Month: January 2014

What’s a Marketplace?

You’ve heard of eBay, Amazon, and of course ThemeForest – right? Other than each of them being a huge success, you know what they have in common? They’re all Marketplaces.

A Marketplace is a special kind of online store. It’s a site where you bring buyers and sellers together (but you don’t create your own products). Actually, you’re on one right now – as Envato created this marketplace and you’re now looking at a product sold by a different seller.

Isn’t building a Marketplace tough?

Until now, the challenge has been two-fold: getting your buyers & sellers, and building out your site. But now you don’t need to worry about the second challenge because we have you covered.

Now, you can focus on gathering a community of buyers and sellers. No need to stress about the rest.

What can I do with Marketify?

In combination with Easy Digital Downloads (a free plugin), the Marketplace extension bundle (Plugin bundle sold separately), and our theme is all you need to create a variety of digital marketplaces.

• You can create a marketplace that just sells photographs.
• You can create a marketplace that just sells fonts.
• You can create a marketplace that just sells audio files.
• You can create a marketplace that just sells videos.

Do you catch the theme? You can build any digital marketplace you want. Easily allow authors to create accounts and list their products. Buyers can then purchase products and immediately have access to downloads.

Easy Digital Downloads + Marketify = Your Marketplace

Let’s just do a quick run through of everything you get when you bring this plugin bundle and theme together.

• Social logins mean your guests don’t have the “login/register” friction before making a purchase decision. (Plugin sold separately)
• Rating and reviewing is available, but only for customers – protecting your site from spam. (Plugin sold separately)
• Beautiful audio and video previews right within the theme.
• A responsive layout that makes your site look great on mobile and tablet devices.
• Customers can easily create a wish-list – increasing the potential for more sales.
• Sign up sellers easily with frontend submissions* (Plugin sold separately)
• Split commissions with sellers* (Plugin sold separately)

† Note: * Some of these features require additional add-ons from Easy Digital Downloads.

Theme Page Examples

• Marketify Features
• Homepage
• Product Grid
• Category Grid
• Single Product Page
• Product Reviews
• Audio Product Page
• Video Product Page
• Author Profile Page
• Checkout Page
• Log In Page
• Register Page
• Blog Page
• Blog Post Page
• Pricing Page

Answers to common questions

Do I need anything other than this theme?
Yes, you must also download Easy Digital Downloads (free).
You may also want to purchase a couple of their add-ons (prices vary) to add more features to your marketplace.

Do I have to create a marketplace?
No, Marketify works beautifully as a standard digital store. If you do have your own products and would like to sell them, Marketify is the perfect solution for that as well.

Do I have to buy the Marketplace bundle?
No, if you do not need certain functionality you are more than welcome to purchase as many or as few of the extensions you need. We urge you to check out Easy Digital Download’s extension list for all of your options.

We have also compiled a list of all extensions and plugins used to create our demos. View list

Will my site work on mobile phones automatically?
Yes, the responsive design of the theme ensures that your site will not only look good but fully work on phones and tablets.

Am I limited to a certain number of products or sellers?
Absolutely not. You can sell as many products as you like.

So does this mean I could create my own ThemeForest site?
Yes, that’s exactly what it means. Until now that meant investments of tens of thousands of dollars to build a marketplace. Now you can do it for much less, and much faster.

Can my marketplace combine different products all in one?
Yes, there’s no restriction to the types of products you can sell. So you can create a marketplace that’s just video files, or one that sells all kinds of files.

Theme Documentation & Change Log

This theme comes with extensive documentation which makes setup a breeze. The latest updates and bug fixes for this theme can be seen below and inside the theme files in a file called “changelog.txt”

= 1.0: January 13, 2014 =

• First release! Woot!