Sample · Commerce
Sample: a multi-vendor marketplace with commission designed first
This sample is a marketplace for a company that wants several sellers on one checkout. Commission, payout reporting, and what happens when one seller is late are specified before the theme. It is not a launched store.
Sample solution. This describes a concept we use to show the shape of a build. It is not a client engagement and it is not a result from a completed customer project.
Why the concept starts with money rules
Marketplaces fail when the first vendor is invited before anyone can explain a refund that involves two sellers. The sample fixes commission, who pays the gateway fee, and how a partial shipment is shown to the buyer.
First release
Ten invited sellers, one category, card payment through a gateway the operator contracts, and an admin view of orders by seller. Self-serve seller onboarding and advertising products wait. Arabic and English catalogue fields are in the first release if the buyers need both.
Platform choice
The concept can sit on a commerce platform or a custom core. The e-commerce service page explains how that choice is made. The sample does not pretend one stack is mandatory.
Orders when more than one seller exists
The sample covers
- A seller and their stock
- An order that can split
- A payout status someone can explain
A real marketplace still needs
- The actual sellers
- The payment provider’s rules
- Support for a failed split
The hard part of this shape
The split
One checkout and many parcels is the product. A single warehouse is a simpler shop.
The money
Who is paid, and when, has to be written before the theme.
The dispute
A missing item needs an owner. The sample leaves that queue explicit.
If this shape fits a marketplace
- 01
The sellers
How many, and who sets their stock.
- 02
The split
One checkout, many parcels. Confirm that is the point.
- 03
The payout
Who is paid, and when.
- 04
The dispute
Who owns a missing item.
Marks this marketplace sample stays structural
- 01
It is a sample
No marketplace brand and no turnover are claimed.
- 02
Seller and stock
Each seller’s items and orders stay theirs.
- 03
Payout is the hard part
The lesson is splitting an order and paying the seller, not the storefront.
- 04
No volume is invented
Order counts are not added to make the sample look live.
