Build Your Store - Getting Started with the Admin Panel

Getting Started with the Admin Panel

The Admin Panel is the interface you use to run your online store. With it, you can view basic financial status information, add and update product information, manage customer information, and more.

Accessing the Admin Panel

The Admin Panel is a special, password-protected page on your store site. To access it, you need to know the URL of your store site and the administrative password that you created when you signed up.

1. Using a standard web browser, navigate to the URL that you specified in the Magento go setup wizard with the addition of the suffix /admin or the custom domain that you specified during installation. For example, if you specified mywebstore.com as the base URL, then usehttp://www.mywebstore.com/admin to access your admin panel. Alternatively, you can also navigate to your store’s admin panel by specifying the URL http://mywebstore.gostorego.com/admin.
   The following login page appears:
   
2. Sign in using the user name and password you created during the sign-up process.
3. Click Login.

What You Can Do in the Admin Panel

The Admin Panel gives you complete control over your store. Some tools are used only during initial setup and occasional maintenance, and others are used routinely. Here is a brief description of the major tools that are available to you:

Dashboard: The Dashboard shows you important information about the performance of your store. You can view information about sales, orders, search terms, customers, and more.

Sales: The Sales item in the toolbar connects you to various tools for viewing and managing financial information about your store.

Catalog: These tools enable you to build and manage your product catalog.

Design: This is where you go to manage the look and feel of your store’s website.

Customers: Use these tools to manage information about your customers.

Promotions: These tools help you to manage sales promotions.

Newsletter: If you have a newsletter that you email to customers, this tool enables you to manage the subscriber list.

CMS: The CMS tools enable you to manage the non-catalog content of your site.

Reports: Use these tools to view reports covering various aspects of your store.

System: These tools help you manage various administrative aspects of your store and websites.