How to setup Clonable with MyOnlineStore?

Summary

This article explains how to set up MyOnlineStore with Clonable. It shows you how to connect your MyOnlineStore webshop, create a Clone, and get your translated store live without touching your original setup. Use this guide when you want to expand your MyOnlineStore shop to other languages or markets quickly and safely.

⏱️ Reading time: 5–7 minutes

Connecting MyOnlineStore to Clonable

Clonable works alongside your existing MyOnlineStore webshop. Your original store stays exactly as it is, while Clonable creates translated versions on separate domains or subdomains.

You do not need to install plugins or modify your MyOnlineStore configuration.

Step 1: Create a new clone

Log in to the Clonable dashboard.
Click Create new Clone.
Enter the URL of your MyOnlineStore webshop.
Choose the source language of your site.
Select one or more target languages.

Clonable now scans your webshop and prepares it for translation.

Step 2: Configure domains

After creating the clone, you need to decide how visitors will access the translated webshop.

You can choose:

A subdomain like fr.yourstore.com
A separate domain like yourstore.fr

Follow the DNS instructions shown in Clonable to point the domain to the clone.

DNS changes can take up to 24 hours to fully propagate worldwide.

Step 3: Automatic translation

Once the Clone is active, Clonable automatically translates:

Product pages
Category pages
Static content pages
Checkout-related text that is publicly visible

Translations appear instantly when a page is visited.

Visit important pages once to make sure they are translated and cached.

Step 4: Review and fine-tune translations

Automatic translation gets you started fast, but fine-tuning improves quality.

You can:

Edit translations using the Clone Editor
Exclude specific words like brand names
Adjust menus, banners, and SEO text

All edits apply only to the Clone, never to your original MyOnlineStore webshop.

SEO and indexing

Each translated clone has its own SEO structure.

Clonable automatically:

Translates meta titles and descriptions
Adds hreflang tags
Prevents duplicate content issues

You can still manually optimize SEO text per language if needed.

Checkout and payments

The checkout process remains handled by MyOnlineStore.

Important points:

Orders are processed in the original webshop
Payment providers stay unchanged
Customer data flows exactly as before

Some checkout steps may partially remain in the original language, depending on MyOnlineStore limitations.

Common setup checks

After setup, verify the following:

Pages load correctly in the target language
Navigation and links work as expected
Checkout opens without errors
Important product and category pages are translated

Fixing issues early avoids confusion for international visitors.

Untranslated init data

The checkout uses default init data that will not properly be translated by Clonable. By triggering a refresh, the text fragments are retrieved via Ajax, which are correctly translated by Clonable. This trigger is easy to build in by injecting the following javascript into the body via the clone settings:

Trigger snippet

<script>
const myTimeout = setTimeout(translateCheckout, 500);
function translateCheckout(){
if(window.location.toString().includes("checkout")){
var childBox = document.querySelectorAll('div[data-testid="shippingmethods-radio-pickup-at-store"]');
childBox[0].parentElement.parentElement.parentElement.click();}
}
</script>