This topic describes basic E-commerce module configuration scenarios with regard to site separation. There are three such scenarios:

 

Single site (on-line store)

 

Typically, if you have only one on-line store, you should always use site data only. It helps you build other on-line stores in the future without any problem.

 

Multiple sites (on-line stores)

 

This scenario concerns multiple sites (on-line stores) which are owned and managed by a single organization. Typically, there is a need for global data which should be shared across all sites. The set of settings for objects with both site and global option and objects with only site or global option covers all typical scenarios for usage of global data.

 

Multiple sites (on-line stores)

 

This scenario concerns multiple sites (on-line stores) which are owned and managed by different organizations. Typically, global data cannot be used because of the different owners of the on-line stores. Therefore, each site should be configured to use site data only.