How to Setup Multi Store in Magento 2?

Magento 2 is a very famous and widely-used platform. Because Magento 2 offers better features and functionalities. Among them, multi-store functionality is the key feature. Magento 2 Multi-Store functionality provides a wide range of advantages and convenience.

Multi-store in Magento 2 is useful in many ways to the store owner. Magento 2 Multi-store allows you to create many stores with a single configuration.

The main benefit of multi-store is, you need to configure/set up the things once only (like Payment gateway, Boilerplate content, database, framework, etc.) and can avail the facility in all the configured stores. If you have not configured multi-store, then no need to worry. As of, today we'll see how to set up a multi-store in Magento 2.

How To Setup Multi Store In Magento 2?

There are steps to follow to achieve Magento 2 multi-store functionality. You can run as many stores as you want with just one Magento configuration. Let's see step-wise how to set up a multi-store in Magento 2.

Steps to Setup Multi Store in Magento 2

1. Select the Domain

⇒ Selecting a domain for the store is the beginning of the setup multi-store. But how to select the domain is the decision to make. As there are some options for choosing a domain.

⇒ Such as select the same domain for all / Select subdomains / Select different domains.

⇒ Just now, we'll set up subdomains of the primary domain.

2. Add store

⇒ The second step is to add a new store. For that follow the below steps:

– From the Magento Admin, go to Stores → Settings → All stores

– Click Create Store and fill in the required details as below.

-Select Parent Website

-Name the new store for reference

-For the main menu, set the root category.

– Click on Save.

3. Add a Default Store View

⇒ Click on Store → Settings → All store

⇒ Now, select Create Store View

⇒ Set name to the Store View

⇒ With a lower case, set code.

⇒ Set 'Enabled' in status

⇒ For a new store position, you can specify Sort Order

⇒ Click on Save.

4. Set up URL

⇒ From the Magento Admin, go to Stores → Settings → Configuration

⇒ Select Web option under General

⇒ From the upper left corner, select Store View to check the newly added store.

⇒ Click OK for verification.

⇒ Open Base URL and clear the Use Website checkbox.

⇒Change Base URL as well as open Secure Base URLs to set the required secure URL

⇒ Then, Save the Configuration.

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