YITH Multi Vendor/ Marketplace provides two options to register users as vendors. One is for users to register directly as vendors from the frontend of the shop; the second is for administrators to manually add vendors from the plugin dashboard. Let’s review in detail this second option:
- The first step to manually add a vendor is to go to YITH > Multi Vendor > Vendors > Vendors List:
- Here, at the top, there is an ‘Add vendor’ button, and by clicking on it a modal window will open to proceed and complete the vendor profile information:
- The vendor registration has five different sections. First, it is necessary to enter the ‘account info’ (it is possible to choose from an existing user or create a new user profile):
- In step 2, all the required fields related to the ‘store info’ must be completed:
- Step 3 allows to enter ‘additional info’ regarding the vendor’s social media profiles:
- In step 4, it is possible to enter the vendor’s payment information:
- Finally, in step 5, there are additional ‘options’ to override the global settings. Here it is possible to set for each vendor: vendor commission, skip admin review, and allow the vendor to set featured products: