zCart Multi-Vendor eCommerce Marketplace

🚀 Overview

zCart is a full-featured multi-vendor eCommerce platform developed using Laravel. It enables you to create your own marketplace like Amazon, eBay, or Etsy—where multiple sellers can list, manage, and sell products while you control commissions and branding from a centralized admin dashboard.

Designed with real-world commerce in mind, zCart provides vendor-customer-admin workflows, product catalog management, order tracking, and advanced payment integrations. Its modular Laravel architecture makes it highly customizable and developer-friendly for startups and agencies.

Target users: Entrepreneurs, small businesses, web agencies, and developers who want to launch a scalable multi-vendor marketplace with full control over commissions, storefronts, and branding.

✨ Key Features

• Multi-vendor management: Each vendor has their own dashboard to manage products, inventory, orders, and reports.
• Powerful admin control: Admin can moderate vendors, manage listings, configure commission rates, and view marketplace analytics.
• Product management: Variable, grouped, and digital product types with attributes, SKUs, and inventory tracking.
• Customer experience: User-friendly storefront, advanced search filters, product reviews, and wishlist features.
• Checkout system: Multiple payment gateways, coupon support, shipping zones, and tax calculation.
• Order management: End-to-end order lifecycle from cart to shipment with automated email notifications.
• Vendor storefronts: Each vendor gets a customizable mini-store with branding and catalog visibility.
• Multi-language & multi-currency: Localize your store for global audiences with built-in translation and currency support.
• SEO & analytics: Built-in SEO tools, meta tags, structured URLs, and detailed performance reports.
• Responsive design: Modern, mobile-first layout using Bootstrap and Vue.js for smooth performance.
• Role-based access control (RBAC): Fine-grained permission system for admins, staff, and vendors.
• Email notifications: Automated transactional emails for vendors, customers, and admin users.
• Extensions support: Modular codebase to easily add future plugins or themes.

⚙️ Technical Stack

• Backend framework: Laravel 10 (PHP 8.x)
• Frontend: Bootstrap 5, Vue.js, Blade templates
• Database: MySQL / MariaDB
• Languages: PHP, JavaScript (ES6+), HTML5, CSS3/SCSS
• Server Requirements: Apache or Nginx with PHP 8+, HTTPS enabled
• Extensions: OpenSSL, Mbstring, PDO, Tokenizer, Ctype, JSON, BCMath, Fileinfo
• Tools: Composer, npm/yarn, Redis (optional for caching and queues)

🧩 Installation Guide

1. Upload files: Place the project files in your hosting directory or server root.
2. Set environment: Rename .env.example to .env and update database, mail, and app URL configurations.
3. Install dependencies: Run composer install and php artisan key:generate.
4. Migrate database: Run php artisan migrate --seed to create tables and demo data.
5. Permissions: Ensure storage/ and bootstrap/cache/ directories are writable.
6. Optimize: Run php artisan optimize and php artisan route:cache for best performance.
7. Access admin panel: Login with the provided credentials and begin configuration of vendors, products, and currencies.

📦 Deliverables

• Full Laravel project source code for zCart
• SQL migrations and seeders for sample data
• Documentation and setup guide
• Frontend and backend Blade templates
• Admin, vendor, and customer dashboards

📱 Supported Platforms

• Web browsers: Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge (latest versions)
• Devices: Fully responsive and optimized for desktop, tablet, and mobile
• Server OS: Compatible with Linux (Ubuntu, Debian, CentOS), macOS, or Windows Server

🧠 Notes

• License: Distributed under the GPL, permitting use, modification, and redistribution.
• Customization tips: Developers can extend modules, modify Blade templates, or integrate APIs for new payment gateways or shipping methods.
• SEO assurance: Clean URLs, sitemap generation, structured meta data, and fast load times support excellent indexing by search engines.
• Performance optimization: Enable caching, queue workers, and Laravel Horizon for better scalability.
• Experience insight: zCart’s architecture is inspired by production-grade eCommerce systems, tested across thousands of live deployments.

👨‍💻 Original Developer Credit

Originally developed by Incevio and distributed commercially via
CodeCanyon.
Please support the original author by purchasing a valid license to access official updates and premium support.

🔒 Disclaimer

This GPL version of zCart – Multi-Vendor eCommerce Marketplace is provided for educational, developmental, and research purposes only.
We are not affiliated with or endorsed by the original developer.
All product names, trademarks, and assets remain the property of their respective owners.
For production or commercial use, please purchase the official version from the original marketplace.