What is an eCommerce solution?

eCommerce solution is a platform for starting an online shop or a multi-vendor website. An eCommerce solution can be on-premise or cloud. On-premise platforms usually have a lifetime license with one-time payment. Cloud platforms are subscription-based.

How does eCommerce software work?

eCommerce software has backend and storefront. Multi-Vendor platforms also have a vendor panel. An admin manages the eCommerce website in the admin panel: uploads products, sets up promotions, payment options, and logistics. Customers shop on the storefront by browsing the catalog and adding products to the cart. Once the order is placed, online shop managers see it in the admin panel and start to process it.

What are some examples of e-commerce?

The most known eCommerce website is Amazon. It's an eCommerce marketplace with a long history. It's the biggest marketplace in the world.

How do I start an eCommerce business?

You basically have two options: develop an eCommerce website from scratch or build a shop on a ready-made platform. There are pros and cons of both options. For example, the development of an eCommerce shop from scratch can cost you a lot of money. But in this case, you can tailor it perfectly to your business processes. Building the business on a ready platform is way more affordable and quicker but you can face some limitations, which you will have to overcome with custom development.

Do I need an eCommerce platform to sell online?

You only need an eCommerce platform to sell a large number of products. If your catalog has more than 50 products, it is better to open an eCommerce shop. If you sell only one or ten products, you can use simple landing pages.

How do I sell through multiple eCommerce platforms?

There are two ways to sell through multiple channels. The first way is to start your own eCommerce shop and export your products to marketplaces like Amazon. This way, you will have the main sales channel (your shop) and auxiliary channels (Amazon, eBay, etc.). The second way is to start an online shop with multiple storefronts. You open many storefronts in different countries and for different products and audiences.

CS-Cart Multi-Vendor Video Tutorials

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«rowse through our video lessons to become more aware of all powerful features that CS-Cart Multi-Vendor platform for a marketplace offers.

Why Multi-Vendor is the Platform You've Been Looking for

Lesson 1

Multi-Vendor is a perfect marketplace software solution to build a digital shopping mall. In this video, we speak about general features of our marketplace system and things Multi-Vendor software does best.

How to Overcome the Chicken and Egg Problem with Multi-Vendor?

Lesson 2

Every online marketplace has 3 pillars: the owner, the vendors, and the customers. So that you prosper in your business, you need to attract more vendors on the digital marketplace and give them convenient tools to attract customers. Watch this video to learn how to do it.

How to Cooperate with Vendors?

Lesson 3

Every online marketplace has 3 pillars: the owner, the vendors, and the customers. So that you prosper in your business, you need to attract more vendors on the digital marketplace and give them convenient tools to attract customers. Watch this video to learn how to do it.

How to Manage a Marketplace with Multi-Vendor?

Lesson 4

With a large online shopping mall comes great responsibility. Managing such an online marketplace is like piloting a plane—tons of knobs and switches. In this video, we're telling you about these switches and knobs.

How to Manage Mini-Stores?

Lesson 5

Everyone needs a private space in his or her life. In eCommerce as well, sellers need their private online stores to present their companies and products the way they want. In the Multi-Vendor ecommerce software, every vendor can have his or her own mini-store. Learn more about this feature in the video.

How Does Multi-Vendor Work?

Lesson 6

In this video tutorial, we show the full workflow of a Multi-Vendor marketplace solution: from ordering a product to distributing payments between the online marketplace owner and the vendors.

How to Raise Sales with Multi-Vendor?

Lesson 7

As long as your business brings you more and more money—it lives. That's why you always have to find the ways to increase your sales. The Multi-Vendor software has a bunch of effective ecommerce tools to boost your sales. Find out about them in this video.

Success Stories

Lesson 8

In this Multi-Vendor video, we're showing you several online shopping malls built with our Multi-Vendor ecommerce script. Look at them and understand what you should do to become a successful marketplace owner or online seller.

How to Become a Vendor?

Lesson 9

Vendors are the driving force of your online marketplace. After your approval, anyone can become a vendor. But how people actually apply for a marketplace vendor? You'll find the answer to this question here.

Multi-Vendor Features

Lesson 10

In this video tutorial, we're telling you about specific Multi-Vendor platform features: vendor data pre-moderation, vendor plans, and vendor terms and conditions.