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title: Activate a license
slug: configured-commerce/docs/activating-a-b2b-commerce-license
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createdAt: 2026-08-13T10:46:26.000Z
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Configured Commerce uses remote activation for licensing. This means that a remote call is made each time the Admin Console is accessed, regardless of the hosting solution. Remote calls are made to the licensing server hosted by Optimizely.

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**📘 Note**
Licensing checks are only completed for the Admin Console. Optimizely recognizes the implications of a public facing commerce site being taken offline because of a license check failure, therefore, the public facing commerce site is not dependent on the license check being valid. Optimizely representatives would work with an organization to resolve any licensing conflicts.
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## License Check

Commerce applications using Configured Commerce are subject to a licensing check. These are associated per domain and are configured in the Admin Console, located at /admin in a deployed environment.

Additionally, Optimizely provides developers with a test URL of the format \*.local.com which has a permanent license.