Dokan Review

Dokan is a multi-vendor plugin for WordPress designed to help suppliers customize stores and manage product inventory on a unified platform. The tool can be used with any theme that supports WooCommerce, allowing teams to build a multi-vendor marketplace based on individual needs. The main features of Dokan include catalog management, shopping cart, orders, payment processing, promotion management, supplier portal, email marketing, reviews, data security and management SEO. It allows managers to charge commissions globally or on a single supplier or get special commissions on specific products. The front-end dashboard allows users to access and manage sales, discounts, orders, coupons, and more.

DOKAN – TUTORIAL

Here is a video showing how to create a marketplace for free:

DOKAN – FEATURES

• Marketplace with independent stores: the software gives any vendor a customized storefront and chance to give support as extra
• Use any WooCommerce compatible theme: you can start using Dokan with any theme that supports WooCommerce. You will also get a free theme to get started so you don’t face trouble when building your multi-vendor marketplace
• Frontend dashboard for vendors and customers: customers and Vendors get access to a rich frontend dashboard that allows easy management of product inventory including sales, orders, discounts, coupons, and more
• Earn from each sale as an admin: charge commission globally, on a vendor or get a special commission on a single product. A fair commission model allows both parties to share the success of your marketplace
• Increase brand value with product reviews: good reviews can help other customers to gain trust and increase your marketplace brand value
• Easy withdraw system for your vendors: withdrawal is really easy with Dokan. Vendors can requests to you right from the frontend dashboard for payment. You can set the withdrawal limit, payment channel, minimum withdraw limit and more
• Shipping management for each store: worried about shipping hassles? Let your vendors handle their own shipping with the Zone-wise shipping feature for each store. And if you enable the ShipStation, they can also handle their shipping with the popular shipping solutions
• Announce important news right in the dashboard: you can broadcast important announcements for all the vendors or specifically a number of vendors. The announcements will be displayed on the vendor’s dashboard
• Control who sells and who doesn’t: you can activate/deactivate a vendor selling rights. Which really makes you the the Admin of a marketplace.