Use Store + Orders for website-first commerce
Growth includes Store + Orders for a product catalog, inventory-aware storefront, cart, Stripe checkout, durable order records, fulfillment status, receipts, customer history, and exports.
Keep product names, images, variants, inventory policy, prices, and visibility accurate before sharing the storefront. The store should be good enough for real customer purchases, not just an internal catalog.
Understand Business commerce scope
Business commerce adds implemented advanced controls such as promotions/coupons, gift cards, gift-card redemption, stamp-based loyalty, customer order lookup, simple shipping/tax estimates, commerce campaigns, and checkout snapshots where authoritative Store/Orders data exists.
Helm is not a Shopify-scale platform in this pass. POS, carrier labels, app marketplaces, multi-warehouse inventory, international duties, tax compliance engines, generic points marketplaces, and full subscription management remain outside the self-serve promise.
Work from the order record
Orders should be the source for payment state, fulfillment state, receipts, customer history, applied gift-card or loyalty values, and operational follow-up. Avoid tracking fulfillment only in messages or spreadsheets when the order can hold it.
For refunds, cancellations, partially redeemed gift cards, and manual review cases, use the dashboard workflow and audit trail rather than editing customer-facing records by hand.
Store launch checklist
- Create at least one product with a customer-ready name, price, image, visibility, and inventory policy.
- Confirm checkout fields, customer contact details, fulfillment notes, and receipt expectations before sharing the store.
- Place a test order or review the order path so payment state, fulfillment state, receipt records, and customer history are understandable.
- Keep Business commerce claims limited to implemented tools such as coupons, gift cards, loyalty, simple shipping/tax estimates, and checkout snapshots.