Using eshop as a one site multi-vendor store

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

Dear Stephen,

Thank you for submitting the question here. Unfortunately, EShop does not support multi vendors feature now and it does not support to implement the functions / features as you listed.

Sincerely, Giang

Thanks, It there any way I can see a backend?
Or at least some images of settings pages.

I know it doesnt support multi-vendor. Thats not what I need. I just need a single store where I can ad a custom field to the product. I have Membership Pro and Services scheduler and based on your programming style I'm pretty sure eshop will be able to do what I need.

Can product custom fields be retrieved inside the onAfterStoreOrder($row) event for each product in the order?

I want to store a hidden product owner ID/email/share percentage on each product, then when an order is placed, use onAfterStoreOrder to save the product sale into my own payout table.

Is this possible, and which database tables store the product custom field values?

Dear Stephen,

EShop supports custom fieds for product. You can define the fields in a xml file, after that, when you edit product, there is a separated tab for you to enter the custom fields for that product.

You can read more about it in the documentation at docs.joomdonation.com/eshop/catalog/prod...roduct-custom-fields

I hope this is useful.

Sincerely, Giang