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.

Feature
Deployment Approach
Defining SKUs as Option Values using a Collection Provider
Defining SKUs as Option Values using a Collection Provider Liferay DXP 2023.Q4+/Portal 7.4 GA98+ You can specify one or more categories as a collection provider when configuring an option on a...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:46 PM
Managing BOMs
Managing BOMs Subscription Required Bill of Materials (BOM) diagrams identify component parts belonging to a product. Users can create and annotate BOM diagrams in Liferay Commerce that reference...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:46 PM
Organizing Your Catalog with Product Categories
Organizing Your Catalog with Product Categories Products can be organized into Categories. These groupings allow multiple products to be grouped and handled collectively. Product categories can be...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:46 PM
Product Attachments
Product Attachments Catalog managers can upload a downloadable document for a product which often provides additional information that is not already in the product's description or specifications....
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:46 PM
Units of Measure (UOM)
Units of Measure (UOM) Liferay DXP 2023.Q4+/Portal 7.4 GA98+ Businesses can have different ways of maintaining and selling their stock. This is commonly known as Units of Measure (UOM). Some of...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:46 PM
Commerce 2.1 and below: Using Product Options
Commerce 2.1 and below: Using Product Options Creating an Option Template Navigate to Control Panel → Commerce → Products. Go to the Options tab. This displays a list of existing templates on...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:46 PM
Product API Basics
Product API Basics You can manage products from the Applications menu, but you can also use Liferay’s REST APIs. Call these services to create and manage products. Adding a Product Then follow...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:46 PM
Developer Guide
Developer Guide You can invoke the services under headless-commerce-admin-catalog to perform various admin operations related to products. However, if you have a headless storefront, you must use...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:46 PM
Catalog API Basics
Catalog API Basics You can manage catalogs from the Applications menu or REST APIs. Call the headless-commerce-admin-catalog services to create and manage catalogs. Adding a Catalog Once Liferay...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:46 PM
Option Value API Basics
Option Value API Basics You can manage option values from the Options application or with REST APIs. Call the headless-commerce-admin-catalog services to create and manage option values. Adding an...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:46 PM
Accelerators
Accelerators Accelerators make building stores and exploring Liferay fast and easy. To build your store from scratch, see Creating Store Content. Stores in Liferay are comprised of an interrelated...
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Introduction to Liferay Commerce
Introduction to Liferay Commerce Welcome to Liferay Commerce! Liferay Commerce is a digital commerce platform built from the ground up to meet the challenging and complex needs of any B2B...
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Store Setup Overview
Store Setup Overview Initial store setup uses the admin account. Read the Liferay Commerce Configuration Overview to familiarize yourself with the Liferay Commerce configuration layout and...
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Product API - Creating a Product with Multiple SKUs
Product API - Creating a Product with Multiple SKUs You can create products with multiple active SKUs using the product API or from the Products application. To create such a product, you must...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:46 PM
Starting a Store
Starting a Store You can use this road map as a starting point to build a storefront using Liferay Commerce. Road Map Store Setup Creating the Storefront Managing Customer Accounts Managing...
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Introduction to the Admin Account
Introduction to the Admin Account The Admin user is created by default in any new installation of Liferay Commerce and has full permissions to modify every facet of a Liferay Commerce instance. The...
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Sites and Site Types
Sites and Site Types Sites Liferay Commerce deployments consist of a hierarchy of Sites, Pages, Widgets, and Accounts. Creating and configuring a site in Liferay Commerce is one of the first steps...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:46 PM
Using the Minium Accelerator to Jump-Start Your B2B Store
Using the Minium Accelerator to Jump-Start Your B2B Store Minium is a Liferay Accelerator that quickly sets up a business-to-business (B2B) store designed to meet the needs of a manufacturer. It...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:46 PM
Channels
Channels Channels represent a place where you sell products: a Liferay customer portal, a B2B marketplace, or even back office phone sales. By connecting sales channels to Liferay, sellers can...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:46 PM
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...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:47 PM
Configuring Payment Methods
Configuring Payment Methods Payments are processed through a payment method. There are three types of payment methods: Offline: Liferay does not process the payment. Online Standard: Liferay...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:47 PM
Money Orders
Money Orders Liferay Commerce has the option to enable sellers to accept money orders as a form of payment. Once this payment method is activated, buyers will be able to use money orders to...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:47 PM
PayPal
PayPal To use PayPal as a payment method in your store, you must have a merchant ID and also generate a PayPal client ID and client secret. Visit the PayPal Developer Dashboard for more...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:47 PM
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...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:46 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
Authorize.Net
Authorize.Net Liferay supports Authorize.Net as a payment method. Authorize.Net is a subsidiary of Visa and a provider of payment gateway services. Prerequisites Before configuring your store to...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:47 PM
Managing Payment Methods
Managing Payment Methods Payment methods in Liferay Commerce scoped by channel and store site. If a Liferay Commerce instance has more than one storefront hosted on the same instance,...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:47 PM
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...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:47 PM
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...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:47 PM
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...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:47 PM
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...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:47 PM
Managing Exchange Rates
Managing Exchange Rates Exchange rates can be manually managed or automatically updated by an online service. To ensure that the store has the most recent exchange rates, administrators can enable...
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
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
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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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
Setting Up Warehouses
Setting Up Warehouses Warehouses represent physical locations of product inventory. To activate a warehouse, you must set its geolocation. You can use a single warehouse to serve multiple channels...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:45 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
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
Products
Products Liferay provides four product types out-of-the-box: Simple, Grouped, Virtual, and Diagram. Catalogs hold products with a default SKU at creation time. By default, all products are visible...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:46 PM
Product Configurations
Product Configurations Liferay DXP 2025.Q1+/GA132+ Product Configurations are templates for managing product configuration and ability in one place. They help you make bulk changes to multiple...
Published Date: Feb 11, 2025 12:32 PM
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 Custom Order Status
Implementing a Custom Order Status You can add a custom order status by implementing the CommerceOrderStatus interface. The Commerce Order Engine provides a standard order flow out-of-the-box, but...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:45 PM
Adding a New Discount Rule Type
Adding a New Discount Rule Type You can add a new discount rule type by implementing two interfaces: CommerceDiscountRuleType and CommerceDiscountRuleTypeJSPContributor. Discount rule types define...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:45 PM
Warehouse API Basics
Warehouse API Basics You can manage warehouses from the Applications menu or REST APIs. Call the headless-commerce-admin-inventory services to create and manage warehouses. Adding a Warehouse ...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:45 PM
Order Management
Order Management Use Liferay's order management capabilities to process orders of multiple types from different channels, set up workflows, create shipments for orders, and more.
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:45 PM
Multishipping
Multishipping Liferay DXP 2025.Q1+/GA132+ [Beta Feature](https://learn.liferay.com/web/guest/w/dxp/system-administration/configuring-liferay/feature-flags#beta-feature-flags) With multishipping,...
Published Date: Feb 12, 2025 12:54 PM
Implementing a Custom Order Validator
Implementing a Custom Order Validator This tutorial explains how to add a custom order validator by implementing the CommerceOrderValidator interface. An order validator is a class that validates...
Published Date: Jan 18, 2025 2:44 AM
Option API Basics
Option API Basics You can manage option templates from the Applications menu or with REST APIs. Call the headless-commerce-admin-catalog services to create and manage options. Adding an Option ...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:46 PM
Specification API Basics
Specification API Basics You can manage product specifications from the Applications menu or with REST APIs. Call the headless-commerce-admin-catalog services to create and manage specifications. ...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:46 PM
Store Management
Store Management Learn how to create and manage channels, configure countries and regions, add shipping and payment methods to your store, and more.
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:46 PM
Returns Page
Returns Page Liferay DXP 2024.Q4+/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
Creating Product Bundles
Creating Product Bundles Liferay supports the creation of product bundles using product options. With options, you can define values that link the current product with other SKUs (simple, virtual,...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:46 PM
Using the Products Limit Rule
Using the Products Limit Rule Liferay DXP 2024.Q1+/Portal GA112+ You may want to prevent customers from purchasing products from a specific product group. For instance, a machines manufacturer may...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:46 PM

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