Magento® Supplier Inventory Management
The Magento® Supplier Product Inventory Management Extension by CreativeMinds allows approved suppliers to add and manage products on a front-end dashboard of your site.
Managing Inventory DashboardThis inventory management extension has the ability to benefit both admin and suppliers.Admins have the ability to manage suppliers and uploaded products, while store suppliers can upload products from a front-end dashboard without gaining access to the store admin panel. |
Frontend dashboard grid showing all vendor products |
Managing Product AttributesAdmin can assign attribute sets available for each supplier or vendor, while maintaining the admin's exclusive ability to approve or dismiss uploaded products, as well as being able to moderate supplier products which need further editing. |
Vendor's Edit / Add product screen showing attributes available |
Vendor ReportsReporting features allow admin and suppliers to generate detailed reports on sold items and sales achievements. This helps admin track supplier performance. |
Vendor dashboard showing revenue report and graph |
Magento® Stock Management Extension Uses
- Inventory Management – Give suppliers,vendors or employees limited management access to upload products from a front-end dashboard
- Stock Management- Help make sure a supplier product is always in stock
- Maintain Admin Capabilities including product approval and moderation
- Save Admin Time – Allow suppliers to upload their product information directly to your Magento® store
- Update Product Inventory – Let suppliers update stock data to prevent misunderstandings
- Sales Reports– Admin and suppliers can see revenue reports to track performance
- Supplier Management Panel – Each supplier has a private dashboard where uploaded products can be viewed and managed
- Supplier Product List – Suppliers can view and manage their products from the front-end dashboard
- Vendor Assignment– Admin can assign a vendor or supplier with a product
Compare CM Supplier Product Upload to Other CM Extensions
Compare between CM MultiVendor Marketplace and CM Frontend Uploader
Supplier Frontend Product Uploader Related Resources:
- Overview of Magento Online Tutorials for Beginners and Advanced Ecommerce Users
- Down to the Basics: How to Install a Magento Extension
- The Ultimate Beginners Guide to Magento
Supplier Frontend Product Uploader Related Extensions
Supplier Product Inventory Management – Admin Features
Please check the user guide to learn more about this extension.
- Product Approval– Admin can decide if created products are approved automatically or need approval from admin panel
- Supplier Registration– Enable/Disable option for suppliers to register in a separate form
- Vendor Profile Approval– Admin can set to approve vendor’s profile after registration, or have it approved automatically
- Customize Product Upload Form– Product upload/edit forms can be easily customized in the admin panel
- Product Labels– Admin can change the labels of the existing product metadata
- Supplier Reports– Admin has a report of all the products added by the supplier
- Sales Filtering– Filter sales reports by suppliers, product categories, customer groups, and more
- Product Supplier– Admin can change product’s supplier/owner
- Supplier Tax Group– Admin can define tax groups for supplier’s products
- Product SKU– Admin can decide if suppliers can define products SKU or it will be auto-generated
- Number of Images– Admin can define the maximum number of images that can be uploaded per product by a supplier
- Product Type– Admin can define what type of product can be created by suppliers
- Downloadable Products– Admin can define the type of downloadable product file types and their maximum size
Frontend Products Inventory Management – Supplier Features
- Product Uploader– Suppliers can add new products (simple, configurable, downloadable and virtual), each containing a product description, metadata and images
- Stock Management– Suppliers can view and manage their products from a frontend dashboard
- Product Preview– Preview products on the frontend before they go live
- Supplier Login Page– Separate registration and login page for suppliers
- Supplier Notifications– Suppliers can receive approved product notification and order notification
- Cloning Products– Supplier can clone their products
- Sales Reports– Suppliers can track sales performance
Frontend Products Inventory Management Image Gallery
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- Adding associated products for configurable product
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- Supplier notification settings
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- Admin email template settings for suppliers
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- Unique vendors login page
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- Vendor unique registration page
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- Supplier dashboard
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- Supplier import from csv
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- Supplier frontend product list
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- Supplier product list – more actions
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- Product page preview for supplier product
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- Supplier edit product page
Frontend Products Inventory Management Frequently Asked Questions
Please check the user guide to learn more about this extension.
Is there a limit to how many supplier accounts can upload products to my store?
No. Anyone who has a customer account can upgrade to a supplier account and upload products to your store, that is of course assuming they have your admin approval. You can approve as many supplier accounts as you like and even add them yourself manually.
The only limitation you might run into is, if you end up having many many suppliers selling products frequently making your site high traffic, in which case be mindful of the quality of your hosting provider
Does the extension let suppliers access my Magento admin dashboard?
Absolutely not! Each supplier account has its own front end dashboard from which the supplier can upload and manage products. There is no need for the suppliers to log into the Magento admin dashboard at all.
To learn more about the Vendor Portal, read this Help article
This is an example of what the supplier frontend looks like
Will I be able to approve or dismiss products uploaded to my site?
Yes. In the admin panel you can determine which suppliers you trust and that can freely upload products and which of suppliers require admin moderation and approval.
The built in notifications system will notify you whenever a newly uploaded product requires moderation and approval and will also notify suppliers when their product has been approved, moderated or dismissed.
Learn more about Admin Moderation of supplier added products in this Help Article
Can a customer buy from multiple vendors in one order?
Yes, customers can buy from multiple vendors in one single order. In this case, the shipping cost is calculated as the total sum of shipping costs from all vendors in the current cart.
For example, if you have three products in your cart, 2 from one vendor, and 1 from another vendor, total shipping costs will be the sum of shipping cost set up by one vendor for his products, plus the shipping cost set by the second vendor for his product.
To learn more about Multiple Vendors in One Order see this Help Article
Can Suppliers be notified by the Extension when an order for their product(s) has been made on the store?
Yes. There is a notification feature for vendors built into the extension that they can enable or disable.
It’s also possible for the Administrator to decide globally for all Vendors or individually for each Vendor whether or not notifications are sent to them when orders for their products come in.
Learn More about this feature by reading this Help article
Is it possible to have suppliers who provide digital content manage uploads/downloads with this Extensions?
Yes, the Supplier Frontend Product uploader allows the uploading of Digital, virtual, simple and Configurable products.
Learn More about this digital product by reading this Help article
What types of products can a supplier upload?
The extension offers suppliers the option to create simple, configurable, virtual and downloadable products.