As you can tell, there are many, many possible configurations in your Magento store. People new to Magento may find it quite daunting—I know we did! However, the real power of Magento lies in its ability to be shaped and molded to fit your e-commerce goals.

As we continue through this book, we will revisit some of these settings as we discuss specific business use cases. And as you define your own business operation, you'll return to this chapter over and over again, discovering with each visit that Magento truly is a world-class platform for growing and operating an online store.

There's still lots more to learn-and a lot more configurations ahead-but reading through this chapter and using it as a future reference will help make the following chapters much more useful.

In the next chapter, we continue our configuration tasks by setting up the initial product catalogs and stores. We will begin by doing a bit of planning and understanding the brilliance of the Magento Global-Website...