nopStation Vendor Shop plugin enhances vendor functionality in a nopCommerce-based marketplace. Vendors can manage their own vendor page, profile, and product listings, add product carousels and customize their page with custom CSS. Customers can subscribe to their favorite vendors, and vendors can send email campaigns to their subscribers. A chat button enables direct communication between customers and vendors, creating a better marketplace experience, improving conversions, and user convenience.
Go to Administration > Configuration > Local plugins.
Upload the .zip file using the "Upload plugin or theme" button on the top right corner of the screen
Go to Administration, reload the 'list of plugins'. Then Install 'Nop-Station Core' plugin first. Then install 'Nop-Station Vendor Core' & 'Vendor Shop' plugin plugin first
To make the plugins functional, restart the application.
Configuration
Then Click on Configure and Enable all the functionalities
Admins can now check the following options to enable/disable features Vendors:
Enable carousel: Enable/Disable carousel access for vendors
Enable Slider: Enable/Disable slider for vendors
Enable product tab: Enable/Disable product tab for vendors
Enable vendor campaign: Enables/Disable vendor campaigns for vendors
Enable custom CSS: Enable/Disable custom CSS for vendors
Enabling access for Vendors
Go to Admin > NopStation > Core Settings > Access Control List
Admins must add Vendor in NopStation core. Manage nopStation features
Now click on Edit and add Vendor in the specific box and Save
Enabling Vendor Shop for specific Vendors:
Go to Admin > Customers > Vendors. Here Admins can see list of Vendors and also can Add vendors by Clicking on Add New Button
Enable vendor shop: Admins can enable/disable vendor shop for a specific vendor
Setting up Vendor Shop for vendors
After logging in Vendor Account, Vendors can customize the vendor shop
Go to Nop Station > Plugins > Nop-Station Vendor > Vendor Shop > Vendor Profile
Description: Vendors can add a description for the vendor shop
Profile picture: Vendors can add a profile picture
Banner Picture: Vendors can add a banner picture
Banner picture (Mobile): Vendors can add a picture for mobile responsive banner
Custom CSS: Vendors can add custom CSS for the profile page
Adding Carousels
Go to Nop Station > Plugins > Nop-Station Vendor > Vendor Shop > O Carousel > Carousels
Vendors can see a list of created carousels here
Vendors can create a New Carousel by clicking the Add New button
Name: Vendors can add a name for the Carousel
Title: Vendors can set the title for the carousel that is displayed on the storefront
Display Title: Enable/Disable showing the carousel title
Widget zone: Vendors can select the Widget zone where it is displayed
Data Source: Vendors can select the data source for the plugin
Show Background picture: Vendors can enable/disable showing a background picture for the carousel
Display order: Vendors can set the display order for the Carousel
Limited to store: Vendors can limit the visibility of the carousels to certain stores
Active: Vendors can make the carousel Active/Inactive
Created On: Created date
Updated On: Last updated date
Nav: Vendors can enable/disable prev/next buttons on the carousel
Auto play: Vendors can enable auto play for the carousel
Auto play timeout: Vendors can set auto play timeout duration
Auto play hover mouse: Vendors can enable/Disable auto play hover mouse
Lazy load: Vendors can enable/disable lazy load
Lazy load eager: Vendors can set lazy load eager time
Start position: Vendors can set start position for carousel
Loop: Vendors can enable/disable looping
Center: Vendors can enable/disable the center position item for the carousel
Adding Sliders
Go to Nop Station > Plugins > Nop-Station Vendor > Vendor Shop > Anywhere Slider > Sliders
Vendors can see a list for created Sliders here
Vendors can create new slider by clicking on Add New button
Adding Product Tabs
Go to Nop Station > Plugins > Nop-Station Vendor > Vendor Shop Product Tabs > List
Vendors can see a list for created Product tabs here
Vendors can create a new product tab by clicking the add new button:
Vendor subscribers
Go to Nop Station > Plugins > Nop-Station Vendor > Vendor Shop > Vendor Subscribers > Subscribers
Vendors can see a list of subscribed customers here
Vendors can send email campaigns to selected customers or all subscribed customers
Campaign name: Vendors can add a campaign name
Email Subject: Vendors can add the email subject line
Email body: Vendors can add the email boy here
Allowed token: Vendors can see a list of available message tokens here
Sending date: Vendors can set the sending date here
Vendshop on storefront
Here is how the vendor shop will look on the storefront:
