> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://dokumentation.websale.de/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Questionnaire for commercial settings

> The questionnaire WEBSALE uses to record a shop's basic commercial configuration before go-live, available as a PDF download.

Before a new WEBSALE shop goes live, WEBSALE AG records its basic commercial configuration. There is a questionnaire for this, which you can download here as a PDF.

[Download the "Commercial settings" questionnaire (PDF)](https://doku.websale.net/MATS/Fragebogen_kaufmaennische_Einstellungen_V8.pdf)

## What the questionnaire is for

The questionnaire is the tool for the shop application. With it, you and WEBSALE AG define how your shop should work commercially before the first buyer sees it. WEBSALE then sets up the settings.

Whatever is defined there once, you maintain yourself later in the configuration files. The questionnaire therefore describes the initial state, not the permanent state.

> [!NOTE]
>
> You'll encounter this questionnaire again in two places in the documentation, because it forms the starting point for later maintenance there: when creating payment methods and when creating shipping methods.

Guide: Creating payment methods, Creating shipping methods · Basics: Basics of configurations

## After go-live

If you want to change one of the commercial settings later, you don't need the questionnaire again. Ongoing maintenance takes place in the `shop.config`, and the corresponding sections are described in the reference.

Reference: shop.config, Payment methods · shop.config, Shipping and delivery · shop.config, Prices, taxes, and currency


## Related topics

- [Configuration: fundamentals](https://dokumentation.websale.de/en/v8s/grundlagen-konfiguration/konfiguration-grundlagen.md)
- [How does WEBSALE V8s work?](https://dokumentation.websale.de/en/v8s/wie-funktioniert-websale-v8s.md)
- [Configuration types](https://dokumentation.websale.de/en/v8s/grundlagen-konfiguration/konfigurations-typen.md)
- [Functions](https://dokumentation.websale.de/en/frontend/referenz/funktionen.md)
- [WEBSALE Documentation](https://dokumentation.websale.de/en/index.md)


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