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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

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

Canceling a Shipment

Canceling a Shipment If a buyer cancels an order before shipping it, the seller may cancel the shipment in Liferay. Note that canceling a shipment does not close an order. You can manage an order's...

Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:46 PM

Price on Application

Price on Application Liferay DXP 7.4 U84+/GA84+ If you have expensive or complex products in your catalog, you may not want customers to purchase them without help. If you want support staff to...

Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:46 PM

Order Splitting

Order Splitting Liferay DXP 7.4 U84+/GA84+ Order Splitting divides a customer order into separate orders that suppliers can fulfill independently. The order is split based on the catalog of the...

Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:46 PM

Shipments

Shipments You can create Shipments when an order is in the processing stage. A single shipment may contain multiple orders, but the same account must create all the orders contained in the...

Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:46 PM

Orders Menu Reference Guide for Commerce 2.0 and Earlier Versions

Orders Menu Reference Guide for Commerce 2.0 and Earlier Versions Orders can be viewed and managed by an administrator in the Orders menu. To access the Orders menu, navigate to the Control Panel →...

Published Date: May 15, 2025 3:59 PM

Orders Menu Reference Guide

Orders Menu Reference Guide You can view and manage orders as an administrator from the Orders menu. To access it, open the Global Menu (Global Menu) → Commerce → Orders. Navigate to the Orders...

Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:46 PM

Orders Menu Reference Guide for Commerce 2.1 and Earlier Versions

Orders Menu Reference Guide for Commerce 2.1 and Earlier Versions Orders can be viewed and managed by an administrator in the Orders menu. To access the Orders menu, navigate to the Control Panel →...

Published Date: May 15, 2025 3:59 PM

Processing an Order for Commerce 2.0 and Earlier Versions

Processing an Order for Commerce 2.0 and Earlier Versions To process an order, you must first accept it. You can accept orders in the Pending status. Shipments are created while orders are...

Published Date: May 15, 2025 3:59 PM

Processing an Order for Commerce 2.1 and Earlier Versions

Processing an Order for Commerce 2.1 and Earlier Versions To process an order, you must first accept it. You can accept orders in the Pending status. Shipments are created while orders are...

Published Date: May 15, 2025 3:59 PM

Processing an Order

Processing an Order To process an order, you must first accept it. You can accept orders in the Pending status. Shipments are created while orders are processed. To begin processing all orders,...

Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:46 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

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

Terms and Conditions

Terms and Conditions Liferay supports adding Terms and Conditions to an order through Payment and Delivery Terms. These are conditions upon which the buyer and seller both must agree. Payment Terms...

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Payment and Delivery Terms

Payment and Delivery Terms Liferay DXP 7.4 U16+/GA16+ Payment Terms Payment Terms govern the terms of a transaction between a buyer and seller. You can specify different Payment Terms for...

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Creating a Shipment

Creating a Shipment Creating a shipment is integrated with the Orders menu. You can also manage all shipments in the Shipments menu once an order is in the Processing phase. Creating a New...

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Supplier Account

Supplier Account Liferay DXP 7.4 U84+/GA84+ The Supplier account type has all the features of Liferay accounts: adding and managing addresses, users, organizations, account groups, and roles....

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Creating a Promotion

Creating a Promotion The example below creates a promotion that reduces the price of all products in the catalog by 20% on the 4th of July. All accounts, account groups, channels, and order types...

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Introduction to Discounts

Introduction to Discounts Discounts are price reductions you can apply to products and orders to offer incentives to customers. When creating a discount, you determine whether to reduce the set...

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Introduction to Product Groups

Introduction to Product Groups Product groups are static groups of products you can use for targeted discounts or pricing. Product groups are ideal in two scenarios: If you have products that...

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Price List API Basics

Price List API Basics You can manage price lists from the Applications menu or with REST APIs. Call the headless-admin-commerce-pricing services to create and manage price lists. Adding a Price...

Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:46 PM

Managing Product Prices in Multiple Currencies

Managing Product Prices in Multiple Currencies Liferay DXP 2025.Q2+/Portal GA135+ Currently, this feature is behind a release feature flag (LPD-34908). The examples in this article use the...

Published Date: May 17, 2025 3:53 PM

Discount API Basics

Discount API Basics You can manage discounts from the Applications menu or with REST APIs. Call the headless-admin-commerce-pricing services to create and manage discounts. Adding a Discount Once...

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Pricing Configuration Reference

Pricing Configuration Reference You can change the default discovery logic and other parameters of the pricing engine through system settings. To access these settings, open the Global Menu...

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Promoting Products

Promoting Products There are several ways to promote your products in Liferay. To start off, you can create a discount that offers incentives to customers. You can also create promotions that show...

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Pricing Engine Overview

Pricing Engine Overview Catalogs contain products, and each catalog has its own default base price list and base promotion list. These lists store base price entries for all product SKUs in the...

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Creating a Discount

Creating a Discount Follow the steps below to create a discount by selecting the discount type, the target customers, and setting the discount rates. Once the discount has been created, specify...

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Creating a New Catalog

Creating a New Catalog Open the Global Menu (Applications Menu icon) and navigate to Commerce → Catalogs. Navigate to the Catalogs application. Click Add (Add icon) and enter this data: ...

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Product Types

Product Types Liferay provides four product types out-of-the-box: Simple, Grouped, Virtual, and Diagram. Simple product: Any physical product for which inventory is tracked. Grouped product: Two...

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Creating a Simple Product

Creating a Simple Product A simple product is any physical product for which inventory is tracked. Products are added to a catalog and include a name and description. Products can be further...

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Catalogs

Catalogs A catalog contains all the information about the products you're selling. Before starting a store, you must create at least one catalog and add products to it. Catalogs are scoped to an...

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Configuring a Product Placeholder Image

Configuring a Product Placeholder Image Products in a catalog that do not have an associated product image use a placeholder image until one is configured. The default placeholder image is defined...

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Configuring Catalog Permissions

Configuring Catalog Permissions Catalog permissions determine which users can see and modify catalogs and their related products. Admin users have these permissions by default but you can add these...

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Creating and Managing Products

Creating and Managing Products Learn how you can use the different product types available out-of-the-box with Liferay and enrich the storefront experience for customers. You can leverage built-in...

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Creating a Grouped Product

Creating a Grouped Product A grouped product consists of two or more products from a catalog that are sold together as a pre-defined set, either for customer convenience or to offer a special...

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Creating a Virtual Product

Creating a Virtual Product A virtual product is any non-tangible product that customers can download. Examples include videos, electronic publications, warranties, and service contracts. Like other...

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Shop by Diagram

Shop by Diagram Subscription With Shop by Diagram you can easily find parts for larger equipment visually through diagrams. This can be an automotive spare part, electronic component, or spares of...

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Virtual Product Reference

Virtual Product Reference Configure unique Virtual Product settings in the Virtual sub-tab. Details FieldDescription URLSet the Product' file using a URL. Select FileUse the Select button to...

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Pricing

Pricing Liferay provides a robust pricing system to fine-tune product prices. You can define multiple price entries for a single product SKU and determine which accounts, account groups, and...

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Adding Products to a Price List

Adding Products to a Price List Once you've created a price list, create price entries to add product SKUs to it. These entries are used when determining a product's unit price and override an...

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Configuring Taxes

Configuring Taxes Liferay Commerce provides flexible tools to manage taxes across different Products, Channels, and shipping configurations. You can define Tax Categories to group tax rates and use...

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Creating Tax Categories

Creating Tax Categories Liferay Commerce uses tax categories to store and apply tax rates to channel products and shipping costs. Once a tax category is created, you can use tax calculation engines...

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Creating Tax Categories for Commerce 2.0 and Earlier Versions

Creating Tax Categories for Commerce 2.0 and Earlier Versions Liferay Commerce uses tax categories to store and apply tax rates to channel products and shipping costs. Once a tax category is...

Published Date: May 3, 2025 4:04 PM

Setting Rates for Tax Calculations

Setting Rates for Tax Calculations Define tax rates in Liferay Commerce using configurable tax engines and assign them to tax categories. You can then apply tax rates to channel products and...

Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:46 PM

Creating a Shipment for Commerce 2.0 and Earlier Versions

Creating a Shipment for Commerce 2.0 and Earlier Versions Creating a shipment is integrated with the Orders menu. You can also manage all shipments in the Shipments menu once an order is in the...

Published Date: May 15, 2025 4:00 PM

Shipment Life Cycle Overview

Shipment Life Cycle Overview There are four stages for a shipment. Processing Ready to Ship Shipped Delivered Starting with Liferay DXP 7.4 U30/GA30, each shipment has an external reference...

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Shipments Management Reference Guide

Shipments Management Reference Guide To manage shipments, open the Global Menu (Applications Menu icon) and navigate to Commerce → Shipments. Overview of the shipments page. FieldDescription...

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Managing Subscriptions

Managing Subscriptions In Liferay, you can manage orders and subscriptions under the Global Applications menu. Open the Global Applications (Applications Menu icon) menu and navigate to Commerce...

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Subscriptions

Subscriptions Subscriptions are recurring orders managed differently from regular orders. All orders, including subscriptions, are accepted and processed in the Orders Menu. However, after...

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Subscription Administration Reference Guide

Subscription Administration Reference Guide Subscriptions are managed in the Subscriptions menu in the Global Applications. This article describes the various functions and fields available in the...

Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:46 PM

Suppliers

Suppliers Liferay DXP 7.4 U84+/GA84+ Using Liferay's out-of-the-box supplier account type, you can cater to suppliers and their specific needs. Additionally, you can use the out-of-the-box...

Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:46 PM

Supplier Role

Supplier Role Liferay DXP 7.4 U84+/GA84+ To enable suppliers to manage their own catalogs and channels, you must add at least one user with the Account Supplier role to a supplier account. These...

Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:46 PM

Setting Rates for Tax Calculations for Commerce 2.0 and Earlier Versions

Setting Rates for Tax Calculations for Commerce 2.0 and Earlier Versions Define tax rates in Liferay Commerce using configurable tax engines and assign them to tax categories. You can then apply...

Published Date: May 3, 2025 4:04 PM

Adding Products to a Price List for Commerce 2.1 and Earlier Versions

Adding Products to a Price List for Commerce 2.1 and Earlier Versions Once you have a price list created, you can add products to it. This article describes two ways to add products to a price...

Published Date: May 17, 2025 3:52 PM

Applying Tax Rates

Applying Tax Rates After adding tax rates to a Tax Category, you can apply them to Channel Products and shipping costs by assigning the Tax Category. Each applicable tax rate is calculated...

Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:46 PM

Creating Tax Categories for Commerce 2.1 and Earlier Versions

Creating Tax Categories for Commerce 2.1 and Earlier Versions Liferay Commerce uses tax categories to store and apply tax rates to channel products and shipping costs. Once a tax category is...

Published Date: May 3, 2025 4:04 PM

Installing and Using the Liferay Commerce Connector to Stripe Tax App

Installing and Using the Liferay Commerce Connector to Stripe Tax App Liferay DXP 2025.Q2+/Portal GA135+ Liferay provides a cloud-based Stripe tax connector app that is based on the Tax Engine...

Published Date: May 3, 2025 4:04 PM

Setting Rates for Tax Calculations for Commerce 2.1 and Earlier Versions

Setting Rates for Tax Calculations for Commerce 2.1 and Earlier Versions Define tax rates in Liferay Commerce using configurable tax engines and assign them to tax categories. You can then apply...

Published Date: May 3, 2025 4:04 PM

Creating a Price List

Creating a Price List You can create price lists to store SKU price entries that target specific accounts, channels, and order types. They're used when determining a product's unit price and...

Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:46 PM