Build a multi-vendor WooCommerce marketplace
WC Vendors Pro extends WooCommerce for websites where multiple sellers need to operate their own stores within one marketplace. It supports marketplaces for physical products, digital products, services, bookings, subscriptions, and second-hand goods. Vendors can receive their own store and unique URL, while the marketplace owner controls important parts of registration, publishing, commissions, and customer access.
The plugin includes tools for creating vendor membership plans and charging commissions by plan, vendor, or product. You can set fixed commissions or fixed commissions with an added fee. Membership plans can also limit products, categories, files, and storage. With WooCommerce Subscriptions, the supplied product information describes a setup for subscription-based vendor memberships.
Control products, orders, and vendors
WC Vendors Pro provides a complete frontend dashboard so vendors can manage their storefronts without relying entirely on the WordPress admin area. Frontend product management and frontend order management are included among the Pro capabilities. Vendor product edit forms can be controlled by the administrator, including which fields are visible and which fields are required.
Marketplace owners can control how products are published, whether vendor registration is manual or automatic, which product types vendors may post, and what customer information vendors can see. Vendors can manage products, view relevant sales and order information, mark orders shipped, and use self-managed coupons. Vendor product reviews and advanced shipping management are also included in the listed Pro features.
Customize vendor storefronts
Vendor stores can be customized through templates, with multiple storefront styles available in Pro. The plugin provides vendor-specific shortcodes for use around the website and includes 10 vendor-focused widgets for store pages. These widgets can be placed in widget-enabled areas of the active theme and restricted to vendor storefronts.
Vendors can add store notices, set vacation mode, and define opening hours. These options help marketplace owners present clearer store information while giving sellers practical controls over their availability and storefront content.
Payments, shipping, and marketplace extensions
WC Vendors is compatible with WooCommerce payment gateways for receiving customer payments. Vendor payment solutions listed for commissions include Stripe Connect, MangoPay for WooCommerce, Escrow for WooCommerce, Mollie Connect for WC Vendors, and Square Payment Gateway for WCVendors. The product information also lists compatible shipping solutions such as multi-carrier, table-rate, FedEx, UPS, and other shipping plugins.
The plugin is designed to work with third-party extensions, and the publisher maintains a list of compatible plugins. This can help you select additional tools for shipping, payments, subscriptions, bookings, or other marketplace requirements.
Installation and setup
Install WooCommerce and WC Vendors, then install and activate WC Vendors Pro. Use the setup wizard to configure the marketplace, vendor registration, commission rules, product publishing controls, and customer information settings. Create vendor membership plans if required, configure storefront options, and connect suitable payment and shipping integrations before inviting sellers to manage their stores.
