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Get started with GLC

Expanding your store to serve customers across the globe begins with speaking their language and showing prices they understand. GLC helps you do exactly that: it detects where your visitors are browsing from, displays your store in their preferred language and currency, and adds a selector so customers can switch at any time, creating a seamless and personalized shopping experience that drives engagement and sales.

This guide introduces the main features of GLC and walks you through setting up your store, step by step.

I. What You Can Do with GLC​

  • Geolocation: Detect your visitors' location and recommend, or automatically apply, the most relevant shipping country, language, and currency. You can also show Geo Promotions, redirect markets to the right domain, handle broken links, and block unwanted traffic.
  • Language: Translate your store into multiple languages, fine-tune translations manually or with AI, keep key terms consistent with the Glossary, and show localized images for each language.
  • Currency: Display prices in your customers' local currencies, with flexible price formats and rounding rules.
  • Selector: Let customers effortlessly choose their preferred country, language, and currency with a selector that matches your store's design.

II. Set Up GLC in 5 Steps​

Step 1: Enable the GLC app embed​

GLC works on your storefront through a Shopify app embed, so this is the first thing to turn on. Follow Enable the GLC app embed.

Step 2: Add and translate your languages​

Add the languages your customers speak, translate your content, and publish the languages to your storefront. Follow Add and manage languages.

Step 3: Add and configure your currencies​

Set up currency formatting in Shopify first, then add the currencies you want to offer, so prices convert smoothly. Follow Add and configure currencies.

Step 4: Set up the Selector​

Choose what your selector displays and how it looks, so customers can switch languages and currencies with ease. Follow Set up the Selector.

Step 5: Set up geolocation​

Decide whether GLC recommends the best options to each visitor or switches them automatically, then customize the Geolocation modal to match your brand. Follow Set up geolocation.

III. Go Further​

Once the basics are in place, explore these features to grow your international sales:

If you're not sure where to start or get stuck on any step, email us at support@gelacy.app. We'll help you set up GLC for your store.

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