Features

Everything it does, and which parts are free.

53 capabilities across 8 areas. 47 of them are in the free plugin, including the entire commission, withdrawal, dispute and review systems. Pro mostly lifts limits and adds integrations.

The five that decide whether this fits.

The other 46 are listed underneath, grouped by area.

Buyer requests and proposals Free

Not every job is sitting in a catalog waiting to be bought. A buyer describes the work with a budget range, vendors answer with their own price and timeline, and the buyer picks one. This is the half of the product a catalog-only marketplace plugin does not have.

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Brief to awarded order

  1. Buyer posts a brief Buyer Title, description, category and a budget range, with attachments.
  2. Vendors submit proposals Vendor Each carries an amount, a delivery time in days and a cover letter.
  3. Vendor picks the contract type Vendor Fixed price for the whole job, or a milestone plan split into phases.
  4. Buyer awards one Buyer Accepting turns the proposal into a real order on the agreed terms.

Fixed or milestone contracts Free

Nobody sends three thousand dollars to a stranger up front. A vendor bidding on a posted job chooses how they want to be paid: one sum, or phases. Each phase is paid and signed off before the next one opens, and the order completes itself when the last one is approved.

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How a phase unlocks

  1. Phase 1 approved and paid
  2. Phase 2 in progress Paid on approval of phase 1, not up front.
  3. Phase 3 Locked until the step before it is approved

A phase cannot be paid until the one before it is approved. The plugin enforces it rather than trusting the parties.

The order workflow Free

A service order is a conversation with money attached, not a shipping label. Requirements are collected before work starts, the vendor delivers files, the buyer approves or asks for a revision, and an unanswered delivery completes on its own rather than hanging forever.

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All eleven states

  • pending payment
  • pending requirements
  • in progress
  • delivered
  • revision requested
  • disputed
  • cancellation requested
  • cancelled
  • refunded
  • partially refunded
  • completed

Every state an order can be in. Green completes, grey ends it early.

Disputes Free

The question every marketplace owner asks before installing anything: what happens when it goes wrong. Both sides put evidence on the order, you mediate, and you settle it one of four ways. It is a process rather than an argument by email, and it is in the free plugin.

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How a dispute settles

  1. Either side opens a dispute Buyer or vendor
  2. Both submit evidence Messages and files, on the order, not over email.
  3. You mediate and settle Owner Four outcomes: full refund, partial refund, extra revision, or agreement reached.

Commission and payouts Free

How you actually earn. Set one rate for the marketplace, override it per vendor, and give tips their own rate. Money clears after a period you choose, vendors request what they are owed, and you approve it. Pro automates the last step; nothing about the first four needs it.

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Money path, buyer to vendor

  1. Buyer pays Through your checkout, or the cart platform you already run.
  2. Commission splits A global rate from 0 to 50 percent, with per-vendor overrides. Tips carry their own rate.
  3. Vendor balance clears After the clearance period you set.
  4. Vendor requests a withdrawal Subject to your minimum amount.
  5. You approve and pay out By hand, or automatically on Pro through Stripe Connect and PayPal Payouts.

Listing and selling

What a vendor builds and manages. All of it is in the free plugin; Pro raises the ceilings.

  • Six-step service wizard Free

    Vendors publish a listing through Basic Info, Pricing, Gallery, Requirements, Extras and FAQs, then Review.

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  • Three-tier packages Free

    Every service sells as Basic, Standard and Premium, so buyers pick the scope that fits their budget.

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  • Add-ons and extras Free

    Priced upsells attached to a package. Three per service on free, unlimited on Pro.

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  • Gallery and media Free

    Images and a video embed per listing. Four images on free, unlimited on Pro.

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  • Requirements and FAQs Free

    The intake form a buyer completes after paying, so vendors stop chasing briefs over email.

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  • Edit, pause and delete Free

    Vendors take a service off sale without losing its history or reviews.

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Finding and buying

The buyer side, in both marketplace modes: browse a catalog, or post a brief and take proposals.

  • Catalog with search and filters Free

    Buyers narrow by category, price, seller rating and delivery time.

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  • Favorites Free

    Buyers save services and come back to them, since most people do not order on the first visit.

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  • Buyer dashboard and order tracking Free

    One place for active, completed and total orders, with the state of each.

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The order workflow

The part that decides whether a marketplace is trusted. Free covers the whole lifecycle.

  • Order timeline Free

    One merged, chronological history per order, so nobody reconstructs what happened from three separate screens.

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  • Requirements collection Free

    The order does not start until the buyer answers the vendor intake form.

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  • Order messaging and files Free

    A thread per order with attachments, so the conversation stays with the job.

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  • Deliveries and revisions Free

    Vendors deliver files against the package; buyers accept or request a revision.

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  • Paid extensions and deadline changes Free

    Scope grows mid-order without a side deal: the buyer pays for the extra through the order.

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  • Tipping Free

    Buyers add a tip after approval, with its own commission rate.

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  • Offline payment proof Free

    A buyer paying by bank transfer uploads the receipt, and an admin approves or rejects it. Approval marks the order paid and credits the vendor through the same path as a card payment. Off by default.

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  • Printable receipts Free

    Any paid order has a receipt the buyer can print or save as a PDF, however it was paid.

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Trust and reputation

A new marketplace has no history. These are the mechanics that build one.

  • Reviews and star ratings Free

    Buyers rate completed orders; ratings drive the catalog and the vendor profile.

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  • Four seller levels Free

    New Seller, Rising Seller, Top Rated and Pro Seller, earned from real order history.

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  • Vendor profile and portfolio Free

    A public page with past work, response time and level, so a buyer can judge before ordering.

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  • Review moderation Free

    Owners moderate reviews and vendors reply, so one bad review is not the whole story.

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  • Vacation mode Free

    Vendors mark themselves unavailable without unpublishing their services.

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Money and payouts

The whole commission and withdrawal system is free. Pro adds payout automation and rate rules.

  • Earnings dashboard Free

    Vendors see cleared, pending and lifetime earnings without asking anyone.

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  • Earnings ledger and CSV Free

    A line-by-line record of every movement, exportable for the books.

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  • Stripe Connect payouts Pro

    Split payments straight to vendor accounts, so the money never queues on your balance.

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  • Tiered commission rules Pro

    Rates that vary by category, volume or seller level rather than one flat number.

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Running the marketplace

The owner-side tools. Everything here is free except analytics dashboards and white label.

  • Setup wizard Free

    Activation opens a wizard that creates the pages and sets the essentials.

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  • Service moderation queue Free

    Approve listings before they publish, or let them go live automatically.

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  • Vendor management Free

    Approve, suspend and manage sellers, and decide whether anyone can register.

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  • Withdrawal approvals Free

    Payout requests collect on one screen, counted by status.

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  • Manual order creation Free

    Owners raise an order on a customer behalf, for deals agreed off-platform.

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  • Checkout billing fields Free

    Choose what checkout asks for. Name and email are always collected; the address fields that suit physical goods can be switched off for digital services.

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  • Analytics and export Pro

    Revenue and performance dashboards for admins and vendors, exportable to CSV or PDF.

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Building on it

The plugin is meant to be extended, not worked around.

  • Six Gutenberg blocks Free

    Service grid, featured services, categories, search, seller card and buyer requests, for the block editor.

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  • Nineteen shortcodes Free

    The same surfaces for Elementor, Bricks and classic themes, from the catalog to the dashboard.

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  • Template overrides Free

    Copy a template into your theme and change it, without touching the plugin.

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  • REST API Free

    Everything a member can do in the browser, a program can do over REST.

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  • Hooks and filters Free

    Documented extension points, plus a dedicated set of Pro extension hooks.

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  • WP-CLI commands Free

    Drive setup, seeding and maintenance from the command line.

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Presentation and SEO

How the marketplace looks to visitors and to search engines.

  • SEO and schema markup Free

    Service pages are described as products, so search engines can read price and rating.

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  • In-app notifications Free

    A notification centre in the dashboard, separate from email.

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  • 23 switchable emails Free

    Every stage has a templated email in HTML and plain text, each with its own on/off switch. Members see only the categories their role uses: five for a buyer, eight for someone who also sells.

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  • Real-time updates Free

    Messages and notifications appear without a page reload.

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  • Push notifications to phones Pro

    The events a member already gets in the app can reach their phone, on Android and iOS, using your own Firebase credentials. Off by default.

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  • White-label branding Pro

    Rebrand the marketplace as yours and remove every mention of ours.

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  • Display currency Pro

    An approximate price in the shopper currency appears beside the real one, detected from their timezone, while you still settle in yours.

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