Laravel Multi Vendor Marketplace Module

Separate Seller/Vendor Profile with a dedicated Shop URL.

• Separate seller/vendor profile microsite.
• Customer can revoke their seller request from their profile.
• Sellers can add a Banner and Shop Logo to their profile.
• Seller/Vendor can see their product list.
• Separate seller’s product collection Page.
• Feedback and review system with an interactive star rating from the Seller Shop page.
• Contact to seller support is provided.
• Admin can assign Seller their products.
• Seller can also self-assign Admin products.
• Seller-to-seller product assigning is managed by the Admin’s approval.
• Interactive Seller Dashboard with all information.
• Stock Availability check from seller product section.
• Vendor/Seller and Admin moderation and approval.
• Marketplace Module Enable/Disable feature maintained by Admin.
• This module provides an attractive landing page with all sellers.
• Allow the seller to edit the shop URL for the Profile page, About Shop, Policies information, etc.
• Admin can also manage the seller profile.
• Product Edit and Delete option on seller panel.
• Seller / Vendor transaction report at seller panel.
• The seller can check the refunded orders.
• All currencies Supported.
• Cart & Catalog rules are Supported.
• Added product video feature.
• Added Out of Stock feature.
• Seller and Customer can sign up differently.
• Sellers can create Bundle and Grouped products also.
• Admin can allow seller which product type will be sold or assigned to the seller.

Customers will get a zip folder after purchasing the extension. After that, Unzip the respective extension zip and then merge “packages, “Public” and “storage” folders into the project root directory.

Goto composer.json file inside the Bagisto root directory and add the following line under ‘psr-4’

"Webkul\\Marketplace\\": "packages/Webkul/Marketplace/src"

In the `config/app.php` file, add the following line under the ‘providers’ section:

Webkul\Marketplace\Providers\MarketplaceServiceProvider::class,

Add the following line `config/responsecache.php` under the ‘replacers’ section.

\Webkul\Marketplace\ResponseCache\Replacers\SellerInfoReplacer::class,

In the `config/bagisto-vite.php` file, add the following line under the ‘viters’ section:

'marketplace'              => [ 
'hot_file'                 => 'marketplace-vite.hot', 
'build_directory'          => 'themes/marketplace/build', 
'package_assets_directory' => 'src/Resources/assets', 
], 

Run the following commands to complete the setup:

composer dump-autoload

php artisan marketplace:install

php artisan optimize:clear

After following these steps, the Bagisto Marketplace Extension should be successfully installed and ready for use in your Bagisto v2.1.x project.

You will also see the Marketplace icon on the left-hand side in the menu bar.

Once you are on the Admin dashboard, click the Configure option which is there on the left-hand side in the menu bar following which you will be redirected to the Marketplace Configuration page. Here you will be able to see the module version:

General Settings

Above you will get settings to choose channel and locale. Based on that you can also change the configuration of the marketplace.

The fields below depicting [default] refer to the settings of the default channel and the fields depicting [default-en] refer to the setting of the English locale.

Let’s go through the Configuration Settings one by one

Status

To enable or disable the complete module functionality.

Seller Approval Required

 Select Yes in this setting if approval is required whenever a new seller has been registered in the marketplace.

Product Approval Required

Select Yes in this setting if approval is required whenever a new product has been added by the seller on the marketplace.

Seller Can Create Invoice 

Choose Yes in the setting if you also want to give the seller permission to create an invoice.

Seller Can Create Shipment

Choose Yes in the setting if you want to give the seller also permission to ship the product that has been ordered.

Seller Can Cancel Order

Choose Yes in the setting if you want to give the seller permission to cancel order.

Enable Minimum Order Amount

Enable the option if you want to enable minimum order amount for sellers.

Seller Commission per unit

Here the admin defines to set the global commission % for sellers that will apply to all. If the admin has set a global commission of 10% for every seller in the marketplace, thus when a product is purchased admin will be earning 10% of the product cost as commission.

Landing Page

Here are the settings for your Landing Page, where you can provide descriptive information and attract sellers to sell on your marketplace. The landing page appears when you click Sell on your Frontend.

Let’s move on with each functionality.

Banner Title

Here you can give the main title to your landing page that will act as the main attraction for your seller.

Banner Description

Here you can provide the banner content that will appear on the banner image as provided.

Banner Button Title

Enter the title for the banner button.

Banner Image

Select the banner image for the front end.

Community Count

Add the community count here.

Business Hour

Enter the operating business hour here.

Payment Duration

Enter the payment duration here.

Serviceable code

Set the pin code for the serviceable area for easy shipments.

Feature Title

Set the feature image title here.

Feature Description

Enter the description for the feature section.

Show Features

You can provide the Feature heading, information, and icons below. Once you enter the details you will be able to see that on the landing page:

In the above-mentioned snapshot, you can see the Attracting Features list and you can check the complete product count in the store.

To set the journey page for the customers so they can go through with the states to become sellers.

After settings, customers can see the journey banner on the front end.

Show Popular Sellers

 If you are looking to showcase popular sellers in your marketplace, you can select the option Yes. After selecting yes, you will able to see the Seller Listing on the Sell page.

As mentioned in the above snapshot you can see the featured Sellers List.

Seller Flag Reasons

Check the list of created flag reasons for seller profiles.

Add New Seller Flag Reason

Enable

Here you can enable or disable the flag reasons features for Marketplace by selecting it Yes or No.

Reasons

Enter the reason for raising the seller flag.

Once you click on Reason you will be able to see the reasons and select accordingly.

Product Flags

Enable

Here you can enable or disable the flag reasons features for Marketplace by selecting Yes or No.

Reasons

Enter the reason for raising the product flag.

Minimum Order Amount Settings

If the admin enabled this feature then the admin and seller both can set the minimum limit of order price to check out from the cart by the customers.

Google Analytics

Enable

Here you can enable or disable this feature by selecting Yes or No.

Google Analytics Id

Here you need to enter the Google Analytics Id.

Enable Seller Google Analytics

By enabling this Yes or No, you will be able to see the Google Analytics on the Seller profile.

On the admin dashboard, click the marketplace icon which is there on the left-hand side to check on the features available in the backend for admin.

Sellers

Here you will find the list of sellers that have registered in your marketplace. Based on the setting that you have done for Seller Approval in configuration, the status of the seller will also be shown here.

There are two ways to approve or disapprove the seller request First option is – Mass update, for that select the checkbox in front of Id, go to the drop-down option select update then approve or disapprove accordingly:

The second option is Individual update, for that just click on the icon of Approve/Disapprove and choose accordingly regarding the update:

By clicking on the Assign option admin can add the product to the Seller account by searching for the particular product as mentioned in the snapshot below:

Allowed Product Type

By default in the seller profile, when creating a new product seller can see 4 products i.e. Simple, configurable, Virtual and Downloadable. From the admin end in this section, if the admin allows any other product, the seller can sell the same.

The admin can set separate commission percentages for any particular seller. Click on the Configuration then go to Marketplace there you will find the commission per unit option enter the amount in percentage and it will be set for that seller.

Products

Here you can see the list of products as created by the sellers. Based on the setting that you have done for Product Approval in configuration, the status of the seller will also be shown here. Seller will be able to sell those products only which are approved by the admin.

You can check the product for which you want to make any changes in the status and select the option to update or delete from the drop-down. After selecting Update, you can further choose to Approve or Disapprove the Product.

Product Reviews 

From here the admin can find the reviews as shared by the customer for the products. By default, the status of the reviews remains unapproved.

Seller Reviews

Here you will find the reviews as shared by the customer for the particular seller. By default, the status of the reviews remains unapproved.

You need to select the review which you want to update and then from the above drop-down, choose Update and then Approve or Disapprove the review.

Orders

Here you can see the list of orders made by the customers on your website for the products as offered by the sellers with their status as Completed or Pending. Based on the setting asset for the sellers to generate invoices and ship the product, actions are performed.

The admin can view the order details by clicking on the eye icon.

Here, you will get the payment details regarding the product. Next, to generate the invoice, click the invoice button.

If the order is pending then click on the invoice button and add the quantity of the product for which the invoice needs to be generated. After entering the quantity to invoice, click on the Create Invoice button at the top to generate the invoice.

Next, click the Ship or Refund button.

Admin can refund seller products after the invoice is generated for that particular product.

Shipment

On the Shipment page, you will find the details regarding the shipment. Number of the quantity ordered and order information.

Invoices

From this option, the admin can see the list of invoices created up til now for the products by the seller.

Refunds

A list of refunds that are initiated by the seller or by the admin is mentioned here:

Transactions

Here you will find the list of payout transactions as done by the Admin to the Sellers also with the amount paid.

Seller and Product Flag Reasons

Now the seller can also create Seller Flag Reason and Product Flag Reason for any product and seller.

to add a new reason the admin just needs to click on the Add Flag Reason as shown in the image below:-

Similarly, the admin can also perform the same action for products.

Seller Category

The admin can check the seller category from this option. category created by the seller is mentioned in this section:

Payment Request

Payment requests initiated by the seller are listed here, The admin can check all the payment requests here:

Now the seller can use their separate dashboard to perform various seller actions. They will open the marketplace and click on the open shop button.

It will navigate you to the seller registration page to Sign up as a seller. Now the customer can directly create their seller account by entering their details, they also need to provide their Shop URL.

Once you register your seller account will be created and you can log in to the seller dashboard by clicking on the sign-in button.

Let’s move with the features of the Seller dashboard under the Seller separate dashboard.

Dashboard

Here you can see complete details of your sales report with an intuitive bar graph. Also, with top-selling products and customers.

Total Sales- Here the Total sales made by the seller appear. The details that appear are only related to the product whose invoice is created.

Total Payout- The amount is received by the seller from Admin.

Remaining Payout- The amount is pending from the Admin and needs to be collected.

Total Orders- Orders related to the customers are placed. The count of orders appears here.

Total Customers – The count of customers appears here.

Average Order sale- The total sale is divided by the number of orders whose invoice is created.

Stock Threshold- Seller products and their stock-related information.

Products on Top- Shows the list of products that are on top sales.

Top Customers – Shows the list of customers who purchased the product the most.

Top Category – It shows the top category list which is top on sales

Seller Logout and Collapse

The seller can click on the logout button and logout from the seller panel.

Their collapse option is also available they can click on the same and the side menu pane will wrap up.

Profile

Here you can manage your shop profile. This is very useful in terms of shop branding by displaying useful information. Below are the fields that you will find in the profile section.

Under this section, you need to provide a logo and banner for the shop to be displayed at the front end.

Shop Title

Here you need to provide the title or name of your Shop. It’s a mandatory field.

Shop Url

Here you need to provide the URL for your shop by which your shop will be accessible to your customers.

Store address

Provide your shop address in this field with full address, city, postcode, country, and state. 

Phone Number 

Provide a phone number of your shop by which customers can connect with you.

About store

Under this section, you can describe your shop inform customers about the products you sell, and other stuff to make it more informative.

Social Links

In this section, you can provide links to your shop’s social channels like Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and LinkedIn.

Meta Description

To improve your shop search ranking on search engines, you can enrich that by providing meta titles and descriptions.

Policies:

To keep the purchase transparent between you and your customers, you can provide a Shipping, Return, and also Privacy policy.

Mega Search

The seller can also search products, orders, and customers by entering keywords and all the associated data will display in the drop-down option.

When clicking on products it will show the Explore all Products option so the seller can explore all the products to the related keyword.

Orders

Customers

View Seller Home Page

In the top right corner click on the collection page button to view the seller’s page.

You will then be redirected to the dedicated seller’s page.

 To check the seller’s product collection, click View Collection Page. You will then be redirected to the Sellers’ Product Collection page.

Products

Here you will find the list of products as created by the seller.

Here the seller can create products in two ways:

Create a New Product:

If the product is new, you can also click the Create New option and create a new product.

• You can create a simple product that doesn’t have any variations in it.
• For the products which have variations in their size, and color then you can create configurable products.
• If you want to sell some membership or any service then you can create the virtual products.
• The products that need to be downloaded in the form of files go with the downloadable products.

Note –

• In the default marketplace, the admin will allow only simple, configurable, virtual, and downloadable products for sellers to add and sell.
• If the admin allows the bundle and grouped product permission then only the seller can sell the products in a group or a bundle, and then create the  Grouped or bundled products.

Assign an Existing Product:

If there is an already existing product on the website and you want to sell the same product of yours but with different prices, just type the first three letters of the product. If the product is already there on the website, you will get that in the search results.
Click on Sell Yours to create your version of the existing product. You need to provide the following description of the existing product: Product Condition: Here you can also select the condition of the product that you are selling as New or Old.

Price

Provide the price of your product in this field.

Description: Here you need to describe the product that you are selling.

Images: Provide images of your product here.

Inventory: Here you need to define the quantity of your product in the inventory sources as created by the seller.

Products Review

Here, the seller can check the reviews given by the customer for particular products.

Assigned products

Products can be assigned in two ways Admin to Seller and Seller to Seller, which means admin can assign admin product to any seller or seller by itself. the same case goes with Seller-to-Seller product assigning.

After clicking more seller information it appears similar to the below image 

Order

Here you will find the list of orders as made by the customers for your products.
Clicking the arrow icon, you will find more information on the order along with the invoice and also shipment details.

The seller can also do the following things once receives the order from the customer, the seller can create an invoice, ship, and cancel the product as mentioned in the snapshot.

By clicking on the invoice, it will show a popup with invoice details.

The seller can create the invoice.

Once the invoice is created, the seller can also do the shipment by clicking on the ship button. After clicking on the ship button you need to enter the shipment details and inventory source details:

After clicking on create shipment the shipment will generate.

The seller can also cancel the order by clicking on the cancel option:

The seller can also check the refund details of any order. But the refund will be initiated by the admin only.

Transactions

Here you will also find the payouts report as done by the Admin to the seller. The dashboard here provides details of the total payout done and the amount left unpaid.

Total Sale- Here the Total sales made by the seller appear. The details that appear are only related to the product whose invoice is created.

Total Payout- Amount is received by the seller from Admin.

Remaining Payout- Amount that is pending from the Admin and needs to be collected.

You will also get a list of payout transactions.

Seller Reviews

Here you will also get the list of reviews as given by the customer to the particular seller.

Customers

Here the sellers can also see their customer details who have purchased the products from the seller and also the seller can see the Order count, on clicking the order count the seller can see the details of the Ordered product.