# Multi-store ecommerce platform **GrandNode is an open-source multi-store ecommerce platform** built on ASP.NET Core, .NET 10 and MongoDB. One installation runs as many online stores as you need - different brands, countries, or a B2B and a B2C shop - each with its own domain, theme, language and currency, all managed from one admin panel. Multi-store is part of the free, GPL-3.0 edition. There is no per-store licence and no extra fee for the second, fifth or twentieth storefront. ### Why run several stores from one installation - **One catalog:** add a product once and decide which stores sell it, instead of copying products between separate shops. - **One customer base and order list:** every order from every store lands in the same admin, with the store it came from. - **One deployment to update:** one application, one database and one set of plugins to upgrade and secure, not one per shop. - **Lower hosting cost:** the stores share the same servers, cache and MongoDB database. ### What each store can have of its own - **Domains:** every store answers to its own host names; the primary domain is the canonical address used in links, sitemaps and e-mails. - **Look:** a theme per store, its own logo and its own pages. - **Language and currency:** a default language and currency per store, with multiple languages and currencies inside each one. - **Company details:** name, address, VAT and registration numbers on invoices and e-mails. - **Settings:** any settings page can be overridden for one store - checkout, catalog, tax, shipping, SEO and more. - **Messages:** about fifty e-mail templates per store and language. - **Customer accounts:** shared across stores, or optionally separate accounts per store. ### Limit products, prices and content to stores Products, categories, brands, collections, pages, blog posts, discounts and payment methods all have a *Limited to stores* option. Leave it empty to show an item everywhere, or choose the stores that should show it. Prices can differ per store through store-specific tier prices and discounts. This is how one catalog serves a retail store and a wholesale store, or a Polish and a German shop, without duplicated data. ### A separate panel for every store manager Besides the main admin panel, GrandNode has a **store owner panel**. A store manager signs in there and sees only their own store - its products, orders, customers, content and settings - while the administrator keeps control of the whole installation. See [the store owner panel](https://grandnode.com/docs-store-panel) in the knowledgebase. ### Common multi-store setups - **Multi-brand:** several brands, each with its own domain and theme, sharing one warehouse and back office. - **Multi-country:** a store per market with local language, currency, tax and payment methods. - **B2B and B2C:** a public retail shop next to a [B2B portal](https://grandnode.com/b2b-ecommerce) with customer group prices. - **Franchise or dealer network:** a store per location, each run by its own manager in the store owner panel. - **Marketplace:** combine multi-store with [multi-vendor](https://grandnode.com/multi-vendor-marketplace) selling. ### Set up a new store in minutes 1. Open **Configuration → Stores** in the admin panel and add a store. 2. Enter its name, URL, default language and currency, and company details. 3. Add the domains it answers to and point them at your GrandNode installation. 4. Pick a theme, override the settings that should differ, and limit products and content to the store. The full guide is [Stores and multi-store](https://grandnode.com/configuration-stores-multi-store) in the [knowledgebase](https://grandnode.com/knowledgebase). ### Built on ASP.NET Core and MongoDB GrandNode is an [ASP.NET Core ecommerce platform](https://grandnode.com/aspnet-core-ecommerce): self-hosted, extensible in C# and running in Docker on Linux or Windows. Its [MongoDB](https://grandnode.com/mongodb-ecommerce) database and Redis-synced cache let several application instances serve all stores behind one load balancer. The full feature list is on [Features](https://grandnode.com/features). ### Frequently asked questions #### Is multi-store included in the free version? Yes. Multi-store is part of the open-source GrandNode under the GPL-3.0, with no limit on the number of stores. #### Can each store have its own domain? Yes. Each store has its own list of domains, and GrandNode picks the store for every request by the host name. #### Can stores share products but have different prices? Yes. A product can be shown in several stores, and store-specific tier prices and discounts set different prices per store. #### Can a store have its own manager? Yes. A customer in the Store manager group, assigned to a store, works in the store owner panel and sees only that store's data. #### Can customers have separate accounts in each store? Yes, optionally. By default one account works in every store; an installation can be configured to register customers per store instead. ### Get started [Download GrandNode](https://grandnode.com/download), read the [knowledgebase](https://grandnode.com/knowledgebase), see what is coming on the [roadmap](https://grandnode.com/roadmap), or go back to the [GrandNode home page](https://grandnode.com/). - [Web page](https://grandnode.com/multi-store-ecommerce)