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What is the difference between Store and Payments?

Store owns products, carts, orders, inventory and delivery records. Payments connects eligible orders to supported payment providers.

Updated October 1, 2026

Keep the boundary clear

You can need Store without online payment processing. You cannot use Payments as a product catalog by itself.

If checkout is failing, first determine whether the order/cart is wrong or whether the external payment step is wrong. That narrows the investigation quickly.

  1. Store and Products

    How do I create a Store product?

    Create the product record, choose its type and configure price, availability, files or shipping information before publishing it.

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  2. Store and Products

    How do refund or order requests work?

    Customer refund or purchase-dispute requests are local support records. Resolving one in Freehold CMS does not itself refund or void a Stripe or PayPal transaction.

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