Published On - October 17,2013

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After creating world best B2C marketplace we are now going to release anothermile stone Product B2B Marketplace. Here are some brilliant features for B2B multiwholesaler marketplace.

Features

Separate login for retailer / wholesaler.

Separate sign-up for retailer / wholesaler.

Mass upload of product from retailer profile or dashboard.

Product will be added to global catalog after retailer will upload the product using CSV.

No Communication Between buyer and retailer.

Everything will be driven by admin end.

Admin Commission.

Communication panel between admin and retailer.

retailer Groups.

custom attributes and custom option for retailer / wholesaler.

RMA Return merchandise authorization for buyer.

bulk order quote for buyer.

B2b E-commerce marketplace Module Tour

After the installation of the module There will be a separate login and signup form for b2b marketplace sellers asper the screenshots.

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As you can see seller or partner will have separate seller login form as well as seller signup form.

B2B marketplace signup form

Admin can create signup form and add any number of input fields like dropdown, browse button multi select andmany more as per the screenshot.

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B2B marketplace seller Dashboard/panel management

After the successful seller login seller will be able to see the b2b marketplace block under his account fromwhere seller can manage product and do conversation with admin also he/ she can upload bulk product uploads.

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As you can see many option like product upload bulk upload etc. Here is the complete view of seller / partner.

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Seller Product Upload

Seller will be able to add the product individually or seller can add the product in bulk using CSV with images asper the screenshot.

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Seller can choose multiple category from tree menu and can add as many images and also select base,thumbnail and small Image as per their requirement.

All the input fields are validated and SKU are properly ajax validated.

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Seller Product List

Seller can able to see added product by him. He can also edit or delete those products.

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For editing click on edit button after that a page open where seller can edit his product as per screenshot.

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Seller Dashboard

Here Seller will have their sales dashboard to manage sales. Seller can see Latest order and its status, LatestReview / Comment and its status .Seller can track the record through interactive graph map.By dashboard sellercan also ask question to Admin.

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Seller Order History

Here Seller can able to order detail of his product.

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Bulk Upload

Seller can upload product in Bulk and waiting for Admin Approval.

B2b Marketplace seller admin conversation

Module enable this feature by which seller and admin can communicate to each other.

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Custom Quote

Module can help customer to quote for a product. Seller can approve the quote and do conversation with adminregarding the customer quote.

The Quote have 4 Status:

1. Approved- If quote approve by both admin and seller.

2. Pending- If either admin or seller , both admin and seller didn’t approve the quote.

3. Sold- If the quoted product has been purchased.

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4. Decline- If quote is decline by seller.

View Conversation– Here seller can do conversation with admin regarding the quote if quote is approved.

Edit– Here Seller can edit the quote quantity and price, approve the quote and do the conversation with admin.

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This is all about at Seller End. Let’s explain buyer role.

The Buyer can apply for RMA return and add quote.Both the links are visible at buyer My Account section of useraccount as per screenshot.

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Request New RMA

Here buyer can request for new RMA, View RMA or Cancel RMA.

Request New RMA

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Buyer can create a new RMA request based on his order.

Seller can enter his RMA information for the order.

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View Details

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My Quote

In this bulk order quote button will display in front of product page as per screenshot.

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On Clicking “Quote This Product”, buyer can enter the bulk order amount and price.

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After submitting the quote buyer can see the quote added by him in my account section where he can edit,delete it and do conversation as well.

Add To Cart

After the approval of Quote buyer can see add to cart button for his bulk order quote.

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After placing the order that particular quote will be sold.

View Conversation

Here buyer can do conversation with Admin.

Edit Quote

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This is all about Buyer Role.

Admin Management

In Admin you will be able to see the configuration panel under system > configuration as per screenshot.

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1. B2B Marketplace Settings

In this tab you can see many admin config parameters, we are going to explain every config parameters one byone.

Percent per product sale- percent % per product sale is the global commission which seller need to enter , thiscommission mechanism will be applicable for all the sellers . lets say as an example there is a seller S1 andhis/her product (P1)price is 100 USD so on the sale of product P1 seller will get 80 USD and admin will get 20USD as commission.

Product Approval Required- Product Approval Required by this option admin can restrict automatic approval ofthe product . e.g if seller add a product every time product will be moderated by admin , store owner can set YESor NO ..

Admin Email id- Admin need to enter his email id.

Attribute Set ID- Attribute Set ID is the attribute set ID for your global catalog by default this is Default that’swhy in screenshot it is showing as default. Admin can select attribute set from drop-down.

Product Status- In this when admin disable the partner, then what was the status of partner product.

2. RMA Settings

Enter Return Policy Description- In this tab admin need to enter the return policy which was shown up atbuyer end.

3. Quote settings

Enter Minimum Quanity to be Added in Cart- Enter the number of product which must be added in Cart orminimum quantity required to quote for particular product.

Now, admin will able to see new admin menu “B2B Market Place” as per the below screen.

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As you can see there are two menus under B2B Market Place. Let’s explain each menu one by one.

Partner Pannel

In this there are few more sub menus as per screenshot.

Manage Products

This menu is responsible for seller product management if from B2B Market Place configuration panel (system >configuration > webkul) product approval is required then in this case every product added by seller need to beapproved by admin. Product approval will happen from manage product menu as per the screenshot.

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As you can see there is a preview button which will show the preview screen for product added by seller as perthe image.

Manage Bulk Products

This menu is responsible for bulk product approval of partner as per the screenshot.

Manage Partners

This menu is responsible for seller management. In this case every seller need to be approved by admin as perthe screenshot.

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Manage commission

Manage commission menu is responsible for all the commission management despite of global commissionthere is an individual seller commission by which admin can set different different commission for differentdifferent sellers.

Under this screen there are some terms need to explain.

Pay action Pay action in grid will clear the payment for that particular seller lets say Seller S1 have a remainingamount 100 USD then after the pay button has been clicked that’s mean seller have already send the paymentnow he / she is going to clear it (no actual payment with any payment gateway will happen here this link is forcalculation only).under drop down the action is same as per grid but it can be applied for multiple seller.

Commission This column is for per seller commission display.

Manage Product Attributes

Manage Product Attributes menu is responsible for showing / Hiding custom attribute in front end.

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Manage Partner Attributes

Manage Partner Attributes Menu is responsible for showing custom fields in partner account.

On clicking add new, a form opens:

As per the above screenshot you can see many parameters for Partner Attribute, we are going to explain everyparameters one by one.

Field Label- In label you need to give the name of Partner attribute which will show in front.

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Type- There are many type of Partner Attribute field like

input box

multi select

image browse

text area

dropdown

radio button

as per screenshot.

Set Order-set order is for order of partner attribute in which you want to see.

Value Required-to make partner attribute required or not.

Status-status is for enable or disable the partner attribute.

admin can edit, change status or delete the partner attribute.

All Conversation

All Conversation menu is responsible for showing all conversation with partner and admin as per screenshot.

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On Clicking “Show Conversation” conversation grid opens.

View Quote

View Quote menu is responsible for showing all bulk quote added by buyer. Admin can approve, unapprove, doconversation with partner as well as buyer.

View:

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Partner Conversation:

Customer Conversation:

2. RMA System Pannel- In this there are few more sub menus as per screenshot

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i. All RMA – All RMA menu is responsible for showing all RMA added by buyer.In this admin can manage andcommunicate with buyer regarding the particular order.

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ii. Reasons – Reasons menu is responsible for adding reasons which was visible in buyer frontend.

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