Documentation
Set up MultiVendorSuite for WooCommerce marketplace mode, separate seller stores, vendor plans, commissions, withdrawals, domain workflows, and AI-powered selling tools.
Quick start
Requirements
Installation
Follow this order for a clean WooCommerce marketplace setup. Finish one step, test it, then continue to the next configuration area.
Usage
These sections follow the same practical pattern as a marketplace documentation article: open the screen, configure the workflow, test with demo data, and then move to production.
Use the settings screens to confirm marketplace behavior before sellers begin using the system.
Plans control seller access. When a plan is created, MultiVendorSuite automatically creates and links the hidden WooCommerce product used for plan checkout.
The Vendors screen helps admins review seller accounts, store records, plan assignments, status, and marketplace activity.
The vendor center keeps sellers out of sensitive WordPress admin screens while still giving them the daily tools they need.
Vendors can work with catalog and order screens without needing full store administration access.
Use withdrawal and reporting screens to review seller payout requests and marketplace health before making financial decisions.
AI tools are plan-controlled. Admins can decide which seller packages may access AI-assisted product and SEO workflows.
Demo media
Use these demo captures to understand how the admin area, vendor records, withdrawal review, and launch QA screens should look after installation.
Review the current demo dashboard, marketplace menu, vendor controls, withdrawal screen, and operational checks before publishing live access.
Review sales, vendors, orders, earnings, pending actions, and marketplace health from one dashboard.
Track vendor payout requests with clear status filters and admin review controls.
Configure billing, store access, limits, commissions, and seller capabilities from one plan screen.
Validate the seller dashboard experience for products, orders, subscriptions, AI tools, and store settings.
Frontend vendor workflow
The frontend vendor panel should stay focused on daily seller work: products, orders, earnings, withdrawals, store profile, plan access, and AI tools.
Install the plugin, confirm WooCommerce settings, create vendor plans, and publish the pages vendors need to apply, sell, and manage their marketplace activity.
Use marketplace mode when many vendors sell through one shared WooCommerce storefront while admins control vendor access, commissions, orders, and withdrawals.
Use separate-store mode for subscription sellers who need their own WordPress multisite store, subdomain, custom domain workflow, and plan-controlled features.
Plans define what vendors can access, including product limits, downloadable products, coupons, store settings, shipping, payments, AI tools, and separate-store capabilities.
Configure only supported WooCommerce methods, keep vendor credentials separate, and test checkout, commissions, withdrawal requests, and payout records before launch.
AI tools are controlled by vendor plans. Admin keys and vendor keys remain separate, and vendor provider settings appear only when the assigned plan allows them.
Use the launch checklist before opening paid sales. Confirm activation, checkout, vendor access, emails, DNS, SSL, demo safety, backups, and restore flow.
Launch QA
Install on a clean WordPress and WooCommerce site, activate the plugin, and confirm no fatal errors.
Buy a vendor plan, activate the vendor, create and publish a product, place an order, and review commissions.
Confirm demo users cannot delete critical data, install plugins, export secrets, or change production settings.
Back up product and demo sites, then run at least one restore test before public traffic.
FAQ
Start with installation, WooCommerce setup, vendor plans, marketplace pages, and one complete test purchase before configuring advanced multisite or AI tools.
Only separate-store mode requires WordPress multisite. Normal marketplace mode can run on a standard WooCommerce site.
Vendor payment settings depend on the assigned plan and supported gateway. Admin and vendor credentials must remain separate.
Use guided video or request-only access until demo reset, backups, permissions, and destructive-action safeguards are proven.
SoftPHP can help with installation, multisite, wildcard DNS, SSL, domain mapping, payment testing, demo content, and launch checks.
