Dear,

I am bit confused as to create multi stores in abantecart by creating sub-domains or sub folders.

My sub domains are limited to 3, if I want more sub domains, I will need a higher hosting package. My business is that I will give different stores to different vendors selling perfumes, cloths, makeup e.t.c so should I create different sub folders and install abantecart in all folders again and again?

I guess if I copy all files of abantecart in each folder than my website space will be more occupied by multiple abantecart in sub folders and I will be left with less space on my hosting server for my basic package. Is it right?

If I go with making sub domains then every after three sub domains, I will need to buy higher and higher hosting package.

Question 1:- I need suggestion which is better approach? I now if I install abantecart in sub folders then each vendor will have separate admin account and I will not be able to control and see all stores by one admin account. For sub domains all vendors will have different access rights in case I create users in one central login.

Question 2:- For different products, it sounds fine that main store names are makeup, cloths, perfumes but if I get four vendors selling same product type, lets' say Makeup then what should be best way to cater it as it is not multi vendor where all different vendors can select category and upload same products type for selling. It's I am giving whole shop to one vendor so will it look fine if my subfolder names are different for same products like gloriuosmakeup , mymakeup, getmakeup etc when these three names for makeup brands are three different vendors not linked with each other means they are three different business but same product type they are selling.

Question 3:- With a scenario of giving shops to different vendors and then letting different vendors shops for selling the same product type, how my shopping cart should be managed? Will it go best with sub folder with separate cart or sub domain with combined carts?

Regards,

Hello,

My main store is choozeonline.com
I created a sub domain perfumes.choozeonline.com/

I copied default template of main store which is by default template of Abantecart itself on my sub domain. When I click my sub domain, I so not see my store on it but  just see Index Page below:-

Index of /
 Name   Last modified   Size   Description
 cgi-bin/   2018-02-22 19:22   -   

Question:- Where is the problem? Why my second store is not populating on my sub domain? Please also find attached JPG where my store Perfumes has default template copied from my main store

Regards,