How to

The “Announcements” module allows the admin to create announcements that will be shown on the vendors’ dashboards. Let’s see how to use it… 

1. After the plugin is installed and activated, go over to YITH > Multi Vendor > Modules > All Modules. There, you can enable the “Vendors announcements” module:
    
2. As soon as it’s enabled, a new Announcements subtab will appear:
    
3. In that new subtab, you’ll find a dashboard for announcements with an “Add announcement” button. Let’s click on it to create our first announcement:
    
4. A modal window will appear with lots of options. First, you need to set the announcement object and the content (you’ll find a text editor for the latter):
    
5. Then, you’ll be able to select if you want to show the announcement to all vendors, to specific vendors, or to vendors that match specific criteria, here are some of the criteria you can choose from:
    
6. However, I’m going to show this announcement to a specific vendor. After this set of options, there are two options to schedule the announcement: it can be published as soon as it’s created and then disabled manually, or a start and an end date can be set to show and hide the announcement using a calendar. Lastly, an option to allow vendors to dismiss the announcement can be enabled. If not, it will visible as long as it’s enabled:
    
7. Once the announcement is saved, it will be visible in the Announcements panel with a toggle button to enable and disable it:
    
8. And the vendor will see the announcement on his/her dashboard like this: 

This module allows the admin to add a link for users to report abuse on the vendors’ product pages. Let’s see how to use it…  

1. After the plugin is installed and activated, go over to YITH > Multi Vendor > Modules > All Modules. There, you can enable the “Vendors report abuse” module:
    
2. As soon as it’s enabled, two new subtabs will appear, Report Abuse and Report Abuse Settings:
    
3. The Report Abuse subtab is where the admin will find the reports sent by users. If no reports were sent, this is what it would look like:
    
4. The Report Abuse Settings subtab is where the related link can be enabled or disabled. To enable it there are two options, to show it on all the products from the shop or only on those products that belong to vendors. Let’s choose that last option:
     
5. When you enable the link, you’ll get options to modify the link’s label and its color:
     
6. Once it’s all saved, users will see the link on the product pages like this:
     
7. And if they click on the link, they’ll be able to enter their information and the reason why they’re reporting abuse. Note: if the user is already logged in when he/she clicks on the “Report abuse” link, the name and email address will be automatically filled in.
     
8. The report will then be visible to the admin on his/her dashboard > YITH > Multi Vendor > Modules > Report Abuse and the reason the user entered can be found by clicking on the “View” icon:
    
9. The reason will be displayed in a modal window, and the admin can then email the user by clicking on the “Reply” button

 

YITH Multi Vendor/ Marketplace provides administrators an option to decide if they want to allow vendors to add staff members to their stores. Let’s review how to enable and configure this option: 

1. To enable the ‘Vendor staff’ module, the admin needs to go to YITH > Multi Vendor > Modules > All Modules:

2. Inside this tab, there is a complete list of all modules available to help admis extend their marketplace with advanced features. To enable the ‘Vendor staff’ module, the toggle button simply needs to be switched to ‘Yes’:

3. Now, let’s review how vendors can manage this feature from their Dashboard. After the admin enables the staff module, vendors will find a new ‘Staff’ tab inside their ‘Your Shop’ section. To add new staff members vendors will need to click the ‘Add new staff’ button and complete all required fields:

4. After adding the new staff members, the vendor can manage certain permissions regarding the staff capabilities:

5. Each staff member can have different permissions, let’s see an example. In the screenshot below, there are two members a vendor has added to his staff:

6. Now, looking at the permissions for Jane Doe, she has been granted full permissions:

7. On the other hand, John Smith cannot create products or view reports:

8. Additionally, the administrator of the shop, can see the list of staff members of each vendor directly from the vendor’s details. From Vendor > Vendor List, by opening the details of any vendor, inside the modal window a ‘Staff’ tab will be visible, and inside the details of each member:

YITH Multi Vendor/ Marketplace provides administrators an option to decide if they want to allow vendors to manage a ‘Shipping’ module which will enable them to set their own costs for their shipping methods. Let’s review how to enable and configure this option: 

1. To enable the ‘Vendor shipping’ module, the admin needs to go to YITH > Multi Vendor > Add-ons > All Add-ons:

2. Inside this tab, there is a complete list of all modules available to help admins extend their marketplace with advanced features. To enable the ‘Vendor shipping’ module, the toggle button simply needs to be switched to ‘Yes’:

3. Now, let’s review how vendors can manage this feature from their Dashboard. After the admin enables the shipping module, vendors will find a new ‘Shipping’ tab inside their ‘Your Shop’ section. To configure the Shipping options for their shop, first, they need to enable the related option from Shipping > Shipping Options:

4. Once enabled, inside this tab vendors will be able to set additional options such as: Default shipping cost, Processing time, and Shipping from:

5. Next, from the ‘Shipping Zones’ tab, by clicking on ‘Add shipping zone’ each vendor will be able to configure their own Shipping zones and Shipping methods:

6. Also, each vendor has the possibility to configure extra shipping costs based on the number of products in the cart:

7. Finally, vendors will be able to configure their own Shipping policies and Shipping refund policies from the related tab: