Add vendors on your store & allow them to sell their products. Multi-vendor Marketplace Magento Extension is the best extension to start business online. Checkout the demo, features of this extension here..
2. Table Of Content
1. Introduction
2. Installation Guide
2.1 How to Install
2.2 After Installation
3. Uninstallation Guide
4. How It Works
5. Features List
5.1 Admin Features
5.2 Customer Features
5.1 Other Features
6. Demo
6.1 Frontend
6.2 Backend
7. FAQ
8. Contact
3. Introduction
The Multivendor Marketplace Magento Extension help you to start
your eCommerce business. Add vendors in your store & allow them to sell
their products. So, that you as well as vendors gets the profit on each sell.
As an admin, you can easily manage your vendors, approve / disapprove
vendors request, pay commission, handle shipping & payment, etc.
5. Installation Guide
Step 1- How to Install
2. Go to System Magento → Connect → Magento Connect Manager
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Step 1- How to Install
3. Enter your Magento username and password for the Magento Connect
Manager.
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Step 1- How to Install
4. Under the ‘Direct package file upload’ section, select the Choose
File button.
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5. Select the file and click Upload.
6. Click on Return to Admin.
7. Go to System Cache Management → → Flush Magento Cache.
8. To Complete installation, logout and log back into your
Admin panel.
Step 1- How to Install
9. How to Clear Cache?
1. Open Magento Admin Panel.
2. Go to System → Cache Management.
3. Check, All Cache Types and in the Actions box select Refresh.
4. Then select All Cache types and in the Actions box
select Disable.
5. Also, click Flush Magento Cache and Flush Cache Storage.
Buttons.
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Step 2- After Installation
1. Extension will be enabled automatically. Check under System →
Configuration → Advanced → Disable Modules Output to confirm.
2. It is enabled under name – Ocodewire_Multivendor
and Ocodewire_Multivendor profile.
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Step 2- After Installation
3. Now, Go to System Configuration Ocodewire → → Multivendor
-> Configuration. Under General Settings, define Commission
Percent Per Product to be charged to all vendors and enter the
"MYSQL prefix", if any for your database.
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Step 2- After Installation
1. Vendors, Vendors products and Vendors commissions can
be managed in admin menu under Multivendor Management
(MVM).
13. Multivendor Management
1. Manage Products - Admin can approve/disapprove/view the
different products submitted by different vendors.
2. Manage Vendors – Admin can add/edit/delete/approve/disapprove the users as
vendors and default users.
3. Manage Commissions - Admin can pay the pending commission
payments to the vendors individually or mass pay. Currently
PayPal is supported. Vendors are required to have PayPal
accounts to receive the payments.
14. Uninstallation Guide
1. Login to your Magento Admin Panel.
2. Go to System Magento Connect → → Magento Connect Manager.
3. Enter your Magento Connect Manager username and password.
4. Locate the extension you are uninstalling in the
Magento Existing Extensions section.
5. Select Uninstall in the column Actions.
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6. Click on Commit Changes and for the extension to be
successfully removed.
7. Click on Return to Admin.
8. Go to System Cache Management → → Flush Magento Cache.
16. How to Make a Database Backup
1. Backup your data, before making any changes.
2. You can use a native backup tool in
Admin Panel → System → Tools → Backups.
3. Click the Database Backup button, now the tool is
copying the data from your store’s database to your local
Database.
4. The Magento backup file appears in /var/backup/
after the procedure.
17. Admin Features
1. Create and manage Vendors.
2. Accept or reject Vendor Membership Request.
3. Set auto-approve products for the trusted vendors.
4. Manage commissions for vendors.
5. Controlled and configure all aspects of customer to vendor
communication and interaction.
6. Manage Vendor Products in the Admin (approve/disapprove).
7. Create the customer group and can set the different
commissions to the different group.
8. Create the different types of the Subscription Plan for
the vendors.
18. Vendor Features
1. Sign Up in front end and will wait for the approval of the Admin to become a
vendor.
2. Manage their products, categories, etc.
3. Create product attributes.
4. Create categories.
5. Check the order on the their dashboard( VENDOR DASHBOARD ).
6. Check the Pending or Approved status on the Vendor Dashboard.
7. Store page for each vendors.
8. Able to tag products like New, Featured, Popular, etc. for
buyers.
19. Frontend Features
1. Vendor Sign up.
2. All Vendors listing.
3. Vendor Dashboard with Total sales, latest orders, Chart.
4. Vendor can manage products (add/edit/delete).
5. Three types of products - Simple, Virtual and Downloadable.
6. Vendor can create product attributes, categories.
7. Vendor profile page management, shop page management.
8. Vendor product collection.
9. Latest and best sellers for Vendors on Vendor Shop page.
10. Vendor Payment Method.
11. Vendor Featured & Daily Deal product on Profile and shop page
12. Vendor Ratings and Feedback option.
20. Some Other Features
1. Easy to install & customize.
2. User-friendly- customer can easily design their products.
3. No front end layout override or extra code.
4. Support multiple languages & stores.
5. 100% Open Source
36. FAQ
Q: Is there any functionality in admin by which super admin can set
commission amount for vendors for their respected orders?
A: Yes, there are two options here. %age based commissions or
Vendor signup based on membership. So, you can choose either
of the options to set for your store.
Q: How can set the vendor commission?
A: You can set the vendor commissions through the super admin & set
the fix commission on the basis of the customer subscription group.
But, it will be for all the suppliers and you can not set the commissions
on the individual product basis.
37. FAQ
Q: Where to set the commission prices or % for each product or
vendor?
A: First create the vendor group and can set the commission for the
different group. It is only on the vendors level not on the product
Q: How can admin Pay Commission to the Vendors?
A: In this extension, admin can pay commission to vendors through
PayPal right now we are using the PayPal Sandbox Account
details.
38. FAQ
Q: How can admin Pay Commission to the Vendors?
A: In this extension, admin can pay commission to vendors through
PayPal and right now we are using the PayPal Sandbox Account details.
Q: Is there any way to assign products to a vendor from product tab in
Magento Backend?
A: There is no any any way to assign the product to the vendor
from the admin, it can be identified from the vendor dashboard from the
Frontend.
39. FAQ
Q: Using Custom Vendor Sign Up Form or Default Magento Sign Up
Form?
A: Currently we are using the default Magento Sign up form.
Q: Vendor be able to tag products like New, Featured, Popular, etc for
buyers?
A: Vendor can do that for the featured products and the deals
products.
Q: Is there any Store Page for each vendor?
A: Yes, there is the store page for each vendors.
40. FAQ
Q: Can a buyer purchase products from several vendors in one
shopping cart?
A: The default cart is of Magento only and hence customers can buy from any
number vendors at a time.
Q: How can vendor see the order in their store & mark the order as
paid ?
A: The vendor can check the order on the their dashboard( VENDOR
DASHBOARD) as well check the pending or approved status there.
41. FAQ
Q: How payments and shipping method works for all vendors? Is
the vendor use their own shipping & payment method or admin
manage that?
A: Shipping methods would be standard, whatever methods set by
the admin.
Q: If there is multiple vendor on site and they are selling their
product - one user come on site and buy two different product
from two different vendor at time, then the bill will be generated for
different vendor?
A: Yes, it would generate different invoices per vendor.