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S-Cart Multi-Store — One admin, many sales websites

Introduction

Multi-Store is a plugin that lets a business run multiple sales websites from a single admin system. This document is for business owners and operations managers (no technical background needed): after reading it you will understand what Multi-Store is for, the value it brings, how it differs from Multi-Vendor, and how the Free edition differs from Pro so you can pick the right fit.

1. What Multi-Store is and the problem it solves

When a business wants several different stores/websites — for example one domain per brand, one language/currency per market, or separate wholesale and retail sites — the usual approach is to build several standalone websites. The result: scattered data, many logins to manage, higher maintenance cost, and no single overview.

Multi-Store brings everything into one place:

• Many stores, one admin. Each store has its own domain, its own interface (template), its own language and currency — yet you manage them all from a single admin panel.
• Shared platform. Products, orders, and customers live in one system; no need to rebuild from scratch for each website.
• Lower cost and effort. Install once, operate in one place, update in one place — instead of maintaining several separate websites.
• Grow gradually. Start with one store and add new ones when needed, without rebuilding the system.

👉 Try it live on the demo site: https://demo.s-cart.org

2. How Multi-Store differs from Multi-Vendor

These are two different business models, and they cannot be installed together on the same website (the system blocks it to prevent data conflicts). Pick the right model:

Criteria	🏢 Multi-Store	🛒 Multi-Vendor
Who owns the goods	One owner (your business)	Many independent vendors selling together
Model	A chain of stores / multiple brands of one owner	An online marketplace
Who manages products	You (the system owner)	Each vendor lists their own products
Commission / payouts to third parties	None	Yes — commission splits and vendor payouts
Best when	You want several websites/domains for one business	You want to invite others to sell and earn commission

In short: Multi-Store = many stores that are all yours; Multi-Vendor = one marketplace for many sellers. If you need a marketplace model, look at the Multi-Vendor plugin instead of Multi-Store.

3. Free vs Pro

Multi-Store comes as a Free edition (free, enough to get started) and a Pro edition (unlocks every feature for large-scale operations).

Feature	🆓 Free	⭐ Pro
Number of stores	Up to 3 (including the root store)	Unlimited
Multiple domains, a distinct interface per store	✅	✅
Per-store language & currency	✅	✅
Per-store configuration	✅	✅
Strict domain validation (STRICT)	✅	✅
Dedicated administrator per store (logs in on that store's domain)	—	✅
Sync products to stores (publish root products to many stores, keep the source link)	—	✅
Unified dashboard (compare revenue / orders / average order value across stores, export to Excel)	—	✅
Product revenue report across the whole system (with per-store clones)	—	✅
Lock / unlock a store (the platform owner pauses a store)	—	✅

• Choose Free when: you are starting out, need up to 3 stores, and manage everything yourself.
• Upgrade to Pro when: you need more than 3 stores, want to hand each store to its own administrator, or need consolidated system-wide reports.

🔗 Learn more & upgrade to Pro: gp247.net/en/product/multi-store-pro.html · Tiếng Việt

Conditions & Rules (know before you use it)

• Cannot be installed alongside Multi-Vendor — Multi-Store and the multi-vendor plugins (MultiVendorPro / MultiVendor / Pmo247) are different models that share store data in conflicting ways. The system blocks installation if a multi-vendor plugin is present; remove the other plugin first, then install.
• The Free edition is limited to 3 stores (including the root store) — enough to get started; to add more, upgrade to Pro. This is the line between the two editions, not an error.
• The root (ROOT) store cannot be locked — the root store is the foundation of the whole system; locking it would take everything down, so this action is always blocked (locking is a Pro feature).
• Platform requirements: requires gp247/shop and runs on GP247 core 3.0 or later. This is an S-Cart/GP247 plugin, not a standalone product.

Q&A

Q1: Do I need to build a separate website for each store?

→ No. You install one system; each store is a domain pointing to that same system, all managed together in one admin panel.

Q2: Can each store have its own interface, language, and currency?

→ Yes. Each store configures its own template, language, currency, and settings — even though they share one platform.

Q3: Should I choose Multi-Store or Multi-Vendor?

→ Choose Multi-Store if all the stores are yours. Choose Multi-Vendor if you want different sellers on a marketplace and you collect commission.

Q4: How many stores can the Free edition run?

→ Up to 3 stores, including the root store. If you need more, upgrade to Pro (unlimited).

Q5: What is the most valuable thing Pro adds?

→ Per-store administrators, syncing products to many stores, a unified dashboard, system-wide revenue reports, and store locking — built for running many stores for real.

Q6: If I'm on Free and later upgrade to Pro, do I lose data?

→ No. Pro extends Free on the same platform; upgrading unlocks more features while your existing store data stays intact.

Q7: Where can I try it before deciding?

→ The public demo site: https://demo.s-cart.org

Q8: Why can't I install it together with a multi-vendor plugin?

→ The two models share store data differently, and running them together would corrupt data. The system blocks it to protect you; pick just one model that fits.

Q9: Where do I find detailed installation and configuration?

→ See the official product page: gp247.net/en/product/multi-store-pro.html (a Vietnamese version is available too).

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_{📅 Last updated: 2026-09-02 · ✍️ Author: GP247}