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MultiVendor — Multi-vendor marketplace for S-Cart (Free) · MultiVendorPro (Pro)

Name: Multi-vendor marketplace for S-Cart
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Introduction

MultiVendor turns an S-Cart website into a multi-vendor marketplace on a single domain: vendors (vendors) list their products on one shared storefront, shoppers buy from several vendors in one visit, and the marketplace collects the payment, then pays each vendor back after keeping a commission. This page is for business owners and S-Cart site owners deciding whether to open a marketplace: what the plugin does, what Free gives you and what Pro adds. It is the entry point to the detailed documents below.

What the plugin does

MultiVendor lets several vendors trade on one website of yours. Each vendor gets their own store page and their own admin area, posts their own products and handles their own orders.

Shoppers buy the way they always do: they put goods from several stores in one cart and pay once — the system splits that into one order per store.

You keep the money and the control: the marketplace collects from the shopper, keeps a commission, then pays each vendor per period; you decide who may sell and which products go live.

Pro adds the tools you need once the marketplace gets busy: vendor plans, clawback when an order is refunded, disputes, identity verification, reporting and wholesale ordering for dealers.

In detail

Features marked Pro need MultiVendorPro installed next to the free plugin.

Selling on the marketplace

Feature	What it does	Edition
Store directory and store pages	`/vendor` lists every store; each store has its own page at `/vendor/{code}` with cover, logo, banners, its own categories and three tabs — Products · Reviews · About	Free
Vendor label on products	Product cards show the name and icon of the store selling them	Free
Cart split per store	Shoppers buy from several stores in one checkout; the system creates one order per store	Free
Public trust signals	Complaint rate, typical handling time, share of complaints and reviews answered; computed over 90 days, hidden until the store has enough orders	Free
Wholesale for dealers	A quick-order page per store (paste a "SKU, quantity" list, re-order a previous order, export a quote to Excel); dealer price groups each store sets for itself; store staff typing an order for a customer at that customer's own price	Pro

Money flow

Feature	What it does	Edition
The marketplace collects	Only the owner configures payment gateways; vendors never take money from the shopper directly	Free
Payout ledger per period	Completed orders are gathered per period: the amount owed after commission, the vendor's payout account, the transaction reference	Free
Marketplace-wide commission	One rate applied to every store	Free
Commission per store	Resolved in order: the store's own rate → its plan's rate → the marketplace rate	Pro
Vendor plans	A product cap, a plan commission and a periodic fee deducted straight from the next payout — a second income stream next to commission	Pro
Batch payouts	One bank instruction file for many stores, plus Excel statements both sides can reconcile against	Pro
Automatic clawback	An order you already paid out, later refunded or cancelled, creates a negative row offset against the next period	Pro
Reporting	Orders per store; commission per store and per period, exportable to Excel	Pro

Control and operations

Feature	What it does	Edition
Dedicated vendor admin	`/vendor_admin`: dashboard, products, categories, banners, suppliers, orders (tracking code, packing slip), store info, payout history	Free
Vendor and product moderation	Allow or block self-registration; auto-approve or approve by hand, per store and per product	Free
Approval queue	Stores, products and verification profiles in one screen; a rejection needs a reason and is logged	Pro
How far a vendor may move an order	The owner chooses: shipping status only · plus confirming the order · plus completing it	Pro (Free stays at confirm + shipping)
Two-step disputes	The customer opens one under their order; the vendor answers first, the marketplace decides last; the refund is booked straight into the order	Pro
Identity verification (KYC)	Profiles stored encrypted, a "verified" badge; optionally hold products and payouts until verification is done	Pro
Vendors configure their own plugins	Shipping, promotions… within what the marketplace opens; payment gateways always stay with the marketplace	Pro
E-mail notifications	Free: the vendor is e-mailed on a new order. Pro: adds store approval, payout, adjustment and dispute mails, plus pending-review mails to the marketplace	Free · Pro

👉 See it running on the public demo: https://m-vendor.s-cart.org

How MultiVendor differs from Multi-Store

Both plugins talk about "many stores", but they are two different business models, and they cannot be installed together on one website (the installer refuses, to keep the shared store data intact). Pick the right one before you start:

Criterion	🛒 Multi-Vendor (this plugin)	🏢 Multi-Store
Who owns the goods	Independent vendors trading on your marketplace	One owner — your own business
Model	Marketplace	A chain of stores / several brands of the same owner
Domains	One domain; each store is a page at `/vendor/{code}`	One domain per store
Who lists products	Each vendor lists their own, the marketplace approves	You do, choosing which store a product belongs to
Money flow	The marketplace collects, keeps a commission and pays vendors per period	The money is yours, nothing is shared
Who signs in to administer	Vendors use their own `/vendor_admin`, scoped to their store	You (plus per-store administrators in Multi-Store Pro)
Right for you when	You want to invite other people to sell and earn a commission	You want several websites/domains for one business

In one line: Multi-Vendor is a marketplace for other people's shops; Multi-Store is several shops of your own. If every product is yours and you only need more domains, use Multi-Store instead: gp247.net/en/product/multi-store-pro.html.

Documentation

Document	Contents
Detailed guide	Operating model, key workflows (diagrams), features by role, marketplace settings, vendor payout process, conditions & rules
Installation guide	Install S-Cart 3.x, install and enable the plugin, create the first vendor, verify
Release history	Versions and changes
Product page	gp247.net — MultiVendor

Free vs Pro

Who buys Pro: the marketplace owner. Vendors and customers never pay anything to GP247 and never see an upgrade offer — the Free edition shows the owner where each Pro feature would live, and one click explains it.

Free is a working marketplace for up to 3 vendors. Pro is a second plugin installed on top of Free (MultiVendorPro, requires MultiVendor): install it and every locked entry opens the real screen — nothing is reinstalled, no data moves, and the tables Pro created are kept if you ever remove it.

	MultiVendor (Free)	MultiVendorPro (Pro)
Vendor stores	up to 3	unlimited
Store page, directory, trust signals, cart split per vendor	yes	yes
Commission	one marketplace rate	+ a rate per vendor and a rate per plan
Vendor plans (product cap, plan commission, periodic fee netted from payouts, self-service plan choice)	—	yes
Payout ledger per period	yes	+ vendor payout account (encrypted), Excel statements for both sides, bank instruction file per batch with one-click batch settlement
Clawback after payout (refund / cancel of an order already paid)	—	automatic, netted into the next period
Disputes / refund requests through the marketplace	—	two-step desk: vendor answers, marketplace decides, refund booked on the order
Vendor identity verification (KYC)	—	encrypted profile, verified badge, optional hold on products and payouts
Moderation	via store and product lists	approval queue for vendors, products and identity profiles; rejection with a logged reason
Vendor order handling	shipping status	+ confirm / complete presets, chosen by the marketplace
Vendor types an order for a customer	—	yes, prices filled in from the customer's price group
Vendor price groups (dealer discounts per customer group)	—	yes, a signed-in customer sees only their own price
Vendors answer the reviews of their store	—	yes (with the ProductRating plugin)
Vendors configure allowlisted store plugins (shipping, promotions…)	—	yes; payment gateways stay with the marketplace
B2B quick order per store (SKU list, paste, re-order, Excel quote)	—	yes
Reports (orders by store) and commission report per vendor per period, Excel export	—	yes
E-mails	vendor: new order	+ vendor approved, payout done, clawback, identity decision, dispute steps; marketplace: pending review
Support	community	GP247 paid channel

Requirements

S-Cart 3.x with gp247/core 3.0 and gp247/shop installed.
Not installed together with the MultiStore plugin (the two models are mutually exclusive).
Runs on ordinary shared hosting: no cron, no queue worker, no websocket needed.

Q&A

Q1: How is MultiVendor different from Multi-Store?

→ Multi-Store = one domain per store, all goods your own. MultiVendor = one shared marketplace on one domain, external vendors register to sell, the marketplace collects payment and pays commission. The full comparison is in How MultiVendor differs from Multi-Store; the two plugins cannot be installed together.

Q2: Do vendors get a separate website or domain name?

→ No. Every store lives on the marketplace domain, reached at /vendor/{store-code}.

Q3: Who collects the customer's money?

→ The marketplace. Vendors never enter payment-gateway keys; the marketplace pays vendors per period after keeping its commission (see "Vendor payout process" in the detailed guide).

Q4: Can I start on Free and move to Pro later without losing anything?

→ Yes. Pro installs on top of Free; stores, vendors, orders and the payout ledger stay where they are. Per-vendor rates you had set on Free are kept and start applying once Pro is installed.

Q5: Do vendors or customers ever see a price or an upgrade button?

→ No. Only the marketplace administrator sees Pro entries; a vendor who reaches a Pro feature is told it is part of the marketplace's Pro edition and to ask the marketplace.

Q6: Where can I try it before deciding?

→ The public demo marketplace: https://m-vendor.s-cart.org — open a store page, the directory and the buying flow as a real shopper would.

_{📅 Last updated: 2026-09-21 · ✍️ Author: GP247}

Multi-vendor marketplace for S-Cart