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Platform Overview

Last updated: May 15, 2026

Welcome to STOAR. This guide gives you a quick overview of what the platform is, how it is organised, and where to go next.

What is STOAR? #

STOAR is an AI-native e-commerce platform built on Laravel. It ships with everything you need to run a store: a full customer-facing storefront, a powerful admin panel at /manager, and a multi-flavour REST API that lets your existing tools for Magento, Shopify, BigCommerce, and WooCommerce connect without modification.

Every feature is built in. There is no plugin marketplace, no third-party extensions to install, and no compatibility matrix to manage. If it is listed in these docs, it is already there.

The Three Areas #

Storefront

The storefront is the customer-facing side of your store. It covers the product catalog and search experience, the shopping cart and checkout flow, and customer account management including order history and saved addresses. Everything a shopper interacts with lives here.

Relevant docs: Storefront · Product Catalog · Search · Shopping Cart & Checkout · Customer Accounts

Admin Panel

The admin panel lives at /manager and is where store operators manage the day-to-day. From a single interface you can handle the product catalog, incoming orders, customer records, marketing campaigns, support tickets, CMS pages, and all system and store settings. Role-based access control means you can give each team member exactly the access they need.

Relevant docs: Admin: Catalog · Admin: Sales · Admin: Settings

REST API

STOAR exposes wire-compatible REST APIs for Magento, Shopify, BigCommerce, and WooCommerce. If you already have an ERP, a fulfilment integration, or a headless frontend talking to one of those platforms, it can talk to STOAR instead — using the same client libraries and the same API shape — without any code changes on your end.

Relevant docs: API Adapters

Commerce Engine #

STOAR's commerce engine handles the parts of e-commerce that are easy to get wrong. Out of the box you get Stripe payments alongside offline gateways (bank transfer, cash on delivery), multi-zone shipping with flexible carrier and rate configuration, jurisdiction-aware tax calculation, atomic inventory reservation to prevent overselling, and a full promotions system covering coupon codes and automatic cart rules.

Relevant docs: Payments · Shipping · Tax · Inventory · Pricing & Discounts

  • New to STOAR? Start with Storefront and Product Catalog to understand how your catalog and shopping experience are structured.
  • Setting up payments? See Payments for Stripe configuration and offline gateway options.
  • Connecting an existing tool? See API Adapters to learn how to point your Magento, Shopify, BigCommerce, or WooCommerce integration at STOAR.
  • Configuring the store? See Admin: Settings for currencies, locales, email, and everything else store-wide.