About the Quick Shopping Cart Home Page
Here's the Lowdown: The Quick Shopping Cart® Home Page gives you an overview of your store's performance and easy access to the most-used features.
When you first set up Quick Shopping Cart, you need to configure several aspects of your store. These areas display as buttons along the top of the screen.
Click a button's Edit link to edit the settings it represents. Then click Home from the menu bar to return to the Home Page and enter additional information. For more information, see Creating Your Storefront Using the Quick-Access Buttons.
NOTE:Once you publish your store, the buttons disappear and you can access those areas through the menu system.
After you have set up the initial storefront options, the Home Page gives you a centralized location to help you manage your storefront. The following sections explain the options available on the Home Page.
Set Up Information
From the Home Page you can review and modify the following storefront information:
- Shop URL
- Shows the domain that your storefront is set up on.
NOTE: Contact customer service if you need to change the Shop URL.
- IP Address
- Shows the IP address for your storefront. If your domain is registered elsewhere, contact your domain registrar with this information.
- SSL Certificate
- Indicates whether you have an SSL attached to your storefront. An SSL instills buyer confidence and is required if you are signing up for a merchant account. Click Attach SSL to storefront to install an SSL.
- Last Publish
- Displays the date and time of the last publish. You must publish your store for new changes to display.
- Edit Store Information
- Click Edit Store Information to open the Branding Manager to edit your storefront information, Welcome Message, About Us Message, and Contact Us Message.
- Template
- Displays the template assigned to your store. Click Change Template to select a different template. Click Change Background Image to change the template's default background images.
Store Summary
From the Home Page you can review your store's performance in the following areas:
- Order Summary
- Displays the quantity of new orders.
- Weekly Top Sellers
- Displays a listing of the top-selling products.
- Inventory Summary
- Indicates whether you have low inventory alerts and the number of currently available products.
- Member Summary
- Displays the day's active members and the total number of active members.
Tools
The Tools area on the Home Page provides quick access to common functions:
- View New Orders
- Displays the Order Manager where you can view and search new and existing orders.
- Add Products
- Displays the Catalog Manager where you can add a new product.
- Manage Content
- Displays the Branding Manager where you can modify your storefront information, welcome message, about us message, and contact us message.
- Manage Inventory
- Displays the Catalog Manager where you can add, import, and export products as well as search for existing products.