Multi-vendor E-commerce is a large-scale project/application built with Laravel framework. The application contains comprehensive and feature-rich modules and functionalities. It is designed to provide a robust platform for businesses to create their online marketplaces, allowing multiple vendors to sell their products and manage their stores within a single platform. Additionally, the application has its own dedicated extensive API, which requires authentication using Laravel Passport package.
Frontend technologies used: jQuery, AJAX, and many JavaScript & jQuery libraries and plugins.
1- Third-pary API Integration (Shiprocket API integration (for shipping and order management services)).
2- PayPal Payment Gateway Integration.
3- Iyzico Payment Gateway Integration.
4- A dedicated extensive API with multiple different endpoints for the application.
5- API authentication using Laravel Passport package.
6- Webhook implemented for inventory/stock update.
7 - Using PHP cURL.
8- Multiple Authentication using Laravel Guards.
9- Multi-level Relationships/Categories.
10- Product Dynamic Filters (using AJAX).
11- Shipping Charges Module (third-party service API integration, product-weight and country-wise shipping charges, etc).
12- Showing Order Shipping Status.
13- Vendor Commissions Module.
14- Coupon Codes Module (single time/multiple times, percentage/fixed).
15- Star Rating and Reviews System.
16- Recently Viewed Products Feature.
17- Order Logs/History.
18- New Arrivals, Discounted Products, Featured Products, Similar Products, and Best-Seller Products Features.
19- Using external libraries and packages such as 'Intervention Image' for image manipulation, 'Dompdf' library for printing PDF order invoices, 'Laravel Excel' package for importing/exporting database tables as Excel files, 'Laravel Barcode/QR Code Generator' to generate barcodes and QR codes for both Product ID and Product Code in order invoices, etc.
20- Using JavaScript libraries and jQuery plugins such as 'DataTables' for adding interaction controls to HTML tables, 'EasyZoom' for zooming product images, etc.
21 - Sending Confirmation Emails (Mailtrap) upon registration, account activation and approval, order shipping status, etc.
22- Sending offline SMSs (upon registration, starting order shipping process, ...).
23- Multiple Delivery Addresses.
24- Website Search Form functionality for products by name, color, and code.
25- User Roles and Permissions (superadmin, admins, vendors, users).
26- User and vendor registration approval by the superadmin.
27- Image & Video Upload Functionality.
28- Dynamically creating and editing Sections and Categories.
29- Dynamic Banner Sliders Module.
30- Dynamic Breadcrumb Navigation.
31- Dynamic SEO/HTML Meta tags.
32- Newsletter Subscription (email).
33- Regular Expression.
34- Database Seeders.
35- Tens of jQuery AJAX requests (update admin password via AJAX, AJAX form validation, ...).
36- Custom AJAX pop-up Mini-Cart.
37- Showing a Preloading Screen upon form submission.
38- TinyMCE WYSIWYG Editor Integrated.
39- Using two Favicons for both the Frontend and Admin Panel Sections of the application.
1- Frontend: The public-facing website can be accessed at http://127.0.0.1:8000/. This is where users/customers/members can view categories and products and interact with the website in general. The frontend URL is typically accessible to all visitors of the website.
2- Admin Panel: The Admin Panel for managing the application is available at http://127.0.0.1:8000/admin/login. This secure area is exclusively accessible to authorized administrators where only authenticated superadmin, admins, and vendors can access. It grants access to the administrative functionalities of the application, such as adding new products and their features, orders management, users management, creating and editing website sections and categories, orders shipping management, etc.
All application routes & API endpoints are defined in both the web.php file (Frontend and Admin Panel routes) and api.php file (API Endpoints).
** Check the application API Collection on my Postman Profile: https://www.postman.com/ahmed-yahya/workspace/my-public-portfolio-postman-workspace/collection/28181483-179adc20-2dcc-426c-a755-5a48da9ca7a4
** Also, you can test the API Endpoints yourself using Postman. Here is the API's Postman Collection .json file API Postman Collection file that you can download and import into your Postman.
1- Open your terminal, and use the 'git clone https://github.com/AhmedYahyaE/laravel-multi-vendor-e-commerce-application.git' command, or just download the ZIP project.
2- Navigate/Change into (using the cd command) to the project root directory, then run the 'composer install' command.
3- Run the 'npm install' command (and only in case you face any issues/errors, run the 'npm audit fix' command), and then run the 'npm run build' command.
4- Create a MySQL database named `multivendor_ecommerce`, then import the multivendor_ecommerce database SQL Dump File into your `multivendor_ecommerce` database.
5- Navigate to the .env file and configure/update it with your MySQL database credentials and other configuration settings.
6- Run the 'php artisan serve' command, and then open your browser and visit http://127.0.0.1:8000 to access the Frontend section of the application, or http://127.0.0.1:8000/admin/login to access the Admin Panel.
** Ready-to-use registered accounts credentials you can use to log in:
- Superadmin (to access the Admin Panel): Email: [email protected], Password: 123456
- Vendor (to access the Admin Panel): Email: [email protected], Password: 123456
- User (to access the Frontend): Email: [email protected], Password: 123456
Contributions to my Multi-vendor E-commerce Laravel application are most welcome! If you find any issues or have suggestions for improvements or want to add new features, please open an issue or submit a pull request.