Product store

Discover how Product Stores function in HotWax Commerce, tailored specifically for Frank and Oak's unique business requirements.

In HotWax Commerce, a Product Store represents a company or brand, useful for managing different brands. For businesses like Unified Commerce, with currently only one brand - Frank and Oak, creating just one Product Store works in HotWax Commerce.

This page shows the standard settings for Frank and Oak, tailored to fit its specific business requirements.

This page displays the default settings configured for Frank and Oak, specifically adjusted to match its unique business needs. These settings are pre-configured to streamline operations and reflect the typical setup ideal for Frank and Oak's operations within HotWax Commerce.

Users have the flexibility to make further adjustments or edits as necessary to align with specific business requirements or evolving needs.

Certain settings are essential for every Product Store to ensure efficient operations.

Field	Description	Value
Store Name	Product Store serves as a representation of a company or brand, particularly useful for retailers managing multiple brands. Make sure to specify the brand name before proceeding.	Frank And Oak
Inventory Facility	Default facility used to push inventory counts from HotWax Commerce to eCommerce	_NA_
Reserve inventory	HotWax Commerce serves as Inventory Master therefore it reserves inventory for all online orders. This setting should consistently remain at its default value of Y without alteration to ensure accurate inventory management	Y
Enable Brokering	Brokering ensures optimized inventory allocation for orders. Therefore, this setting should always be maintained at its default value of Y and should not be modified.	Y
Pre-order auto releasing	Allow users to configure whether the inventory for pre-order items should automatically be released when the shipping date arrives. The settings should be changed to N if you want manual control over releasing pre-orders.	Y
Explode Order Items	This setting changes if multi-quantity order items are exploded into single-quantity items. The default value for this setting is "Y" indicating that it is enabled, it should not be changed to "N", as many flows of HotWax Commerce are not tested for this setting.	Y
Allow Split	Allow users to configure whether the orders should be split, and multiple shipments should be created for orders. If we need not allow the order split, its value can be set from the dropdown as Y or N.	Y
Auto Approve Order	Orders are only brokered after they are approved in HotWax Commerce. Based on the business rules whether auto-approval of orders needs to be enabled or disabled, its value can be set from the dropdown as Y or N.	N
Auto Cancel Days	Retailers can set auto-cancel days to ensure that if inventory is not allocated to an order within defined days, the corresponding order will be automatically canceled. The default value is 0, indicating no auto-cancel days should be applied.	Unlimited
Currency	Allow users to set the preferred currency for the product store to use for prices, etc. This information is fetched from the organization’s Google form	CAD
Product Identifier	Allow users to configure which Identification of a product is used as primary internalName in HotWax Commerce	Shopify Product SKU
Sales Order ID Prefix	Adding a prefix to the internal ID helps visually separate purchase orders and sales orders.	FAO

Furthermore, users can configure additional settings based on the specific business needs of Frank and Oak:

Store Settings	Description	Value
Rate Shopping	Rate Shopping feature allows HotWax Commerce to find the lowest possible shipping option that can deliver the order within SLA	Y
INV_CNT_VIEW_QOH	Allows the user to see current QOH from HotWax Commerce on the product detail page of the Inventory Count app to help users during the periodic cycle count	false
SAVE_BILL_TO_INF	Save customers' Bill To information of orders from Shopify in HotWax Commerce.	N
PRDT_IDEN_PREF	Allow retailers to set preferred product Identifier for employees to view products with defined product identifiers
FULFILL_NOTIF	Send a fulfillment notification to customers when there is a fulfillment update on their order	Y
PRICE_LEVEL_NETSUITE	Price Level to be sent into Netsuite	CUSTOM_PRICE