Introduction to Channels
Channels represent a place where products are sold, whether that’s a Liferay Commerce based customer portal, a B2B marketplace, or back office phone sales. By connecting sales channels to Liferay Commerce, sellers can manage product content, inventory, orders, and fulfillment across multiple channels in a single place.
To display products and receive orders, a Liferay Commerce instance must have at least one channel.
With multiple channels, you can create more than one Liferay site each with a unique customer experience, connect to third party software or systems, or a combination of both.
Products and discounts can be configured to be available in all channels or specific channels. Similarly, many configurations can be set on the channel level. This includes:
- Category Display Pages
- Notifications
- Order Workflows
- Order Fields
- Payment Methods
- Product Display Pages
- Shipping Methods
- Taxes
- Countries
- Warehouses