This step guides you through the process of configuring your Magento instance so that you can perform the Order Processing with Inventory Management tutorial.

Create two websites

Sales Channels are entities from which you sell inventory. You can set up Magento websites to be sales channels, and Magento supports extensions for creating other types of channels.

In this tutorial, we’ll create the infrastructure needed to implement a US and a German store.

Create the North America website

1. Log in to Admin and select Stores > Settings > All Stores. Click Create Website, then assign the following values:

   Field	Value
   Name	North America Site
   Code	na_site

   Click Save Web Site.

2. Click Create Store and assign the following values:

   Field	Value
   Web Site	North America Site
   Name	North America Store
   Code	na_store
   Root Category	Default Category

   Click Save Store.

3. Click Create Store View and assign the following values:

   Field	Value
   Store	US Store
   Name	US Store View
   Code	us
   Status	Enabled

   Click Save Store View.

Create the Europe website

1. Select Stores > Settings > All Stores and click the Create Website button. Assign the following values:

   Field	Value
   Name	Europe Site
   Code	eu_site

   Click Save Web Site.

2. Click Create Store and assign the following values:

   Field	Value
   Web Site	Europe Site
   Name	Europe Store
   Code	eu_store
   Root Category	Default Category

   Click Save Store.

3. Click Create Store View and assign the following values:

   Field	Value
   Store	Europe Store
   Name	Germany Store View
   Code	de
   Status	Enabled

   Click Save Store View.

Configure website URLs (Optional)

To make it easier to locate products and log in as a customer later in this tutorial, configure Magento to add the store code to the URL.

1. Click Stores > Setting* > Configuration > Web and expand the Url Options section.
2. Change the value of Add Store Code to Urls to Yes.
3. Click Save Config.

Configure payment and shipping methods

For this tutorial, we’ll assume that payment and shipping methods are configured globally. You can also make configuration changes at the website or store view level.

Set the payment method

Since the Luma store is for demonstration purposes only, it is not set up to handle credit card payments. However, it can simulate any of the following offline payment methods:

In this tutorial, configure Magento to accept bank transfer payments. To allow bank transfer payments (or any other offline payment method) as a payment method:

1. Log in to Admin and select Stores > Settings > Configuration > Sales > Payment Methods.
2. Enable the [payment method](https://glossary.magento.com/payment-method.
3. Click Save Config.

Configure supported shipping methods (optional)

If an order contains one or more simple, configurable, bundle, or group products, then you must specify how the order will be shipped. Downloadable items cannot be shipped, and Magento does not calculate shipping charges for downloadable items.

Since we are not actually shipping any products in this tutorial, we do not need to set up an account with a shipping company such as UPS or Federal Express. Instead, we can use the offline shipping methods that are configured by default.

To change which offline shipping methods are available:

1. Select Stores > Settings > Configuration > Sales > Shipping Methods in Admin.
2. Enable or disable the shipping methods as desired.
3. Click Save Config.

Reindex and flush the cache

Required: Perform a full reindex and flush the cache.

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bin/magento indexer:reindex && bin/magento cache:flush

Verify this step

Click Stores > Settings > All Stores. The websites, stores, and store views are displayed in the grid.