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  • Tax Settings

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  • Deleting Tax Rates

    Tax rates can be deleted individually or as a group. The first method can be used to delete a single tax rate while the record is open in edit mode. The second method can be used to delete selected records as a group.

  • Setting Up General Tax Calculations

    Magento Go uses both customer and product tax classes to determine the rules which are used as the basis of tax calculations. Tax rules are a combination of customer tax class, product tax class, and applicable tax rates.

  • Setting Up Value Added Tax (VAT)

    This topic provides a sample procedure for setting up a 20% VAT in the U.K. for sales to retail customers. For other tax rates and countries, follow the general procedure but enter specific information that corresponds to your country, VAT rate, customer types, and so on.

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  • PayPal

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  • PayPal Access

    Magento and PayPal have joined forces to bring you PayPal Access -- a streamlined registration process that makes it easier than ever for people to open an account with your store.

  • Understanding PayPal

    With PayPal and Magento Go, you can accept payments from all major debit and credit cards, and also customer payments from PayPal account holders.

  • PayPal: Express Checkout

    This article explains how to set up PayPal Express Checkout for your Magento Go store. When enabled, the PayPal Express Checkout button appears on product pages and in the shopping cart.

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  • Product Images

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  • Watermark Positions

    The watermark used in these examples was a 470 x 470 .png file with a black logo and transparent background. The opacity and size were later adjusted from the Admin panel. You can experiment with different watermark settings until you find the look you want.

  • Using the Thumbnail Gallery

    The thumbnail gallery gives you the ability to display up to five different images of a single product. The position of the gallery varies by theme, but it usually appears just below the main image on the Product Detail page.

  • Using the Light Box, Popup, and Zoom

    Depending on your theme, the selected gallery image appears in either a light box or popup window.

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  • Product Attributes

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  • Defining Attributes

    An Attribute represents a property of a product, such as its name, image, SKU, color manufacturer and so on. They are one of the most powerful concepts in Magento Go and provide an almost limitless ability to control the products.

  • Understanding Attributes

    In Magento Go, an attribute is a characteristic, or property of a product. This topic describes the concept of attributes. When you understand attributes, you can more easily plan and deploy your product catalog.

  • Creating Attribute Sets

    After you have created the individual attributes you need for a product,you can group them into an attribute set. Generally, you will have a separate attribute set for each type of product.

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  • Product Categories

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  • Setting Hidden Categories

    Magento Go allows you to organize your catalog by building multi-level categories. Categories help customers find unique product groups in your store.

  • Modifying Categories

    This article shows how to change the category hierarchy of your Magento Go catalog. To modify or delete a category, or to rearrange categories in the category hierarchy, select Catalog > Manage Categories from the Admin panel.

  • Assigning Products To a Category

    There are two ways to assign products to categories in your Magento Go store: From the Category page, and from the Product page.

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  • Home Page Design

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  • How to Change the Home Page

    Your home page is the first page customers see when they visit your web store. Magento Go lets you change select the page customers see when they visit your store.

  • Adding New Links to Footer

    This article explains how to add links to pages in the footer of your Magento Go store. Footer links are located at the bottom of every page of your web store and they connect customers to your CMS pages.

  • Creating Your Own Home Page

    Learn how to manage and customize your store's home page using the built-in content management system in Magento Go.

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  • Launch Your Store

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  • How to Disable the Demo Store Notice

    When you begin building your store, your web store will be in demo mode. Magento Go will display an under construction on your web store to notify customers. Learn how to disable this demo store notice from the Admin panel.

  • Launch Your Store

    A step-by-step that takes you through how to set up the basic requirements in order to get your store up and running.

  • Add a Custom Favicon for Your Web Store

    The favicon (short for favorite icon) is the little icon that appears in your browser window in the address bar next to the current page URL. This article will explain the steps needed to add your own custom favicon.

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  • Shipping Methods

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  • Understanding Shipping Methods

    The Shipping Methods tab manages the configuration for the various shipping methods and services available to your customers during checkout.

  • Setting Up USPS

    The United States Postal Service is the independent postal service of United States government, offering domestic and international shipping services by land and air. This article explains how to set up USPS for your Magento Go store.

  • Setting Up Table Rate Shipping

    The Table Rate shipping method lets you calculate shipping rates based on the combination of several conditions, including Weight v. Destination, Price v. Destination, and # of Items v. Destination.

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  • Payment Services

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  • Payment Services: 3D Secure Credit Card Validation

    If you want an additional layer of protection against fraudulent charges or chargebacks for sales in your Magento Go store, you can enable 3D Secure Credit Card Validation.

  • Payment Services: Kount Fraud Detection

    The Kount Fraud Detection service targets Internet fraud by detecting networks of programs that have been designed to defraud online merchants. The application detects fraud related to credit cards, checks, and PayPal, and then tracks the transactions, so that illegal or suspect ?nancial activity can be stopped. As the merchant, you set up credit card validation rules in the Kount system to monitor transactions related to your online store.

  • Payment Services: CCAvenue

    CCAvenue is a Payment Service Provider that offers payment services in India and South Asia.

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  • Shipping Carriers

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  • Setting Up USPS

    The United States Postal Service is the independent postal service of United States government, offering domestic and international shipping services by land and air. This article explains how to set up USPS for your Magento Go store.

  • Setting Up UPS

    United Parcel Service offers domestic and international shipping services by land and air to more than 220 countries. This article provides step-by-step instructions for setting up the UPS shipping method for your Magento Go store.

  • Setting Up DHL

    DHL offers integrated international services and tailored, customer-focused solutions for managing and transporting letters, goods and information. This article provides step-by-step instructions for setting up the DHL shipping method for your Magento Go store.

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  • Getting Started

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  • Where to Find Help

    Magento provides a wide range of support resources to help you get up and running in a hurry. Please let us know how we can be of assistance!

  • Your Login Credentials

    Welcome to the Magento community! You are now a member of the fastest-growing and most dynamic community of eCommerce merchants and developers in the world! Before you go any further, let’s make sure you have access to all the information you need.

  • Quick Start Guide

    Magento Go leads you through the process of setting up your store, step-by-step. You can refer to the knowledge base and user guide for more detailed information as you go through the "Start My Store" process. When you're done, your store will be ready to go live!

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