Laravel eCommerce SaaS Multivendor Module

Laravel eCommerce SaaS Multivendor Module can be very important for the merchants those have created an eCommerce store using the SaaS module.

The Multivendor module will convert a Bagisto eCommerce store into a multivendor marketplace where different vendors can assemble and sell their products/services under a single eCommerce store.

 The seller can also manage their Products, Order Shipment, Payouts, Shop Profile and every standard marketplace features.

Note:- This is the add-on of Laravel eCommerce Multi-Tenant SaaS, to use this add-on. Firstly you have installed the Laravel eCommerce Multi-Tenant SaaS.

• Separate Seller/Vendor Profile with a dedicated Shop URL.
• Manage Seller Branding by providing the banner, social links and SEO friendly URLs for their shop.
• Product Search by Seller/Vendor on Vendor Panel.
• Separate view for the seller’s product collection. Seller’s feedback and interactive review system with the star rating.
• Product Assignment by Tenant to Seller Account
• Dedicated seller dashboard to view income, payouts, order details, latest comments, and reviews also.
• A proper check on Stock availability.
• Tenant can set a global commission for the seller and can also set separate commission for the individual seller.
• Vendor/Seller can also be Enabled/Disabled by Admin
• Product Approval by Tenant
• Special pricing also available for Sellers with date filter.
• An attractive landing page with top sellers and their associated top products.
• The seller can edit shop URL for the Profile page, collection page, and also the shop information.
• Multi-Lingual support / All language working including RTL ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right-to-left Hebrew and Arabic).
• The seller can edit or delete products from their dashboard.
• Tenant can also delete or update Seller’s profile and products.
• Once an order is completed, an Tenant can create a “Payout” for the seller.
• Tenant has the option to generate invoice and ship the product.
• Sellers can maintain everything transparent between them and customers by displaying return & shipping policy and also providing shop description.
• The seller can also cancel the order.
• The Seller can add multiple images of the product.
• The seller can check total sales as made, total payout and remaining payout as done from Tenant end.
• Functionality to either create New Product or provide own details on the existing product.
• Tenant can choose to auto-approve orders or not.

Note:

• Please follow the Marketplace saas README for the installation process exclusively. Do not refer to or follow any instruction provided in the Marketplace README.
• Unzip the bagisto marketplace and bagisto marketplace saas Extension zip to the bagisto root directory and follow the readme.md file to configure the bagisto marketplace saas extension.
• Do not try to seed the database with command php artisan db:seed.

Download and unzip the extension, then merge the “packages” folder into the project’s root directory.

• Do couple of entries in root composer.json in psr-4 object:

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

• Goto config/app.php file and add following line under ‘providers’

Webkul\Marketplace\Providers\MarketplaceServiceProvider::class,
Webkul\MarketplaceSaaS\Providers\MarketplaceSAASServiceProvider::class,

• Run the following commands to complete the setup:

composer dump-autoload
php artisan marketplace-saas:install
php artisan optimize:clear

• After following these steps, Laravel eCommerce SaaS Multivendor Module should be successfully installed and ready for use in your Bagisto project.

Once the commands have executed successfully the Tenants can see the option of the Marketplace on the left-hand side in the menu bar as shown in the image below:-

On the Tenant Admin panel click on the configure button that is on the left side of the screen in the menu bar from where the Tenant can configure the general setting of the SaaS marketplace as shown in the image below:-

General Settings

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

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 (In Percentage)

Here the admin/merchant can set the global commission % for sellers that will be applicable to all.

If the admin/merchant has set global commission 10% for every seller in the marketplace, thus when a product is purchased admin will be earning 10% of the product cost as commission.

In the landing page, the Tenant 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.

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

Sellers

Here the Tenant can view the sellers those have registered in the SaaS marketplace.

Based on the setting that has been done for Seller Approval in configuration, the status of the seller will also be shown here.

The Tenant can also assign products to the sellers

The Tenant can approve or disapprove the sellers by updating the status of the sellers that are registered in the SaaS marketplace.

Tenant can also delete the sellers according to the requirements.

Products

Here Tenant can see the list of products as created by it’s 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.

The tenant can view and assign seller categories from this section. Only the categories assigned to the seller are listed here.

Here admin/merchant 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/merchant can view the order details by clicking on the eye icon.

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.

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:

Here the admin/merchant will find the list of payout transactions as done by the admin/merchant to the Sellers also with the amount paid.

Payment Request

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

Product Reviews

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

Seller Reviews

Here the Tenant can see the reviews provided by the customers for a particular seller. By default, the status of the reviews remains unapproved.

The admin/merchant 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.

Seller and Product Flag Reasons

Now the seller/tenant 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 Create Reason as shown in the image below:-

Communication feature allows tenants and sellers to interact directly through a built‑in chat system. This ensures smooth collaboration, faster responses, and transparent communication across the marketplace.

Seller can manage only the Locales but currency is the same as the admin panel

Users

Sellers can also create Sub-sellers. Under the Users Option on the left side seller can view all the sub-sellers.

To create a new Sub-seller click on the Create User Button.
Now, Enter all the details of the new user or sub-seller.

Name: Enter the Name of the user.

Email: Enter the Email of the user.

Phone Number: Enter the user’s Phone number. Phone numbers must be unique for all users.

Role: Select the role of the user.

Status: To Enable the status to be user.

Password: Enter the password 

Sellers can create a custom role for creating the sub-seller. and view all the roles in the Role section.

Communications

Now sellers can directly communicate with the admin of Laravel Multi Vendor Marketplace  as shown in the image below

In the sales report seller can easily able to track 

• • Total Commission Paid

• • Total Sales

• • Purchase Funnels, Abandoned Carts

• • Total Orders

• • Average Order Value

• • Tax Collected

• • Refunds

Top Payment Methods.

Customers

In the customers report seller can easily able to track 

• • Total Customers

• • Customers With Most Sales

• • Customers With Most Orders

• • Customers Traffic

• • Top Customer Groups

• • Customers With the Most Reviews

Products

In the products report seller can easily able to track 

• • Sold Products Quantity,

• • Products Added To Wishlist

• • Top Selling Products By Revenue

• • Top Selling Products By Quantity

• • Products With Most Reviews

• • Products With Most Visits

So, that was much about the User Guide of Laravel eCommerce SaaS Multivendor Module for any queries or doubts reach out to us at [email protected].