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50 Most Popular OpenCart Websites

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OpenCart is an open-source PHP based e-commerce software that enables you to set up your own online store and run your online business cost effectively. This shopping cart solution is most suitable for small and medium sized online stores.

This software has many benefits such as simplicity and ease of use, free cost-effective themes, multiple payment gateways, free support and software updates and more. It's not without flaws, though.

To help you decide whether it's for you, we've analyzed more than 200,000 OpenCart-powered stores and created a list of the 50 most popular OpenCart websites based on Alexa rank. We've also included the name of the OpenCart theme that is used by each of the stores.

Scroll down for the list and details and don't forget to tell us what you think of this in the comments. Definitely let us know if you have other great examples of OpenCart being used in popular online stores.

1. AskMeBazaar.com

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Theme used: skis-pro

AskMeBazaar is India's premier online marketplace where sellers from across India can open their online store and display all their products for free. Vendors can sell their products with zero upfront investment paying only fixed fees for transaction processing.

In this store you can find various Indian brands as well as unbranded goods, local specialties, special festival offers and even you can bargain before completing the purchase.

AskMeBazaar guarantees every purchase with its unique trust seal and allows user ratings on every seller and their products.

 

2. Poorvikamobile.com

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Theme used: journal2

Poorvika Mobiles Pvt Ltd., Headquartered in Chennai, India, is a leading multi-brand retail chain that deals with mobile phones and mobile accessories as well as internet data cards.

Founded in 2004, Poorvika prides itself on its deep understanding of their customer’s needs and well-trained staff. A workforce of over 3500 knowledgeable and committed professionals sets apart Poorvika from other retail chains by ensuring each customer who walks into a Showroom is attended to with the highest levels of integrity, professionalism and service.

This particular store uses the popular Journal2 as their theme. MultiMerch offers a separate integration pack for Journal2 and MultiMerch Marketplace.

 

3. Menegin.com

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Theme used: pavilion

Iran's leading online shopping website offering quality electronics with special dedication to customer satisfaction. Menegin also offers various festival discounts, specials of the day and photography contests and is getting constantly updated.

This website is powered by the popular Pavilion theme that is also compatible with MultiMerch.

 

4. WholeSaleBox.in

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Theme used: custom

WholeSaleBox is a store designed for wholesale buying and selling across India where retailers are able to purchase directly at bulk factory prices.

The retailers can take advantage of the web interface to purchase products for their retail outlets and get those without having to travel to different cities / manufacturing hubs or to buy at much higher prices from the wholesalers near them.

Wholesalebox put the entire wholesale buying process online to enable manufacturers & brands and retailers to drive incremental revenue, cut costs, improve their customer experience and analyze performance through data analytics.

 

5. HodHodMarket.com

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Theme used: megashop

HodHod was launched in 1994 and offers quality cosmetic products. All products offered at the store are certified by Ministry of Health. Famous brands like Adidas, Calvin Klein, Hugo Boss and Gucci can be found on HodHod at reasonable prices.

This store uses the MegaShop OpenCart theme and offers a 24/7 customer support to answer any eventual questions.

6. Brandshop.ru

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Theme used: custom

BranShop is a marketplace offering footwear, clothing and accessories from various popular brands that is based in Russia.

The online catalog of Brandshop is elaborate, clearly structured and presented in two languages – Russian and English. The shop is focused on male audience and offers worldwide delivery.

Easy navigation and quick search simplify the ordering process and their news section is updated on a regular basis offering information about exclusive events.

BrandShop uses  a custom OpenCart theme.

 

7. Goody25.com

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Theme used: custom

Zero Distance, 100% connection. Goody's mission is to create zero distance platform for all business and users. Website users can create their own content about news, fashion, lifestyle, food and share it with their friends.

Goody also has a separate trends section where users can subscribe to popular and relevant content from categories they're interested in.

Like BrandShop, Goody uses a beautiful custom OpenCart theme.

 

8. Svapoweb.it

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Theme used: default

SvapoWeb is an Italian online marketplace offering a variety of products for electronic cigarettes and vaporizers such as e-liquids and accessories. It offers payment after delivery and a 24-hour online support.

This marketplace uses the default OpenCart theme, which is not really common among top OpenCart websites.

 

9. Waltonbd.com

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Theme used: custom

Walton is a popular Bangladeshi marketplace offering electronics, home appliances and automotive products. It is part of the Walton Group, which has been in the electronics business since 1994.

It uses a custom OpenCart theme.

 

10. Digik.ir

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Theme used: journal

Digik is the leading Iranian marketplace for technical equipment and accessories such as cables, fans, transformers and others. It also offers other electronic equipment such as PC and laptops, industrial devices mobile phones and more.

This is another example of a top 50 OpenCart store using the popular Journal OpenCart theme.

 

11. GrossoShop.net
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Theme used: journal2

GrossoShop.net was founded in 2006 and specializes in B2C (Business to Consumer) and B2B (Business to Business) sale of Android mobile devices, in particular smartphones and tablets.

They collaborate with the major Chinese factories and offer the most popular brands in Chinese market of Android smartphones and tablets.

 

12. Trendybharat.com

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Theme used: custom

Trendybharat.com aims to make online shopping in India a delightful and fulfilling experience.

This marketplace offers a dedicated collection of clothing and accessories for men, women and kids, sports and health goods, products for home and kitchen, various books and electronic equipment and other categories of products.

 

13. Tbuy.in

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Theme used: custom

Telebuy is another popular destination for online shopping in India offering some of the best prices and a hassle-free experience with options of paying through Cash on Delivery, Debit Card, Credit Card and Net Banking processed through secure gateways.

They also offer free home delivery for many of their products.

Like the most popular OpenCart stores, this store also uses a custom OpenCart theme.

 

14. Welovefine.com

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Theme used: custom

WeLoveFine is probably more known to our US readers. It is one of the more popular online marketplaces for custom-designed clothing and accessories made by the fans and for the fans.

Established in 2009, WeLoveFine  offers various clothing and accessories with designs featuring the fan-beloved characters from My Little Pony, Marvel Comics, Adventure Time, Bravest Warriors, Star Wars, Star Trek, Portal, Hatsune Miku, Dreamworks, Transformers, Naruto, ElfQuest, Homestuck and more!

 

15. Samsungcenter.ir

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Theme used: custom

SamsungCenter is a popular Iranian marketplace for Samsung products and accessories founded in 2009.

 

16. Rayaneh.com

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Theme used: custom

Rayaneh.com is another Iranian online marketplace that offers computer parts from various brands at discounted rates.

They offer a 24-hour customer support and are using a custom OpenCart theme.

 

17. Zoomkala.com

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Theme used: journal2

Zoomkala is a marketplace offering various digital accessories, household products and kitchen appliances. It offers an Iran-wide delivery and a 7 day replacement warranty.

Some of the brands offered on Zoomkala are Acer, Philips, Gygabite, Asus, Samsung and others.

Like many other popular OpenCart stores, Zoomkala uses Journal2 as their theme of choice.

 

18. Sareeka.com

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Theme used: custom

Sareeka are one of the leading online marketplaces of Indian traditional attire who focus on quality products and on-time delivery. Their apparels are exclusively-designed with the elements of the real Indian heritage.

 

19. Ru-mi.com

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Theme used: lexus_nextstore

Ru-mi is a Russian electronics marketplace that specializes in Xiaomi electronics for the Russian market.

This store uses another popular OpenCart theme – Lexus NextStore.

 

20. Unom.ac.in

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Theme used: custom

This is the website of the Madras University, which is one of the more popular old universities in Southern India.

 

21. 6dollarshirts.com

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Theme used: custom

This one's a popular online store for quality printed t-shirts at quite low prices.

6dollarshirts have a combined 30 years of printing experience, a state of the art order processing and shipping facility as well as a customer service team that actually services customers (in their own words).

They use a custom OpenCart theme.

 

22. Dfrobot.com

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Theme used: lexus_happycook

Founded in 2008, DFRobot is a robotics and open source hardware provider, catering to hardware engineers, DIY enthusiasts and interactive designers. Their product catalog offers over 900 components and widgets ranging from sensors and robotic platforms to communication modules and 3D printers.

DFRobot uses the Lexus HappyCook OpenCart theme.

 

23. Ninecolours.com

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Theme used: custom

NineColours is the leading online Indian ethnic wear marketplace.

They aim to be preferred choice in ethnic wear and offer creative designs and innovative fashion ranging from fashionable Indian ethnic wear to majestic home decor.

NineColours uses a custom OpenCart theme that matches their product catalog perfectly.

 

24. Prothemes.biz

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Theme used: shoppica2

ProThemes is a digital marketplace offering PHP scripts, billing themes and various Windows applications.

This website uses another popular Shoppica2 OpenCart theme.

 

25. Getmecab.com

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Theme used: custom

GetMeCab is an Indian online cab rental aggregator and a marketplace offering cab inventory. They strive to provide high quality, affordable cab service with utmost transparency in terms of pricing and service delivery.

They boast a network of quality checked car rental partners across India which helps to provide all kind of car rental services to their customers.

 

26. Harajee.com

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Theme used: custom

Harajee is a Middle East portal of online classifieds and auctions. with dozens of categories such as art, labor market, industrial, services, real estate, appliances and furniture and others.

In addition to this, Harajee offers a possibility to compare product prices to their market price.

It runs a custom OpenCart theme based on the default template in OpenCart 1.x.

 

27. Woodenstreet.com

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Theme used: custom

WoodenStreet is a popular Indian custom made furniture marketplace. They craft each unit with premium quality in mind and using the best solid wood to ensure lasting durability.

This store uses a nice custom OpenCart theme.

 

28. Lite-mobile.ru

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Theme used: custom

LiteMobile is a Russian electronic marketplace that started with retail sales of cell phones in 2006.

Today, they offer a wide range of digital devices such as cell phones, photographic equipment, video game consoles, navigators, MP3 players and other electronics.

LiteMobile uses a custom OpenCart theme.

 

29. Farinsoft.ir

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Theme used: pav_styleshop

Farinsoft is an Iranian online tutoring portal offering over 15,000 unique courses and lessons on different topics such as programming, photography, security, gaming, networking and graphic design.

 

30. Edurite.com

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Theme used: custom

Edurite is a digital store that offers a wide range of self-paced learning CDs with content based on cognitive learning approach. These helps students with easy understanding and long term retention of complex concepts.

They also offer a specialized CD package for English Grammar that can be used by students and adults who are looking to improve their English.

 

31. Jayosbie.com

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Theme used: cosyone

Jay Osbie is a popular Nigerian brand and retailer for fashion-forward men. Their website offers a range of products from casual styles to traditional wear, styled up and re-thought for modern Nigerian men.

Jay Osbie uses the Cosy One OpenCart theme.

 

32. Tokocamzone.com

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Theme used: journal2

TokoCamZone is an Indonesian online marketplace for cameras and accessories such as monopods, lenses, camera bags, studio equipment, stabilizers and memory cards.

They use the Journal2 theme for their store.

 

33. Autozs.ru

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Theme used: custom

AutoZS is a Russian online marketplace for automotive goods. They offer a wide range of auto parts and accessories for various car makes.

 

34. Japancars.ru

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Theme used: custom

JapanCars is another Russian marketplace for car parts that specializes in Japanese car manufacturers. They use the default OpenCart theme and a few different payment methods and package tracking.

 

35. Roseroseshop.com

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Theme used: vitalia

RoseRoseShop is a South Korean marketplace for cosmetics. What was initially an eBay shop has now become a separate online store running OpenCart and the Vitalia theme.

 

 

36. Techone.vn

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Theme used: custom

Established in 2002, Techone is a popular Vietnamese retailer offering mobile phones and terminals that uses a custom OpenCart theme for their store.

Techone is an official distributor and strategic partner of leading brands such as Apple, Samsung, Nokia, Sony, Oppo, HTC, Blackberry and Lenovo in Vietnam.

 

37. Khantil.com

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Theme used: fusion

Khantil is an Indian online marketplace offering a wide variety of women dresses that come in unique forms, designs and colors.

They use the Fusion OpenCart theme.

 

38. Iranheadphone.com

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Theme used: custom

IranianHeadphone is an Iranian marketplace offering headphones and accessories from various manufacturers.

This store uses a custom OpenCart theme.

39. Alta-karter.ru

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Theme used: custom

AltaKarter is a Russian online store selling various automotive accessories such as car mats, crankcase protectors, electronics and similar products.

They have established cooperation with most Russian car part suppliers.

AltaKarter store uses a custom OpenCart theme.

 

40. Mypads.ru

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Theme used: shopcart

MyPads offers the largest selection of covers and holsters for mobile phones, laptops and tablets.

They use another popular OpenCart theme – ShopCart.

 

41. Ubreakifix.com

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Theme used: custom

uBreakiFix is a portal that helps people by providing various electronics repair services using high quality parts. They are the folks standing in line on launch day waiting for the latest smartphone or gaming console.

This website uses a custom OpenCart theme.

 

42. Offersgames.com

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Theme used: marketshop

OffersGames is a Middle Eastern marketplace offering software and games for XBox, iTunes and Playstation. They offer a wide variety of games of all genres and are targeted to audience from 7 to 77.

This is another website that uses the MarketShop theme.

 

43. Globalbrand.com.bd

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Theme used: lexus_superstore

Global Brand (Pvt.) Limited (GBPL) is a major IT distributor of Bangladesh. They are the only exclusive distributor of Asus products in Bangladesh since 1996.

Global Brand Private Limited provides services and solutions that include distribution of hardware systems, networking products, notebooks, network infrastructure, gaming products, servers, printers, projectors, software, laptops and POS solution.

Also, they are one more OpenCart website powered by the Lexus Superstore theme.

 

44. Myopencart.com

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Theme used: custom

MyOpenCart is a localized version of OpenCart for the Russian market. They offer a simple and reliable OpenCart solution for Russian customers and businesses.

They also use MultiMerch as the multi vendor system of choice in their store.

 

45. Svapostore.net

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Theme used: lexus_nextstore

Another part of the Svapo brand, SvapoStore is another Italian marketplace offering online purchase of electronic cigarettes, cartridges and refills.

In addition to the online marketplace, they have physical store in various locations in Italy.

SvapoStore also uses the Lexus NextStore OpenCart theme.

 

46. Pnevmat24.ru

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Theme used: custom

Pnevmat24 is a popular Russian marketplace for air rifles, signal pistols, bullets, crossbows, gas and pneumatic weapons that offer products from all popular manufacturers in the industry.

They use a custom OpenCart theme.

 

47. Startech.com.bd

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Theme used: custom

Star Tech & Engineering Ltd is an electronics marketplace offering a wide variety of computer parts and equipment from reputed international manufacturers and suppliers.

 

48. Sggw.pl

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Theme used: custom

Sggw is the website of the Warsaw University of Life Sciences. They offer 37 fields of study such as landscape architecture, food safety, bio engineering animals and biotechnology and currently have over 27,000 students.

They use a custom OpenCart theme to power their website.

 

49. Zakcret.gr

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Theme used: polishop

Founded in 1975, Zakcret sports has established itself as a leading Greek retailer of branded sportswear and fashionwear. At the moment the company has 11 contemporary retail stores with over 150 employees.

Their online marketplace was founded in 2007 and is serving their customers nationwide with footwear, apparel and accessories from more than 60 Sport & Casual brands.

Zakcret uses the Polishop OpenCart theme.

 

50. Arabestore.com

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Theme used: custom

Arabestore is a large Middle Eastern marketplace specializing in mobile phones and tablets as well as accessories that uses a custom OpenCart theme.

 

There you have it – these are the 50 most popular international OpenCart websites.  As we can see, most of them use custom OpenCart themes or one of the popular premium themes such as Journal2, Lexus or one of the Pavo themes.

This list makes it clear that virtually none of the popular OpenCart stores use the default OpenCart theme out of the box – this means you probably don't want to do it either. Even if you don't feel like hiring a designer of your own, we definitely recommend you to at least choose one of the popular OpenCart themes on ThemeForest as they're quite good and not too expensive.

If you have another OpenCart store in mind that we've missed, let us know in the comments.

Meanwhile, stay tuned for our next OpenCart update where we'll analyze a whole database of a few hundred thousand OpenCart websites to find out which themes are the most popular out there – and build the ultimate list of the popular OpenCart themes.

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Integrating MultiMerch 8.x with Journal2

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Journal2 is still one of the most popular OpenCart themes and MultiMerch is one of the most popular multi vendor extensions for OpenCart – and we intend to keep it this way.

Therefore, we've just updated our Journal2 integration pack for MultiMerch 8.x and created a definitive guide for installing OpenCart with MultiMerch & Journal2.

The latest version of the Journal2 integration pack includes over 50 styling fixes for various MultiMerch templates as well as a fix for Journal's Quick Checkout system. It will also get updated on a regular basis.

Visit the following link to see our new guide and let us know if we're missing something:  MultiMerch Docs: Installing OpenCart with MultiMerch & Journal2.

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MultiMerch Development Newsletter #8

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Last month we released the new major version of MultiMerch 8.0. While it was labeled Stable as we've ironed out most of the major 8.x conversion issues, there have been minor bugs left here and there.

Today, I'm happy to announce the release of MultiMerch 8.0.1 which includes more than 50 various bugfixes for 8.0 as well as the new product review and vendor rating system and vendor profile updates.

MultiMerch 8.0.1 bugfixes

Since the release of 8.0 we've been constantly working on improving MultiMerch 8 and getting all the bugs out. Bugs fixed in 8.0.1 include, among others:

  • various vendor product form issues
  • fix for categories not getting saved properly
  • vendor profile form uploader bugs
  • product quesiton & answer fixes
  • vendor dashboard layout fixes
  • fix for total sale numbers
  • fix to hide missing/broken orders (OC default behavior)
  • various template structure fixes
  • dashboard table responsiveness fixes
  • fallback to default email templates with custom theme installed
  • line breaks in order information
  • vendor Google Analytics fix
  • minor DB structure changes for new MySQL versions
  • restyled option & attribute selector in vendor's product form

The latest update can be downloaded through your MultiMerch account as well as on OpenCart Marketplace.

 

Vendor profile updates

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Vendor profiles have been waiting for a face lift for a while now.

Two major profile page updates include a full size banner container for a better overall profile look as well as vendor profile tabs. At the moment there are only two default vendor tabs – description and reviews – but MultiMerch will get an update to allow store owners create their own custom tabs.

After installing the update, you can adjust the banner size in MultiMerch Settings > Misc > Image Sizes.

 

Product reviews & vendor ratings

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Vendor ratings is something that has been requested before. While a different version of vendor ratings was available in MultiMerch 5.x, it was never reintroduced after the conversion to OpenCart 2.x due to stability issues.

The first new version of reviews & ratings is now available in MultiMerch. It replaces OpenCart's default review system.

The rating system in MultiMerch is similar in functionality to what Amazon, eBay & Etsy offer to their vendors and customers.

After the customer purchases a product, they have an option to leave feedback for a product by describing their experience and rating it with 1 to 5 stars. All product reviews are stored in the database and displayed to other visitors. Vendor's rating is calculated based on the average star rating of all of vendor's products and displayed in vendor profile. Customers can also view detailed vendor statistics and all product reviews for every vendor.

The next rating update will include a possibility for customers to upload images for their reviews, as well as to comment on other reviews and vote for the most useful reviews for every product.

A detailed guide on vendor ratings will be published in MultiMerch Documentation shortly.

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ThinkSo Marketplace by MultiMerch & Crafts

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Crafts is a small development agency from Lithuania, and one of the first paying customers of MultiMerch. They have used the MultiMerch platform since the early days of their first start up – a marketplace for handmade items, which went on to become the biggest handmade marketplace in the Baltics.

The birth of ThinkSo Marketplace

The latest case study we want to share is based on the project they have created with the help of MultiMerch – ThinkSo Marketplace. It's a new take on that same marketplace viewed through a social business lens.

ThinkSo is a unique platform where everyone can contribute to the creation and enhancement of social well-being by acquiring products from social businesses, rural communities and non-governmental organizations.

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Crafts used their knowledge and supported the ThinkSo initiative with programming, MultiMerch setup and integration services and social business consulting.

 

Customized MultiMerch setup

In the process of store development, the default MultiMerch functionality was extended with various extra features. This platform is an example of symbiosis between customized features and our module.

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Some of the additional MultiMerch features include:

  • Custom seller profiles
  • The ability to add video to profile and product pages
  • A seller registration form designed from the ground up with B2B customers in mind
  • Custom search filters makes finding the right products a snap, including the ability to search for products via their social impact
  • The ability for customers to set repeat ordering schedules
  • The ability for sellers to add blog content to their pages
  • Content that is SEO optimized and friendly.

To sum it up, the combination of MultiMerch, OpenCart and Crafts custom improvements means a fully digitized electronic business where everything is being processed exclusively online.

 

MultMerch & Crafts – flexibility and experience

The guys over at Crafts managed to turn MultiMerch into something truly beautiful. It wouldn't be possible without the flexibility of MultiMerch and without the experience of the team. With both things combined, everything the client wants is possible – ranging from a user friendly and sales orientated design to custom development and integrations.

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Overall, we've been really happy to work with Crafts from the very first MultiMerch release and we can only describe them as experienced, reliable and accurate.

In addition to their own projects, Crafts offer custom MultiMerch development and consulting services. If you are interested in getting a beautiful marketplace of your own, feel free to contact us for more information about our partnership with Crafts.

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MultiMerch Development Newsletter #9: Multivendor Shipping

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Today, I'm really happy to introduce the long awaited MultiMerch version 8.1. We've been announcing it for a while now and it's finally available for download.

MultiMerch 8.1 introduces our new multivendor shipping system that allows vendors specify per-product shipping rules. In addition to this, we've included a number of bugfixes since 8.0.1.

MultiMerch 8.1 changelog

Since the release of 8.0.1 we've been mostly working on the new shipping system, but have also fixed a number of 8.0.1 issues.

The changes in 8.1 include:

  • multivendor shipping system
  • product rating fixes
  • product return changes
  • badge & social link fixes
  • minor PayPal adaptive fixes
  • minor button fixes

The latest update can be downloaded through your MultiMerch account as well as on OpenCart Marketplace.

A detailed guide on the new MultiMerch shipping is now available in MultiMerch Documentation.

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MultiMerch Localization & Partnerships

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We at MultiMerch love local markets around the world! Therefore, we're starting a MultiMerch localization campaign which will include translating MultiMerch Marketplace into as many languages as possible.

Today, I'm happy to announce the first batch of translations for MultiMerch.  The following translations are now available for MultiMerch 8 in addition to the original English language:

  • Portuguese
  • Brazilian
  • Russian
  • French
  • German
  • Ukrainian

These are complete translations for the MultiMerch front store, vendor areas and all administrative interfaces of MultiMerch. They're easy to install (unpack, upload, done) and you can use them together with the relevant OpenCart translation to create a completely localized multivendor marketplace for OpenCart.

This is a work in progress so more translations will follow – feel free to let us know if there's a particular language you want MultiMerch to be available in.

As always, don't forget to subscribe to our newsletter and follow us on Facebook and Twitter to stay up to date with the latest MultiMerch updates and OpenCart news.

P.S. We are starting a pilot MultiMerch Partners program to promote MultiMerch on local markets and have more MultiMerch developers available for custom projects. If you're an active part of your local OpenCart community – let me know at martin@multimerch.com!

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Payment Methods in MultiMerch

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You probably know that MultiMerch supports OpenCart's payment methods for regular payments, but not for vendor fees and payouts.

This will soon change as we're working on a new MultiMerch payment system that will support third party payment methods for signup & product listing fees as well as royalty payouts to vendors.

This means, that

  • your vendors will be able to pay you for signup and product listing in multiple different ways, not just PayPal
  • you as the marketplace owner will be able to pay royalties to your vendors using the payment method that works for you, not just PayPal

In other words, you won't have to rely on PayPal for your MultiMerch business.

The upcoming MultiMerch 8.2 will ship with a plugin system for payment gateways and two plugins out of the box – PayPal and Manual Bank Transfer:

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The new payment system will allow vendors to make signup and product listing payments through one of the payment plugins installed in the marketplace.

It will also give the marketplace owner a possibility to perform royalty payouts to vendors using payment methods other than the default PayPal Standard.

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This makes it possible to complete multiple payment requests at once.

It is especially useful when vendors are listing multiple products – starting with MultiMerch 8.2 they will be able to pay all listing fees at once.

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Vendors will also be able to complete their payment information and receive their royalties through one of the multiple payment gateways enabled in the marketplace.

Prior to MultiMerch 8.2 this is only possible via PayPal.
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We will also be creating extra payment gateways in the future to make it possible to use MultiMerch with as many payment systems as possible.

Stay tuned for updates!

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MultiMerch 8.2 Beta for OpenCart 2.x is out!

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Today I'm happy to let you know that MultiMerch 8.2 Beta is now available to all new and existing MultiMerch users!

The new version features a major payment system update, which means:

  • you can now charge vendors a signup fee for registering in your marketplace
  • you can define product listing fees for vendors and vendor groups
  • the best of all – you can accept fee payments and perform payouts to vendors with third party payment methods/ gateways

The new update comes with PayPal and Bank Transfer plugins out of the box, but we will introduce new payment plugins in the near future.

In addition to these major features, there are updates to OpenCart 2.3.0.2 compatibility as well as various bugfixes.

Check our earlier post for a few screenshots of the new features: https://multimerch.com/blog/payment-methods-in-multimerch/

We'll also release an announcement about two new theme integrations in the near future. Meanwhile, log into your accounts and give MultiMerch 8.2 a try!

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MultiMerch + ShopMe theme for OpenCart

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Hello guys,

I've got have some great news to share with you today!

While MultiMerch is compatible with third party OpenCart themes, some of them may require extra integration by your developers.

Since we want to make MultiMerch compatible with as many great themes as possible, we've partnered with the guys behind ShopMe and CosyOne themes for OpenCart. Their themes are great themes in terms of code quality and customer support and we absolutely recommend them!

From now on, in addition to our Journal2 compatibility files we'll be offering MultiMerch compatibility with the ShopMe theme as well with our Professional and Business plans.

Check our this detailed ShopMe installation & integration guide we've published just a few days ago – this covers the whole setup process from start to finish: MultiMerch with ShopMe Theme & OpenCart

Here's a preview of what ShopMe looks like with MultiMerch:

P.S. We'll be publishing an update to MultiMerch 8.2 shortly, stay tuned!

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MultiMerch 8.2 updates & Coffee Theme compatibility

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Guys,

Martin here. I hope you're having a really great week!

Today I'd like to let you know that we've just released a new MultiMerch 8 update – 8.2.0.4.

The update includes lots of various fixes and improvements of all kinds and minor feature updates. You can download it from your MultiMerch accounts. As usual, you can find the MultiMerch Changelog that lists changes between versions here: https://multimerch.com/resources/getting-started/changelog/

But wait, there's more!

We've just implemented MultiMerch compatibility with another lovely themeCoffee (OPC080182) by TemplateMela. While their OPC themes are generally not considered by some to be the best ones out there, Coffee is actually quite decent both in terms of looks and code quality.

So, from now on we'll be offering MultiMerch compatibility files for the Coffee theme with our Professional and Business plans in addition to Journal2 and ShopMe.

To make things easier for you, we've just published this thorough MultiMerch + OpenCart + Coffee setup & integration guide – check it out!

Also, here's a little preview of what Coffee now looks with MultiMerch:

P.S. All of our MultiMerch translations will be updated to 8.2.0.4 shortly!

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MultiMerch Combined Shipping and Journal2 updates

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Hi, Martin here!

Got some news to share with you today.

First, we've updated our MultiMerch+Journal2 integration pack – it now supports the latest Journal2 2.8.3 including Quick Checkout. If you're signed up for the Journal2 integration, you can now download the update from your accounts.

Second, we're working on an update to MultiMerch Shipping to support combined weight-based shipping. It's a system similar to the one that was available back in MultiMerch 7, but better. Combined shipping lets vendors define a set of "cost per weight" rules that are then applied at checkout to all their products automatically.

This lets vendors define their shipping rates once instead of having to specify them for each individual product, which saves lots of extra time for vendors with many products.

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The system is currently in the Alpha stage and is available for closed testing to existing MultiMerch users. If you're interested, please get in touch and we'll provide you with the current Alpha version of Combined Shipping.

Finally, we've just released a few new updates to MultiMerch 8 in the last few weeks – the latest version is now 8.2.0.10. You can find out about the latest changes in our Changelog.

P.S. We're also working on a few new exciting features. Stay tuned for upcoming announcements!

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Happy Holidays from MultiMerch

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Hi guys,

While we have some exciting MultiMerch updates coming up, I'll share more of this bit later.

Today, I would just like to thank you for being with us and wish you a wonderful holiday season.

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

Martin

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Combined Shipping in MultiMerch 8.3

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Martin here welcoming you to 2017!

First and foremost, I'd like to wish you all a great and productive year – both in business and in personal lives. Don't let yourselves get caught in a rut (I'm often guilty of this myself and I don't recommend this) and remember to take breaks and enjoy life.

Second, MultiMerch 8.3 is now available in your MultiMerch accounts featuring combined weight-based shipping and shipping overrides for individual products as well as various bugfixes and minor updates!

This is a major part of the new MultiMerch Shipping system as it saves vendors huge amount of time and effort by letting them specify their delivery rules once instead of having to do this over and over again for each individual product – so, I'm really happy that it's now available to all our MultiMerch users.

Here's a short preview of the new MultiMerch 8.3 functionality and we've also updated our MultiMerch Shipping tutorial with the new combined features:

Check out the complete MultiMerch Shipping tutorial in our Resources section.

In addition to this, we're currently working on a few exciting features that I'll be sharing with you in the near future so stay tuned!

As always – if you have any questions, feel free to get in touch with us via comments or in any other way :)

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MultiMerch Development Newsletter #10

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Good morning and good Monday!

The last few weeks at MultiMerch have been mostly about MultiMerch combined shipping and bugfixes. MultiMerch 8.3.0.4 is available for download in your accounts starting today.

MultiMerch 8.3.x changelog

Since the release of the new MultiMerch 8.3.0 we've been working on ironing out various minor bugs related to combined shipping. Some of the changes in 8.3 include:

  • combined multivendor shipping system
  • various bugfixes
  • Plupload localization
  • fixes for OCStore compatibility
  • minor xml refactoring

In addition to this, don't forget to bookmark the MultiMerch Changelog page – this is where we publish the information about all new MultiMerch updates in the first place.

We also have some theme-related updates coming up later this week so stay tuned! :)

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MultiMerch Improvement Fridays

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Friday's here!

At MultiMerch we're constantly working on larger things and major features that often take multiple weeks to complete. While this is great and all, it sometimes causes minor bugfixes and smaller improvements to get lost amid major development processes and take longer to make it into MultiMerch releases.

No more, though – because minor things are as important as larger ones! Therefore, we've decided to make Friday the day to focus on smaller things and just get them done. We'll then be rolling out the new MultiMerch version over the weekend so it's available to MultiMerch users on Monday.

Today, we have about a dozen various smaller tasks, improvements and bugfixes on our roadmap that we intend to work on and get done – debug page improvements, product-related bugfixes, design and styling tweaks and a few extras. If there's anything else in MultiMerch that's been bothering you for a while – let me know and I'll add them to our Friday sprint!

P.S. MultiMerch vendors will soon be able to choose vendor groups on signups,  have multilingual descriptions and use category-based commission rates. Stay tuned :)

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MultiMerch 8.4 Released

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Happy to let you know that MultiMerch Marketplace 8.4 is now available in your MultiMerch accounts! Here are some of the highlights of the new version.

Vendor group selection on signup

Marketplace owners can now allow vendors choose their group when applying for a vendor account. If the vendor group has a signup fee defined, vendors will have to make a payment before their account is activated.

Category-based commissions

We now give marketplace owner more controls over commissions by introducing category-based commissions. It's now possible to specify listing and sale fees for individual categories in addition to vendor groups and vendors.

Multilanguage vendor descriptions

If you're running a marketplace with multiple languages enabled, your vendors will now be able to describe their store in different languages to make them more friendly to foreign customers.

Digital and free products

It's now possible to allow vendors create digital (no shipping required) and free (zero price) products to make it easier to use MultiMerch for digital marketplaces.

More control over product publishing form

MultiMerch settings now make it possible to show/hide pretty much all of OpenCart's regular product fields including images, price, categories and quantities. If you need to give your vendors This makes it possible to keep your product publishing forms as lite as possible should you decide to give your vendors an even more straight forward publishing experience.

Vendor group level settings

We've implemented a new system for vendor group settings. This means it's now much easier to create various group-level settings and restrictions such as maximum product numbers that will be applied to all vendors within a given group.

 

The new release is a Beta version at the moment so make sure to make backups before updating and don't hesitate to share your feedback with us!

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MultiMerch Development Newsletter #11

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Hi guys,

Happy to let you know we've been working on some useful improvements to MultiMerch over the past week. Here are the few upcoming changes that will soon be available to MultiMerch users!

Additional admin controls for vendor accounts

It's been a while since the admin interface for editing vendor accounts was updated. We're now introducing a number of improvements that will give more controls to the marketplace owners such as:

  • rich text editor for vendor descriptions
  • multilanguage description editor
  • listing vendor's products, transactions and payments

In the near future we're also planning to add even more vendor information to these interfaces such as vendor's PM communication, ratings/reviews and order list and details.

Multivendor shipping improvements

MultiMerch's shipping system is something that we're constantly working on. You can soon expect the following updates to MultiMerch Shipping:

  • base rate for combined shipping rules in addition to cost per weight unit
  • shipping rules now use OpenCart's default weight measure
  • various shipping estimator and checkout bugfixes

The new MultiMerch update will soon be available in your accounts. Stay tuned for updates!

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MultiMerch 8.5 Available!

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Happy Friday!

By the way, we've just released MultiMerch Marketplace 8.5 – you can now all download it from your MultiMerch accounts. Here's what's new and improved:

Base rate for combined shipping rules

Vendors can now specify a base rate for each combined shipping rule. This means MultiMerch will apply it to vendor's cart as is instead of using a "cost per weight" calculation. The latter one is still possible, too!

Default weight measurement for combined shipping rules

MultiMerch will now use store's default weight measurement for all vendor shipping rules instead of having vendors select the same measurement for each rule individually. This saves vendors extra time when creating rules and is also in line with OpenCart's default "weight-based shipping settings".

Additional vendor controls for marketplace admins

Marketplace administrators will now have access to more information about the vendor when editing vendor accounts, such as products, transactions, payments & payment requests and more. We'll be expanding this list with additional info such as orders, ratings and PM conversations in the near future.

Removing payment requests and payments

It is now possible for the marketplace admin to delete unneeded payment requests and payments in MultiMerch. We're also working on a new "Manual payment" gateway that will make it possible to mark payment requests as paid manually.

Logging and debug improvements

MultiMerch 8.5 makes it possible to specify filenames for MultiMerch log files and adds more debug information to various transaction and order-related functions to make it easier to debug and fix issues caused by third party themes and plugins. MultiMerch will now also list server errors in addition to OpenCart and vQmod errors in the MultiMerch Debug area for easier debugging.

More input validation and notices

We've introduced a new set of input validation routines to MultiMerch shipping configuration and a few other areas that will help the users configure MultiMerch correctly instead of clearing incorrect inputs on submission to make the process of configuring MultiMerch more user friendly.

Various minor improvements and bugfixes

As always, we've been listening to your feedback, fixing bugs and implementing improvements throughout MultiMerch. I really appreciate all of your feedback – keep it coming!

P.S. Even though it's a stable version of MultiMerch, please do make backups before updating – we recommend doing this as often as possible anyway :)

P.P.S. As usual, you can always keep track of the latest MultiMerch changes in our Changelog here: https://multimerch.com/resources/changelog/

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MultiMerch Development Newsletter #12

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Hello,

From now on we'll try to release a minor update of MultiMerch every week and a major one every other week.

So, last week we've been working on some minor updates and bugfixes. The new MultiMerch 8.5.1.1 is now available in your accounts and here's what's in it:

MultiMerch 8.5.1.1 updates:

  • Fixed commissions calculations in checkout
  • Fixed seller name display in order details
  • Fixed digital product publishing setting
  • Fixed minor language variable bugs
  • Added integration pack version to debug info
  • Added loading spinners to form submission buttons
  • Fixed setting image removal sprite (X) being displayed incorrectly on some themes

This is taken directly from our Changelog – do check it out once in a while!

Also, here's what you can expect in the near future:

  • Attributes, options and categories for vendors
  • PayPal Adaptive updates and bugfixes
  • OpenCart coupon & gift voucher integration in MultiMerch
  • as well as more theme integrations and updates!

In addition to this, we're working on a new MultiMerch forum that will make it a breeze to discuss existing and upcoming features, provide feedback for the MultiMerch system and development, suggest and discuss concepts as well as have a helpful community to provide unofficial support and customization.

As always – stay tuned for updates!

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MultiMerch 8.5.2 update is now available!

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Did you know that M in Monday stands for MultiMerch?

We've just released MultiMerch 8.5.2, which is a bugfix update to MultiMerch 8.5. However, there's lots of things in it – check it out:

OpenCart coupon and voucher fixes/warnings

OpenCart coupons are designed for single vendor shopping carts and may behave incorrectly in multivendor environments. This update makes it possible to use % coupons in multivendor shopping carts – the coupon % is applied to all products in cart – and adds a warning for fixed price coupons which can't be used for multivednor carts.

Fixed PayPal Adaptive checkout commission calculation

MultiMerch 8.5.2 makes it possible to use MultiMerch PayPal Adaptive payments correctly again with MultiMerch Shipping enabled by introducing fixes to Adaptive commission calculation at checkout.

Customer's currency in Shipping checkout step

MultiMerch uses store currency in internal vendor account interfaces, but customer's currency should be used in all front-facing interfaces, including MultiMerch Shipping step at checkout. MultiMerch 8.5.2 fixes this behavior.

"File" type option fixes and updates

It has been possible for vendors to use "File" type options when creating products for a long time, but really difficult to see the actual files uploaded by customers when purchasing products. Starting with 8.5.2, customers' files are now visible in vendor dashboards and order details as well as in "New order" emails.

Various bugfixes

In addition to the major fixes, MultiMerch 8.5.2 introduces a number of minor updates and bugfixes related to language/translation strings, product fields and emails. Here's the complete 8.5.2 changelog:

 

2017-02-13 Version 8.5.2 changelog

  • Fixed PayPal Adaptive checkout commission calculation
  • Fixed % coupon application to vendor balances
  • Replaced store default currency with customer's currency in "Shipping" checkout step
  • Added fixed coupon and voucher warning for multivendor carts
  • Fixed "required" field missing bug when saving specific product options
  • Fixed "file" type option values not being displayed to vendors in dashboard & order emails
  • Fixed "out of stock" status being set to 0 when field disabled – now using the first available status
  • Fixed "loading" button captions
  • Fixed missing translation strings in vendor accounts
  • Fixed incorrect status in "vendor account modified" emails to vendors
  • Replaced MultiMerch text strings with OpenCart ones in "customer" part of the Account sidebar module
  • Various minor fixes

 

P.S. Even though it's a stable version of MultiMerch, we always recommend making backups before updating. Theme integrations and translations will be updated to 8.5.2 within the next few days :)

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