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# Go-International Guide

## With ikas, you can run your online store not only locally but also internationally. Whether you're expanding into neighboring countries or aiming to sell worldwide - the right settings will lay the foundation for your success abroad.

To ensure your store is set up perfectly for different countries and languages, we've put together a step-by-step guide. Follow this list to make sure all essential settings are in place for your international success.

### **🌍 Overview of the Go-International Steps:**

- Add Languages
- Edit Translations
- Configure Tax Settings
- Add Policies
- Define Currency and Number Formats
- Set Up Price Lists
- Manage Localization Settings
- Set Up Stock Locations
- Define Shipping Options
- Manage Payment Methods
- Translate Email Notifications
- Customize Shop Design
- Optimize SEO Settings
- Define Accounting Settings
- Configure Automations
- Create Marketing Campaigns

 

### Add Languages

To allow your customers to use your store in their native language, start by adding the desired languages.

- [How to Add a New Language](https://support.ikas.com/how-to-add-a-new-language-and-translations?hsLang=en#:~:text=Language%20and%20Translations-,Add%20a%20New%20Language,-To%20expand%20the)

### Edit Translations

Translate all text modules, products, and store texts into the respective languages.

- [How to Add Translations](https://support.ikas.com/how-to-add-a-new-language-and-translations?hsLang=en#:~:text=the%20new%20language.-,Edit%20Translations,-Open%20the%20Translations)

### Configure Tax Settings

Set country-specific tax rates and rules for different countries.

- [How to Adjust Tax Settings](https://support.ikas.com/how-to-adjust-tax-settings-1?hsLang=en)
- [How to Assign Different Tax Rates to Products](https://support.ikas.com/how-to-assign-different-tax-rates-to-products?hsLang=en)

> **Important**: Tax settings must be configured before you receive any orders. Changes afterward are not possible.

### Add Policies

Create country-specific Terms & Conditions, cancellation policies, privacy policies, and any other required legal texts.

- [How to Link Legal Texts in the Checkout and Order Confirmation Emails](https://support.ikas.com/how-to-link-legal-texts-in-the-checkout-and-order-confirmation-emails?hsLang=en)

### Define Currency and Number Formats

Decide how prices and currencies should be displayed in the respective countries.

- [How to Adjust Currency Formats and Order Numbers](https://support.ikas.com/how-to-adjust-currency-formats-and-order-numbers?hsLang=en)

### Set Up Price Lists

Create individual price lists for different countries or currencies, giving you full control over your pricing strategy in each region.

- [What Are Price Lists?](https://support.ikas.com/what-are-price-lists?hsLang=en)
- [How to Create a Manual Price List](https://support.ikas.com/ikas-admin-dashboard?hsLang=en#price-list)
- [How to Create a Price List Based on Exchange Rates](https://support.ikas.com/how-to-create-a-price-list-based-on-exchange-rates?hsLang=en)
- [How to Create a Dynamic Price List](https://support.ikas.com/how-to-create-a-dynamic-price-list?hsLang=en)

### Manage Localization Settings

Localization is essential for international sales. You can define different currencies, languages, domains, and designs for each country or region. You can also decide how prices and rounding are handled and which price list should be applied.

- [How to Set Up the Localization Settings](https://support.ikas.com/how-to-set-up-the-localization-settings?hsLang=en)

### Set Up Stock Locations

Add new stock locations as needed to ethiciently manage vour international orders and activate them for the respective sales channels.

- [How to Create New Stock Locations](https://support.ikas.com/how-to-create-new-stock-locations?hsLang=en)
- [How to Enable Stock Locations](https://support.ikas.com/how-to-enable-stock-locations?hsLang=en)

### Define Shipping Options

Set up shipping zones, delivery countries, shipping costs, and shipping methods for each target market.

- [How to Create Shipping Rules](https://support.ikas.com/how-to-create-shipping-rules?hsLang=en)

### Manage Payment Methods

Ensure that your customers in each country have access to suitable payment methods.

- [Which Payment Methods Are Available?](https://support.ikas.com/which-payment-methods-are-available?hsLang=en)
- [How to Add and Edit Payment Methods](https://support.ikas.com/how-to-add-and-edit-payment-methods?hsLang=en)

### Translate Email Notifications

Edit the automated email notifications for each language.

- [How to Edit the Email Templates or Notifications](https://support.ikas.com/how-to-edit-the-email-templates?hsLang=en)

> **Note**: Pre-built templates are only available for German, English, French, Dutch, and Turkish. For other languages, content is displayed in English by default and can be manually adjusted.

### Customize Shop Design

Optimize the design and layout of your store for international markets to provide a localized look & feel.

### Optimize SEO Settings

Improve titles, meta descriptions, and URLs for all languages and regions to boost your search engine visibility.

### Define Accounting Settings

Adjust your accounting settings to meet the country-specific requirements for international sales.

These settings apply to the accounting apps you use and must be configured accordingly.

### Configure Automations

Adjust your automations for each region and language - especially for transaction emails like cart abandonment reminders.

- [Which Automations Are Available?](https://support.ikas.com/which-automations-are-available?hsLang=en)
- [How to Activate the Cart Reminder](https://support.ikas.com/how-to-activate-the-cart-reminder?hsLang=en)

### Create Marketing Campaigns

Launch country-specific marketing campaigns tailored to your international target audiences. This includes translated email campaigns, pop-ups in different languages, as well as localized customer segments and automations to address your customers personally and effectively in their native language.

- [ikas Marketing: Your All-in-One Tool for Successful Marketing and E-Commerce](https://support.ikas.com/ikas-marketing-your-all-in-one-tool-for-successful-marketing-and-e-commerce?hsLang=en)
- [How to Create Email Campaigns](https://support.ikas.com/how-to-create-email-campaigns?hsLang=en)
- [How to Create Automations](https://support.ikas.com/how-to-create-automations?hsLang=en)
- [How to Create Customer Segments](https://support.ikas.com/how-to-create-customer-segments?hsLang=en)
- [How to Create Pop-Ups](https://support.ikas.com/how-to-create-pop-ups?hsLang=en)

 

🌍 Once you've completed all the steps from this list, your store will be ready for the international market offering your customers a localized shopping experience while fulfilling all legal and oberational requirements

 

 

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