Best B2B & B2C Magento® Marketplace Extension
The Magento® Marketplace Multi Vendor Extension transforms your B2B or B2C eCommerce store into a thriving multi vendor online marketplace similar to Amazon, eBay, and Etsy.
Scalable with immense management and customization options, this is the best Magento tool available to grow your online retail business and surpass the competition.
Create a Successful MarketplaceThe extension allows vendors and suppliers to create and update product collections and track and manage orders through a supplier account within your Magento e-Commerce store. |
Sample Online Store Created With the Magento Marketplace Extension |
This gives both the site admin and suppliers an easy way to manage vendor products, shipping options, and fulfill orders, track sales, and split commissions.
The CM Magento Marketplace extension includes all the functionality available in the CM Supplier Frontend Product Uploader, allowing sellers to upload and manage their own inventory lists for all product types.
Great eCommerce Platform for Suppliers & Retailers
Multiple SellersAllow multiple vendors to easily manage and sell products on your site. They are granted access to an intuitive vendor dashboard, separate from the admin dashboard. |
Vendor Panel - Configuring Products |
Orders ListVendors manage orders from their product collections, giving them more control over pricing and shipping. |
Vendor Panel - Managing Orders |
Detailed ReportsReal-time sales reports on product sales, total sales, revenue and more, with many filtering options. The essential information to create profitable strategies |
Sold Products by Supplier |
Vendors SubscriptionsCreate different vendor subscription plans, all payable and renewable through the Vendor Dashboard. An example: 10 vendor products with a 3 month subscription for $50 |
The Vendor Dashboard |
Multiple Vendor B2C Marketplace Plugin – Admin Benefits:
- Simple Inventory Management – Create your eCommerce niche-based B2C Marketplace without worrying about inventory management.
- Flexible Vendor Commission – Set a default vendor sales commission fee, or offer custom fees for each individual seller.
- Powerful Moderation – Moderate vendor profiles, product information, shipping arrangements and supplier capabilities.
- Advanced Reporting – Receive detailed sales reports and filter them by supplier, category, customer group, and more.
- Unified Cart System – Our eCommerce Marketplace extension can process all payments within a single shopping cart system.
- Automated Vendor Payments – Choose whether to pay vendors manually or automatically.
Multi Vendor Magento Marketplace extension – Supplier Benefits:
- Quick Setup – Sell products online without having to maintain and promote your eCommerce website.
- Product Collection Management – Create, update, manage and track products of any type, including configurable products, digital products, and simple products. Manage your own inventory, orders, pricing and shipping arrangements independently.
- Unique Supplier Profile – Create an impressive seller profile, where customers can view company information, vendor products, and user reviews
- Advanced Sales Tracking – Track sales with detailed sales reports for your product collections.
- Product Groups – Sell the same product as a different vendor, but set your own price. Check video
Additional Modules
For more information about each module, please check the “Modules” tab
- Marketplace PayPal Vendor Payments
- Marketplace Multi-Vendor Pickup Time
- Marketplace Vendor Subscription
- Marketplace Schedule Delivery Date AddOn
- Marketplace Questions and Answers
- Marketplace RMA
- Marketplace FedEx Shipping
- Marketplace Bargain Price
Marketplace Module Additional Requirements and Customization
Let us know if you are missing any marketplace functionality. We can help you customize the extension to meet your specific needs and business requirements.
Multi Vendor Marketplace Module Related Resources
- Managing a Multi-Vendor Marketplace with CM Extensions for Magento®
- The Ultimate Guide to Managing a Thriving Multi-Vendor Store
- Top 5 Magento Marketplace Extensions
- How to Build a Community for your Magento Marketplace
- Fresh New Features to Magento Multi-Vendor Marketplace Module
- Video: How to Split Orders by Vendor in Your Online Marketplace
- Video: How to Add Product Types to the Online Marketplace As a Vendor
- Video: How to Sell the Same Product from Different Vendors
Multi Vendor Marketplace module Related Extensions
Multi Vendor Marketplace Module Detailed Features
Admin Moderation Capabilities
- Multi Seller Marketplace– Allow multiple merchants to upload their products directly to your Magento® store.
- DropShipping– Allow your suppliers/vendors to create a chain of supply, enabling them to develop their own global business with advanced dropshipping options.
- Inventory Management– Give other employees limited access to manage vendor products from the front-end, without using the Admin interface.
- Admin Moderation– Admin can moderate product information, shipping arrangements and supplier capabilities.
- Advanced Billing– Allows admin to process all payments with a single shopping cart system.
- Separate Login– Admin can set a separate registration and login page for suppliers.
- Product List– Admin has a list of all sellers products added by the supplier.
- Change Product Supplier– Admin can change a product’s supplier/owner.
- Sales Reports– Admin can generate a supplier’s sales report.
- Filter Sales Reports– Filter sales reports by suppliers, product categories, customer groups and more.
- Billing Reports– Admin can have billing report for each order.
- Vendor Approval– Admin can manually approve vendor’s profile after registration, or have it approved automatically.
- Product Approval– Admin can decide if imported products are approved automatically or need approval from the admin panel.
- Vendor Payment Tracking– Track billing to organize your monthly vendor payments.
Admin Customization Options
- Customize Product Forms– Product forms can be easily changed in the admin panel.
- Metadata Labels– Admin can change the labels of the existing product metadata.
- Product Attributes– Admin can can set which Attribute Set can be used in vendor product creation.
- Product Categories– Admin can define what categories are available for all suppliers or set them for each supplier.
- Supplier Order List– Admin can define what orders will be displayed on the supplier order list.
- Tax Group– Admin can define tax group for seller’s products.
- Admin Fees– Admin can either set a default fee charge for supplier revenues, or set individual fees for each supplier.
- Product SKU– Admin can define if suppliers can define products SKU or it will be auto-generated.
- Uploading Images– Admin can define how many images can be uploaded per product by suppliers.
- Product Types– Admin can define what product type can be created by supplier.
- Downloadable Products– Admin can define the type of downloadable product files and the max size.
- Product Page– Admin can define whether or not to show sellers products on their profile pages.
- Supplier Profile– Admin can define custom fields for suppliers’ profiles – they can also set some of the fields as system so they won’t be shown on suppliers’ profile pages.
Seller Product Management
- Add Product– Suppliers can add products (simple, virtual, downloadable and configurable), they can add product descriptions, add product metadata and add product images
- Stock Management– Product management tool for vendors to add a product or manage products that are already in their inventory
- Configurable Products– Supplier can create associated products for configurable product or use existing products which match a configurable product
- CSV– Supplier can import products from a CSV file and their images
- Frontend Preview– Supplier can preview products on the frontend before they go live
- Supplier Product List– Suppliers can view and manage products from the frontend
- Add Product Form- Supplier can add new elements to the supplier product form
- Cloning Products– Supplier can clone their product
- Shipping Information– Easily print and save shipping information according to the selected carrier’s requirements
Supplier Tools and Seller Dashboard
- Supplier Panel– Every supplier has a link on their own seller dashboard page with the products upload and stock management features
- Sales Reports– Supplier is provided with a seller dashboard with sales and revenue graphs
- Order Management– Suppliers can manage their orders, initiate shipping, print shipping labels and create invoices for orders from the seller portal
- Supplier Ratings– Each seller has star ratings shown on their profile
- Email Notifications– Supplier/Admin notifications of new orders, new products uploaded/approved
- Supplier’s Detailed Reports– View a report of each sellers’ most viewed products, bestsellers, and ordered products, export reports to a CSV file.
- Shipping Methods– Suppliers choose multiple shipping methods for their products – they can set a Flat Rate, Table Rate or Free Shipping.
- Supplier Profile– Suppliers can create a profile with name, description and can upload avatars
- Custom Notifications– Sellers can define which notifications they will receive.
- Multishipping– Each vendor can add multiple shipping methods. Customers can select their own preferred shipping option.
Marketplace Additional Requirements and Customization
Let us know if you are missing any functionality. We can help you customize the extension to meet your specific needs and business requirements.
Compare the CM Marketplace Multi-Vendor Module to other Marketplace Modules:
Magento MarketPlace Multi Vendor Modules
These modules can be used to add even more handy eCommerce functionalities to the Marketplace Multi Vendor Extension.
Each module is $69 on top of the price of the extension, and come with a year of updates and support.
Marketplace PayPal Vendor Payments
This module lets store managers quickly transfer money to marketplace vendors directly via PayPal.
Vendors add their PayPal account email to their profile, then simply set transfers to automatic or manual mode.
Marketplace Multi-Vendor Pickup Time
When a customer purchases an item, they can decide whether to pick up the product directly from the store.
This module lets the vendor set which time slots customers can use to pick up their store purchases.
Marketplace Vendor Subscription
This module lets you create subscription plans for vendors, restricting how many products a vendor can create before payment.
Each plan is created as a virtual product, which the vendor purchases to activate their subscription.
Marketplace Questions and Answers
Let customers ask vendors questions about their products from the product page.
Vendors can answer the customer privately or publicly (meaning the question and answer will be published on the product page after admin approval). All questions and answers are manageable through the Admin panel.
Vendors can use the merchant’s FedEx account to calculate shipping from their origin.
Vendors can then create shipping labels directly from their vendor dashboard (requires Fedex approval for label creation).
Marketplace Supplier Redirection
This addon binds a custom domain to a seller’s profile page. This lets vendors have their own domain while still working within the larger marketplace.
Example: Admin defines that vendor A has the domain vendorcustomdomain.com. When a customer enters this url they will see vendor A’s profile page.
Allow admin and vendors to manage return requests for products.
Customers can open a return request. If approved by the admin or vendor, the product return and refund is managed by the admin.
With this addon, vendors can point to a CSV file which be used on a daily basis to update their inventory in their marketplace installation.
This is an auction module lets vendors enable price suggestions from customers. Vendors can set an initial product price or also accept a price offer from customers.
On the product page a small form appears where a customer can suggest what price they would like to pay. If the seller accepts the offer, the product is added to cart with the suggested price.
Allow the vendor or admin to define a minimum order amount or quantity of products per day or order.
Customers are notified on the cart or checkout page if products from a specific vendor don’t meet the minimum quantity or amount defined by the vendor. They will not able to place an order until they reach the minimum amount or remove products belonging to the seller with the restriction.
Marketplace Schedule Delivery Date
Set a delivery date during checkout for specific items in the cart. Customers can choose when the ordered item should be delivered to them, with the option to configure delivery dates for each product during checkout.
Vendors can choose which products from their product collection have this feature enabled.
Split products in one order into multiple orders for each vendor.
If a customer has several products in their cart that belongs to 3 different vendors, the addon will create 3 different orders- one order for each vendor with all the products belonging to that seller.
EXAMPLES OF SITES USING M1 MARKETPLACE MULTI VENDOR EXTENSION
Multi Vendor Marketplace Plugin – Admin Panel
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- General Configuration
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- Manage Suppliers
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- Manage Supplier’s Products
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- Billing Reports
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- Supplier Shipping Costs
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- Sold Products by Supplier
Multi Vendor Marketplace Plugin – Vendor Panel
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- Supplier Dashboard
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- Adding Products
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- Upload Products
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- Product List
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- Configurable Products
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- Order List
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- Order View
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- Supplier Page
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- Reports
Marketplace Questions and Answers Addon
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- Admin Configuration
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- Admin Manage Questions and Answers
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- Supplier Manage Questions and Answers
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- Questions and Answers on Product Page
Marketplace Schedule Delivery Date Addon
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- Delivery Date in Order Details (User View)
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- Delivery Date in Order Details (Admin Panel)
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- Deliver Date in Order Details (Supplier Panel)
Multi-Vendor Marketplace Extension Frequently Asked Questions
Please check the user guide to learn more about this extension.
Can the Marketplace administrator control which products to publish on their online store?
Absolutely. The Marketplace administrator can determine which suppliers can be trusted to freely upload products and which suppliers require admin moderation and approval
The built-in notifications system will notify you whenever a new uploaded product requires moderation and approval and will also notify suppliers when their product has been approved, moderated or dismissed.
To learn more about this feature see this Help article.
Is there an automated system for delivering payments to suppliers?
Not in the standard edition. The extension includes an admin billing system that lets you track pending payments to vendors, but the actual payment is done manually based on the agreed fee.
To learn more about this feature see this Help article.
What is the admin fee for selling supplier products?
The admin can determine a default fee for all supplier sales, or create a custom fee for each supplier based on mutual agreement.
To learn more about Sales fees for vendors on your store read this Help article.
How will store payments be processed?
Will suppliers have access to my admin account?
To learn more about how the Vendor Panel works see this Help Article>
How many suppliers can I have on my store?
Does the extension support APIs for managing the marketplace?
Yes, the extension works with the default Magento API as well as custom API methods for the extension, the available API calls can be found here.
If one order combines multiple products from different vendors, Can the order be split between the vendors?
Yes. The default behavior splits the products between the vendors – If you would rather create a different order for each vendor then you should check out the Order Split addon.
Can vendors control there own shipping price?
Yes. Each vendor can create three different shipping methods in settings: Free, flat rate, and table rate – that can add shipping costs based on price, quantity or destination
Learn more about vendors shipping prices in this Help Document
Can vendors automatically update their inventory on the marketplace?
Yes. By using the Inventory Updater add-on vendors can add a link to their self hosted inventory file and it will update from this file on a daily basis.
Learn more about the inventory updater add-on by clicking here
