I am considering using eShop as a multi-vendor marketplace. I would manually add products so no actual multi-vendor store/cart would be needed. Presuming I can do something like suggested below.Is there a way to assign a hidden owner/vendor/affiliate to each product that is not editable by customers and does not need to be displayed on the front end? Front end display is not that bigger issue so long as its not editable.Ideally I would like either:
- A custom product field which can store an owner ID, owner email, and/or vendor identifier.
- A built-in vendor/owner field already available in eShop.
- A way to extend products with additional custom database fields.
My goal is to run monthly reports t assertain the products sold in that month for a specific owner/vendor/affiliate... showing:
- Product Name
- Product Owner
- Units Sold
- Gross Sales
- Commission Owed
If there is no dedicated owner/vendor field, would using the Manufacturer field/feature be the recommended approach for associating a product with a specific owner and retrieving that information programmatically?Of course I would then need to grab the required info from the sales results for that month, or databes etc.
Thanks Stephen HH
