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Multi-Tenant E-Commerce Platforms: 5 That Actually Qualify

Saurav Pathak — Sun, 06 Sep 2026 08:44:28 +0000

If you're planning to build a Shopify-style product — a platform where independent businesses sign up, get their own store, and pay you monthly — you will spend a frustrating week reading vendor pages that all claim to be "multi-tenant."

Most of them aren't. They're multi-store, which is a different thing that solves a different problem. This post defines the term in a way you can actually test, explains the database models underneath it, and walks through the platforms that hold up.

Three things people call "multi-tenancy"

Multi-channel / multi-store. One business running several storefronts — different brands, regions, or B2B and B2C — from one admin. Shared ownership, shared team, shared accountability. Nearly every serious platform does this.

Multi-vendor marketplace. One storefront, many sellers, one shared catalog and one checkout. Amazon's model. The customer experiences a single shop.

True multi-tenancy. Unrelated businesses sign up. Each gets an isolated store with its own domain, its own data, its own admin login, its own branding, and its own subscription. A platform operator sits above them all. The tenants have no relationship with each other and, ideally, no awareness of each other.

The third one is what you need if you're building a SaaS commerce product. The first two won't get you there, no matter how many storefronts they support.

A rubric you can test against

Ask these eight questions of any platform. If you get a "no" on more than two, you're going to be building the missing pieces yourself.

Data isolation — Is one tenant's catalog, order and customer data structurally invisible to every other tenant?
Own domain — Can each tenant run on its own domain or subdomain, mapped without manual server work?
Self-service onboarding — Can a tenant sign up and be provisioned without a developer touching anything?
Scoped tenant admin — Does the tenant admin literally have no way to see that other tenants exist?
Super-admin layer — Is there a platform-level role that can create, suspend and audit tenants across the whole system?
Per-tenant branding — Can tenants change theme, layout and content without forking the codebase?
Single deployment — Does one upgrade propagate to every tenant, or do you upgrade N of them?
Subscription billing — Is there a way to charge tenants recurring fees, or is that entirely on you?

Criteria 4, 7 and 8 are where most "multi-tenant" platforms quietly fail.

The database models underneath

Before comparing platforms, it's worth understanding the four ways this gets implemented, because the choice is expensive to reverse and it determines almost everything else.

1. Shared database, shared schema (pooled)

Every tenant's rows live in the same tables, separated by a tenant ID column. Every query has to be scoped, usually through a global scope in the ORM.

Good: cheapest per tenant, one migration for everyone, trivial cross-tenant analytics, fastest tenant provisioning.
Bad: isolation is enforced entirely in application code. One unscoped query is a data leak. Per-tenant backup and restore is awkward. "Delete this tenant's data" is a query, not a DROP DATABASE.

2. Shared database, separate schema

One database, one schema per tenant. Postgres does this natively; MySQL and MariaDB approximate it with one database per tenant.

Good: a real boundary rather than a convention, still one connection pool.
Bad: migrations now run N times. Schema drift becomes a genuine operational problem past a few hundred tenants.

3. Database per tenant, shared application

One application deployment; the database connection is swapped per request based on the incoming domain. This is the standard Laravel multi-tenancy pattern.

Good: clean per-tenant backup, restore and deletion. A GDPR erasure request becomes a well-defined operation. You can put a data-residency story in front of an enterprise buyer.
Bad: migration fan-out, connection management overhead, cross-tenant reporting needs a separate pipeline.

4. Instance per tenant (siloed)

Separate application, separate database, separate infrastructure per tenant.

Good: maximum isolation. Noisy neighbours are impossible. Per-tenant scaling and regional deployment.
Bad: you've given up the economics that made multi-tenancy attractive. N stacks to provision, monitor, patch and upgrade. Arguably this isn't multi-tenancy at all — it's automated single-tenant hosting.

Which one you want

	Pooled (1 & 2)	Isolated (3 & 4)
Cost per tenant	Low	High
Migration effort	One run	Fans out across tenants
Blast radius of a bug	All tenants	One tenant
Per-tenant backup/restore	Awkward	Native
GDPR erasure	Query	Drop
Cross-tenant analytics	Native	Needs a pipeline
Provisioning time	Seconds	Minutes

The rough rule: pooled for a long tail of small tenants where margin per tenant is thin, isolated for a small number of large tenants who will pay for the isolation. Platforms that survive usually end up hybrid — pooled by default, isolated for an enterprise tier.

The five platforms

1. Bagisto

Stack: Laravel + Vue.js · Licence: MIT core, commercial multi-tenant module · Site · GitHub

Bagisto's open-source core is a full-featured commerce framework with channels, locales and currencies. True tenancy comes from the Multi-Tenant SaaS module, which adds the super-admin layer, tenant self-registration, per-tenant domains and dedicated tenant dashboards on top.

What makes it worth a serious look is that it's one of the few platforms in this list that lets the operator choose the database model. It ships both a shared-database model, where tenants are logically separated inside one centralized database, and an isolated-database model, where every tenant gets a dedicated database. You pick the one that fits your business at setup, rather than inheriting whatever the framework author preferred.

There's a supporting add-on ecosystem built specifically for tenant deployments — RMA, PWA, pre-order, booking — which matters because generic extensions usually break under tenancy unless someone has done the scoping work.

The production evidence is unusually concrete for an open-source project in this space. Bagisto's published case studies include Ucraft at 150+ registered stores, Vyaparify at 200+, and Dukasasa at 100+. There's a live SaaS demo and dedicated docs.

Cost of this approach: the tenancy module is commercial, not part of the MIT core. If a zero-licence-cost stack is a hard requirement, this is where Bagisto drops out and Vendure becomes your answer. You're also committing to Laravel and PHP, which is either a benefit or a dealbreaker depending on your team.

2. Spree Commerce

Stack: Ruby on Rails · Licence: AGPL core, Enterprise Edition for tenancy · Site · Multi-tenant guide

Spree ships a Multi-Tenant module in its Enterprise Edition, and it's clearly aimed at a specific shape of problem: reseller networks, dealer ecosystems and franchise operators. Each partner gets a branded storefront on its own web address, while the platform owner keeps catalog, pricing and fulfilment centralised.

That framing is worth noticing. Spree's tenancy is built for known partners you onboard, not anonymous strangers who sign up at 3am with a credit card. If your tenants are 400 franchise locations, that's exactly right and the shared-catalog model is a feature. If you're building open-signup SaaS, the fit is looser.

Rails is a mature, well-understood stack with a deep hiring pool. The AGPL licence on the core is worth reading carefully if you're building a hosted product.

3. Vendure

Stack: TypeScript / Node.js + GraphQL · Licence: MIT · Site · Channels docs · Multi-tenant guide

Vendure's Channels feature is the closest thing to native multi-tenancy in a fully open-source commerce framework. Each channel gets its own products, prices, shipping methods, payment methods, currency, language and tax defaults — all from a single Vendure instance. Crucially, you can create administrator roles scoped to a single channel, so a tenant admin doesn't see anything outside their own environment. Vendure's own guide walks through setting this up from the admin UI without writing code.

For a TypeScript team wanting a GraphQL-native, API-first commerce backend with no licence cost, this is a strong default.

Cost of this approach: channels are a partition, not a wall. Everything lives in one database with application-level scoping, and there's no isolated-database option — so per-tenant backup, restore and data residency are your problem to solve. Self-service tenant signup and subscription billing aren't in the box either; you build the provisioning and billing layer yourself.

4. Medusa

Stack: TypeScript / Node.js · Licence: MIT · Site · Store Module docs · Multi-tenant guide

Medusa is a well-designed modular commerce engine, and it's on this list because a lot of teams do build multi-tenant products on it — but you should go in with clear eyes about what's actually provided.

Medusa's own documentation states plainly that it doesn't natively support multi-tenancy. The Store Module lets you create and manage multiple stores within a single instance, but linking products, customers and orders to a specific store is customization you write yourself. There's an open feature request for first-class support, and the original discussion from years back is still instructive on how the community distinguishes multi-store from true multi-tenancy.

The pattern most implementations land on, documented by Medusa partner Rigby, is instance-per-tenant: each tenant gets its own Medusa instance, admin panel and data space, with a platform-level super-admin above and provisioning logic that creates new instances and databases on demand.

That's model 4 from the section above. Genuine isolation, and the right answer for franchise networks or dealer ecosystems where each partner needs isolated customers and staff. But you're now operating N deployments, and you've built the tenancy layer, the provisioning system and the billing yourself.

5. WordPress Multisite + WooCommerce

Stack: PHP / WordPress · Licence: GPL · WooCommerce · WordPress

Worth including because it genuinely qualifies on the rubric and because a surprising number of small platforms run on it. Multisite gives you separate sites with their own content, users and — with WooCommerce on each — their own stores, from one WordPress network with a network admin above. Self-service signup and per-site theming are both solved problems, and the plugin ecosystem for subscription billing is enormous.

Cost of this approach: it does not age well. Plugin compatibility across a network is a recurring maintenance tax, performance work gets harder as the network grows, and the isolation is nominal rather than architectural. Fine at 20 tenants. Painful at 200. If this is your plan, plan the migration off it at the same time.

Who didn't make the list, and why

These are excellent platforms that get described as multi-tenant and aren't:

Saleor — multi-channel, GraphQL-native, genuinely good. Channels are sales contexts for one business, not tenant boundaries.
Sylius — Symfony-based, strong multi-channel support. Same distinction.
Shopware — sales channels and multi-store, aimed at one merchant running several storefronts.
Adobe Commerce / Magento — the store view hierarchy is powerful multi-store, and it's one business's hierarchy.
commercetools — runs on multi-tenant cloud infrastructure. That's their architecture, not a feature you get to use to host your own tenants.

None of these are dismissals. If you want one business with eight storefronts, several of them beat everything in the list above. They're just answering a different question.

The matrix

✅ built in · ⚠️ partial, or needs work · ❌ not provided

	Bagisto	Spree	Vendure	Medusa	WP Multisite
Data isolation	✅	✅	⚠️	✅	⚠️
Own domain per tenant	✅	✅	⚠️	✅	✅
Self-service onboarding	✅	⚠️	❌	❌	✅
Scoped tenant admin	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
Super-admin layer	✅	✅	⚠️	⚠️	✅
Per-tenant branding	✅	✅	⚠️	✅	✅
Single deployment	✅	✅	✅	❌	✅
Subscription billing	✅	⚠️	❌	❌	✅
Tenancy models supported	Shared DB + isolated DB	Shared DB	Shared DB	Instance per tenant	Shared DB
Licence for tenancy	Commercial module	Enterprise Edition	MIT (in core)	MIT (build it)	GPL

The bottom two rows are the ones to argue about. Everything above them is table stakes; those two are where the actual trade-off lives.

How to choose

Start with the tenant profile, not the tech. Hundreds or thousands of small tenants paying modest monthly fees? Pooled, and optimise provisioning cost. Dozens of large tenants with procurement departments and compliance questionnaires? Isolated, and price accordingly.

Then ask what you're willing to build. Every platform here gives you some of the eight criteria. The honest question isn't which platform is best — it's which missing pieces you're prepared to own for the next five years. Provisioning and billing are the two most commonly underestimated.

Then let the stack decide the shortlist. TypeScript team with no licence budget: Vendure. TypeScript team that needs hard isolation and will build the platform layer: Medusa. Rails team with a partner network: Spree. PHP/Laravel team that wants tenancy provided rather than built, and wants the pooled-versus-isolated decision to stay open: Bagisto.

One last thing. Whatever you pick, write down which of the eight criteria you're getting and which you're building. That document is worth more than any comparison post, including this one.

I work at Webkul, the company behind Bagisto. I've tried to make the criteria testable so you can disagree with my scoring rather than my conclusions. If I've got something wrong about Vendure, Medusa, Spree or anything else here, say so in the comments and I'll correct the post.

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Introducing UnoPIM: The Open-Source PIM Solution for Modern Businesses

Saurav Pathak — Thu, 01 Aug 2024 10:31:55 +0000

In today’s competitive market, managing product information efficiently is crucial for business success. Webkul’s UnoPIM, an open-source Product Information Management (PIM) system, is here to revolutionize how businesses handle their product data.

unopim / unopim

A free and open source Laravel-based PIM software to help businesses organize, manage, and enrich their product data centrally.

UnoPim is an open-source Product Information Management (PIM) system built on the Laravel framework. It helps businesses organize, manage, and enrich their product information in one central repository.

🛠️ System Requirements

Ensure your server meets the following requirements:

Server: Apache 2
RAM: 8GB
Node.js: 18.17.1 LTS or higher
PHP: 8.2 or higher
Composer: 2.5 or higher
MySQL: Version 8.0.32 or higher

✨ Features

Centralized Product Management
Manage all your product data in one place.
Data Enrichment
Enhance your product information with detailed attributes and descriptions.
Magic AI for Product Content Generation
Automatically generate engaging product content using advanced Large Language Model (LLM) technology.
User Management
Control user access and permissions.
API Integration
Seamlessly integrate with other systems via RESTful APIs.
Localization
Support for multiple languages and locales.
Multi-Channel
Support for multiple sales channels.
Multi-Currency
Support for multiple currencies.
Import/Export Functionality
Easily import and export…

View on GitHub

Built on the robust Laravel framework, UnoPIM offers a comprehensive solution to organize, manage, and enrich product information in a centralized repository.

Why Choose UnoPIM?

UnoPIM has to offer various benefits for efficient product management. Let's have a look at each one of them.

Centralized Product Management

UnoPIM allows you to consolidate all your product data in one place. No more scattered information across multiple systems; manage everything from a single, user-friendly interface.

Data Enrichment

Enhance your product descriptions with detailed attributes. UnoPIM provides tools to enrich your product information, ensuring that your customers have all the details they need to make informed purchasing decisions.

Category Management

Organize your products into well-defined categories for easier navigation. This feature not only improves the user experience on your site but also makes managing your product catalog simpler and more efficient.

User Management

Control who has access to your product information with comprehensive user management features. Set permissions and roles to ensure that only authorized personnel can make changes, keeping your data secure and accurate.

API Integration

UnoPIM seamlessly integrates with other systems via RESTful APIs. Whether you need to connect with your eCommerce platform, ERP, or other business applications, UnoPIM ensures smooth and efficient data exchange.

Localization

Support for multiple languages and locales means you can manage product information for diverse markets from a single platform. Expand your business globally with confidence, knowing that UnoPIM has you covered.

UnoPIM is more than just a PIM system; it’s a powerful tool designed to streamline your product data management processes, enhance data accuracy, and improve operational efficiency.

Its open-source nature ensures flexibility and adaptability, making it an ideal choice for businesses of all sizes.

Open Source eCommerce Mobile App

Saurav Pathak — Mon, 15 Jan 2024 08:08:11 +0000

Bagisto, the popular open-source eCommerce platform has launched the very first open-source e-commerce mobile app.

The merchants who have their e-commerce platform built on Bagisto can easily get their mobile app ready and publish on respective app stores.

You can check the github repository of the mobile app here: https://github.com/bagisto/opensource-ecommerce-mobile-app

Some of the popular features of mobile app include:

Multi-locale support
Product share
Product Search
Wishlist
Compare Product
All Type Product Supported
Multi-Currency Support
Dark Mode Supported
Product Review
Coupons Supported
Guest Checkout
Push Notification
Complete Customer end features of the ecommerce app

Top 5 LLM development companies in India

Saurav Pathak — Fri, 16 Jun 2023 14:10:22 +0000

India has emerged as the cradle of innovation making significant contributions in the field of LLM and AI. In this article, we are going to look at the top 5 LLM development companies in India.

Large language models have been a breakthrough innovation in today’s technological space enabling businesses to leverage the power of artificial intelligence and natural language processing.

Top 5 LLM development companies in India

Let’s explore the top 5 LLM development companies in India working in this ecosystem:

InMobi

Headquartered in Bangalore, InMobi is one of the leading companies that specialised in large language model development. They have leveraged advanced AI algorithms for their advertising and marketing solutions. This has further enabled personalised and contextually relevant advertisements to enhance user experience. This innovative approach has propelled them to the forefront of the AI landscape.

Haptik

Haptik is renowned for its expertise in conversational AI and natural language processing. They have built LLM-based chatbots capable of engaging in human-like conversations. Their language models excel in contextual understanding and sentiment analysis thus providing seamless and efficient user interactions across industries.

Webkul

One of the largest providers of eCommerce extensions, Webkul has started developing custom LLM applications for a seamless omnichannel experience. Their recommendation engine built on top of the language model has enabled easy suggestions of relevant products on the eCommerce platform thus simplifying easy cross-selling and upselling of products.

The Webkul Store chatbot is trained with a large set of knowledge base related to modules of 22 eCommerce platforms. This has increased the module sale by 70% by allowing customers to know more about the modules before buying them.

Actyv.ai

Actyv.ai specialises in making language models specific to the finance and banking sectors. Their AI-powered chatbots and virtual assistants help customers provide financial advice with respect to their personalised queries. Their language models understand complex banking jargon, thus streamlining support operations and improving customer satisfaction and adoption.

Gridbots Technologies

Gridbots technologies are heavily focused on creating AI solutions that automate customer support processes. Their language models can comprehend customer queries, provide relevant responses and escalate to human agents in case of complex queries. By making use of their language model, a business can streamline its customer support operations and improve overall customer satisfaction.

Conclusion

That’s all for today's blog on the top 5 LLM development companies in India. However, the development is not limited to only the above companies as more players are entering into this area.

If you know anyone who is working on custom LLM solutions or have any feedback, do let us know in the comments below.

Content derived from "Top 5 large language model development companies in India", accessed from https://bagisto.com/en/large-language-model-development-company/.

Top 5 Best open-source headless eCommerce Platforms in 2023

Saurav Pathak — Tue, 11 Apr 2023 14:10:40 +0000

In this blog post, we will discuss on some of the best open-source headless ecommerce platforms, including Magento, Sylius, Bagisto, Spree Commerce, and Saleor.

Here's what a traditional headless system looks like

Headless ecommerce is becoming increasingly popular among online retailers, as it allows for greater flexibility and customization when building an online store. Open-source headless ecommerce platforms are particularly attractive, as they provide an affordable and scalable option for businesses looking to take advantage of the trend.

Let's look at the some of the best open-source headless eCommerce platforms:

Magento

Magento is one of the most popular open source ecommerce platforms, offering both a traditional monolithic solution as well as a headless option. Magento's headless solution provides a lot of flexibility, allowing developers to use any front-end technology they choose.


Image Credits - Adobe Experience League

It also offers a wide range of features, including multi-store support, multi-currency support, and multi-lingual support. Magento's extensive ecosystem of plugins and extensions makes it a versatile platform for businesses of all sizes.

Sylius

Sylius is a flexible, open-source e-commerce platform that provides a headless architecture for building online stores. It is built on top of Symfony, a popular PHP framework, and provides a modular architecture that allows businesses to customize the platform to meet their specific needs.

Sylius provides an easy-to-use administration panel for managing products, orders, and customers. It also provides a rich set of APIs for developers to build custom applications and integrations.

Bagisto

Bagisto is an open source ecommerce platform built on the Laravel PHP framework. It is a headless ecommerce solution that offers a wide range of features and flexibility, including multi-store support, multi-currency support, and multi-lingual support.


Image Credits - Bagisto eCommerce

Bagisto's modular architecture makes it easy for developers to add or remove functionality as needed. It also offers a comprehensive GraphQL API that allows for easy integration with other applications and services.

Spree Commerce

Spree Commerce is an open source ecommerce platform built on the Ruby on Rails framework. It is a headless ecommerce solution that offers a lot of flexibility and customization options. Spree Commerce's modular architecture allows developers to add or remove functionality as needed.


Image Credits - Spree Commerce

It also offers a wide range of features, including multi-store support, multi-currency support, and multi-lingual support. Spree Commerce's strong developer community and extensive documentation make it a popular choice for businesses looking for an open source solution.

Saleor

Saleor is an open source ecommerce platform built on Python and Django. It is a headless ecommerce solution that offers a lot of flexibility and customization options. Saleor's modern architecture uses GraphQL for the API and React for the frontend, making it easy to integrate with other tools and technologies.


Image Credits - Saleor

It also offers a wide range of features, including multi-store support, multi-currency support, and multi-lingual support. Saleor's ease of use and modern architecture make it a great option for businesses looking for a headless ecommerce solution.

In conclusion, there are many great open-source headless ecommerce platforms available, each with its own unique features and advantages. Bagisto, Magento, Sylius, Spree Commerce, and Saleor are all great options for businesses looking to take advantage of the flexibility and customization that headless ecommerce offers.

It's important to carefully evaluate each platform's features and functionality, and choose one that best suits your business's needs and budget.

Krayin - Opensource Laravel CRM Package

Saurav Pathak — Fri, 20 Aug 2021 15:36:54 +0000

Krayin is a Free & Opensource Laravel CRM solution for SMEs and Enterprises for complete customer lifecycle management. It automates your organization’s Sales and Marketing Operations, as a result, exponential growth in sales.

Easy Installation

Create the krayin project with just a few installation command

composer create-project krayin/laravel-crm

php artisan krayin-crm:install

Major features of Krayin are as follows:

Lead Management

Lead Management simply refers to system activities, lead capturing, lead tracking, and convert leads into opportunities.

Assign leads to the sales team and manage your employee activities with the customers to do the right follow-up. Mark lead as won or lost so that you can view live records on the dashboard.

ACL System

ACL is the best way to define who gets to access what. Assign users to a specific role so that users have access to certain records.

Control on who can edit the records, who can create the records and who can delete the records. As an administrator, you can configure users and roles.

Activities Management

Activities are actions and responsibilities the software exists to help your company’s team to avoid missing opportunities.

Laravel CRM activities include meetings, calls, and notes. So the sales team will not miss any follow-up.

Github: https://github.com/krayin/laravel-crm

Demo: https://demo.krayincrm.com/admin/login

Top 5 Open Source eCommerce Frameworks (2025 Update)

Saurav Pathak — Wed, 06 Mar 2019 13:48:58 +0000

According to CAGR estimates, the global e-commerce market will grow at a rate of 11.34% over the period 2020-2024, reaching US$6.07 trillion. Below we have listed our top open source eCommerce frameworks that you should consider to build your online shop and get a slice of this big pie.

Magento

Considered to be as the bible of the eCommerce industry, Magento is the most widely used tool for eCommerce development. Almost 17% of the eCommerce websites around the world are built on the Magento framework.

With wide community support, robust features and full control over design and functionality, Magento leads the pack and tops the open source chart.

WooCommerce

WooCommerce is the leading eCommerce platform for the WordPress community. If you have any knowledge of WordPress basic programming skills, you can easily integrate WooCommerce and manage your products easily.

Because of its dependency on WordPress, it might not be so much appealing for big stores but for those who are using WordPress, it can be useful to publish their storefront on WordPress

OpenCart

Opencart is one of the most preferred frameworks amongst startups and small business. Anyone having even a little bit of programming experience can easily use the framework because of the ease to use and simplicity to control the backend functionality of OpenCart.

Even if Opencart has found itself on the side of minimum functionalities as compared to other shopping carts, it's still very popular amongst developers due to easy accessibility and less complex features.

Along with that, with the most developers using it, it has also got strong community support.

PrestaShop

With over 300,000 stores running successfully around the world on this framework, PrestaShop is one of the popular platforms amongst many merchants operating in the European region.

The intuitive installation and customization process has provided the opensource framework easy to access to the developers.

However, for customising the fully functional website, you need to purchase a few plugins which put PrestaShop on the downside.

Bagisto

For the fastly growing laravel community, Bagisto provides an easy to customise and use the laravel eCommerce framework. The platform offers multi-warehouse inventory management out of the box.

The newly launched framework might be the only downside of the platform but it's catching very fast amongst the opensource and laravel communities.

With the availability of multi-vendor plugin and easy to customise laravel framework, Bagisto has forged its path amongst the top 5.

There are other popular open source eCommerce framework too like Virtuemart, osCommerce, Zen-Cart, SpreeCommerce etc that are being used by the lot and you are free to make your choices based upon the requirements.

Conclusion

Every open source eCommerce framework has got its uniqueness and the usage is mostly based upon your specific needs. As such, the definition of the best framework does not exist.

Do let us know in comments which eCommerce framework has been the go-to solution for you and the problem it has resolved.

How to setup the laravel ecommerce marketplace?

Saurav Pathak — Fri, 22 Feb 2019 06:33:38 +0000

Building a multi-vendor marketplace allows you to attract sellers to sell on your online store and provide your customers with multiple options to purchase products from different vendors. Here you can follow the laravel ecommerce marketplace user guide to easily setup your marketplace.

Laravel Multi-Vendor Marketplace Live Demo

Laravel is one of the popular web frameworks in today's scenario by which you can create the marvellous web application. Bagisto is an opensource laravel e-commerce application that offers laravel multi-vendor marketplace extension to set up your marketplace.

Laravel multi-vendor marketplace extension is one of the cheapest marketplace module available as of today that can be used with bagisto which can be easily customised according to your needs. The laravel marketplace extension offers the following features:

Separate Seller/Vendor Profile with a dedicated Shop URL.
Manage Seller Branding by providing the banner, social links and SEO friendly URLs for their shop.
Product Search by Seller/Vendor on Vendor Panel.
Separate view for seller's product collection.
Seller's feedback and interactive review system with the star rating.
Dedicated seller dashboard to view income, payouts, order details, latest comments, and reviews.
Proper check on Stock availability.
Admin can set global commission for the seller.
Vendor/Seller can be Enabled/Disabled by Admin
Product Approval by Admin
Special pricing available for Sellers with date filter.
Attractive landing page with top sellers and their associated top products.
The seller can edit shop URL for the Profile page, collection page, and the shop information.
Multi-Lingual support / All language working including RTL ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right-to-left Hebrew and Arabic).
The seller can edit or delete products from their dashboard.
Once an order is completed, an admin can create a “Payout” for the seller.
Admin has the option to generate invoice and ship the product.
Sellers can maintain everything transparent between them and customers by displaying return & shipping policy and providing shop description
The Seller can add multiple images of the product.
The seller can check total sales as made, total payout and remaining payout as done from Admin end.
Functionality to either create New Product or provide own details on the existing product.
Admin can choose to auto-approve orders or not.
Admin can delete or update Seller's profile and products.

Bagisto v0.1.4 Major Release Announced

Saurav Pathak — Tue, 05 Feb 2019 11:17:40 +0000

The Open Source Laravel eCommerce Framework, Bagisto has announced their first major release which contains vast improvements and updates. You can download the latest release from here https://bagisto.com/en/download/

Major Updates in New Release :

Support to Multi-Vendor Marketplace:

The most awaited Multi-Vendor Marketplace has also been released and is supportable with Bagisto v0.1.4. The marketplace makes it easier for you to convert your online store into multi-vendor marketplace thus allowing multiple sellers to sell on your website.

Laravel Multi-Vendor Marketplace Demo: https://demo.bagisto.com/marketplace/

The marketplace gives the customers an ample option to choose the right product from various vendors on a single page.

Enhanced Multi-Warehouse Inventory Management

Multi-Warehouse Inventory is what every eCommerce merchant is eyeing for and for which they pay a heavy customisation charge to get that in their respective framework on which their online shops are built.

Bagisto offers this exquisite feature out of the box. In the new feature, managing inventory at multiple sources have been enhanced allowing you to easily manage your inventory at the time of shipping.

GUI Installer

The installation has been made much simpler with the introduction of GUI Installer. Begin the process by providing basic database credentials and your store details, the remaining process will be taken care of by the installer.

However, you will still be able to install the project using composer by following the guide here: Bagisto Installation via Composer

Implementation of Product Flat

Bagisto uses the EAV(Entity-Attribute-Value) database pattern to store product data in multiple tables due to which sometimes processing becomes slow.

In the new version, we have implemented the product flat in which a new table is created on the go that stores product data automatically.

With the implementation of products flat, a robust subsystem for the product is created which makes things like searching, sorting, filtering etc faster on the storefront

Along with the above four major updates, there have been many critical bugs fixes looking to make the process of setting of online shop much easier and provide smooth browsing experience for your customers.

Create your own eCommerce Shop in Laravel

Saurav Pathak — Mon, 28 Jan 2019 07:48:37 +0000

The new entry in Open Source eCommerce frameworks, Bagisto - Laravel eCommerce has recently launched the beta version of their new release. Folks at Bagisto considered this as a major update.

Addition to that, the new multi-vendor extension allows you to attract vendor to sell on your marketplace. Also with multi warehouse inventory, they have totally redefined the way you manage your multiple inventory sources in eCommerce.

Check it out on GitHub:

bagisto / bagisto

A Free and Opensource Laravel eCommerce framework built for all to build and scale your business.

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Introduction

Bagisto is a hand-tailored E-Commerce framework built on some of the hottest opensource technologies such as Laravel (a PHP framework) and Vue.js a progressive Javascript framework.

Bagisto can help you cut down your time, cost, and workforce for building online stores or migrating from physical stores to the ever-demanding online world. Your business -- whether small or huge -- can benefit. And it's straightforward to set it up.

Read our documentation: Bagisto Docs

We also have a forum for any concerns, feature requests, or discussions. Please visit: Bagisto Forums

Visit our live Demo

It packs in lots of features that will allow your E-Commerce business to scale in no time:

Multiple Channels, Locale, Currencies.
Built-in Access Control Layer.
Beautiful and Responsive Storefront.
Descriptive and Simple Admin Panel.
Admin Dashboard.
Custom Attributes.
Built on Modular Approach.
Support for…

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Top 3 Best Laravel eCommerce Packages

Saurav Pathak — Wed, 23 Jan 2019 13:20:40 +0000

Bagisto, AvoRed and Aimeos are currently the top opensource laravel eCommerce package that have reinvented the wheel and kept going strong over time.

Laravel being the youngest of all PHP frameworks has quickly made its way as the best choice of PHP frameworks. It's the simplicity, clarity and flexibility of the framework that has also paved the way for many true Laravel eCommerce packages.

The amalgamation of features like secure authorization, high scalability, customizable along with wide community support has made Laravel one of popular choice for eCommerce development.

Developing an eCommerce project requires a thorough understanding of the eCommerce ecosystem and right data work-flows. Since its inception in 2014, there have been many eCommerce packages but only a few remain alive till date with regular updates and changes.

Let's dive into each of the packages one-by-one.

1. Bagisto

The Open Source Laravel eCommerce has very rapidly caught the eyes of Laravel Community and offers Multi-Warehouse Inventory out of the box.

Bagisto Github Repository: https://github.com/bagisto/bagisto

Also, bundled with built-in easy navigable admin panel, it offers functionalities like Multi-Currency, Localization, Access Control Level, Multi-Channel, Payment integration and much more.

The code-driven approach, community on open Forums & Groups and easily customisable functionality make it very easier to get support and set up your eCommerce Shop on Bagisto.

Bagisto Live Demo: https://demo.bagisto.com/

Some of the most in-demanding extensions adorn the framework like B2C & B2B modules for creating marketplaces, laravel eCommerce PWA built on headless architecture,Point of Sale, AliExpress Dropshipping, Multi-Tenant SaaS solutions and much more.

They are also coming up with more features and advanced tech stack like support to REST & GraphQL API, One Click Update, micro services, Business Application Platform etc.

2. AvoRed

The Open Source Shopping Cart based on Laravel can be easily customised as per your needs and offers mobile-friendly interface layout by default.

AvoRed Live Demo: https://demo.avored.com/

The platform allows you to easily create product entities like category, attributes etc with efficient order management capabilities to keep track of your order, customer information and inventory management.

AvoRed Github Repository: https://github.com/avored/laravel-ecommerce

The marketing module allows you to send promotional emails to customers which helps in the successful promotion of your products thus providing you with an amazing experience of managing the whole eCommerce process.

3. Aimeos

The Open Source PHP Library offers high-performance eCommerce components for various frameworks like Symfony, Laravel and Slim. The Aimeos TYPO3 distribution allows shop owners to easily set up their online webs shops.

Live Demo of Aimeos: https://demo.aimeos.org/

The framework offers render time up to 40 ms, being distributable to 16 databases and can handle up to 10,000 orders per day. The webshop is fully SEO optimized and offers security layers to prevent against SQL Injection and Cross-Site Scripting(XSS).

Aimeos Github Repository: https://github.com/aimeos/aimeos-laravel

The well-documented code structure and native integration with any PHP application make the task of developers easier by adding components and customising framework as per their needs.

There are other Laravel eCommerce packages but either they are on the verge of becoming obsolete or have become stagnant.

Let us know your thought on the above framework in comments below or recommend one if any you think seems a perfect fit in this eCommerce ecosystem.

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