E-commerce Overview

Falcon CMS includes a complete e-commerce system. It ships with the package as the bundled Falcon Shop plugin, already switched on, so there is nothing extra to install. See Shop Plugin & Templates to switch it off or to restyle its pages in a theme.

Revenue, order counts and conversion, with the order-status breakdown — Admin → Shop → Overview.

Free in the core

As of v2.2, the full e-commerce system is part of the free core — no Pro license required. Build and run a complete store on any FalconCMS site.

Selling to businesses too?

Falcon Wholesale (Pro) adds trade accounts with approval, prices per customer level and quantity tier, minimum quantities, a wholesale portal, buying on account and quotes, alongside your retail shop. See Falcon Wholesale.

Features

• Products with images, pricing, inventory, SKU, weight and dimensions
• Variable products — size, colour and custom options, priced per variation
• Product Categories & Tags — dedicated, first-class taxonomy
• Shop filters — search, price range, category, attributes, stock and sale
• Shopping cart — session-based, persistent, prices re-checked against the catalogue
• Coupon codes — four types, see Coupons
• Promotions — buy-one-get-one and similar automatic offers, see Promotions
• Shipping — flat rate, zones, and rates banded by quantity or weight
• Tax — per-country rates, inclusive or exclusive pricing
• Checkout — guest or registered customer, with a saved address book
• Multiple payment gateways — PayPal, Stripe, SSLCommerz, bank transfer
• Order management — status workflow, invoices, refunds
• Product reviews with moderation
• Wishlist
• Order tracking — customers track by order number + email
• Structured data — schema.org product markup for search results

Setup Checklist

1. Create pages — Falcon CMS auto-creates Shop, Cart, Checkout, and Account pages during falcon:install. If missing, create them and assign in settings.

2. Configure Shop Settings — Go to Admin → Shop → Settings:

   • Currency and format
   • Tax rate
   • Shipping method and rate
   • Payment gateways

3. Add Products — Admin → Products → Add New

4. Test checkout — Add a product to cart and complete a test order

Shop Settings

Navigate to Admin → Shop → Settings:

Settings are grouped into tabs. The common ones:

Tab	Setting	Description
General	Currency	USD, EUR, BDT, GBP, etc.
General	Currency position	Before or after the amount
General	Decimal places	Price formatting (e.g. 2 → $10.00)
General	Shop / Cart / Checkout / Account page	Which page serves each role
General	Enable taxes	Master switch for the whole tax engine
Products	Manage stock	Track quantities shop-wide
Products	Out of stock threshold	At or below this, a product reads as sold out
Shipping	Flat rate, zones, free-shipping threshold	See Shipping & Tax
Tax	Rates, price entry, display	See Shipping & Tax
Coupons	Enable coupons, stacking policy	See Coupons
Checkout	Guest checkout, force login	Who may place an order

TIP

Shipping and tax are more capable than a single rate — zones, per-country tax and inclusive/exclusive pricing each have their own page.

Payment Gateways

PayPal

1. Go to Admin → Settings → Integrations
2. Enable PayPal
3. Enter Client ID and Secret (from PayPal Developer Dashboard)
4. Select Sandbox / Live mode

Stripe

1. Enable Stripe in Integrations settings
2. Enter Public Key and Secret Key (from Stripe Dashboard)

SSLCommerz (South Asia)

1. Enable SSLCommerz
2. Enter Store ID and Signature Key

Shop Dashboard

Admin → Shop → Overview shows:

• Total Orders
• Net Revenue (gross minus refunds)
• Gross Revenue
• Total Refunded
• Average Order Value
• Order status breakdown chart

All stats are filterable by: Today, Last 7 days, Last 30 days, This month, This year, All time, Custom range.