Sites such as eBay, Etsy and AliBaba have enormous reach and support with 100,000’s of sellers on just one site.
However, multi-vendor sites are also really difficult to build and maintain. E-commerce itself is difficult enough, but when you multiply the number of transactions and vendors, you multiply all of the potential issues.
Still, we often get asked how to set up a multi-vendor site. For our members and our readers, here are 9 options for building a multi-vendor site with open source software.
Drupal with Drupal Commerce
- Price: Free.
- Description: Drupal Commerce is a powerful shopping cart system for Drupal. Drupal 7 and Drupal Commerce are free to companies that want to deploy it themselves.
Commerce Kickstart
Commerce Kickstart is the quickest way to get up and running with Drupal Commerce. It includes the latest versions of Drupal core, Drupal Commerce, and the other modules it depends on.
Drupal Commerce Multiseller
What is eCommerce Multiseller?
One Website, multiple sellers a.k.a. stores
Think Etsy, Amazon Marketplace, Ebay
Unified Customer Experience
Can buy at multiple stores at once
Stores have their own dashboard for managing products, orders, promotions, etc.
Third-party Modules: