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Laravel eCommerce SaaS Multivendor Module

Updated 15 October 2024

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.

Features of Laravel eCommerce SaaS Multivendor Module

  • 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 Admin to Seller Account
  • Dedicated seller dashboard to view income, payouts, order details, latest comments, and reviews also.
  • A proper check on Stock availability.
  • Admin 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 Admin
  • 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.
  • Admin can also delete or update Seller’s profile and products.
  • Once an order is completed, an admin can create a “Payout” for the seller.
  • Admin 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 Admin end.
  • Functionality to either create New Product or provide own details on the existing product.
  • Admin 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.

Installation of Laravel eCommerce SaaS Multivendor Module

After purchasing the extension the customers will get a zip folder. “Unzip” the folder then merge “packages” folders into the project root directory.

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Bagisto-Marketplace-saas-zip

Do a couple of entries in root composer.json in the psr-4 object.

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

Goto config/app.php file now add the following line under ‘providers’

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

In the config/responsecache.php file, add the following line 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',
],

In the config/auth.php file, add the following entries:

Insert the below code in ‘guards’ array.

'seller' => [
    'driver'   => 'session',
    'provider' => 'seller',
],

Insert the below code in ‘providers’ array.

'seller' => [
    'driver' => 'eloquent',
    'model'  => Webkul\Marketplace\Models\Seller::class,
],

Insert the below code in ‘passwords’ array.

'seller' => [
    'provider' => 'seller',
    'table'    => 'seller_password_resets',
    'expire'   => 60,
    'throttle' => 60,
],

Run the below commands from root in terminal:

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

Now, Go to the .env file and update the queue driver to database.

QUEUE_DRIVER=database

Configuration for Laravel eCommerce SaaS Multivendor Marketplace

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

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SaaS Multivendor Marketplace Configuration

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

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General Settings

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

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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.

The Landing Page

In the landing page, the admin/merchant can provide descriptive information and attract sellers to sell on your marketplace. The landing page appears when you click Sell on your Frontend.

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Let’s move on with each functionality.

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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.

SaaS Multi-Vendor Marketplace Admin View

On the admin/merchant 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 admin/merchant 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.

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The admin/merchant can also assign products to the sellers

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

Admin/merchant can also delete the sellers according to the requirements.

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Products

Here admin/merchant can see the list of products as created by the sellers/tenant.

Based on the setting that you have done for Product Approval in configuration, the status of the seller/tenant will also be shown here.

Seller/tenant will be able to sell those products only which are approved by the admin.

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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.

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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.

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Seller Reviews

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

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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.

sellers-status

Orders

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.

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

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

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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.

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Next, click the Ship or Refund button.

order-detail

Admin/merchant 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.

shipments

Invoices

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

invoices

Refunds

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

refunds

Transactions

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.

transactions

Seller and Product Flag Reasons

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

seller-flag-reason

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

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

product-flag-reason

Seller Category

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

seller-categories

Payment Request

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

payment-requests

SaaS Multi-Vendor Marketplace Seller View

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.

bagisto openshop

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.

bagisto login

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.

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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.

dashboard

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.

bagisto pending order

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.

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Seller Logout and Collapse

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

logout

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

collapse

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.

manage seller profile

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

profile

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.

social link

Meta Description

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

policy

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.

mega search

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

order

Customers

customers

View Seller Home Page

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

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

bagisto mp 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.

product list
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.

product

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.
add product

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.assign product
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.

product

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.

review

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.

assigned product

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

other seller

Order

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

invoice

The seller can create the invoice.

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:

ship

After clicking on create shipment the shipment will generate.

ship

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

cancel

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

refund

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.
transaction

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.view transaction

Seller Reviews

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

seller review

Customers

Here the sellers can also see their customer details who have purchased the products from 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.

customer

Support

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]. You can also raise a ticket at our HelpDesk System.

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