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Video: Getting Started with XONIC

From the first login to go-live in under three minutes: the video shows in the demo shop in which order to set up your store. Jump straight to any chapter below.

The video (2:53 min., German audio with English subtitles) walks you through the setup in nine chapters. AI-generated voice-over.

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Video transcript

0:00 · Introduction

Your new XONIC shop is ready. This video shows you the first steps up to going live, in the right order: first the foundation, then the product range.

0:14 · Logging in and securing access

You reach the admin area at your domain plus xpanel. Log in with your user name or email address and password. Under Settings, Administrators, My Account, you switch on two-factor authentication. And every person on the team gets their own account.

0:34 · Setting up in peace

Set up your shop behind the maintenance page. Under Settings, General, Maintenance, you switch on maintenance mode and release your own IP address. Visitors then see a notice page, you work in the shop as usual.

0:52 · Store details

First come the store details. Under Basic Settings you enter the shop name, owner, address, logo and bank details. These details appear in the shop, in emails and on documents. You set the sender of the shop emails in the email options.

1:11 · Legal texts

Then the legal texts. In the CMS manager you replace the sample texts for terms and conditions, right of withdrawal, privacy and imprint with your own. Or you connect a legal text provider under Legal Portals. Then changes in the law reach your shop automatically.

1:30 · Taxes and delivery countries

Tax rates and delivery countries are prepared for a German shop delivering within the EU: nineteen and seven percent and the country zones of the EU. Check under Country and Tax whether this fits your business.

1:45 · Payment and shipping

Payment and shipping methods are modules. Under Settings, Checkout, Payment Methods, you install a payment method and set it up. Out of the box, only prepayment is active. Under Shipping Methods you set the prices per country zone and choose which payment methods go with which shipping method.

2:06 · Categories and products

Now comes the product range. Under Products, Categories and Products, you create your categories with “Insert Category”. With “Insert Product” the first product follows: item number and name under “General”, the price under “Prices” and the category under “Other”.

2:25 · Testing and going live

Finally, place a test order, from checkout to invoice. Then switch payment and shipping providers from test to live mode and turn maintenance mode off. Your shop is online. You will find all details in the guide “Getting Started” on xonic-solutions.de. And if you need help with the setup: our support team in Chemnitz is there for you.