How to set multi-vendors selling same products

-- HikaShop version -- : 2.6.4
-- HikaMarket version -- : 1.7.1
-- Joomla version -- : 3.6.2

Hi!

I've been through the documentation (which I find a bit "heavy" for a first timer - but there are so many options) and the forum here trying to figure out my set up but it is not working. So here is what I would need and I am wondering how to set it up:

1. I have only 2 products
2. I manually add the vendors to the site
3. Customers pay to the site, and I pay the vendors their commission twice a month
4. They all sell those 2 products
5. Vendors then deliver by themselves (or ship by themselves)
6. Customers go to their vendor page and should see those products (haven't managed that neither)

Hi!

1. Well my current configuration is "just installed" with probably a few options clicked here and there because I was trying... I am not sure what you answer means: just all our vendors sell the same products (2 of them). We supply, they sell. But yes, it is clear for me and it is probably why I can't seem to explain it right. Hopefully that helped a little.
2. Somewhere in the forum here. Is it wrong? Then if there is no assignment what are my options to ensure the client is assigned to a specific vendor at the time of registration?
3. Thank you, didn't read that page. I mainly look at the tutorial here: www.hikashop.com/support/documentation/1...-multi-tutorial.html

Thank you.

Fred

Hi!

Sorry for not thinking about all that, I guess it was not obvious for me. So here are the answers:
1. yes it is the exact same product which we supply. Just different vendors selling it (based on location but we're not going to need that information from Hikashop). The vendors do not edit the product(s), and there is no difference. But the logic is that if you live in city A you buy from vendor A who live in that city too. We want to avoid people living in city B buying from vendor A which takes us to the problem of assigning customers to vendors.
2. Ok. Well I thought I was told there was a vendor assignation possible (I should search all the posts I made and see whether I have memory problems or not ) but if not I would need one. Since all the vendors sell the same product(s) I don't think the product/vendor assignation is important in my case.
3. And so to continue on the needs in that case I actually need the site not accessible, then vendors provide URL and some identifier such as username/password which will help to assign the customer to that vendor. The customer can then access the site, register (providing his address and other details) and buy the product(s). The vendor will then know he has to fulfil the order.

How can I do that then?

Thank you.

and more on 2. Check this reply www.hikashop.com/forum/customers/882871-...iliation.html#243973 which talks about the affiliation system. Is this something else? I seem to have given similar requirements but again all this is very new to me.

Thank you.

Hi!

Ok so from something that was "wrong and did not exist" I now have 3 options to make it happen. Not bad!

I am still trying to wrap my head around this and pick the best solution for my needs with as little modification as possible. So I understand that one solution is to use location, but I could have 2 vendors in the same city and therefore am not so hot about this (and I do not have products I do not want vendors to sell). Still that setup would have me create my products under main vendor and the software would pick the assigned vendor based on his location. Is that right?

From the rest of your message I understand I have 2 options left: vendor selection and vendor assignation. What is vendor selection? How does this work? I still have only 2 products which are the same for all vendors. How do I create those and make sure they can sell them?

And then there is vendor dynamic assignation which requires a custom plugin. You are referring to Joomla ecosystem to solve that problem. Do you have something specific in mind?

Lastly I am still puzzled about the link I posed above referring to affiliate link which assign customers directly. Does this not work? If so, how can I set up my store with 2 products and make use of those affiliate links? Is there documentation on that, or can you at least give me direction?

Thank you very much.

Hi again!
So I had to get back to the "drawing board" to see if we could run the business differently but, no. So we cannot use 1 (location selection) and would like t o avoid 2 as customers could make mistakes.

So what is the affiliation system that Nicolas talked about. Why do you seem to avoid talking about it as a solution to my problem?

I read the page for the 3rd solution but the page looks more like a dictionary than a guide on using specific features. I am lost. Would you be kind enough to provide a bit more details (assuming the affiliation system, which I asked about before purchasing and seemed to match my needs, for some reasons no longer seems to fit)?

Thank you.

oh.. so in Hikshop business this affiliate assignment works "for ever" as in every successive sales get assigned to the same affiliate, or not?

And then the page you linked above is a set of features which could allow me to create a plugin to associate a customer to a vendor? Could you kindly give directions?

Thank you.

ok, so I tried to find some documentation after looking through the affiliate menu in hikashop but didn't find much. In fact I cannot create an affiliate from the hikashop menu, is that normal?
I also saw that we (as Hikashop business customers) can have personal support via email. How do I get to that option? I've been struggling for a while now and the content of this thread is very cryptic to me. I was going to test drive the affiliate program features but again, I failed.
Thank you.

Fred

wow.. I feel I am pissing you off.. Sorry for being a customer! I didn't get I had to open a new thread for the affiliate program, so I will. I also asked about the personal support by email which you advertise on your product listing. Any way to get that and maybe someone a bit more patient with customers?

Thank you