Global Settings

This page describes the Merch configuration section and global settings that can be set through the Merch back office section.

Merchello Settings Page is a tab off of the tree root.

Merchello configuration is done in the Umbraco backend Merchello section. You can control the product catalog, inventory, shipping, payment, taxation, and notifications.

Settings dashboard

Store Defaults

Merchello configuration includes some global settings for the store back office such as default currency and culture, unit system, and starting document numbers.

Setting	Description
Currency	Sets the default store currency used in product pricing, ship rate quoting, taxation and invoicing.
Set the default extended data culture	Sets the default language that is selected when navigating to extended content off of a product.
Time format	Sets the time format. Currently not used.
Unit system	Sets back office unit labels.
Set how taxes are applied	Sets how taxes are applied. Options are Invoice or Product. If invoice is selected, taxes are calculated in the invoice generation process. If product is selected, taxes are added to the base product price when rendering a product.
Date Format	Sets the date format for dates displayed in back office.
Starting order number	Sets the next order number
Starting invoice number	Sets the next invoice number
Starting shipment number	Sets the next shipment number

Catalog Defaults

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Note

These settings are meant to save time by NOT having to set the properties for each product as it is added to the catalog and have NO effect on existing products.

Setting	Description
All items are taxable	If checked, new products are created with taxable setting set to TRUE
All items are shippable	If checked, new products are created with shippable setting set to TRUE
Track inventory for all items & variants	If checked, new products are created with the tracks inventory setting set to TRUE
Shipping charges are taxable	If checked, shipping charges will be set to taxable. Note Custom tax providers may not respect this.