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# Sales Channels Overview

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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Sales Channels are currently in beta mode and need to be [manually enabled in your store using feature flags](../../advanced/backend/feature-flags/toggle.md). If you’re unsure how that works, please contact your technical team.

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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.

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## 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.

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.

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## Sales Channels Settings Overview

To view the available sales channels and settings, go to Settings → Sales channels.

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.

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## View Sales Channels of Orders

### Orders Page

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.

### 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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## 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.

### Products Edit Page

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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## Learn More About Sales Channels

- [Manage Sales Channels](./manage.mdx)
- [Manage Products in Sales Channels](./products.mdx)