Configuration

Store-wide settings live under Components → LicenseDock → Settings. The page has a LicenseDock License card at the top (see Installation) and six tabs: Store, Downloads, Billing, Emails, Automation and Storefront.

Other configuration has its own screen in the LicenseDock menu:

Screen	What it holds
Email Templates	Subject and body of every email – see Emails
Payment Gateways	Stripe, PayPal and Mollie credentials – see Stripe, PayPal, Mollie
Taxes	Tax rates per country
Checkout Consent	Checkboxes shown at checkout and the privacy policy link

The Options toolbar button holds Joomla permissions for the component.

Store Tab

Store

Setting	Notes
Store Name	Shown in customer emails, and on payment gateway pages where the gateway allows it
Store URL	Used in email links. Falls back to the site URL
Store Email	Falls back to Emails → Reply-To Email when empty
Store Address	Shown on invoices and at the foot of emails
Logo	PNG, JPG, SVG or WebP. Used in emails and on invoices

These are available in email templates as {store_name}, {store_url}, {store_email} and {logo_url}.

Currency & Date Format

Setting	Default	Notes
Currency	USD	Store-wide. Every price uses it. Choose from 40 currencies
Date Format	d M Y	d M Y, M d, Y, d/m/Y, m/d/Y, Y-m-d or d.m.Y
Time Format	12-hour	12-hour or 24-hour

Orders and transactions keep their own currency, so historical orders display correctly after a currency change. When the store holds data in more than one currency, the Dashboard shows a switch to report in each one.

Supported currencies

The first six appear at the top of the list under Popular.

Code	Currency
USD	US Dollar
EUR	Euro
GBP	British Pound
INR	Indian Rupee
AUD	Australian Dollar
CAD	Canadian Dollar
AED	UAE Dirham
BGN	Bulgarian Lev
BHD	Bahraini Dinar
BRL	Brazilian Real
CHF	Swiss Franc
CLP	Chilean Peso
CNY	Chinese Yuan
CZK	Czech Koruna
DKK	Danish Krone
HKD	Hong Kong Dollar
HUF	Hungarian Forint
IDR	Indonesian Rupiah
ILS	Israeli Shekel
JOD	Jordanian Dinar
JPY	Japanese Yen
KRW	South Korean Won
KWD	Kuwaiti Dinar
MXN	Mexican Peso
MYR	Malaysian Ringgit
NOK	Norwegian Krone
NZD	New Zealand Dollar
OMR	Omani Rial
PHP	Philippine Peso
PLN	Polish Zloty
RON	Romanian Leu
SAR	Saudi Riyal
SEK	Swedish Krona
SGD	Singapore Dollar
THB	Thai Baht
TRY	Turkish Lira
TWD	Taiwan Dollar
UAH	Ukrainian Hryvnia
VND	Vietnamese Dong
ZAR	South African Rand

Prices and payments follow each currency's own minor unit: JPY, KRW, VND and CLP have no decimals, and BHD, KWD, OMR and JOD have three. Check that your payment gateway account accepts the currency before you switch.

Editor

Setting	Default	Notes
Editor	CodeMirror	Editor used for the product description fields. Site default uses the Joomla global editor

Downloads Tab

Downloads

Setting	Notes
Download Path	Folder for product files and invoice PDFs. Leave empty to use the protected default shown as the placeholder. A path outside the site root is safest

Below the field, badges show whether the folder exists and is writable, and whether files in it can be fetched directly over the web. Check now runs that test again. Inside the folder, _shared holds files shared across products, _uploads takes files uploaded by SFTP, and each product gets a folder named after its ID.

If older files are still stored inside the web root, a Secure my files now button moves them to a protected location.

Digital Delivery

Setting	Default	Notes
Delivery Method	Email + Account	Email + Account – download links in the receipt email (valid for 3 days) and on the account page. Account Only – links on the account page only; buyers must sign in

See Downloads for versions and files.

Billing Tab

Tax

Setting	Default	Notes
Enable tax	No	Master switch. While off, no tax is charged or shown anywhere
Tax mode	Rate table only	Rate table only charges exactly the rates you list under Taxes. EU VAT rules adds intra-EU reverse charge for buyers with a VAT number verified against VIES, and unlocks the cross-border option below
Cross-border EU sales	One-Stop Shop	EU VAT rules only. One-Stop Shop charges the buyer's country rate; Under €10,000 charges your own country rate to consumers in other EU countries
Product prices are	Tax-exclusive	Tax-exclusive adds tax on top of the price. Tax-inclusive means the price already contains it
Tax label	Automatic	What tax is called on product pages, checkout, the payment page and invoices: Automatic, VAT, GST, Sales Tax or Tax. Automatic resolves from your own tax number
Tax note on product page	Automatic	A short line under prices. Automatic or Hidden

A country with no row under Taxes is not taxed. For reverse charge to apply, your own EU VAT number must be entered as the Tax ID below.

Invoice Settings

Setting	Notes
Company Name	Legal name on invoices. Leave blank to use the Store Name
Tax ID	Your VAT, GST or other tax number, printed on invoices
Invoice Footer	Leave blank for the built-in footer, translated per invoice language. Your own text prints as written

Preview sample renders a sample invoice PDF from the saved settings. Invoices also show the Store Name, Email and Address from the Store tab. See Invoices.

Number Prefixes

Setting	Default	Notes
Order Prefix	ORD	Order numbers are random – e.g. ORD-B45E8258
Invoice Prefix	INV	Invoice numbers are sequential – e.g. INV-0001

Set these during initial setup and leave them alone once orders arrive, so your numbering stays consistent.

Emails Tab

Email Settings

Setting	Default	Notes
Mail Handler	Joomla Mail Settings	Joomla Mail Settings uses the Global Configuration mailer. Custom SMTP uses the fields below
SMTP Host	–	Custom SMTP only
Port	587	Custom SMTP only
Encryption	TLS	None, TLS or SSL
Username / Password	–	The password is encrypted at rest. Once saved, the field stays empty; enter a new value only to replace it
From Name / From Email	–	Sender identity for every outgoing email. Falls back to the Joomla mail settings when empty
Reply-To Name / Reply-To Email	–	Optional reply-to header. Falls back to the Joomla mail settings when empty
Test Email	–	Sends a test message to the address in Send To

Admin Notifications

Setting	Notes
Admin Emails	One address per line. Receives store activity and system alerts. Falls back to the From Email when empty

Email Signature

HTML inserted wherever a template contains {signature}. Every customer template ships with it. A Customized badge appears once you edit it, and Reset restores the default.

Email Footer

Setting	Notes
Footer address	Shown at the bottom of every email. Leave blank to use the Store Address

Automation Tab

Reminder Emails

Leave any days field blank to switch that email off. Auto-renewing subscriptions get no pre-expiry reminders, because the gateway charges them automatically.

Setting	Default	Email
Before expiry – First	30 days before	renewal_reminder_1
Before expiry – Second	14 days before	renewal_reminder_2
Before expiry – Final	3 days before	renewal_reminder_3
Expiry day – Send notice	Yes	expiration_notice
After expiry (grace period) – First	7	grace_period_reminder_1
After expiry (grace period) – Final	3	grace_period_reminder_2
After trial cancellation – Winback	7 days after	trial_cancellation_reminder

Grace reminders are sent inside the product's Grace Period (days) window, and each value is the number of days left in that window when the email goes out. A grace reminder is skipped when its value is not smaller than the product's grace period, and it is only sent when the product's renewal discount is higher than its lapsed discount.

Subscription Dunning

Setting	Default	Notes
Dunning grace period	14 days	After this many days of failed renewal payments the subscription is cancelled and the license expires. 0 never auto-cancels

Stripe, PayPal and Mollie keep retrying the charge during this window.

Abandoned Checkout Recovery

Setting	Default	Notes
Enabled	Yes	Email customers who started checkout but did not pay
Intervals (hours)	1,24,72	When to send each reminder, in hours after checkout. Comma-separated
Max Attempts	3	Stop after this many emails

Reminders stop once the customer pays.

Scheduled Tasks and Cron Job

These two cards list the three LicenseDock tasks and the cron commands for your server. See Scheduled Tasks.

Storefront Tab

Checkout Fields

Drag the billing fields into order, set each one to full or half width, and choose whether it is required. Name and email are always required. Country is always required, because it decides the tax rate, the address format and what each gateway is sent. Some fields are locked by your tax settings and the buyer's country. Reset to defaults restores the shipped order.

Country Availability

Setting	Notes
Country availability	All countries, Only selected or All except selected
Countries	The list the mode above applies to

The card links to the Checkout Consent screen.

Checkout Style

Setting	Default	Notes
Payment buttons	Method list	Method list shows a list of methods with one order button. Branded buttons shows a colour-branded button per gateway

Account Navigation

Setting	Default	Notes
Account Navigation	Show	Navigation menu on customer account pages
Navigation Layout	Vertical	Vertical shows a sidebar on the left; Horizontal shows a tab bar above the content

Pricing Display

Setting	Default	Notes
Starting price	Show	Shows the lowest plan price at the top of each product page
Show price as	Actual price	Actual price shows the cheapest price in its own cycle (e.g. €99/yr). Monthly equivalent shows it as a monthly rate (e.g. €8.25/mo, billed annually)

Encryption

Gateway secret keys, the SMTP password and your LicenseDock license key are encrypted at rest with authenticated AES-256-GCM. Admin forms never show a saved secret – an empty field keeps the stored value.

Next Steps

• Quick Start – create your first product
• Scheduled Tasks – make sure emails and reminders run