Title: MarketEngine
Author: EngineThemes
Published: <strong>February 15, 2017</strong>
Last modified: February 23, 2017

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This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**.
It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
used with more recent versions of WordPress.

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# MarketEngine

 By [EngineThemes](https://profiles.wordpress.org/enginethemes/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/marketengine.1.1.zip)

 * [Details](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/marketengine/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/marketengine/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/marketengine/#installation)
 * [Development](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/marketengine/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/marketengine/)

## Description

Developed by EngineThemes, MarketEngine is a free WordPress marketplace plugin for
those who are looking for a multi-vendor marketplace platform for any niche. This
plugin will play as a technical assistant, designing the most logical user flow 
and building all must-have features needed for a marketplace.

By using MarketEngine plugin, you will find it easy to build an e-commerce website
where vendors can register at your site, list their products and services with different
listing types, manage their account performance, etc. This plugin will deliver an
all-in-one solution, helping you save effortless time and money spent on creating
an online store with WordPress.

Since user experience is the top priority for any niche, we focus more on enhancing
shopping experience from sell to search & shop. Just a few simple clicks, buyer 
can get the right item matching their needs. Besides, our checkout process is as
smoothly as possible. Only 3 steps, the transaction is totally completed and protected
by secure PayPal gateway.

MarketEngine also provides admin with an elegant dashboard where you can control
everything on your site such as monitor all members, listings, and orders occurring
on the site as well as make any changes from back-end. As a result, you can prevent
spam from unreliable accounts on your site.

Key Features:

Admin

 * Can manage and modify a post after vendors submit a listing.
 * Set up the time that order must be completed.
 * Set up the commission fee charging seller for each transaction.
 * Set up your preferred currency for the listing price.
 * Add extra fields according to each category for the post listing form.
 * Run listings, members, orders, inquiries reports.
 * Track all orders/listings by status and view details of each order.
 * Optimize URL slugs for better SEO.
 * Easily control how the plugin should work in your marketplace from a great dashboard
   management.

Vendors

 * Register a new vendor in front-end.
 * Post their products or services with different types of listing.
 * Can make the decision how much their listings cost by custom pricing feature.
 * Receive notification of new orders via email.
 * Never miss out on any order changes by the effective order tracking system.
 * Export order reports.
 * Be supported with multiple pages and dashboards.

Buyers

 * Quick filter and sort an item by its category, pricing, listing type, etc.
 * Can view other vendors’ profile with detailed information, including bio, location,
   and reputation.
 * View all ratings and views of a listing from other real customers based on their
   real experience.
 * Can communicate with vendors via a live message box with the privacy guarantee.
 * Easily add an item to their cart & check out fast via PayPal payment gateway.
 * Easily shop and look for items on any devices.

Find out more at https://www.enginethemes.com/marketengine/.

#### Recommended Theme:

To make your site run smoothly, we strongly recommend you to use MarketEngine plugin
with ZeroEngine theme provided by EngineThemes. ZeroEngine is specifically designed
for this plugin, therefore, it can fully demonstrate all features of the MarketEngine
plugin.

If you want to use MarketEngine plugin for your site, you should go to our website
https://www.enginethemes.com/marketengine/ to download ZeroEngine theme.
 If you
happen to be a developer, you could also consider to use ZeroEngine as a base to
develop your own theme.

#### Further Reading:

If you want to discover all plugin features, please visit our live demo at http://
marketengine.enginethemes.com/.

We are willing to receive your feedback at https://www.enginethemes.com/help/. All
your feedback are valuable, which will help us make the plugin better. Other contributions
are welcome!

## Screenshots

 * [[
 * Homepage: Allow user to view the latest listings or search for a listing.
 * [[
 * Listing Detail Page: Provide a detail-oriented listing page, with UX design optimized
   for placing an order or contacting easily.
 * [[
 * Real User Reviews: Ratings and reviews from real consumers.
 * [[
 * User’s Profile: Allow buyers to view the detail-oriented profile of a seller,
   including bio, location and reputation.
 * [[
 * Live Message Box: On-site communication between sellers and buyers.
 * [[
 * Orders Page: List out all your orders with detailed information.
 * [[
 * Plugin Settings Page: Allow admin to set up general content, payment gateways
   and slugs for his site.
 * [[
 * Listing Management: Allow admin to monitor & manage all listing from the back-
   end.

## Installation

This section describes how to install the plugin and get it working.

 1. Install and activate the plugin: To install this plugin, you can use one of the
    following ways:
 2.  * From your WordPress Dashboard
        - Visit Plugins  Add New
        - Search for “MarketEngine”
        - Click “Install” and activate MarketEngine from the Plugin menu in WordPress
     * From WordPress.org
        - Download MarketEngine
        - Upload the “marketengine” folder to the …/wp-content/plugins/ directory via
          ftp, sftp, scp, etc.
        - Activate MarketEngine from the Plugin menu in WordPress
     * Direct Zip Upload
        - Download MarketEngine
        - Upload the ZIP package via Plugins  Add New  Upload in your WP Admin
        - Activate MarketEngine from the Plugin menu in WordPress
 3. Once MarketEngine plugin is activated, you should go to MarketEngine  Setup Wizard
    to create some specific pages, some listing categories, commission fee, listing
    types, etc.
 4. From your back-end, go to MarketEngine  Settings to set up general content, payment
    gateways and slugs for your site.

## FAQ

  What can I do with MarketEngine?

You can use MarketEngine to create a marketplace to sell, to offer or rent out any
product and service.

  Is MarketEngine compatible with all WordPress themes?

Yes. MarketEngine is compatible with most of WordPress themes. But, you strongly
recommend you to run MarketEngine plugin with ZeroEngine theme since only ZeroEngine
theme can fully demonstrate all features of the plugin.

  Can I download the free version of MarketEngine plugin and ZeroEngine theme?

It depends. If you want to download the free version of MarketEngine, you only need
to search MarketEngine plugin from WordPress.org and install it. Or else, you can
sign up into our website. Then, you go to the “MarketEngine” section on the left
sidebar in the member area to download the free version of MarketEngine plugin and
the ZeroEngine theme. However, in the future, we will offer you the Premium version
of MarketEngine, so you can purchase this upgrade version if you need more features
for your marketplace.

  Do I need anything other than this plugin/theme?

MarketEngine is a free plugin at this time. You may also want to purchase our Premium
version in the future to add more features to your marketplace.

  Does this plugin work with WooCommerce?

MarketEngine is built as a standalone marketplace plugin from scratch. It operates
independently of WooCommerce, for the purpose of optimizing the flow of your marketplace
and ensuring everything on your site run smoothly. Thus, MarketEngine cannot work
with WooCommerce.

  Can I add extra fields which will display in the post listing form?

Yes. From MarketEngine v1.0.1, we conducted Custom Fields feature allowing you to
create as many fields as you want according to each category for the post listing
form..
 For any questions, feedbacks or suggestions please visit https://www.enginethemes.
com/help/.

## Reviews

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### 󠀁[Trouble : folder missing](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/trouble-folder-missing/)󠁿

 [cglaudel](https://profiles.wordpress.org/cglaudel/) March 5, 2017

Warning: require_once(/Applications/MAMP/htdocs/version1/wp-content/plugins/marketengine/
includes/resolution/index.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory
So, Fatal error at installation…

 [ Read all 1 review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/marketengine/reviews/)

## Contributors & Developers

“MarketEngine” is open source software. The following people have contributed to
this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ EngineThemes ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/enginethemes/)

[Translate “MarketEngine” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/marketengine)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/marketengine/), check
out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/marketengine/), or subscribe
to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/marketengine/) by
[RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/marketengine/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 1.0.1 – Jan 05, 2016

 * Custom Fields feature.
    1. Sort field by category.
    2. Add/edit/ remove a field.
    3. Validate field constraint: required, is_date, is_numeric.

#### 1.1 – Feb 23, 2017

 * New resolution center tab for users to manage their dispute.
    1. Buyer can send a dispute.
    2. Seller can either request to close or escalate the dispute.
    3. Buyer can close or escalate the dispute.
    4. The new Cases section in back-end for admin to manage all dispute cases on his
       site.
    5. Admin can resolve the dispute based on materials and proofs that given by two
       parties.
    6. Email is seamlessly sent to each party involved in the dispute.

## Meta

 *  Version **1.1**
 *  Last updated **9 years ago**
 *  Active installations **10+**
 *  WordPress version ** 4.7 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **4.7.33**
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/marketengine/)
 * Tags
 * [commission](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/commission/)[multi seller](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/multi-seller/)
   [multi vendor marketplace](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/multi-vendor-marketplace/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/marketengine/advanced/)

## Ratings

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## Contributors

 *   [ EngineThemes ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/enginethemes/)

## Support

Got something to say? Need help?

 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/marketengine/)

## Donate

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