu. If you...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:46 PM
Channel API Basics
Channel API Basics You can manage channels from the Applications menu or with REST APIs. Call the headless-commerce-admin-channel services to create and manage channels. Adding a Channel Once...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:47 PM
Understanding the Currency Hierarchy
Understanding the Currency Hierarchy With Liferay, you can use different currencies across catalogs, price lists, and channels. Each currency has its own role in the currency hierarchy. The...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:47 PM
Enabling Guest Checkout
Enabling Guest Checkout You can enable guest checkout on a per-channel basis. Open the Global Menu (Applications Menu icon) and navigate to Commerce → Channels. Select the channel linked to...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:47 PM
Liferay Commerce Widgets
Liferay Commerce Widgets Liferay provides a variety of widgets out-of-the-box, so you can start building your solution right away. Widgets can be placed on content pages, widget pages, and page...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:46 PM
Lists
Lists The Lists page provides customers access to the Wish Lists and Wish List Contents widgets. Using the Wish List widget, authenticated users can view, create, and manage custom product lists....
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:46 PM
Pending Orders
Pending Orders The Pending Orders page is a page where order managers can view all incomplete orders associated with an account; an incomplete order contains items in the cart but has not been...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:46 PM
Enabling Commerce Products as Related Assets
Enabling Commerce Products as Related Assets You can connect products to other assets in Liferay by using the related assets relationship. Liferay DXP 7.4+ does not support products as related...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:46 PM
Liferay Commerce Fragments
Liferay Commerce Fragments Liferay provides a variety of fragments out-of-the-box, so you can start building your solution right away. Fragments can be placed on content pages and page templates....
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:46 PM
Using the Flat Rate Shipping Method
Using the Flat Rate Shipping Method Buyers can choose a flat rate shipping option to ship any product. By creating multiple flat rate options, you can give customers choices of cost, speed, or...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:47 PM
Liferay Commerce Configuration Overview
Liferay Commerce Configuration Overview You can find options to configure Commerce from the Global Menu. Access Commerce via the Global Application menu. Open the Global Menu (Global Menu) and go...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:47 PM
Configuring the Commerce Notification Queue
Configuring the Commerce Notification Queue When channel events trigger notifications, Commerce logs them in the channel's Notification Queue tab with the Unsent status. By default, Liferay checks...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:47 PM
Using Notification Templates
Using Notification Templates Email notifications are sent automatically to users based on events in the store. To send them, you must first create a Notification Template. Notification templates...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:47 PM
Guest Checkout
Guest Checkout You can use guest checkout to submit orders without an account on the site. You can enable guest checkout on a per-channel basis. See Enabling Guest Checkout to learn more. After...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:47 PM
Adding Organizations to Accounts
Adding Organizations to Accounts Organizations can be added to an Account to simplify the management and administration of accounts. To learn more about using Organizations with Accounts see Using...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:47 PM
Users and Accounts
Users and Accounts Liferay Commerce provides specialized roles out of the box to satisfy e-commerce needs. These roles are included alongside the standard DXP roles and define basic user profiles...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:47 PM
Creating Product Display Pages
Creating Product Display Pages With Liferay Commerce, you can link individual store products with site pages to create dedicated display pages for each product. Quickly design layouts using...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:46 PM
Using the Account Selector Fragment
Using the Account Selector Fragment Liferay DXP 7.4 U72+/GA72+ The Account Selector fragment provides an easy way for users to switch between their accounts when browsing products and creating...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:46 PM
Using the Mini Cart Fragment
Using the Mini Cart Fragment Liferay DXP 7.4 U69+/GA69+ The Mini Cart fragment provides a detailed overview of your cart. You can use it to increase or decrease product quantity, delete products,...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:46 PM
Widgets Reference
Widgets Reference Widgets are building blocks you can use to add content and dynamic functionality to your site. While Liferay includes a wide variety of generic widgets, it also includes dedicated...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:46 PM
Notification Template Variables Reference Guide
Notification Template Variables Reference Guide When creating notification templates, you can use variables to populate email fields dynamically with data from the triggering event. Notification...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:47 PM
Sending Emails
Sending Emails You can configure Liferay to send email notifications for different events that happen in your store. For example, you may want to send updates to the order manager or another person...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:47 PM
Adding Addresses to an Account
Adding Addresses to an Account This article documents how to update an account's billing and shipping addresses using either the Account Management widget or the Control Panel. Using the Account...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:47 PM
Commerce Roles Reference
Commerce Roles Reference Liferay includes four roles out-of-the-box for Commerce: account administrator, account member, buyer, and order manager. You can modify these roles or create additional...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:47 PM
Commerce Account Roles
Commerce Account Roles Account roles are sets of permissions that grant users specific abilities within an account context. These roles can be used to delegate account responsibilities, or paired...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:47 PM
Creating a New Account
Creating a New Account There are two ways to create an account: 1) using the Account Management widget and 2) through the Control Panel. Access to the Control Panel is typically restricted to those...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:47 PM
Creating a New Account Group
Creating a New Account Group Account Groups allow accounts to be grouped based on business criteria, such as grouping accounts by geographic region (US West Coast, the Midwest, and the South)....
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:47 PM
Commerce Roles and Permissions
Commerce Roles and Permissions The permissions assigned to a user role determine the Liferay applications and resources they can access and use. You can scope each role to an instance, site,...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:47 PM
Using Organizations to Create a Sales Network
Using Organizations to Create a Sales Network The organizational structure of B2B sales networks can be mirrored in Liferay Commerce using the Organizations feature. Organizations are hierarchical...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:47 PM
Returns
Returns Liferay DXP 2024.Q4+/Portal GA129+ Liferay provides an out-of-the-box returns feature that allows your customers to return completed orders within Liferay itself. Customers can only return...
Published Date: Dec 7, 2024 12:07 AM
Returns Workflow
Returns Workflow When a customer submits a return request, you must go to the Returns application to manage it. It is advised to use the Returns Manager role for this. Open the Global Menu...
Published Date: Dec 7, 2024 12:07 AM
Returns Page
Returns Page Liferay DXP 2024.Q4+/Portal GA129+ The returns page contains a list of all return requests placed by the customer. Select a return request to view the status of the request and its...
Published Date: Dec 7, 2024 12:06 AM
Adding Reasons for Returns
Adding Reasons for Returns When creating a return request, customers must choose a reason for the return. Open the Global Menu (Global Menu) and navigate to Control Panel → Instance Settings. ...
Published Date: Dec 7, 2024 12:07 AM
Using the Minium 4 Theme
Using the Minium 4 Theme Liferay DXP 2024.Q4+/Portal GA129+ To use the CSS styles from Minium 4, you can install the Minium theme from the Liferay Marketplace. This contains a CSS client...
Published Date: Dec 7, 2024 12:07 AM
Creating a Return
Creating a Return Customers can place return requests for completed orders. The Minium and Minium 4.0 accelerators and the Classic Site Initializer have a returns page where they can track their...
Published Date: Dec 7, 2024 12:07 AM
Product Details
Product Details The Product Details page displays important information of a product. The Product Details page can contain information such as a short description about the product, its...
Published Date: Jan 18, 2025 2:44 AM
Implementing a Custom Order Rule
Implementing a Custom Order Rule You can configure order rules in Liferay for orders that meet a specific condition. The Minimum Order Amount rule is available out-of-the-box. It prevents checkout...
Published Date: Jan 18, 2025 2:44 AM
Implementing a New Payment Method
Implementing a New Payment Method This tutorial shows you how to add a new payment method by implementing the CommercePaymentMethod interface. Payment methods represent various ways customers can...
Published Date: Jan 18, 2025 2:44 AM
Adyen
Adyen Liferay DXP 2024.Q3+/Portal GA125+ Liferay provides a client extension that integrates with Adyen using the payment integration client extension as a base. See Configuring Payment Methods to...
Published Date: Jan 18, 2025 2:45 AM
Store Management Basics
Store Management Basics Here is a comprehensive resource for understanding and leveraging Liferay’s Channel API basics.
Published Date: Jan 18, 2025 2:45 AM