WC Vendors Membership is a great way to implement marketplace limitations to your vendors. WC Vendors Membership is an extension, you’ll require WooCommerce Subscriptions for it to work properly.
To summarize you need the following:
- WC Vendors Membership: WC Vendors Membership – WC Vendors
- WooCommerce Subscription: WooCommerce Subscriptions – WooCommerce
Essentially WC Vendors uses the WooCommerce Subscription plugin to create membership plans or membership subscription plans for your vendors
Each membership subscription can set pre-determined limitations for the vendors. As of now you can set the following restrictions:
- Total products that can be created
- The type of commission and commission rates
- Disk usage or the amount of storage the vendor can use – Storage is used when the vendor adds images/products/data etc.
- File count – not to be confused with disk usage
- Allowed usable product categories
Creating Membership Plans
Creating a membership is quite simple. Simply go to Products > Add New and select the Vendor Membership option for the Product Data Type
From here you set up how much it’ll cost, when it’ll renew, signup fees and if there’s a free trial
Product limit
This option is to set the maximum products the vendor can create
Commission Type
Here you can set the type of commission the vendor will receive
You can also override the commission levels of the selected commission type. This would entice customers to sign up for higher tier membership for better commission rates.
Disk Usage Limit
It simply means how much disk usage the vendor can use in MB(Megabyte). If your server’s disk has a limit, it’s best to set something reasonable and also meets vendor demands while taking account of your server’s limitations
File Count Limit
Not to be confused with Disk Usage (MB or megabytes), this is the total files the vendor can upload use on their account.
Allowed Categories
This simply sets what category the vendor can use for their products.
How Does A Vendor Select A Membership
Vendors can easily select their membership in Vendor Dashboard > Settings > Membership
You might be wondering the difference between the Disk and File count, here’s some extra information. Imagine we’ve the following restrictions
- Disk limit: 10mb
- File Count: 5
This would mean the vendor can upload 5 files that’s no more than 10mb combined. Meaning the vendor can add 1 file that’s 10mb or 5 files that each have 2mb.
If the vendor tries to upload 1 file that’s 11mb it’ll fail, it’ll also fail if the vendor tries to add 6 files that has the combined size of 3mb
General Settings
You can find the settings for WC Vendors Membership in WC Vendors > Settings > Memberships
Here you can set the default product limit and other restrictions. See the list below for further explanation
Disable Commission
This option means that you as the marketplace will not earn anything from the purchases. It will set the vendor commission with any active membership to 100%
Default Product Limit
This option is to set how many products a vendor can create without any active WC Vendors Membership subscription.
Default Product Categories
This simply means what product category the vendor can use when creating the product without an active WC Vendor Membership subscription
Show product Creation Limit
This simply shows the vendor’s product limit on their pro dashboard
Enable membership selection on signup
This option is to show the membership selection level when a user successfully registers as a vendor on your marketplace
Message for vendor to signup
A notification for existing vendors to sign up for a membership. You can update the sentence to something more preferred.
Membership required
This simply means that a vendor is required to have an active membership before they can sell products on your marketplace. It’ll also show a message for the vendors on their pro dashboard.
