Magento website/store/storeview organization
I have two (example) domains:

 - euro-shoes.com
 - us-shoes.com

I need them to be connected to the same Magento installation. They share most design elements and they share the catalog. They each have three translations: English, French, and German.

I tried setting the two stores up as Stores, and the translations as Store Views (three per Store). But the problem is, when I go to "System > Configuration", I can't change the scope to the Store. I can just change it to a Website or a Store View. This means that any changes I want to make to one domain or the other need to be made three times: once for English, once for French, and once for German. I realized at this point that I might be going against the design of Magento.

Considering my situation, should I make euro-shoes.com and us-shoes.com Websites instead of Stores? If no, what would be my best organization?
Magento website/store/storeview organization
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I have two (example) domains:

 - euro-shoes.com
 - us-shoes.com

I need them to be connected to the same Magento installation. They share most design elements and they share the catalog. They each have three translations: English, French, and German.

I tried setting the two stores up as Stores, and the translations as Store Views (three per Store). But the problem is, when I go to "System > Configuration", I can't change the scope to the Store. I can just change it to a Website or a Store View. This means that any changes I want to make to one domain or the other need to be made three times: once for English, once for French, and once for German. I realized at this point that I might be going against the design of Magento.

Considering my situation, should I make euro-shoes.com and us-shoes.com Websites instead of Stores? If no, what would be my best organization?