<\/i>Features<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n- A special and attractive design for manage the Products, Sellers, and Commission.<\/li>\n
- Separate Seller Profile with Company Banner and company Logo.<\/li>\n
- Different Product type for Seller (Simple, Downloadable, Virtual, Configurable).<\/li>\n
- Admin can configure the Marketplace Module.<\/li>\n
- Admin can assign or unassign product to any particular Seller.<\/li>\n
- Using seller dashboard seller can track his income, latest order, comment and reviews, recent orders and recent comments with total sales matrix.<\/li>\n
- Buyer can give their reviews.<\/li>\n
- Admin can deny\/approve\/disapprove seller.<\/li>\n
- Admin can view, approve, disapprove, update, deny and delete seller requested product.<\/li>\n
- Buyer can view all the details about the product is given by the seller.<\/li>\n
- Option to configure products with available attributes-key features.<\/li>\n
- Ajax check for vendor\/seller shop url.<\/li>\n
- Work with all the themes and templates including responsive templates.<\/li>\n
- Contact to seller with captcha support.<\/li>\n
- Separate seller\u2019s product collection.<\/li>\n
- Different seller commission for every seller.<\/li>\n
- Tax management for seller \/ vendor.<\/li>\n
- Product Preview for product approval at admin.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n
<\/i>Installation of Marketplace Module<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\nInstallation of the marketplace module is super simple after downloading the marketplace module from this URL\u00a0http:\/\/store.webkul.com\/Magento-Extensions\/Magento-Marketplace.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n- For bundle product you may use following magento addon https:\/\/store.webkul.com\/Magento-Extensions\/Magento-Marketplace-Bundle-Product.html<\/a><\/li>\n
- For grouped product you may use following magento addon https:\/\/store.webkul.com\/Magento-Extensions\/Magento-Marketplace-Grouped-Product.html<\/a><\/li>\n
Now unzip the respective marketplace zip you will find the app folder inside that move that app and skin folder in magento root as per the screenshot.<\/p>\n
![\"\"](\"http:\/\/cdnblog.webkul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/magento-root.png\")
\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n<\/ul>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<\/i>Module Installation for Custom Theme<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\nIf you are using custom theme then after module installation follow following steps carefully:<\/p>\n
\n- Go to your FTP directory where you installed Magento then find \u201capp\/design\/frontend\/default\/default\/template\u201d<\/b> folder and copy \u201cmarketplace\u201d<\/b> folder and paste into \u201c\/app\/design\/frontend\/your_theme_name\/default\/template\u201d<\/b> folder.<\/li>\n
- Then copy \u201cmarketplace.xml\u201d<\/b> file from \u201capp\/design\/frontend\/default\/default\/layout\u201d<\/b> folder and paste into \u201c\/app\/design\/frontend\/your_theme_name\/default\/layout\u201d<\/b> folder.<\/li>\n
- Go to \u201cskin\/frontend\/default\/default\u201d<\/b> folder,copy \u201cmarketplace”<\/b> folder and paste into \u201cskin\/frontend\/your_theme_name\/default\u201d<\/b> folder.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
After moving both the folder flush the cache from magento admin module. Under System > Cache Management.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/i>Multi-seller marketplace configuration<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\nAfter the successful installation of the marketplace module you will be able to see the configuration panel under system > configuration as per the below screen.<\/p>\n
![\"\"](\"http:\/\/cdnblog.webkul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Configuration-System-Magento-Admin-1.jpg\")
\n\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\nAs per the above screen, you can see many admin config parameters for marketplace, we are going to explain every config parameters one by one:<\/p>\n
Percent per product sale<\/div>\nPercent % per product sale is the global commission which seller needs to enter, this commission mechanism will be applicable for all the sellers. Lets say as an example there is a seller S1 and his\/her product (P1)price is 100 USD so on the sale of product P1 seller will get 80 USD and admin will get 20 USD as commission.<\/p>\n
Attribute Set ID<\/div>\nAttribute Set ID is the attribute set ID for your global catalog by default this is Default that\u2019s why in the screenshot it is showing as default. Admin can select multiple attribute set from Multi-Select list.<\/p>\n
Product Approval Required<\/div>\nProduct Approval Required by this option admin can restrict automatic approval of the product. e.g if seller add a product every time product will be moderated by admin, store owner can set YES or NO<\/b>.<\/p>\nAbout MarketPlace<\/div>\nThis is introduction message for your marketplace landing page. You can set anything here e.g \u201cWebkul Marketplace is the best marketplace module in the planet\u201d using WYSIWYG editor.<\/p>\n
MarketPlace Landing Page Label<\/div>\nMarketplace landing page label is the title of the marketplace for that particular store where marketplace has been installed, you will get more feel below as per the screenshot.<\/p>\n
MarketPlace Landing Page Button Label<\/div>\nMarketplace landing page button label is the title of the button for marketplace for that particular store where marketplace has been installed , you will get more feel below as per the screenshot.<\/p>\n
![\"\"](\"http:\/\/cdnblog.webkul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/magento-marketplace-landing-page.png\")
\n\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\nNow you can compare both the screen and can understand, this is a beautiful landing page for your marketplace module. Here list of sellers and latest added product by seller will display with shop create button and introduction text.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n\n<\/i>Marketplace Front-end Management<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\nNow let’s see how the Marketplace work from the seller’s end.<\/p>\n
Marketplace vendor sign-up<\/div>\nSeller signup is pretty easy, user can signup for seller using marketplace landing page button or from store my account link and during signup they need to choose \u201cWant To Become Partner\u201d<\/p>\n
If they want to signup as a seller then they need to choose YES else NO<\/b>. If they choose YES then they need to put their shop URL which will be unique as per the screenshot.<\/p>\n
![\"\"](\"http:\/\/cdnblog.webkul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/marketplace-account.png\")
\n\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\nAs in above screen you can see the url name is nike. This shop url input field is ajax driven by which seller can see that particular URL does exist or not as below screens.<\/p>\n
![\"\"](\"http:\/\/cdnblog.webkul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/magento-marketplace-seo-url.png\")
\n\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\nAs per the above screen that URL does exist.<\/p>\n
![\"\"](\"http:\/\/cdnblog.webkul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/magento-marketplace-sef-url.png\")
\n\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\nAnd above url shows that URL does exist so seller need to choose another one.<\/p>\n
Marketplace Seller Panel Management<\/div>\nIf the user has been approved as a seller then the marketplace block will display in my account section of user as per the images.<\/p>\n
![\"\"](\"http:\/\/cdnblog.webkul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/marketplace-seller-panel.png\")
<\/a><\/p>\nYou can see there are five links for base marketplace module to manage seller profile and to add product in store. Let’s proceed one by one.<\/p>\n
Seller Profile<\/div>\nUsing this menu seller can his shop information like shop name, location about their shop banner image, shop logo, shop meta description and meta data and many more parameters, as per the below image screenshot.<\/p>\n
![\"\"](\"http:\/\/cdnblog.webkul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/marketplace-seller-profile-information-part-one.png\")
<\/a><\/p>\nAlso seller can choose their seller shop background and there are quick links for their shop and product collection.<\/p>\n
![\"\"](\"http:\/\/cdnblog.webkul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/marketplace-seller-profile-information-part-two.png\")
<\/a><\/p>\nPayment Details<\/div>\nUnder Payment Details, seller can add their bank account or PayPal id.<\/p>\n
![\"\"](\"http:\/\/cdnblog.webkul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/seller-payment-deatils.png\")
<\/a><\/p>\nAfter inputting all the information you will get a beautiful shop page for your shop as below:<\/p>\n
![\"\"](\"http:\/\/cdnblog.webkul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/seller-profile-page.png\")
<\/a><\/p>\nAnd when user will click on see more he will reach to seller\u2019s product collection page where user can filter the product based on the category where seller has assigned the product.<\/p>\n
![\"\"](\"http:\/\/cdnblog.webkul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/seller-product-collection.png\")
<\/a><\/p>\nNew Products<\/div>\nUnder this menu seller can select suitable Attribute Set for any Product Type (simple,downloadable,virtual and configurable) to add his \/ her product. Seller can input product name, description, short description, price, stock, weight and multiple images. Also seller can add custom attributes but to use custom attributes and custom option admin need to have:<\/p>\n
\n- Custom attribute addon for marketplace –\u00a0https:\/\/store.webkul.com\/Magento-Extensions\/Marketplace-Custom-Attribute.html<\/a><\/li>\n
- custom option add-on for marketplace \u00a0 –\u00a0https:\/\/store.webkul.com\/Magento-Extensions\/Magento-Marketplace-Custom-Option.html<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Note – Above two plugin does not come with marketplace base plugin admin need to purchase both the addons to use them.<\/b><\/em><\/p>\nAdd product screen will look something like that. Also proper validation has been applied for seller product add screen with live Ajax check for product SKU.<\/p>\n
![\"\"](\"http:\/\/cdnblog.webkul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Screenshot-from-2014-08-07-1646363.png\")
<\/a>
\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/cdnblog.webkul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/marketplace-seller-new-product1.png\")
<\/a><\/p>\nAfter successful product addition (if in the module admin product moderation is set NO then product will be approved automatically)<\/em> seller can edit or delete the added product and can manage by their end using under my product list.<\/p>\nMy Product List<\/div>\nusing this menu, seller can manage their product like they can update their product, delete their product can track their product sales and can mange their stock as per the screenshot.<\/p>\n
![\"\"](\"http:\/\/cdnblog.webkul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/marketplace-seller-product-list.png\")
<\/a><\/p>\nMy Dashboard<\/div>\nUsing seller dashboard seller can track his sales using interactive chart, recent orders and recent comments with total sales matrix.<\/p>\n
![\"\"](\"http:\/\/cdnblog.webkul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/marketplace-seller-dashbaord.png\")
<\/a><\/p>\nAlso seller can ask questions or doubt to admin directly from my dashboard.<\/p>\n
![\"\"](\"http:\/\/cdnblog.webkul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/seller-admin-question.png\")
<\/a><\/p>\nMarketplace Seller Order History<\/div>\nUsing this link seller can see their products order history in one shop. Order history comes with pagination as per the screenshot.<\/p>\n
![\"\"](\"http:\/\/cdnblog.webkul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/marketplace-seller-order-history.png\")
<\/a><\/p>\nThats all from seller front end using base marketplace module. More menu will appear in marketplace block as you will install more marketplace plugin.<\/p>\n
Marketplace feedback and rating system<\/div>\nBuyer can rate seller under their profile with star rate vote and feedback message, user need to be logged in to cast a review and rating.<\/p>\n
![\"\"](\"http:\/\/cdnblog.webkul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/marketpace-feedback.png\")
<\/a><\/p>\nAs above screen you can see feedback link under seller profile.<\/p>\n
![\"\"](\"http:\/\/cdnblog.webkul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/marketplace-feedback-vote.png\")
<\/a><\/p>\nAlso above the screen, you can see user can put the review about the seller, these reviews will be moderated by the admin of the store.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n\n<\/i>Admin Management<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\nAfter the successful setup of the marketplace module, admin will be able to see new admin menu \u201cMarketplace Management\u201d as per the below screenshot:<\/p>\n
![\"\"](\"http:\/\/cdnblog.webkul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/magento-marketplace-menuy.png\")
<\/a><\/p>\nManage Products<\/div>\nThis menu is responsible for seller product management if from marketplace configuration panel (system > configuration > Webkul)<\/b> product approval is required then in this case every product added by seller need to be approved by admin. Product approval will happen from manage product menu as per the screenshot.<\/p>\n
![\"\"](\"http:\/\/cdnblog.webkul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/marketplace-manage-products1.png\")
<\/a><\/p>\nAs you can see there is a prev<\/em><\/b> button which will show the preview screen for product added by seller as per the image.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/cdnblog.webkul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/marketplace-manage-product-preview-screen.png\")
<\/a><\/p>\nManage Partners<\/div>\nThis menu is responsible for seller management if from marketplace configuration panel (system > configuration > Webkul)<\/b> partner approval is required then in this case every seller need to be approved by admin as per the image below.<\/p>\n
![\"\"](\"http:\/\/cdnblog.webkul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/marketplace-manage-partners1.png\")
<\/a><\/p>\nThere is a action drop down menu by where admin can make pending customer to seller and visa Versa.<\/p>\n
Also as you can see a column order when admin will click here it will display all the order of that particular seller as per the screen.<\/p>\n
![\"\"](\"http:\/\/cdnblog.webkul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/marketplace-seller-order.png\")
<\/a><\/p>\nAlso under view admin can view the complete order of that seller.<\/p>\n
![\"\"](\"http:\/\/cdnblog.webkul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/marketplace-individual-seller-order.png\")
<\/a><\/p>\nAlso mode of payment here is the payment details added by seller from my account > seller information<\/b>. It can be anything lets sat bank account number or PayPal id where seller need payment from admin.<\/p>\nManage Commission<\/div>\nManage commission menu is responsible for all the commission management despite of global commission there is an individual seller commission by which admin can set different different commission for different different sellers.<\/p>\n
![\"\"](\"http:\/\/cdnblog.webkul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/magento-marketplace-seller-commision1.png\")
<\/a><\/p>\nUnder this screen there are some terms which needs to be explained and the explanation are below:<\/p>\n
Pay Action<\/div>\nPay action in grid will clear the payment for that particular seller lets say Seller S1 have a remaining amount 100 USD then after the pay button has been clicked that’s mean seller have already send the payment now he \/ she is going to clear it (no actual payment with any payment gateway will happen here this link is for calculation only).<\/p>\n
Under drop down the action is same as per grid but it can be applied for multiple seller.<\/p>\n
Commission<\/div>\nThis column is for per seller commission display. All these information can be seen under customer > manage customer<\/b>.
\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/cdnblog.webkul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/seller-custtomer-menu.png\")
<\/a><\/p>\nAs admin can all the sales matrix here and can set the per product commission %.<\/p>\n
Payment mode<\/div>\nPayment mode is payment detail entered by the seller during account creation under my product > seller information, this payment details will be used by admin to pay the sellers.<\/p>\n
![\"\"](\"http:\/\/cdnblog.webkul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/seller-payment-details.png\")
<\/a><\/p>\nAdd a Product<\/div>\nThis tab is very useful when admin needs to assign any product to any particular seller, admin can set the product id of the product into seller account.<\/p>\n
![\"\"](\"http:\/\/cdnblog.webkul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/marketplace-add-product-from-admin.png\")
<\/a><\/p>\nWant to remove Partner<\/div>\nUsing this tab admin can make that seller to a normal customer.<\/p>\n
![\"\"](\"http:\/\/cdnblog.webkul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/admin-selller-removel.png\")
<\/a><\/p>\nFeedback Management<\/div>\nThis menu is responsible for all the feedback and review management for that seller which will be added by customers, admin can perform the following:<\/p>\n
\n- Approve<\/li>\n
- Unapprove<\/li>\n
- Delete<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
![\"\"](\"http:\/\/cdnblog.webkul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/marketplace-feedback-management.png\")
<\/a><\/p>\n** Additional Information only for Marketplace Combined Product (i.e. to allow Simple, Downloadable, Virtual, Configurable products)<\/b><\/em><\/p>\nIn combined Marketplace, Admin allows the type of products(like simple, downloadable, virtual, configurable) which was added by seller.<\/p>\n
![\"\"](\"http:\/\/cdnblog.webkul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Selection_011.png\")
<\/a><\/p>\nHere, admin need to select the product type inside system->configuration->Marketplace<\/b>.<\/p>\n
The frontend for multi-select product type look like this:<\/p>\n
![\"\"](\"http:\/\/cdnblog.webkul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Screenshot-from-2014-08-07-165909.png\")
<\/a><\/p>\nHere seller can select the product type for product addition.<\/p>\n
That’s all for the base marketplace module , still have any issue feel free to add a ticket and let us know your views to make the module better\u00a0http:\/\/webkul.com\/ticket\/index.php<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
- \n
- A special and attractive design for manage the Products, Sellers, and Commission.<\/li>\n
- Separate Seller Profile with Company Banner and company Logo.<\/li>\n
- Different Product type for Seller (Simple, Downloadable, Virtual, Configurable).<\/li>\n
- Admin can configure the Marketplace Module.<\/li>\n
- Admin can assign or unassign product to any particular Seller.<\/li>\n
- Using seller dashboard seller can track his income, latest order, comment and reviews, recent orders and recent comments with total sales matrix.<\/li>\n
- Buyer can give their reviews.<\/li>\n
- Admin can deny\/approve\/disapprove seller.<\/li>\n
- Admin can view, approve, disapprove, update, deny and delete seller requested product.<\/li>\n
- Buyer can view all the details about the product is given by the seller.<\/li>\n
- Option to configure products with available attributes-key features.<\/li>\n
- Ajax check for vendor\/seller shop url.<\/li>\n
- Work with all the themes and templates including responsive templates.<\/li>\n
- Contact to seller with captcha support.<\/li>\n
- Separate seller\u2019s product collection.<\/li>\n
- Different seller commission for every seller.<\/li>\n
- Tax management for seller \/ vendor.<\/li>\n
- Product Preview for product approval at admin.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n
<\/i>Installation of Marketplace Module<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
\nInstallation of the marketplace module is super simple after downloading the marketplace module from this URL\u00a0http:\/\/store.webkul.com\/Magento-Extensions\/Magento-Marketplace.html<\/a><\/p>\n
- \n
- For bundle product you may use following magento addon https:\/\/store.webkul.com\/Magento-Extensions\/Magento-Marketplace-Bundle-Product.html<\/a><\/li>\n
- For grouped product you may use following magento addon https:\/\/store.webkul.com\/Magento-Extensions\/Magento-Marketplace-Grouped-Product.html<\/a><\/li>\n
Now unzip the respective marketplace zip you will find the app folder inside that move that app and skin folder in magento root as per the screenshot.<\/p>\n
\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n<\/ul>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<\/i>Module Installation for Custom Theme<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
\nIf you are using custom theme then after module installation follow following steps carefully:<\/p>\n
- \n
- Go to your FTP directory where you installed Magento then find \u201capp\/design\/frontend\/default\/default\/template\u201d<\/b> folder and copy \u201cmarketplace\u201d<\/b> folder and paste into \u201c\/app\/design\/frontend\/your_theme_name\/default\/template\u201d<\/b> folder.<\/li>\n
- Then copy \u201cmarketplace.xml\u201d<\/b> file from \u201capp\/design\/frontend\/default\/default\/layout\u201d<\/b> folder and paste into \u201c\/app\/design\/frontend\/your_theme_name\/default\/layout\u201d<\/b> folder.<\/li>\n
- Go to \u201cskin\/frontend\/default\/default\u201d<\/b> folder,copy \u201cmarketplace”<\/b> folder and paste into \u201cskin\/frontend\/your_theme_name\/default\u201d<\/b> folder.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
After moving both the folder flush the cache from magento admin module. Under System > Cache Management.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n\n<\/i>Multi-seller marketplace configuration<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
\nAfter the successful installation of the marketplace module you will be able to see the configuration panel under system > configuration as per the below screen.<\/p>\n
\n\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\nAs per the above screen, you can see many admin config parameters for marketplace, we are going to explain every config parameters one by one:<\/p>\n
Percent per product sale<\/div>\nPercent % per product sale is the global commission which seller needs to enter, this commission mechanism will be applicable for all the sellers. Lets say as an example there is a seller S1 and his\/her product (P1)price is 100 USD so on the sale of product P1 seller will get 80 USD and admin will get 20 USD as commission.<\/p>\n
Attribute Set ID<\/div>\nAttribute Set ID is the attribute set ID for your global catalog by default this is Default that\u2019s why in the screenshot it is showing as default. Admin can select multiple attribute set from Multi-Select list.<\/p>\n
Product Approval Required<\/div>\nProduct Approval Required by this option admin can restrict automatic approval of the product. e.g if seller add a product every time product will be moderated by admin, store owner can set YES or NO<\/b>.<\/p>\n
About MarketPlace<\/div>\nThis is introduction message for your marketplace landing page. You can set anything here e.g \u201cWebkul Marketplace is the best marketplace module in the planet\u201d using WYSIWYG editor.<\/p>\n
MarketPlace Landing Page Label<\/div>\nMarketplace landing page label is the title of the marketplace for that particular store where marketplace has been installed, you will get more feel below as per the screenshot.<\/p>\n
MarketPlace Landing Page Button Label<\/div>\nMarketplace landing page button label is the title of the button for marketplace for that particular store where marketplace has been installed , you will get more feel below as per the screenshot.<\/p>\n
\n\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\nNow you can compare both the screen and can understand, this is a beautiful landing page for your marketplace module. Here list of sellers and latest added product by seller will display with shop create button and introduction text.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n\n<\/i>Marketplace Front-end Management<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
\nNow let’s see how the Marketplace work from the seller’s end.<\/p>\n
Marketplace vendor sign-up<\/div>\nSeller signup is pretty easy, user can signup for seller using marketplace landing page button or from store my account link and during signup they need to choose \u201cWant To Become Partner\u201d<\/p>\n
If they want to signup as a seller then they need to choose YES else NO<\/b>. If they choose YES then they need to put their shop URL which will be unique as per the screenshot.<\/p>\n
\n\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\nAs in above screen you can see the url name is nike. This shop url input field is ajax driven by which seller can see that particular URL does exist or not as below screens.<\/p>\n
\n\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\nAs per the above screen that URL does exist.<\/p>\n
\n\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\nAnd above url shows that URL does exist so seller need to choose another one.<\/p>\n
Marketplace Seller Panel Management<\/div>\nIf the user has been approved as a seller then the marketplace block will display in my account section of user as per the images.<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nYou can see there are five links for base marketplace module to manage seller profile and to add product in store. Let’s proceed one by one.<\/p>\n
Seller Profile<\/div>\nUsing this menu seller can his shop information like shop name, location about their shop banner image, shop logo, shop meta description and meta data and many more parameters, as per the below image screenshot.<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nAlso seller can choose their seller shop background and there are quick links for their shop and product collection.<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nPayment Details<\/div>\nUnder Payment Details, seller can add their bank account or PayPal id.<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nAfter inputting all the information you will get a beautiful shop page for your shop as below:<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nAnd when user will click on see more he will reach to seller\u2019s product collection page where user can filter the product based on the category where seller has assigned the product.<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nNew Products<\/div>\nUnder this menu seller can select suitable Attribute Set for any Product Type (simple,downloadable,virtual and configurable) to add his \/ her product. Seller can input product name, description, short description, price, stock, weight and multiple images. Also seller can add custom attributes but to use custom attributes and custom option admin need to have:<\/p>\n
- \n
- Custom attribute addon for marketplace –\u00a0https:\/\/store.webkul.com\/Magento-Extensions\/Marketplace-Custom-Attribute.html<\/a><\/li>\n
- custom option add-on for marketplace \u00a0 –\u00a0https:\/\/store.webkul.com\/Magento-Extensions\/Magento-Marketplace-Custom-Option.html<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Note – Above two plugin does not come with marketplace base plugin admin need to purchase both the addons to use them.<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n
Add product screen will look something like that. Also proper validation has been applied for seller product add screen with live Ajax check for product SKU.<\/p>\n
<\/a>
\n<\/a><\/p>\nAfter successful product addition (if in the module admin product moderation is set NO then product will be approved automatically)<\/em> seller can edit or delete the added product and can manage by their end using under my product list.<\/p>\n
My Product List<\/div>\nusing this menu, seller can manage their product like they can update their product, delete their product can track their product sales and can mange their stock as per the screenshot.<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nMy Dashboard<\/div>\nUsing seller dashboard seller can track his sales using interactive chart, recent orders and recent comments with total sales matrix.<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nAlso seller can ask questions or doubt to admin directly from my dashboard.<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nMarketplace Seller Order History<\/div>\nUsing this link seller can see their products order history in one shop. Order history comes with pagination as per the screenshot.<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nThats all from seller front end using base marketplace module. More menu will appear in marketplace block as you will install more marketplace plugin.<\/p>\n
Marketplace feedback and rating system<\/div>\nBuyer can rate seller under their profile with star rate vote and feedback message, user need to be logged in to cast a review and rating.<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nAs above screen you can see feedback link under seller profile.<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nAlso above the screen, you can see user can put the review about the seller, these reviews will be moderated by the admin of the store.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n\n<\/i>Admin Management<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
\nAfter the successful setup of the marketplace module, admin will be able to see new admin menu \u201cMarketplace Management\u201d as per the below screenshot:<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nManage Products<\/div>\nThis menu is responsible for seller product management if from marketplace configuration panel (system > configuration > Webkul)<\/b> product approval is required then in this case every product added by seller need to be approved by admin. Product approval will happen from manage product menu as per the screenshot.<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nAs you can see there is a prev<\/em><\/b> button which will show the preview screen for product added by seller as per the image.<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nManage Partners<\/div>\nThis menu is responsible for seller management if from marketplace configuration panel (system > configuration > Webkul)<\/b> partner approval is required then in this case every seller need to be approved by admin as per the image below.<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nThere is a action drop down menu by where admin can make pending customer to seller and visa Versa.<\/p>\n
Also as you can see a column order when admin will click here it will display all the order of that particular seller as per the screen.<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nAlso under view admin can view the complete order of that seller.<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nAlso mode of payment here is the payment details added by seller from my account > seller information<\/b>. It can be anything lets sat bank account number or PayPal id where seller need payment from admin.<\/p>\n
Manage Commission<\/div>\nManage commission menu is responsible for all the commission management despite of global commission there is an individual seller commission by which admin can set different different commission for different different sellers.<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nUnder this screen there are some terms which needs to be explained and the explanation are below:<\/p>\n
Pay Action<\/div>\nPay action in grid will clear the payment for that particular seller lets say Seller S1 have a remaining amount 100 USD then after the pay button has been clicked that’s mean seller have already send the payment now he \/ she is going to clear it (no actual payment with any payment gateway will happen here this link is for calculation only).<\/p>\n
Under drop down the action is same as per grid but it can be applied for multiple seller.<\/p>\n
Commission<\/div>\nThis column is for per seller commission display. All these information can be seen under customer > manage customer<\/b>.
\n<\/a><\/p>\nAs admin can all the sales matrix here and can set the per product commission %.<\/p>\n
Payment mode<\/div>\nPayment mode is payment detail entered by the seller during account creation under my product > seller information, this payment details will be used by admin to pay the sellers.<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nAdd a Product<\/div>\nThis tab is very useful when admin needs to assign any product to any particular seller, admin can set the product id of the product into seller account.<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nWant to remove Partner<\/div>\nUsing this tab admin can make that seller to a normal customer.<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nFeedback Management<\/div>\nThis menu is responsible for all the feedback and review management for that seller which will be added by customers, admin can perform the following:<\/p>\n
- \n
- Approve<\/li>\n
- Unapprove<\/li>\n
- Delete<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
** Additional Information only for Marketplace Combined Product (i.e. to allow Simple, Downloadable, Virtual, Configurable products)<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n
In combined Marketplace, Admin allows the type of products(like simple, downloadable, virtual, configurable) which was added by seller.<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nHere, admin need to select the product type inside system->configuration->Marketplace<\/b>.<\/p>\n
The frontend for multi-select product type look like this:<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nHere seller can select the product type for product addition.<\/p>\n
That’s all for the base marketplace module , still have any issue feel free to add a ticket and let us know your views to make the module better\u00a0http:\/\/webkul.com\/ticket\/index.php<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
- custom option add-on for marketplace \u00a0 –\u00a0https:\/\/store.webkul.com\/Magento-Extensions\/Magento-Marketplace-Custom-Option.html<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- Then copy \u201cmarketplace.xml\u201d<\/b> file from \u201capp\/design\/frontend\/default\/default\/layout\u201d<\/b> folder and paste into \u201c\/app\/design\/frontend\/your_theme_name\/default\/layout\u201d<\/b> folder.<\/li>\n
- For grouped product you may use following magento addon https:\/\/store.webkul.com\/Magento-Extensions\/Magento-Marketplace-Grouped-Product.html<\/a><\/li>\n
- For bundle product you may use following magento addon https:\/\/store.webkul.com\/Magento-Extensions\/Magento-Marketplace-Bundle-Product.html<\/a><\/li>\n