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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Channels Reference Guide
Channels Reference Guide The Channels application contains various options to manage and configure your channel. To create a channel, see Managing Channels. General The General tab consists of...
Configuring Product Visibility Using Channels
Configuring Product Visibility Using Channels When you create a product, it is visible across all channels, but you can limit visibility to specific channels. Consider a multi-brand scenario where...
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 ...
Configuring Countries and Regions
Configuring Countries and Regions By default, Liferay includes over 240 countries, but you can add countries if needed. When adding or editing countries, you can add states, provinces, or other...
Managing Channels for Commerce 2.1 and Earlier Versions
Managing Channels for Commerce 2.1 and Earlier Versions To display products and receive orders, a Liferay instance must have at least one channel. Accelerators like Minium already have a channel...
Authorize.Net
Authorize.Net Liferay supports Authorize.Net as a payment method. Authorize.Net, a subsidiary of Visa, provides payment gateway services. Prerequisites Before configuring your store to use...
Liferay Commerce Connector to PayPal SDK
Liferay Commerce Connector to PayPal SDK Liferay DXP 2024.Q4+/Portal GA129+ Liferay provides a client extension that integrates with the PayPal JavaScript SDK to provide more payment options like...
Configuring Payment Methods
Configuring Payment Methods Payments are processed through one of three payment methods: Offline: Liferay does not process the payment. Online Standard: Liferay processes the payment entirely....
Installing Payment Methods From Marketplace
Installing Payment Methods From Marketplace Liferay DXP 2025.Q2+ Currently, this feature is behind a release feature flag (LPD-35941). Read Release Feature Flags for more information. This...
Mercanet
Mercanet Liferay supports Mercanet as a payment method out-of-the-box. Since Mercanet accepts only EUR, the store's primary currency must be EUR. Prerequisites Generate credentials Set EUR as...
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...
Managing Payment Methods
Managing Payment Methods In Liferay Commerce, payment methods are scoped by channel and store site. If a Liferay Commerce instance has more than one storefront hosted on the same instance,...
Authorize.Net for Commerce 2.0 and Earlier Versions
Authorize.Net for Commerce 2.0 and Earlier Versions Liferay supports Authorize.Net as a payment method. Authorize.Net, a subsidiary of Visa, provides payment gateway services. Prerequisites Before...
Managing Payment Methods for Commerce 2.0 and Earlier Versions
Managing Payment Methods for Commerce 2.0 and Earlier Versions In Liferay Commerce 2.0 and earlier, payment methods are scoped by store site. To manage payment methods in Commerce 2.0 and below,...
Mercanet for Commerce 2.0 and Earlier Versions
Mercanet for Commerce 2.0 and Earlier Versions Liferay supports Mercanet as a payment method out of the box. Since Mercanet accepts only EUR, the store's primary currency must be EUR. ...
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...
Money Orders
Money Orders With Liferay Commerce, sellers can accept money orders as a payment method. Once activated, buyers can select money orders to complete the purchasing process. Sellers should define and...
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...
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...
Using the UPS Shipping Method
Using the UPS Shipping Method Liferay DXP 2024.Q3+/Portal GA125+ Liferay provides a client extension that integrates with UPS. It uses the shipping engine client extension as a base. See...
Stripe
Stripe Liferay DXP 2024.Q2+/Portal GA120+ Liferay provides a client extension that integrates with Stripe. It uses the payment integration client extension as a base. See Configuring Payment...
Applying Shipping Method Restrictions
Applying Shipping Method Restrictions Your store may have shipping restrictions to specific countries or regions. This means these countries are not available during the checkout process. These...
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...
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...
Using the Flat Rate Shipping Method for Commerce 2.0 and Earlier Versions
Using the Flat Rate Shipping Method for Commerce 2.0 and Earlier Versions Buyers can choose a flat rate shipping option to ship any product. By creating multiple flat rate options, you can give...
Currencies
Currencies Liferay comes with multiple currencies pre-configured for use. If a desired currency is not already included, you can add a new one. See the Currencies Reference on how to enter specific...
Using the Variable Rate Shipping Method for Commerce 2.0 and Earlier Versions
Using the Variable Rate Shipping Method for Commerce 2.0 and Earlier Versions Variable rate shipping allows shipping costs to be calculated using three factors: weight, order subtotal (cost before...
Using the Variable Rate Shipping Method
Using the Variable Rate Shipping Method Variable rate shipping allows shipping costs to be calculated using three factors: weight, order subtotal (cost before shipping, taxes, and discounts), and a...
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...
Managing Exchange Rates for Commerce 2.1 and Earlier Versions
Managing Exchange Rates for Commerce 2.1 and Earlier Versions Exchange rates can be manually managed or automatically updated by an online service. To ensure that the store has the most recent...
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...
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...
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...
Currencies Reference
Currencies Reference Liferay comes with multiple currencies pre-configured for use out-of-the-box. Your store must have a primary currency enabled to start processing orders. To manage currencies,...
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...
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...
Locale Options
Locale Options Liferay Commerce can be configured to work in different regions and languages. See the following articles to learn how to configure a store for regional variances in language,...
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...
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...
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...
Using Notification Templates for Commerce 2.0 and Earlier Versions
Using Notification Templates for Commerce 2.0 and Earlier Versions Email notifications are sent automatically to users based on events in the store. To send them, you must first create a...
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...
Adding Organizations to Accounts for Commerce 2.1 and Earlier Versions
Adding Organizations to Accounts for Commerce 2.1 and Earlier Versions Organizations can be added to an Account to simplify the management and administration of accounts. To learn more about using...
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...
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...
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...
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)....
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...
Inviting Users to an Account for Commerce 2.1 and Earlier Versions
Inviting Users to an Account for Commerce 2.1 and Earlier Versions This article documents how to invite users to an account. Corporate accounts can have more than one user assigned to handle...
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...
Creating a New Account Group for Commerce 2.1 and Earlier Versions
Creating a New Account Group for Commerce 2.1 and Earlier Versions Account Groups allow accounts to be grouped based on business criteria, such as grouping accounts by geographic region (US West...
Account Management
Account Management Available Liferay 7.3 and Below In Liferay, accounts store customer information, such as billing and shipping addresses, order details, and VAT number. Once created, accounts...
Adding Addresses to an Account for Commerce 2.1 and Earlier Versions
Adding Addresses to an Account for Commerce 2.1 and Earlier Versions This article documents how to update an account's billing and shipping addresses using either the Control Panel. Navigate to...
Creating a New Account for Commerce 2.1 and Earlier Versions
Creating a New Account for Commerce 2.1 and Earlier Versions Create an account through the Control Panel. Access to the Control Panel is typically restricted to those with administrative...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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). ...