Introduction
Overview of PrintNow's Print Store — a multi-tenant web-to-print e-commerce platform with product customization, order management, and storefront theming.
PrintNow's Print Store is a multi-tenant web-to-print e-commerce platform that powers fully branded online storefronts for print businesses. Each storefront operates as an independent online store — with its own domain, product catalog, pricing, checkout flow, and customer accounts — all managed from a single Unified Admin dashboard.
Customers browse your storefront, customize products in the built-in HTML5 editor, and place orders that flow directly into your production workflow. The admin gives you complete control over every aspect of the storefront, from product setup and pricing to email notifications and SEO.
Product Catalog
Categories
Organize products into a navigable hierarchy with thumbnails, SEO-friendly URLs, pricing assignments, and access controls.
Products
Create and configure products including template files, page dimensions, pricing rules, editor behavior, and storefront visibility.
Collections
Group products into curated sets assigned to specific Organizations or User Groups for targeted product access.
Tags
Assign keywords to products to create SEO-optimized landing pages reachable via search engines, site search, or direct links.
Pricing & Orders
Pricing
Manage Base Price tables with quantity breaks, tiered structures, and per-option surcharges for each product category.
Orders
View line items, addresses, payments, and files. Update statuses, assign vendors, and push orders to print MIS integrations.
Reports
Run 14 business reports including Sales, Tax, Orders, Products, Customers, Shipping, Promotions, and Conversion Rate.
Content Management
The Content system lets you manage storefront pages and inline content without touching theme files.
Content Overview
Manage all storefront content types from a single section in the admin.
Page Content
Static pages like About, Contact, FAQ, and custom landing pages.
Blog Content
Blog posts and articles published on the storefront.
Product Content
Rich descriptions and content blocks on product pages.
Category Content
Content blocks displayed on category browsing pages.
HTML Snippets
Reusable HTML blocks for banners, promos, and widgets.
Extended Content
Additional content surfaces for specialized page areas.
Pricing Content
Content blocks tied to pricing displays and calculators.
Tag Content
Content displayed on tag-based landing pages.
Users & Access Control
Users Overview
Manage everyone who interacts with your storefronts — customers, admins, and organizations.
Site Users
Customer accounts on the storefront.
Admin Users
Staff with admin dashboard access.
Organizations
Company accounts for B2B customers with shared billing, collections, and pricing.
User Groups
Groups for applying shared permissions, pricing, and product access.
User Roles
Define permission sets for admin users.
User Carts
View and manage customer shopping carts.
User Projects
View and manage customer saved design projects.
Storefront Theming
Build and customize storefront themes with full control over layout, templates, and components.
Theme Development
Complete guide to building and customizing PrintNow storefront themes.
Site Themes
Manage and assign themes to storefronts.
Theme Structure
File and folder layout for theme packages.
Master Pages
Layout templates that define the page shell — header, footer, navigation.
Page Templates
Content area templates for specific page types.
Server Controls
ASP.NET controls available in themes.
Integrating HTML Themes
Convert Bootstrap or custom HTML into a PrintNow theme.
Product Browser
Embeddable product browsing component.
Calculator
Embeddable price calculator component.
Design Tools
Embeddable design tool components.
Object Models
Server-side object models available in themes.
Data Properties
Data properties and bindings for theme templates.
Skeleton Reference
Complete reference for the theme skeleton structure.
Settings
All storefront configuration lives in the Settings area.
Settings Overview
All storefront configuration in one place.
General Settings
Store defaults, payment options, checkout defaults, and product browser settings.
Email Account
SMTP configuration for outbound email.
Email Notifications
Customizable text and HTML email templates.
API Keys
Generate tokens for the PrintNow API, Zapier, WordPress, and Magento.
Attribute Sets
Define filterable product attributes like Color, Style, and Size.
Inventory
Track stock levels with reorder warnings and warehouse locations.
Order Status
Custom order statuses with optional email notifications.
Trade Vendors
Assign products to outsourced production vendors.
Translations
Customize 700+ labels throughout the storefront and editor.
Affiliates
Affiliate tracking and commission management.
Checkout Settings
Checkout Fields
Custom data fields at checkout.
Checkout Styles
Visual checkout customization.
Merchant Accounts
Payment gateway configuration (Stripe, etc.).
Promotion Codes
Discount codes and promotional pricing.
Tax/VAT Settings
Tax collection by state, zip code, or VAT with TaxJar integration.
Country List
Manage available countries for billing and shipping.
Shipping Settings
Shipping Methods
Configure shipping carriers and rate calculation.
Shipping Locations
Ship-from warehouse locations.
Package Types
Define package dimensions and weights for rate estimation.
Domain Tools
Activity Log
Audit trail of admin user actions.
Error Log
Storefront error tracking.
FTP Accounts
FTP access for file downloads and order integration.
Site Bindings
Domain and URL binding configuration.
Store Clone
Clone a storefront from an existing configuration.
Redirects
URL redirect management.
Robots.txt
Search engine crawl directives.
Sitemap
XML sitemap generation for SEO.