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Such a shame, it has everything needed to finally create a great UX marketplace on Shopify. Every other app over the last 7/8 years has bugs, ugly user interface and very clunky, Garnet however has everything.. but for the pricing...
I was super excited to try it, to migrate our development marketplace from woocommerce to Shopify, however basic features you do get out of the box with Dokan, Marketking, WCFM are just not included with Garnet. For example, basic colour configuration is an extra $30 per month on top of the $19 fee.
To sum up we'd need the following, as im sure others would too:
Specifications (Users can add additional product data, brand, model, tags) - an extra $30
Vendor performance - So users can see their total sales, product performance - an extra $20
Messaging - Allow customers to contact vendors about products - an extra $50
White Label - A feature allowing you to brand your platform, which categorically should be a given, marketplace owners need to build trust with potential vendors, and not being able to brand your marketplace without this add-on is by far a non-negotiable - An extra $30
Vendor pages - Its a marketplace, and as such, vendors need profile pages, however unless you add this feature, vendors will not have a dedicated page - an extra $20
Vendor applications - Allowing vendors to apply and sign up for your marketplace - an extra $20
Shipping integrations - We're living in an online world and shopping online is a huge part of that and as such, enabling shipping for your products is a must, this feature costs an extra - $40
Payout integrations - Again, we're a marketplace a seamless integration allowing marketplace owners to pay vendors effortlessly is a must, however for this feature its an extra $40 - unless you want to do it manually?
Discounts - being able to offer discounts on your products? An extra $20 to enable the feature
Ecommerce integrations - Chances are if you have a marketplace, attracting both B2C & B2B vendors is high on your list, whilst its a feature we would need, its not vital, but for the feature this costs an extra $50 per month
Email integrations - Email marketing is vital in the online world, your marketing efforts really rely on having a good robust email marketing system, to integrate your email marketing, mailchimp/klaviyo/omnisend - Thats an extra $30 per month
Make an offer feature - Used a lot on sites like ebay and reverb, this feature in our opinion is a must, now with ebay reducing fees to zero and stores like reverb reducing commissions to 5% this feature is vital - Extra cost of $30 a month
All-in-all above are the features needed to make a marketplace successful, i feel this app is designed for an established store, and not someone starting out on their marketplace journey. to get set up with those features the costs would be
PER MONTH
Shopify plan - $30
Basic Garnet plan - $19
Specifications - $30
Messaging - $50
Vendor performance - $20
Vendor shipping - $20
White label - $30
Vendor pages - $20
Vendor applications - $20
Shipping integrations - $40
Payout integrations - $40
Discounts - $20
Ecommerce integrations - $50
Email integrations - $30
Make an offer - $30
Total - $449 per month
Completely unviable, but a great user interface and product upload form, what a shame :(