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Dokan : Create your own marketplace with Woo Commerce

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We are developing an Expedy plugin compatible with WooCommerce and Dokan for your marketplace.

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Create a Marketplace with the Dokan plugin for Woo Commerce

Dokan is a plugin to add to your WooCommerce that will allow you to create and manage a marketplace with several sellers.

 

A single multi-seller site

A marketplace brings together a multitude of sellers, whether complementary or competing, to centralise and simplify the purchasing process for the end customer.

The customer will be able to choose from a wide range of items and/or services on the marketplace while paying for a single order, which will be divided automatically by Dokan and the banking solution between the various sellers concerned.

 

Example of a marketplace site for local traders

Joining a local marketplace leads to greater exposure and more sales for all local merchants involved.

Grocery shopping for the week at local independent retailers get so much easier and less time consuming. In just a few clicks, you can find a wide range of locally sourced items from the local baker, butcher, etc.

All a client has to do at the end is select the way to collect the order: home delivery, Click and Collect in store, Drive in for each store, collect the complete order at the unique location ... depending on the terms offered by your marketplace and your network of sellers.

For sellers, this is another opportunity to reach new customers with different consumption habits (e.g. wanting to promote local Mom-and-pop shops, shopping for organic and eco-friendly products, looking for the most convenient and fastest way to shop, etc.).

 

Several "Store Manager" spaces

If there is a unique ecommerce website for the customer, each seller will have a shop to manage : add products, update prices, update stocks, add payment details, collection or delivery options ...

The back office must therefore be as simple as possible so that it can be used by everyone, without any particular IT knowledge.

With the Dokan plugin, you can also use all the Woo Commerce's native features.

 

Official video explaining the Dokan plugin
(more information on wedevs.com)

 

Add the Dokan plugin to your Woo Commerce

Official video explaining how to install the Dokan plugin
(more information on wedevs.com)

 

Official video explaining how to install and integrate the Dokan plugin
(more information on wedevs.com)

 

Remote printing solution for Marketplace sellers

To manage your marketplace on a day-to-day basis, you need a printing solution that is common to all your sellers. It has to be a solution that is compatible with Woo Commerce plugins, quick to install and automated to avoid delays or user error at each store. You need to control it from your own Admin account.

On our official ExpedyPrint ecommerce website, you will find two models of thermal printers: 58mm or 80mm. Pick list printed by the 80mm Cloud Printer for WooCommerce are easier to read when items have long names or multiple options, thanks to a larger printing paper width.

Each vendor would have their own printer to receive their orders directly and automatically, without any intervention from you or them thanks to its internet connection (WiFi, 2G/3G SIM card, Ethernet) and our Cloud Printer Server.

The salesperson hears an alert beep when a new printing request is received and can even receive an SMS depending on the settings in the Expedy console.

 

How to install and change printing options

 

The print server will direct each order to the right seller's printer

Example of operation for a marketplace, with 1 buyer and 3 independent sellers :

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The Cloud Printer Server will process the following data before sending the printing requests to the printer:

  • Information about this customer,
  • the product ordered that corresponds to this vendor,
  • the choice of delivery/collection of the order,
  • any other details you choose

Linking the Expedy Printer Console to your WooCommerce website takes only a few minutes thanks to our guide.

 

Printer for your transport labels (FEDEX, UPS, ...)

On our official ExpedyPrint ecommerce website, you will also find this printing solution kit for professionals, consisting of a BEEPRT thermal printer and the Expedy Print Box. The 108mm Cloud Printer allows you to print on self-adhesive thermal paper transport labels for your parcels. With its small and compact size, it can be used by your staff who receive orders to be shipped regularly.

 

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Combining a pick list printer with transport label printer

You can also offer your partners an ecommerce bundle with a picklist and a transport label printers for a complementary action between order preparation and shipping:

  • Woo Commerce compatible Cloud Printer 58mm or 80mm
  • BEEPRT and Expedy Print Box 108mm printer kit 


As a marketplace owner, you become our partner. You have advantages such as discounts on printers, the possibility to send pre-configured printers directly to your sellers in white label or with your logo ...

=> Contact our support team for a customised quote.

 

Alternative to Woo Commerce and Dokan

Expedy can also assist you in the development and creation of your marketplace with its Expedy Shop solutions. You can contact our support team with details of your project, to get a demo of the different Expedy ecommerce solutions.

 

References of Expedy Print's printers compatible with your Woo Commerce / DOKAN

Printers for your online order receipts / pick list / cash register receipts :

Printers for your A5 / 10x15cm / 4" 6" shipping labels :

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