ORDERS
When you receive an order (notified via email to your sales email address) the same order can be viewed through your admin panel.
The order is saved as "Pending". So you will need to change status to "Shipped" when shipped so that your customer can see the right status on the customer account.
Also, you will be able to check payment details through the admin panel (credit card, money order, ect.)
Through the admin area you will be able to look for orders by date/status, orderid, or see all of the orders placed by your registered customers.