How to configure multiple sellers for the same product

[sachin garg]

Hi,

I am trying to implement a market place using ofbiz on the lines of Amazon.
I am not sure how to configure multiple sellers for the same product? I
thought of creating each product as a virtual product and the variants
shall come from any seller. But then I will have to add a feature category
(say seller) and list down all the possible sellers to the virtual product
as "selectable". Is there a better way of doing it using ofbiz?

[Mandeep Sidhu]

Use SupplierProduct tab instead, add each supplier with their own SKU and
pricing. Also, make sure the product's inventory type is set to
Dropshipment only, you would have to build couple of new ECAs to take care
of billing and email notifications. Additionally, some modification is
required to the Dropshipment workflow if you want to support split shipment.

Thanks,
Mandeep

On Wed, Oct 12, 2016 at 4:34 AM, sachin garg <[hidden email]>
wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I am trying to implement a market place using ofbiz on the lines of Amazon.
> I am not sure how to configure multiple sellers for the same product? I
> thought of creating each product as a virtual product and the variants
> shall come from any seller. But then I will have to add a feature category
> (say seller) and list down all the possible sellers to the virtual product
> as "selectable". Is there a better way of doing it using ofbiz?
>

[sachin garg]

Hi Mandeep,

Making use of SupplierTab won't be logically correct. Example: In a
marketplace, the price range of the item is determined by the minimum and
maximum price listed by the vendors against the same product. But pricing
in ofbiz doesn't depend on supplier pricing as different suppliers are
supposed to feed inventory to same vendor. If pricing from suppliers
increase then vendor will have to adjust the product pricing manually. But
in marketplace, the price must go up and down automatically.

On Wed, Oct 12, 2016 at 8:02 PM, Mandeep Sidhu <[hidden email]>
wrote:

> Use SupplierProduct tab instead, add each supplier with their own SKU and
> pricing. Also, make sure the product's inventory type is set to
> Dropshipment only, you would have to build couple of new ECAs to take care
> of billing and email notifications. Additionally, some modification is
> required to the Dropshipment workflow if you want to support split
> shipment.
>
> Thanks,
> Mandeep
>
> On Wed, Oct 12, 2016 at 4:34 AM, sachin garg <[hidden email]>
> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am trying to implement a market place using ofbiz on the lines of
> Amazon.
> > I am not sure how to configure multiple sellers for the same product? I
> > thought of creating each product as a virtual product and the variants
> > shall come from any seller. But then I will have to add a feature
> category
> > (say seller) and list down all the possible sellers to the virtual
> product
> > as "selectable". Is there a better way of doing it using ofbiz?
> >
>

[Mandeep Sidhu]

I've a full fledged seller marketplace implemented over this :)
https://seller.simbacart.com/sellercentral/c/home I am pretty sure it
works, you'd have to extend SupplierProduct to track inventory though.
For the pricing you need to configure appropriate SECAs to do auto
adjustments, if you are looking at 100% OOTB solution I am afraid that's
not the luxury you have here.

Thanks,
Mandeep

On Wed, Oct 12, 2016 at 9:18 AM, sachin garg <[hidden email]>
wrote:

> Hi Mandeep,
>
> Making use of SupplierTab won't be logically correct. Example: In a
> marketplace, the price range of the item is determined by the minimum and
> maximum price listed by the vendors against the same product. But pricing
> in ofbiz doesn't depend on supplier pricing as different suppliers are
> supposed to feed inventory to same vendor. If pricing from suppliers
> increase then vendor will have to adjust the product pricing manually. But
> in marketplace, the price must go up and down automatically.
>
> On Wed, Oct 12, 2016 at 8:02 PM, Mandeep Sidhu <[hidden email]>
> wrote:
>
> > Use SupplierProduct tab instead, add each supplier with their own SKU and
> > pricing. Also, make sure the product's inventory type is set to
> > Dropshipment only, you would have to build couple of new ECAs to take
> care
> > of billing and email notifications. Additionally, some modification is
> > required to the Dropshipment workflow if you want to support split
> > shipment.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Mandeep
> >
> > On Wed, Oct 12, 2016 at 4:34 AM, sachin garg <[hidden email]>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I am trying to implement a market place using ofbiz on the lines of
> > Amazon.
> > > I am not sure how to configure multiple sellers for the same product? I
> > > thought of creating each product as a virtual product and the variants
> > > shall come from any seller. But then I will have to add a feature
> > category
> > > (say seller) and list down all the possible sellers to the virtual
> > product
> > > as "selectable". Is there a better way of doing it using ofbiz?
> > >
> >
>

[sachin garg]

I just wanted to clarify if there is a defined way already in ofbiz for
achieving marketplace config. I understand now that probably i will have to
tweak the code to achieve my objective. Thanks for giving some hint in this
direction ;)

On Oct 12, 2016 10:01 PM, "Mandeep Sidhu" <[hidden email]> wrote:

> I've a full fledged seller marketplace implemented over this :)
> https://seller.simbacart.com/sellercentral/c/home I am pretty sure it
> works, you'd have to extend SupplierProduct to track inventory though.
> For the pricing you need to configure appropriate SECAs to do auto
> adjustments, if you are looking at 100% OOTB solution I am afraid that's
> not the luxury you have here.
>
> Thanks,
> Mandeep
>
> On Wed, Oct 12, 2016 at 9:18 AM, sachin garg <[hidden email]>
> wrote:
>
> > Hi Mandeep,
> >
> > Making use of SupplierTab won't be logically correct. Example: In a
> > marketplace, the price range of the item is determined by the minimum and
> > maximum price listed by the vendors against the same product. But pricing
> > in ofbiz doesn't depend on supplier pricing as different suppliers are
> > supposed to feed inventory to same vendor. If pricing from suppliers
> > increase then vendor will have to adjust the product pricing manually.
> But
> > in marketplace, the price must go up and down automatically.
> >
> > On Wed, Oct 12, 2016 at 8:02 PM, Mandeep Sidhu <
> [hidden email]>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Use SupplierProduct tab instead, add each supplier with their own SKU
> and
> > > pricing. Also, make sure the product's inventory type is set to
> > > Dropshipment only, you would have to build couple of new ECAs to take
> > care
> > > of billing and email notifications. Additionally, some modification is
> > > required to the Dropshipment workflow if you want to support split
> > > shipment.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Mandeep
> > >
> > > On Wed, Oct 12, 2016 at 4:34 AM, sachin garg <[hidden email]>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > I am trying to implement a market place using ofbiz on the lines of
> > > Amazon.
> > > > I am not sure how to configure multiple sellers for the same
> product? I
> > > > thought of creating each product as a virtual product and the
> variants
> > > > shall come from any seller. But then I will have to add a feature
> > > category
> > > > (say seller) and list down all the possible sellers to the virtual
> > > product
> > > > as "selectable". Is there a better way of doing it using ofbiz?
> > > >
> > >
> >
>

[sachin garg]

Hi Mandeep,

I started working on your suggestion.
Lets say a product has got variants (may come in 4 colors). So, I created a
virtual product and created 4 variants for it. Now I want to associate two
suppliers with this product as you suggested. I have a related query:
Shall I assign a supplier to virtual product or variant product? If I
assign to virtual then how can I configure which supplier provides which
variant? There is a table supplier_product_feature but I am not sure how to
configure and make use of the same.


On Wed, Oct 12, 2016 at 10:28 PM, sachin garg <[hidden email]>
wrote:

> I just wanted to clarify if there is a defined way already in ofbiz for
> achieving marketplace config. I understand now that probably i will have to
> tweak the code to achieve my objective. Thanks for giving some hint in this
> direction ;)
>
> On Oct 12, 2016 10:01 PM, "Mandeep Sidhu" <[hidden email]>
> wrote:
>
>> I've a full fledged seller marketplace implemented over this :)
>> https://seller.simbacart.com/sellercentral/c/home I am pretty sure it
>> works, you'd have to extend SupplierProduct to track inventory though.
>> For the pricing you need to configure appropriate SECAs to do auto
>> adjustments, if you are looking at 100% OOTB solution I am afraid that's
>> not the luxury you have here.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Mandeep
>>
>> On Wed, Oct 12, 2016 at 9:18 AM, sachin garg <[hidden email]>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > Hi Mandeep,
>> >
>> > Making use of SupplierTab won't be logically correct. Example: In a
>> > marketplace, the price range of the item is determined by the minimum
>> and
>> > maximum price listed by the vendors against the same product. But
>> pricing
>> > in ofbiz doesn't depend on supplier pricing as different suppliers are
>> > supposed to feed inventory to same vendor. If pricing from suppliers
>> > increase then vendor will have to adjust the product pricing manually.
>> But
>> > in marketplace, the price must go up and down automatically.
>> >
>> > On Wed, Oct 12, 2016 at 8:02 PM, Mandeep Sidhu <
>> [hidden email]>
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> > > Use SupplierProduct tab instead, add each supplier with their own SKU
>> and
>> > > pricing. Also, make sure the product's inventory type is set to
>> > > Dropshipment only, you would have to build couple of new ECAs to take
>> > care
>> > > of billing and email notifications. Additionally, some modification is
>> > > required to the Dropshipment workflow if you want to support split
>> > > shipment.
>> > >
>> > > Thanks,
>> > > Mandeep
>> > >
>> > > On Wed, Oct 12, 2016 at 4:34 AM, sachin garg <[hidden email]
>> >
>> > > wrote:
>> > >
>> > > > Hi,
>> > > >
>> > > > I am trying to implement a market place using ofbiz on the lines of
>> > > Amazon.
>> > > > I am not sure how to configure multiple sellers for the same
>> product? I
>> > > > thought of creating each product as a virtual product and the
>> variants
>> > > > shall come from any seller. But then I will have to add a feature
>> > > category
>> > > > (say seller) and list down all the possible sellers to the virtual
>> > > product
>> > > > as "selectable". Is there a better way of doing it using ofbiz?
>> > > >
>> > >
>> >
>>
>

[Mandeep Sidhu]

Assign the supplier to the virtual product as you'd need that for the
invoicing/shipping workflow. Virtual product is just like a regular product
with isVirtual flag set to Y, it still has SupplierProduct entity
relationship so you need to associate your supplierPartyId with variant
product as well. I didn't use the SupplierProductFeature table for any kind
of association.

Regards,
Mandeep

On Wed, Oct 12, 2016 at 6:36 PM, sachin garg <[hidden email]>
wrote:

> Hi Mandeep,
>
> I started working on your suggestion.
> Lets say a product has got variants (may come in 4 colors). So, I created a
> virtual product and created 4 variants for it. Now I want to associate two
> suppliers with this product as you suggested. I have a related query:
> Shall I assign a supplier to virtual product or variant product? If I
> assign to virtual then how can I configure which supplier provides which
> variant? There is a table supplier_product_feature but I am not sure how to
> configure and make use of the same.
>
>
> On Wed, Oct 12, 2016 at 10:28 PM, sachin garg <[hidden email]>
> wrote:
>
> > I just wanted to clarify if there is a defined way already in ofbiz for
> > achieving marketplace config. I understand now that probably i will have
> to
> > tweak the code to achieve my objective. Thanks for giving some hint in
> this
> > direction ;)
> >
> > On Oct 12, 2016 10:01 PM, "Mandeep Sidhu" <[hidden email]>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> I've a full fledged seller marketplace implemented over this :)
> >> https://seller.simbacart.com/sellercentral/c/home I am pretty sure it
> >> works, you'd have to extend SupplierProduct to track inventory though.
> >> For the pricing you need to configure appropriate SECAs to do auto
> >> adjustments, if you are looking at 100% OOTB solution I am afraid that's
> >> not the luxury you have here.
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Mandeep
> >>
> >> On Wed, Oct 12, 2016 at 9:18 AM, sachin garg <[hidden email]>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >> > Hi Mandeep,
> >> >
> >> > Making use of SupplierTab won't be logically correct. Example: In a
> >> > marketplace, the price range of the item is determined by the minimum
> >> and
> >> > maximum price listed by the vendors against the same product. But
> >> pricing
> >> > in ofbiz doesn't depend on supplier pricing as different suppliers are
> >> > supposed to feed inventory to same vendor. If pricing from suppliers
> >> > increase then vendor will have to adjust the product pricing manually.
> >> But
> >> > in marketplace, the price must go up and down automatically.
> >> >
> >> > On Wed, Oct 12, 2016 at 8:02 PM, Mandeep Sidhu <
> >> [hidden email]>
> >> > wrote:
> >> >
> >> > > Use SupplierProduct tab instead, add each supplier with their own
> SKU
> >> and
> >> > > pricing. Also, make sure the product's inventory type is set to
> >> > > Dropshipment only, you would have to build couple of new ECAs to
> take
> >> > care
> >> > > of billing and email notifications. Additionally, some modification
> is
> >> > > required to the Dropshipment workflow if you want to support split
> >> > > shipment.
> >> > >
> >> > > Thanks,
> >> > > Mandeep
> >> > >
> >> > > On Wed, Oct 12, 2016 at 4:34 AM, sachin garg <
> [hidden email]
> >> >
> >> > > wrote:
> >> > >
> >> > > > Hi,
> >> > > >
> >> > > > I am trying to implement a market place using ofbiz on the lines
> of
> >> > > Amazon.
> >> > > > I am not sure how to configure multiple sellers for the same
> >> product? I
> >> > > > thought of creating each product as a virtual product and the
> >> variants
> >> > > > shall come from any seller. But then I will have to add a feature
> >> > > category
> >> > > > (say seller) and list down all the possible sellers to the virtual
> >> > > product
> >> > > > as "selectable". Is there a better way of doing it using ofbiz?
> >> > > >
> >> > >
> >> >
> >>
> >
>