6 easy steps to create a multi-vendor marketplace website
Tags: ecommerce, marketplace, onlinemarketplace
Published: 2018-08-30 13:13:24

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title: 6 easy steps to create a multi-vendor marketplace website
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#Ecommerce Marketplace
![Alt text of image](https://thepracticaldev.s3.amazonaws.com/i/1jw1g0g9vghp6fins2r4.jpg)
User friendliness is the most important thing to have in a multi-vendor Ecommerce website to achieve perfection. Here, in this blog we are not going to talk about free plug-in and cheap ways to do websites, but rather about the best practices and plug-in you can use to get in the spot.
Things required while starting a marketplace:
•	Hosting
•	Theme
•	Plug-in
•	Mobile Web App
•	Real-Time Backup
•	Payment System

**1. Hosting**
For Ecommerce websites, it all depends on the number of plug-in you run on that
website. In this article, you will see that I use a lot of plug-in and services to complete my **[Ecommerce website](https://www.webnexs.com/ecommerce-solutions.php?utm_source=devto&utm_medium=article&utm_term=Ecommerce&utm_campaign=praveen)**.
I have found this setup to work well for me and this is just a guideline to give you an idea of whatto expect.

**2. Server:**
•	3 vCPU
•	6 GB RAM
•	Bandwidth - 150 GB 
•	150 GB Space
•	Self Managed with ISPConfig 3
Themes are very important when you **[build an Ecommerce website](https://www.webnexs.com/ecommerce-solutions.php?utm_source=devto&utm_medium=article&utm_term=Ecommerce&utm_campaign=praveen)**. Most of the users go for the theme that is pretty and have a nice look to it. But, when installing it and setting it up, you will find most of them to be heavy and quite confusing. I like to do it clean and almost from scratch. I find that I have more control over the theme this way. You need to know your CSS well and it’s worth it!

**3. Plugins**
The plug-in hould be chosen wisely. It is forever fine to go premium due to the updates you receive when there are security errors or just general problems with the plug-in. Quick and fast responses are always nice to have! I will start with what to install first and then take
it from there.

**4. Mobile Web App**
A mobile web app is the best way to save money and time. Google demands good mobile websites and this is a must-have for any website! The themes I mentioned are great responsive themes. But I still don’t like how the responsive themes make my content look. 

**5. Real-Time Backup**
Keeping backup has forever been an overkill. I used to make daily backups until I
found myself in a pickle. When running a multi-vendor online store, there is a fresh product almost every now and then, and by the end of the day you have much more to handle. 

So, what happens if you restore your daily backup after a plug-in failure or misconfiguration? You restore the daily backup and lose all the changes for that day!

**6. Payment System**
The Payment Systems is one of the most important things you should consider when building your Online Business. Presenting your customers with a variety of payment systems will ensure the customer satisfaction from your store and also remove the probability of a consumer being lost.

By default **[Magento](https://www.webnexs.com/magento-development.php?utm_source=devto&utm_medium=article&utm_term=Ecommerce&utm_campaign=praveen)** provides some basic payment methods, these are Advanced Payment, Cash on Delivery and PayPal.

**In conclusion**
Creating an Ecommerce marketplace is not a hard process to complete start-to-finish. The strategies provided here are just some of the key steps to **[create your first multi-vendor ecommerce marketplace](https://www.webnexs.com/ecommerce-solutions.php?utm_source=devto&utm_medium=article&utm_term=Ecommerce&utm_campaign=praveen)** and provides a comprehensive walkthrough.

If you have any suggestions for launching an online store, please let us know through the discussion section below, we do appreciate them!

For further enquries, visit **[Webnexs](https://www.webnexs.com/ecommerce-solutions.php?utm_source=devto&utm_medium=article&utm_term=Ecommerce&utm_campaign=praveen)**.