B2C Commerce Setup11% of the exam
New sites: site ID, currency and taxation
The New Site page in Business Manager: site ID rules, choosing one default currency while allowing others, picking Net or Gross taxation (fixed after creation), and turning off page caching on a sandbox site so changes show at once.
Given a sandbox environment, use the Business Manager to add a new site to the instance, configuring the default currency and taxation type according to business requirements.
~6 min read · 6 practice questions ·
What the exam expects
- Create a site under Administration > Sites > Manage Sites and know the four values the New Site page asks for.
- Recognise a valid site ID and the shared-library ID conflict to avoid.
- Pick one default currency and add further allowed currencies for a multi-currency site.
- Choose Net or Gross taxation from where the site sells and how its prices are quoted, knowing the choice is fixed after creation.
- Turn off page caching on a sandbox site so template and code changes appear at once.
Key terms: site (a storefront managed in Business Manager; several sites in an instance form an organization); site ID (the identifier entered on the New Site page); default currency (the currency a shopper's session starts in); allowed currencies (every currency the site may use); taxation policy (whether the site treats prices as net or gross).
Key facts
New Site fields
- Detail
- ID, Currency, Taxation, Description
Site ID
- Detail
- Up to 32 alphanumeric characters; hyphen and underscore allowed; no spaces
Shared library ID
- Detail
- Never reuse it as a site ID
Currencies per site
- Detail
- Many allowed, one default; up to 150
Default currency
- Detail
- Can't be deleted from Allowed Currencies
Taxation by region
- Detail
- U.S. usually Net; EMEA and Asia usually Gross
Changing taxation later
- Detail
- Only B2C Commerce Support can
Sandbox cache settings
- Detail
- Static content TTL 0, page caching off
- When a shopper first visits a multi-currency site, which currency does the session use?
- Why might a returning shopper's session currency reset?
- Which tabs does a newly created site open with?
- Why should a Gross VAT site still set a tax rate on every VAT tax class?
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