User Guide of Odoo Multi-Vendor Marketplace

Introduction

Odoo Multi-Vendor Marketplace module allows you to connect with multiple vendors so that they can sell their products on your Online Store.

To give a perfect shape to your business model; Odoo Multi-Vendor Marketplace offers a platform to sell a wide range of products without owning them.

Your business model can attract “Brick-Mortar sellers” to sign in for your Odoo Marketplace as it allows them to place their markable impression to a wide audience.

As a Marketplace Owner (Admin), you have complete authority to approve/disapprove products, orders, sellers, etc, manage sellers’ payments, seller shops, and much more.

Check the video mentioned below for a brief introduction to the module:

FEATURES

Transform your Odoo Website into an Online store for multiple vendors
Odoo Multi-Vendor Marketplace allows to add terms and conditions on the seller registration form.
Admin can also sell his/her products on the Marketplace with the help Odoo Multi-Vendor Marketplace module.
Customers can easily search for products by scanning barcodes in the app.
Only sellers approved by admin can upload their products on the Online Store
Admin can set manual or auto-approval of seller products and their quantities.
Analytics Dashboard allows Admins and Sellers to track sales, revenue, and order trends and top-performing sellers.
Sellers can also check their best-selling products on the Analytics Dashboard.
Only approved products by admin are displayed on the store
Assign individual warehouses and locations for all sellers for Effective inventory management.
Odoo Multi-Vendor Marketplace allows showing/hiding seller information on the website such as sales count, Product count, Return Policy, Joining date, shipping policy, etc.
Odoo Multi-Vendor Marketplace module allows customers to reach out to the seller through the ‘Email to Seller’ button.
Each seller has a separate shop and profile page in the marketplace.
Sellers can set up a unique profile page and provide a shop description, shop name, tagline, etc on the website.
The seller can provide the shop’s terms and conditions using WYSIWYG.
View total sales and easily manage all orders on your shop( sales order analysis ) with the help of the Odoo Multi-Vendor Marketplace module.

INSTALLATION

Once you purchase the App from the Webkul store, you will receive the link to download the zip file of the module.
Extract the file on your system after the download finishes. As a result, you will be able to see a folder named ‘odoo_marketplace’
Copy and paste this folder inside your Odoo Add-Ons path.
Now, open the Odoo App and click on the Settings menu. Here, click on Activate Developer Mode.
Then, open the Apps menu and click on ‘Update Modules List.’
In the search bar, remove all the filters and search ‘odoo_marketplace’
You will be able to see the module in the search results. Click on ‘Install’ to install it.

WORKFLOW

Configuration

Login to your Odoo Database with Admin Credentials and go to the Seller Dashboard Module
Click on the ‘Configuration’ Tab>> Settings
You can set the “Auto Approval Settings“; like automatically approve the seller’s requests, product approval, and quantity approval. Moreover, you can set the internal category for all marketplace products.

After that, click on the ‘Payment Terms‘ Tab under Other Settings; set the global payment terms for all of your marketplace sellers; however, the payment terms set for each seller profile uniquely can override these settings.

After that, click on the ‘Mail & Notifications‘ Tab under Other Settings; Enable/Disable mail notifications for admins and sellers for different Marketplace Events. The events like seller’s requests, product approval, new order, and quantity approval.

Click on the ‘Website’ Tab under Other Settings; manage marketplace website view settings; like show/hide reviews and the count, marketplace landing page for customers, display recently added products, and so on.

Admin View

Now click on the Dashboard tab for a quick peek at all the approvals.

After this, click on the Analytics Dashboard to review overall sales metrics, orders, product counts, and commissions for a selected time range, along with visual charts.

9. Scrolling down, you can see a quick snapshot of total orders, top-performing sellers, best-selling products, and overall seller ratings by applying different filters according to your choice.

10. Go to the Sellers; from here you can view and manage the marketplace sellers

11. Open any pending Seller request; approve or deny the request and after that edit seller settings as per your requirements.

12. Enable the checkbox to Over-ride seller’s default settings and after that set the terms as per your requirements.

13. After that, go to the Seller Reviews under Sellers Tab to manage seller reviews and recommendations From customers

14. Under the Sales Tab, Go to the “Orders” to manage the orders; moreover, you can manage sellers payment history from the sales tab only; Click on the “Approve” button to approve the order.

15. Click on the Pay to Seller menu to make the payment and after that fill in the required details to pay the sellers

16. Go to the Seller Bills to manage seller payments; In addition, click on the “Ask For Credit Note” button if needed

17. Go to the Product tab; after that, you can create a new product and approve/disapprove the product request.

18. Go to the Inventory; As a result, you can manage sellers’ inventory request and view delivery orders for the marketplace.

Seller View :

19. Log in as a seller and go to the seller dashboard. Sellers can check Marketplace products, orders, and payments.

20. Now, Sellers can go to the Analytics Dashboard under the dashboard section, showing total sales, orders, and earnings with a graph and quick access to order details.

21. Scrolling down, sellers can see their top-selling and best-selling products. It has a graphical representation that helps sellers track product popularity and revenue trends efficiently.

22. Seller can create a product and publish it on the website.

23. Enter the details such as product name, website product category, product type, sales price and other details.

24. After entering the details, click on save and ask for approval from the admin

In Addition, Please note: If the admin has enabled auto-approval settings, then the product will get approved without asking for approval from the admin.

25. As soon as the admin approves, the Status will change to Approved and therefore seller can publish their products on the website.

26. Go to “My Profile” under Sellers Tab to manage payment settings, shop policies, and profile page, and click on the “Request For Payment” tab to directly notify the admin for the payment.

27. Seller can also check his default configuration settings by clicking on the “Click to view” option.

28. Seller can also manage his payments, shop policies, and profile page.

29. After that, under the same Seller tab, the Seller can also visit the shop and edit the shop URL, shop banner, tagline, address, and terms & conditions.