doc_marketplace_v1.1.pdf

Apptha Marketplace 1.1

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USER MANUAL

Apptha Marketplace

Product Version: 1.1

Compatibility: Magento versions 1.5, 1.6, 1.7, 1.8

With Apptha’s Marketplace extension, now ecommerce owners can throw their hands in

joy as they’d be able to transform their existing Magento store to a fantastic

marketplace comprising vendor stores and products to impress customers. Also, with

this plug-in, the owners can easily earn additional revenue by setting up commission

fee for every vendor added to the marketplace. Kick start your marketplace business

with our extension and give your business an incredible uplift!


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CONTENTS

Preface 4

About This Document, Updates, Comments, Suggestions and Disclaimer 4

Apptha Marketplace 5

Features List

Installation Steps

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Configuration Settings

Theme Configuration

General Configuration Tab

Seller Configuration Settings Tab

Product Configuration Tab

Seller Review Tab

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Magento Front-End Operations

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Seller Registration Process 18

Convert Buyer into Seller, Seller Reviews 19

Add Seller Product 20

Edit product, Delete product, Manage Orders 24

View Order Details, Transaction History, My Profile 26

Contact Admin, Seller Store Name, Seller Profile Page 28

Magento Back-End Operations

Manage Sellers

Orders, Payments

Products

Reviews and Ratings

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Contact Us 34


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Preface

About This Document

This document provides information how to download, install, configure and use

Apptha Marketplace.

Updates, Comments and Suggestions

Please forward your valuable comments, suggestions or questions about the

information contained in this document to [email protected].

Disclaimer

Apptha reserves the rights to add, remove, modify business models, processes

related to packaging, selling, marketing, developing extensions and themes of

Apptha.com, at any time and without prior notification. Apptha reserves the rights to

add new features to its products based on research and market needs. Apptha reserves

the rights to remove any feature of its products that does not fulfill expectations.

mailto:[email protected]


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Apptha Marketplace

Now, it takes just a few minutes convert your Magento store a perfect marketplace.

Yes, with our Marketplace extension it is very possible! Besides, this extension offers

you facilities like creating seller profiles, allowing them to add products, and set up

commission fee for each product sold. With the help of this extension you easily make

out some additional revenue, however, by delighting customers with products they look

out for!

Features List

Admin Features List

Facility to approve or decline any seller account automatically/manually.

Option to confirm seller product add via mails automatically/manually.

Facility to sort, and manage seller profiles with ease.

Facility to manage seller and products perfectly.

Option to set up a different commission fee (in %) for different seller.

Facility to provide seller with two different payment options: via Bank /PayPal

accounts.

Facility to manage the complete payment transaction for each seller easily.

Facility to enable/disable seller reviews and ratings.

Facility to enable /disable seller profile page.

Facility to enable/disable new product in seller profile page.

Facility to enable/disable popular product in seller profile page.

Facility to enable/disable category link in seller profile page.

Facility to enable/disable contact admin option.

Facility to add a link for their Facebook fan page Twitter page.

For Sellers (Merchant):

Facility to create, sort, and manage countless products with details from

“Manage Products” tab in my account.


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Option to view Life time sales, Average Orders, Last Five orders, Most viewed

products and sales report in seller dashboard.

Option to view orders and order information from orders tab in my account

section with filter option including order status and date.

Facility to view transaction history and option to acknowledge the received

payment from admin.

Add and edit profile information from “My Profile” Tab in My Account.

Facility to update product details instantly

Facility to add store logo and it will be displayed on front-end

Option to delete and add any product for any seller

Option to categorize products under relevant categories and sub categories

Facility to send email confirmation to admin and merchant for every purchase

made.

For Customers (Guest):

Option to buy any product from any seller

Instant email confirmation upon product purchase

Simple, safe, and secure payment transfer options

Option to provide their feedback and ratings to the seller if a customer

purchased the product of that seller within 30days.

Installation Steps:

After purchasing the extension from www.apptha.com, kindly go to My

Account-> My Downloadable Product for downloading the package. Once you

download it, kindly log in to the admin panel of your Magento site. You can install the

product by the following method:

Method 1:

For Magento 1.5 and above versions, go to System-> Magento Connect->

Magento Connect Manager and upload the package.


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Method 2:

You can unzip the package files and paste it from the root folder.


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Configuration Settings

After installing Apptha Marketplace, log in to your admin panel and go to System->

Configuration-> Market Place (at the left) below. You will find a tab called Apptha.

By clicking the tab, you can configure the Apptha Marketplace module.

If you couldn’t find that 'Market Place' side menu tab and any “404 Error or Access

Denied” Message (during first time installation) is displayed while clicking on that tab,

please try the following steps.

1) Log out the admin session. Then log in and check it once again.

2) Go to Admin->System->Cache Management and click on Flush Magento

Cache and check it.


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Theme Configuration

After successful installation, following steps need to be done to configure the

Theme.

Step 1:

Go to System->configuration->Design->Themes

In the Default field, give as market_place and click the Save Config button.

Step 2:

Go to CMS->Pages->Home Page

Click the Content tab and click the Show/Hide Editor button. In the Content give the

following lines of code…



Step 3:

Home page static blocks:

Go to CMS->Static Blocks->Add New Block

Block Title: Give as Add Blocks

Identifier: Give as add-blocks

Store View: Select your store view

Status: Select Enabled

Content: click the Show/Hide Editor Button and add the following lines

of code...

<ul> <li>

<a href="{{store direct_url="your url for redirect"}}"></a>

</li> <li style="margin: 4px 0px;">

<a href="{{store direct_url=" your url for redirect "}}"></a>

</li> <li> <a href="{{store direct_url=" your url for redirect "}}"></a>

</li>


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</ul>

After every <a href=””> you can insert an image. To insert image place your cursor after the <a href=””> and click the Insert Image button. Now a pop up will be open. In that pop up, click the Create Folder button. Provide a name to the folder and

click the Ok button. Click the Browse Files button to choose the image to upload and click the

Upload files button to upload the files. Then select the image and click the Insert File

button. Now your static block images will be added. Finally click the Save Block button

to save the newly created block.

Footer Links:


Block Title: Give as Footer Links

Identifier: Give as footer-links



Content: click the Show/Hide Editor Button and add the following

lines of code...

<ul> <li>Popular Categories</li> <li><a href="{{store direct_url="your redirect url "}}">Cookware</a></li> <li><a href="{{store direct_url=" your redirect url "}}">Reception Tables</a></li> </ul> <ul> <li>Popular Products</li> <li><a href="{{store direct_url="your redirect url "}}"> Bed With Drawer</a></li> <li><a href="{{store direct_url=" your redirect url "}}">Round T-Shirt</a></li> </ul> <ul> <li>Top Sellers</li> <li><a href="{{store direct_url=" your redirect url "}}">Tupperware</a></li> <li><a href="{{store direct_url=" your redirect url "}}">Puma</a></li>--></ul> <ul> <li>About Marketplace</li> <li><label>Apptha marketplace module used to display Multi-vendors products into your existing store. </label></li> </ul>

Now your static block images will be added. Finally click the Save Block button to save

the newly created block.


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Footer Navigation


Block Title: Give as Footer Navigation

Identifier: Give as footer-navigation



Content: click the Show/Hide Editor Button and add the following lines

of code...

<ul class="footer-links"> <li>

<a href="{{store direct_url="your cms page url key"}}">About Us</a> </li>

<li>|</li> <li>

<a href="{{store direct_url=" your cms page url key "}}">Privacy Policy</a> </li> <li>|</li> <li>

<a href="{{store direct_url=" your cms page url key "}}">Terms of Use</a> </li> <li>|</li> <li>

<a href="{{store direct_url=" your cms page url key "}}">Refund Policy</a> </li> <li>|</li> <li>

<a href="{{store direct_url=" your cms page url key 7"}}">Contact Us</a> </li> </ul>

General Configuration Tab

Activate Market place:

Select Yes from the drop down of the Apptha Marketplace Module.

Enter License Key:

Enter the License Key to activate the Apptha Marketplace module.

Email ID:

Select relevant Email ID for sending all email notifications.


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Enter Facebook page:

Provide your Facebook fan page name.

Enter Twitter page:

Provide your Twitter page name.

Seller Configuration Settings Tab

Seller Approval:

If you select Yes then seller has to await admin approval to log in. If you

select No, then he can log in after successful registration.

Select Seller Registration Email Template:

If Seller Approval field is selected to Yes, then an email notification will

be sent to Admin. Admin will review the seller information and decide to approve

or not approve a seller. If Seller Approval field is selected to No, automatically

registration will get approved without any email notification. In this Field, admin

has an option to select the email notification template.

Select Admin Approval Email Template:

If admin approves a seller, a notification email will be send to seller. In

this Field, admin has an option to select the email notification template.

Select Admin Disapproval Email Template:

If admin disapproves a seller, a notification email will be send to seller. In

this Field, admin has an option to select the email notification template.

Contact Admin


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Provided an option to the seller to contact admin by sending an email

from their account dashboard.

Select Contact Admin Email Template

Seller has an option to select the notification email template to contact

admin.

Sales Email Notification

After customer purchase a product a notification email will be sent to

corresponding seller as well as to admin.

Select Sales Notification Email Template

Admin has an option to select the sales notification email template.

Display seller profile link in Product Detail Page

Admin has an option to select whether the seller profile link need to

display in product detail page or not.

Display Popular Product in Seller profile Page

Admin has an option to select whether the popular products need to

display in seller profile page or not.

Display New Product in Seller Profile Page

Admin has an option to select whether new products need to display in

seller profile page or not.

Display Category Link in Seller Profile Page

Admin has an option to select whether category link need to display in

seller profile page or not.


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Product Configuration Tab

Product Auto Approval:

If you select Yes, automatically seller product will be enabled and

displayed in front-end. If you select No, seller has to await admin moderation to

get the product displayed in front-end.

Select Product Type(s):

Seller can select Simple, Virtual or Downloadable product type from the

drop-down options based on his needs.

Product Custom Option:

Admin has an option to allow seller to add custom options while adding a

product.

New Product Email Notification:


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Admin has an option to select whether email notification to be send or

not, based on the product approval/decline for that seller.

Select Email Template for New Product Added Notification:

If Product Auto Approval field is selected as Yes, and if a seller added

a product then a notification email will be sent to Admin. In this field, admin has

an option to select notification email template. If Product Auto Approval field

is selected as No, email notification will not send to admin.

Select Email Template for New Product Approval Notification:

If Product Auto Approval field is selected as No, then a notification

email will be sent to Admin to enable the product. In this field, admin has an

option to select notification email template. If Product Auto Approval field is

selected as Yes, automatically product will be enabled, no email notification is

required.

Product Enabled/Disabled Email Notification:

Admin has an option to select whether email notification to be sent or

not, after he/she enables or disables a product.

Select Email Template for Product Enabled Notification:

If Admin enables a product, then a notification email will be sent to

Seller. In this field, admin has an option to select product enabled notification

email template.

Select Email Template for Product Disabled Notification:

If Admin disables a product, a notification email will be sent to Seller. In

this field, admin has an option to select product disabled notification email

template.


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Seller Review Tab

Enable Seller Review

Admin has an option to enable or disable seller review from admin panel.

Need Admin Approval

Admin has an option to verify the posted review and approve the review

to display it in front end.

Select a Email Template for New Review Notification

If customer posted a review, then a notification email will be sent to

admin. In this field, admin has an option to select new review notification email

template.


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Select Email Template for Review Approval Notification

If admin approved a review, then a notification email will be sent to

customer. In this field, admin has an option to select review approval notification

email template.


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Magento Front End Operations

Seller Registration Process

First a seller has to create an account to add his/her product to your website. For

this reason, we have a separate seller registration form link Register as seller in the

Sellers dropdown at the top of the website. If you have account already then click

Seller Login link to Log in to the website.

If admin selects Yes in Seller Approval field, then an email will be sent to

admin, to approve the seller registration. After admin approval a notification email will

be sent to seller so that he/she can log in with his/her log in credentials.


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Convert Buyer into Seller

If a customer is registered as a buyer, a link will be displayed on their Account

Dashboard, on clicking which he/she can become a seller in no time.

Seller Reviews

All the reviews which you have posted to sellers will be displayed here.


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Add Seller Product

By clicking the Manage Products->Add New Products Link in account dashboard, a

seller can add his products to your website.

Product Type:

Admin has an option to select the product types by which seller can add

product from front end. Three product types are available to select from the drop

down. They are Simple, Virtual and Downloadable product types.

Product Categories Tab:

Seller has an option to select the product category.

General Tab:

Name: Provide the product name.

Description: Provide the description about the product.

Short Description: Provide the short description about the product.

Weight: Provide the Weight of the product.


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Prices Tab:

Price: Provide the price for the product.

Special Price: Provide special price for the product.

Special Price From Date: Specify starting date to offer special price.

Special Price To Date: Specify ending date to close special price.


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Images Tab: Add any number of images for your product.

Meta Information:

Meta Title: Provide Meta Title.

Meta Keywords: Provide Meta Keywords.

Meta Description: provide Meta Description.


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Inventory:

Qty: Specify available product quantity for sale.

Stock Availability: Set product availability status.

Downloadable Information:

Seller can add sample downloadable files and also their downloadable

product files from this tab.


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Edit product

Seller has an option to edit the added product information. Go to seller account

dashboard and click Manage products, there you can able to see the list of products

with product name, product type, price, status and action. Click the edit button under

Action field to edit the product details and save by clicking Submit button.


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Delete product

Seller has an option to delete the added product information. Go to seller

account dashboard and click Manage products, there you can able to see the list of

products with product name, product type, price, status and action. Click the delete

button under Action field to delete the product.

Manage Orders

Order details of the seller product will be displayed with Order Id, Product

Details, Product Price, Earned Amount, Order Grand Total, Status and Date of order.

And also seller has an option to view the order details by clicking the view link.


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View Order details

Particular order details can be viewed by the seller. Here shipping address, billing

address, shipping method, payment method, Item orders with product name, quantity

purchased, price, seller amount and status will be displayed.


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Transaction History

In the Transaction history, payment regarding information will be displayed.

Fields like Transaction id, Order id, Earned Amount, Admin Commission, Paid On, and

Payment Status. If seller receives the payment then they has to click the Click to

Acknowledge link to acknowledge the received payment.

My Profile

By clicking the My profile link a seller can add their profile information. Fields

like Store Name, Country, Contact number, Description, Store Logo, Twitter page

name, Facebook page name, Meta keyword, Meta Description and payment information

will get from the seller. This information will be displayed in seller profile page with

their products.


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Contact Admin

Seller can contact admin by filling this form. This information will be send to

admin email. Provide the email subject in Subject field and email content in Message

field.


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Seller Store Name

In product detail page, corresponding products seller store name will be

displayed.

Seller Profile Page

If you click the Seller Store Name in the product details page, then it will

redirect you to the seller profile page. There you can able to see the full seller


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information with their products. Admin has an option to enable or disable the display of

popular products, new products and category links.


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Magento Back End Operations

In the back end, admin has the following features to manage their website.

Manage Sellers

Orders

Payments

Products

Review and Ratings

Manage Sellers

Admin has an option to manage the seller account. From this grid admin can

approve, disapprove or delete any seller registration. Email notification will be sent to

seller if admin approves or disapproves a seller account. Fields like Seller Name, Email,

Contact, Customer Registered Date, Number of products, Commission(%) and

Customer status are displayed here. Also admin has an option to view the order details

of the seller, edit seller information and also set commission for every seller.

Orders

All seller products order information will be available in this grid. Fields like Seller

Details, Order Id, Product details, Product Price, Seller’s Earned Amount, Commission

Fee, Acknowledge Status, Acknowledge On and Order Date are available in this grid.

Also admin has an option to view the order information and option to credit the sold

amount to seller if any customer asks for refund.


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Payments

In this grid, information regarding commission given by seller to admin for

product selling will be displayed. Fields like Store name, Email, Amount received,

Amount Remaining, Customer since, Payment mode, Comments and Action are

displayed here. If admin clicks the Pay action link a form will be open to get the

comment regarding the payment and click the Save button to pay remaining amount to

seller. (Note: Paid can be made through Bank Account or Paypal Id manually)

Products

All Seller products will be displayed in this grid. Fields like Product name, Product

type, Seller Id, Seller Email, SKU, Price, Qty and Status are displayed in this grid. Also

admin has an option to view all the product information by clicking the View action

link.


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Reviews and Ratings

All seller reviews and ratings will be displayed here. If admin approval option

required enabled in configuration seller, then admin has to approve the reviews and

ratings by selecting approve option in status field drop down. In this grid, fields like

Review id, Reviewed On, Review, Ratings, customer Id, Product Id, Seller Id and Status

will be displayed.


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Contact Us:

Our support team is happy to help with any questions about using product. You may

contact our support team through support forum & support tickets.

Your question may already be answered!

Forum: www.apptha.com/forum

Before you send us an email or raising tickets, take a look at Apptha.com/forum for any

technical issues, common questions and more. We may have already answered your

question.

Raise tickets for your specific questions!

Tickets: [email protected] or www.support.apptha.com

Send an email to our support team to get answers to your specific questions. Our team

will work to respond to your query promptly.

The best place to discuss about additional features!

Email: [email protected]

http://www.apptha.com/forum


http://www.support.apptha.com/

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