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# Commerce Store Setup Tasks

To get your store running, complete the guided tasks on the store home page. You can complete the recommended tasks after you activate your store.

### Required Editions

<table class="slds-table slds-table_bordered slds-max-medium-table_stacked slds-m-bottom_small edition"><colgroup><col></colgroup><tbody><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;"><a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=commerce.comm_editions.htm&amp;language=en_US" target="_blank">View supported editions</a>.</td></tr></tbody></table>

[Which Salesforce Commerce Product Do I Have?](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=commerce.comm_what_product.htm&language=en_US)

<table class="slds-table slds-table_bordered slds-max-medium-table_stacked slds-m-bottom_small " summary="B2B Store Required Tasks">
      <caption>B2B Store Required Tasks</caption>
      <colgroup>
        <col>
        <col>
      </colgroup>
      <thead class="slds-text-title_caps ">
        <tr class="">
          <th scope="col" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" id="d8225e60">Tasks</th>
          <th scope="col" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" id="d8225e63">Resources</th>
        </tr>
      </thead>
      <tbody>
        <tr class="">
          <td data-label="Tasks" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d8225e60 ">Add branding to your site.</td>

          <td data-label="Resources" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d8225e63 "> To copy the colors and styles from an existing website, click <strong class="uicontrol">Add
              Your Brand</strong>, and enter its URL. See <a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=commerce.comm_customize_template.htm&amp;release=264.0.0&amp;type=5" title="Use the Website Design workspace to add basic design elements to your store without leaving the Commerce app. For example, add your logo and set fonts, colors, and button styles. For more advanced design changes, such as configuring store components, pages, or navigation, you can move out of the Commerce app to Experience Builder.">Website Design for
              B2B Stores</a>.</td>

        </tr>
        <tr class="">
          <td data-label="Tasks" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d8225e60 ">Add products.</td>

          <td data-label="Resources" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d8225e63 ">Assign, create, or import at least one product to your catalog. See <a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=commerce.comm_products_create.htm&amp;release=264.0.0&amp;type=5" title="Add a product to up to five categories. The product can include variations such as color and size. You can also add digital products, which can be excluded from shipping calculations.">Add a Product to a Store</a> and <a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=commerce.comm_product_import_process.htm&amp;release=264.0.0&amp;type=5" title="Upload and import the CSV file that contains the products that you want to add or update for use by all stores.">Import Product Data</a>.</td>

        </tr>
        <tr class="">
          <td data-label="Tasks" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d8225e60 ">Set up taxes.</td>

          <td data-label="Resources" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d8225e63 ">Set up either the manual tax solution provider or install a third-party tax
            solution provider. See <a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=commerce.comm_taxes_international_store.htm&amp;release=264.0.0&amp;type=5" title="Configure tax settings for a B2B store.">Configure
              Tax Settings for a Commerce Store</a>.</td>

        </tr>
        <tr class="">
          <td data-label="Tasks" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d8225e60 ">Set up payments.</td>

          <td data-label="Resources" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d8225e63 "><a name="comm_store_setup_tasks__ul_z1h_5p3_q2c"><!-- --></a>
            <ul id="comm_store_setup_tasks__ul_z1h_5p3_q2c">
              <li>Set up payments using Salesforce Payments or another provider, and associate it
                with your merchant account.</li>

              <li>Set up at least one tax provider, and associate it with your tax provider.</li>

              <li>Accept the default Salesforce Native Shipping option, or configure at least one
                shipping provider.</li>

            </ul>
            <p style="margin-bottom:0;">Find information on payments, taxes, shipping, and more at <a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=commerce.comm_custom_checkout.htm&amp;release=264.0.0&amp;type=5" title="Custom checkout gives you more control over your store’s checkout configuration. You can use third-party apps instead of Salesforce’s native merchant services for payments, tax, and shipping. Or, you can extend native merchant services using custom checkout. You can design your own checkout page in Experience Builder with preset layouts, custom sections, and components. For B2B stores, custom checkout is the only option for configuring checkout.">Configure Custom
                Checkout</a>.</p>
          </td>

        </tr>
        <tr class="">
          <td data-label="Tasks" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d8225e60 ">Personalize buyer pricing.</td>

          <td data-label="Resources" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d8225e63 ">Personalize stores, entitlements, pricing, and promotions for users. See <a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=commerce.comm_buyergroup_entitlements_pricebooks.htm&amp;type=5&amp;language=en_US" target="_blank">Example Strategies for Buyer Groups, Entitlements, and Price
              Books for B2B Stores</a>.</td>

        </tr>
        <tr class="">
          <td data-label="Tasks" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d8225e60 ">Set up buyers, buyer groups, and entitlements.</td>

          <td data-label="Resources" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d8225e63 ">On the Customer Workspace, <a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=commerce.comm_assign_pricebooks.htm&amp;release=264.0.0&amp;type=5" title="To display prices to your customers, create a buyer group or store price book. You can assign a price book to buyer groups, stores, or both, but you must have at least one. When you assign a price book to a store, any customer who can access the store is eligible for prices within that price book. When you assign a price book to a buyer group, the accounts associated with that buyer group are eligible for prices within that price book.">create a buyer group</a>, <a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=commerce.comm_entitlement_policies.htm&amp;release=264.0.0&amp;type=5" title="Create an entitlement policy declaratively, through the Commerce app.">create an entitlement
              policy</a>, and <a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=commerce.comm_create_buyers.htm&amp;release=264.0.0&amp;type=5" title="You can add buyers in different ways. You can add a buyer from your Customer workspace or enable a business or person account.">add a
              buyer to a B2B store</a>.</td>

        </tr>
        <tr class="">
          <td data-label="Tasks" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d8225e60 ">Manage store access.</td>

          <td data-label="Resources" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d8225e63 ">Manage which users can access your store. See <a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=commerce.comm_access.htm&amp;type=5&amp;language=en_US" target="_blank">Access</a>.</td>

        </tr>
      </tbody>
    </table> <table class="slds-table slds-table_bordered slds-max-medium-table_stacked slds-m-bottom_small " summary="D2C Store Required Tasks">
      <caption>D2C Store Required Tasks</caption>
      <colgroup>
        <col>
        <col>
      </colgroup>
      <thead class="slds-text-title_caps ">
        <tr class="">
          <th scope="col" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" id="d8225e227">Task</th>
          <th scope="col" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" id="d8225e230">Resources</th>
        </tr>
      </thead>
      <tbody>
        <tr class="">
          <td data-label="Task" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d8225e227 ">Add branding to your site.</td>

          <td data-label="Resources" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d8225e230 "> To copy the colors and styles from an existing website, click <strong class="uicontrol">Add
              Your Brand</strong>, and enter its URL. See <a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=commerce.comm_customize_template.htm&amp;release=264.0.0&amp;type=5" title="Use the Website Design workspace to add basic design elements to your store without leaving the Commerce app. For example, add your logo and set fonts, colors, and button styles. For more advanced design changes, such as configuring store components, pages, or navigation, you can move out of the Commerce app to Experience Builder.">Website Design for
              B2B Stores</a>.</td>

        </tr>
        <tr class="">
          <td data-label="Task" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d8225e227 ">Add products.</td>

          <td data-label="Resources" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d8225e230 ">Assign, create, or import at least one product to your catalog. See <a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=commerce.comm_products_create.htm&amp;release=264.0.0&amp;type=5" title="Add a product to up to five categories. The product can include variations such as color and size. You can also add digital products, which can be excluded from shipping calculations.">Add a Product to a Store</a> and <a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=commerce.comm_product_import_process.htm&amp;release=264.0.0&amp;type=5" title="Upload and import the CSV file that contains the products that you want to add or update for use by all stores.">Import Product Data</a>.</td>

        </tr>
        <tr class="">
          <td data-label="Task" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d8225e227 ">Let guests shop your store.</td>

          <td data-label="Resources" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d8225e230 ">
            <p>If you’ve enabled person accounts, then guest access and self-registration are
              automatically enabled and the task is marked complete. Otherwise, click this task to
              enable person accounts, guest access, and self-registration, which usually takes up to
              1 hour to complete. After enabled, person accounts become the default record type for
              the guest user profile.</p>
            <p style="margin-bottom:0;">To enable person accounts manually, see <a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=commerce.commerce_enable_person_accounts.htm&amp;release=264.0.0&amp;type=5" title="Person accounts are required for D2C stores, which use them to represent shoppers who visit the store and purchase products. Person accounts are optional for B2B stores, which typically use business accounts that include multiple buyers. You can either set up person accounts through the automated process from the Commerce Setup Assistant setup page or manually. This topic describes the steps to use to enable person accounts manually, without using Commerce Setup Assistant.">Enable
                Person Accounts for Commerce</a>.</p>
          </td>

        </tr>
        <tr class="">
          <td data-label="Task" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d8225e227 ">Set up payments.</td>

          <td data-label="Resources" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d8225e230 "><a name="comm_store_setup_tasks__ul_udy_1x1_x2c"><!-- --></a>
            <ul id="comm_store_setup_tasks__ul_udy_1x1_x2c">
              <li>Set up payments using Salesforce Payments or another provider, and associate it
                with your merchant account.</li>

              <li>Set up at least one tax provider, and associate it with your tax provider.</li>

              <li>Accept the default Salesforce Native Shipping option, or configure at least one
                shipping provider.</li>

            </ul>
            <p style="margin-bottom:0;">Find information on payments, taxes, shipping, and more at <a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=commerce.comm_custom_checkout.htm&amp;release=264.0.0&amp;type=5" title="Custom checkout gives you more control over your store’s checkout configuration. You can use third-party apps instead of Salesforce’s native merchant services for payments, tax, and shipping. Or, you can extend native merchant services using custom checkout. You can design your own checkout page in Experience Builder with preset layouts, custom sections, and components. For B2B stores, custom checkout is the only option for configuring checkout.">Configure Custom
                Checkout</a>.</p>
          </td>

        </tr>
      </tbody>
    </table> <table class="slds-table slds-table_bordered slds-max-medium-table_stacked slds-m-bottom_small " summary="Reorder Portal Required Tasks">
      <caption>Reorder Portal Required Tasks</caption>
      <colgroup>
        <col>
        <col>
      </colgroup>
      <thead class="slds-text-title_caps ">
        <tr class="">
          <th scope="col" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" id="d8225e339">Task</th>
          <th scope="col" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" id="d8225e342">Resources</th>
        </tr>
      </thead>
      <tbody>
        <tr class="">
          <td data-label="Task" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d8225e339 ">Add branding to your site.</td>

          <td data-label="Resources" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d8225e342 "> To copy the colors and styles from an existing website, click <strong class="uicontrol">Add
              Your Brand</strong>, and enter its URL. See <a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=commerce.comm_customize_template.htm&amp;release=264.0.0&amp;type=5" title="Use the Website Design workspace to add basic design elements to your store without leaving the Commerce app. For example, add your logo and set fonts, colors, and button styles. For more advanced design changes, such as configuring store components, pages, or navigation, you can move out of the Commerce app to Experience Builder.">Website Design for
              B2B Stores</a>.</td>

        </tr>
        <tr class="">
          <td data-label="Task" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d8225e339 ">Add products.</td>

          <td data-label="Resources" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d8225e342 ">Assign, create, or import at least one product to your catalog. See <a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=commerce.comm_products_create.htm&amp;release=264.0.0&amp;type=5" title="Add a product to up to five categories. The product can include variations such as color and size. You can also add digital products, which can be excluded from shipping calculations.">Add a Product to a B2B Commerce Store from the Workspace</a> and <a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=commerce.comm_product_import_process.htm&amp;release=264.0.0&amp;type=5" title="Upload and import the CSV file that contains the products that you want to add or update for use by all stores.">Import Product Data for a B2B Store</a>.</td>

        </tr>
        <tr class="">
          <td data-label="Task" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d8225e339 ">Set up payments.</td>

          <td data-label="Resources" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d8225e342 "><a name="comm_store_setup_tasks__ul_u1b_bx1_x2c"><!-- --></a>
            <ul id="comm_store_setup_tasks__ul_u1b_bx1_x2c">
              <li>Set up payments using Salesforce Payments or another provider, and associate it
                with your merchant account.</li>

              <li>Set up at least one tax provider, and associate it with your tax provider.</li>

              <li>Accept the default Salesforce Native Shipping option, or configure at least one
                shipping provider.</li>

            </ul>
            <p style="margin-bottom:0;">Find information on payments, taxes, shipping, and more at <a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=commerce.comm_custom_checkout.htm&amp;release=264.0.0&amp;type=5" title="Custom checkout gives you more control over your store’s checkout configuration. You can use third-party apps instead of Salesforce’s native merchant services for payments, tax, and shipping. Or, you can extend native merchant services using custom checkout. You can design your own checkout page in Experience Builder with preset layouts, custom sections, and components. For B2B stores, custom checkout is the only option for configuring checkout.">Configure Custom
                Checkout</a>.</p>
          </td>

        </tr>
        <tr class="">
          <td data-label="Task" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d8225e339 ">Set up email invitations.</td>
          <td data-label="Resources" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d8225e342 ">Click the link that redirects to the <a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=commerce.comm_configure_reorder_nba.htm&amp;release=264.0.0&amp;type=5" title="After you set up a Commerce Reorder Portal, configure an Einstein Next Best Action component on the Order record page. Based on a recommendation from this component, a rep can invite a buyer to the portal.">Configure an Einstein Next Best Action Component for a Commerce
              Reorder Portal</a> help page.</td>


        </tr>
      </tbody>
    </table>