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+# Sales Channels Overview
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+In this document, you’ll get an overview of sales channels in Medusa and learn about their importance in your ecommerce store.
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+:::note
+
+Sales Channels are currently in beta mode and need to be [manually enabled in your store using feature flags](https://medusajs.com/blog/medusa-1-3-5-introducing-sales-channel-api#how-to-enable-sales-channels). If you’re unsure how that works, please contact your technical team.
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+:::
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+## Overview
+
+Sales Channels are multiple channels that you can sell your products through. For example, you can have a sales channel for the web storefront, another for the mobile app, and another for selling across social media platforms.
+
+By default, there’s a default sales channel in a Medusa store. You can add multiple sales channels.
+
+## How Sales Channels Work
+
+Sales channels are associated with data and settings in your ecommerce store.
+
+For each sales channel, you can choose which products belong to that sales channel. A product can be available in more than one sales channel.
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+Then, when customers place an order from a sales channel, the order is associated with that sales channel. You’ll be able to see the sales channel an order was placed from in the Medusa admin.
+
+## Sales Channels Settings Overview
+
+To view the available sales channels and settings, go to Settings → Sales channels.
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+In the sales channels settings page, You can view available sales channels, add more sales channels, edit sales channels, and manage products available in the sales channel.
+
+![Overview of Sales Channels Page](https://i.imgur.com/9433HAR.png)
+
+## View Sales Channels of Orders
+
+### Orders Page
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+In the Orders page, you can see the sales channel an order belongs to. If the order doesn’t belong to any sales channel, you can see “N/A” instead.
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+![Sales Channel column in Orders page](https://i.imgur.com/0tmYOn0.png)
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+### Orders Details Page
+
+In the details page of an order, you can find the sales channel the order belongs to, if there are any.
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+![Sales Channel name in the Orders Details page](https://i.imgur.com/hqyYy0E.png)
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+## View Sales Channels of Products
+
+### Products Page
+
+In the Products page, you can see the sales channels a product belongs to under the Availability column if there are any.
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+![Sales Channel of a product can be shown under the Availability column on the Products page](https://i.imgur.com/SjaM1aq.png)
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+### Products Edit Page
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+In the edit page of a product, you can find the sales channels the product belongs to and edit them under the Sales Channels section.
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+![Sales Channels a product belongs to can be seen on the Edit Product page](https://i.imgur.com/m9n9viV.png)
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+## What More Can you Do with Sales Channels?
+
+In the Medusa admin, you can manage the details of sales channels, their products, and more. You can learn more in [this guide](./manage.mdx).