Native Shop

The Native Shop is the built-in e-commerce module of newmeta. It stores products, orders, and customers directly in your CMS database and ships with a checkout, subscription handling, and two payment providers (Stripe and PayPal).

Use the Native Shop when you want one system for content and commerce. If you already run a Shopware 6 installation, see the Shopware 6 integration instead.

What the module covers

The Native Shop sidebar entry is labelled VOD / Shop. Under it you find nine screens:

Screen	Purpose
Shop master data	Company address, invoice details, e-mail templates, shipping, currency, accounting.
Products	Product catalogue — title, price, stock, images, description, subscriptions.
Product categories	Folders that group your products on the frontend.
Attribute groups	Reusable attribute sets (sizes, colours, tags) attached to products.
Customers	Accounts that bought a product, with orders and addresses.
PayPal API	Client ID, Secret, and Sandbox / Live toggle.
Credit Card (Stripe API)	Public key, Secret, Webhook Secret.
Emojis	Reaction emojis used in live events and chat.
Shortcuts	Named shortcuts surfaced in chat and UI.

The Native Shop groups all commerce screens under VOD / Shop.

How it fits together

Shop master data        → currency, shipping cost, VAT, e-mail templates, accounting
 ├── Products           → sold via Pagebuilder widgets (Product Teaser, Category Banner, Shop)
 │    ├── Category      → groups products on category landing pages
 │    └── Attributes    → assigned from an Attribute Group
 ├── Customers          → created on first checkout, manage addresses + orders
 └── Payment            → PayPal and Stripe configured per language

Products and categories exist as database rows; they reach the frontend through Pagebuilder widgets (Product Teaser, Category Banner, Shop, Checkout, User). There is no separate "shop theme" — every product and listing page is a normal CMS page with a product widget dropped in.

Multilingual

Every catalogue table (s_products, s_categories, s_attribute_groups) is multilingual. When you edit a product you pick a language tab first; each language has its own title, subtitle, description, and URL rewrite. Prices and stock are shared.

VOD and subscription products

The Native Shop doubles as a VOD (video-on-demand) platform. Product types video, subscription, and download add video-streaming and recurring billing on top of the basic catalogue — configured on the product itself. See Products.

When to use the Native Shop

• Small to mid-sized catalogues (up to a few thousand SKUs).
• You want one system for pages, blog, and shop.
• You need VOD, live events, or subscription billing tied to content.
• You sell in one or a handful of languages.

For very large catalogues, complex fulfilment, or an existing ERP link, use Shopware 6 and drive the frontend through the Shopware 6 integration.

See also

• Products — create and edit products.
• Shop Master Data — company and invoice details.
• Payment Providers — PayPal and Stripe setup.
• Orders — order list and statuses.