Multivendor Marketplace

Medusa Multivendor Marketplace Plugin

This plugin transforms your Medusa store into a robust multivendor marketplace.

Background

The plugin was created as a result of a four-part series articles on Medium re how to create multivendor marketplace with Medusa 2.0:

• 🛠 Part 1: setting up the multi-vendor structure and understanding how to manage multiple sellers on a single Medusa instance
• 🧑‍💼 Part 2: building a powerful Super Admin layer to oversee vendors, products, orders, and more
• 🎨 Part 3: customizing the Medusa Admin Dashboard to give super admins and vendors a clean, user-friendly experience
• 🎨 Part 4: bring it all together - packaging everything into a Medusa 2 plugin

Features

• Store Creation:
  • The plugin provides an intuitive interface for creating new vendor stores, simplifying the onboarding process for new sellers.
• Entity Separation:
  • The plugin ensures that each store has its own independent set of entities (customers, orders, products, etc.), preventing data conflicts and ensuring privacy.
• Impersonation:
  • Super admins can seamlessly switch between vendor accounts, enabling them to:
    • View the marketplace from a vendor's perspective.
    • Troubleshoot issues efficiently.
    • Provide personalized support.

Installation

1. Add plugin:

   yarn add @techlabi/medusa-marketplace-plugin

2. Add the following variables to your .env file:

   1API_KEY=supersecret
   2VITE_BACKEND_URL=http://localhost:9000

   • API_KEY - The secret key used to create the super admin.
   • VITE_BACKEND_URL - The URL of your Medusa backend, required for custom admin components.

3. Apply postinstall patch:

   To ensure proper setup, follow these steps:

   1. Open package.json: Open the package.json file in your project's root directory.

   2. Add postinstall script: Add the following script under the scripts section:

      1"scripts": {
      2  "postinstall": "node node_modules/@techlabi/medusa-marketplace-plugin/.medusa/server/src/patch-admin.js",
      3  // ... other scripts ...
      4}

   3. Run installation: Execute the installation process using yarn:

      yarn

      This postinstall script will automatically execute after all dependencies are installed, applying the necessary patch.

4. Add the following code to your medusa-config.ts file:

   1module.exports = defineConfig({
   2  projectConfig: { ... },
   3  plugins: [
   4    {
   5      resolve: "@techlabi/medusa-marketplace-plugin",
   6      options: {},
   7    },
   8  ],
   9})

   This code connect plugin and helps to resolve an issue similar to https://github.com/medusajs/medusa/issues/11248.

5. Run database migrations:

   npx medusa db:migrate

6. Start the project:

   yarn dev

Envs

• ALLOW_API_KEYS_FOR_VENDORS=true - allow API keys management for regular vendors
• __VITE_DISABLE_SIGNUP_WIDGET__ - to disable signup widget on login page. Must be configured in medusa-config.ts:
  1admin: {
  2   vite: config => {
  3     config.define["__VITE_DISABLE_SIGNUP_WIDGET__"] = JSON.stringify(true);
  4   },
  5 },

Demo app

https://github.com/Tech-Labi/medusa2-marketplace-demo

Functionality Overview

Key features included:

• Super Admin Role:
  • Introduces a super admin role with the ability to manage all aspects of the marketplace.
  • Super admins can:
    • Create and manage multiple vendor stores.
    • Impersonate vendor accounts to troubleshoot and provide support.
    • Access and analyze data across all stores.
• Vendor Store Management:
  • Enables the creation of individual vendor stores, each with its own:
    • Customer Base: Independent customer lists for each vendor.
    • Order Management: Separate order tracking and fulfillment.
    • Price Lists: Unique pricing strategies for each vendor.
    • Product Catalogs: Distinct product offerings per store.
    • Shipping Profiles: Tailored shipping options.
    • Stock Locations: Independent inventory management.
    • User Accounts: Vendor-specific user management.
• Data Separation:
  • The plugin ensures clear separation of data between stores using Medusa's module links:
    • customer-store.ts
    • order-store.ts
    • price-list-store.ts
    • product-store.ts
    • shipping-profile-store.ts
    • stock-location-store.ts
    • user-store.ts
  • This architecture allows vendors to operate independently while maintaining a cohesive marketplace experience for customers.

Creating a Super Admin

To create a super admin, use the following curl request:

curl -X POST http://localhost:9000/stores/super -d '{ "email":"admin@test.com", "password": "supersecret"}' -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -H 'Authorization: supersecret'

Contributing

Feel free to contribute to this plugin by submitting pull requests or creating issues for bug reports and feature requests.

License

Apache 2.0