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From the&nbsp;dashboard, vendors can create new products, update existing products, view orders, access earnings stats, communicate with customers, and edit their account details.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/easydigitaldownloads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/edd\/2015\/10\/Screen-Shot-2015-10-26-at-11.47.12-AM.png\"><\/a>Vendor Dashboard - Products in Vendd theme<\/p>\n<p>Commission tracking<\/p>\n<p>Vendors that sell products through your marketplace need to be paid. Frontend Submissions is perfectly integrated with our <a href=\"https:\/\/easydigitaldownloads.com\/downloads\/commissions\/\">Commissions<\/a>&nbsp;extension to allow store owners to easily track and record vendor commissions on products sold in the marketplace. Earnings are available to vendors in their dashboard.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/easydigitaldownloads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/edd\/2016\/11\/vendor-commissions.png\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Paying vendors for their commission earnings is simple too! See our <a href=\"https:\/\/easydigitaldownloads.com\/docs\/commissions-payouts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">documentation<\/a> for more&nbsp;information.<\/p>\n<p>Vendor and product moderation<\/p>\n<p>All great marketplaces include thorough review processes to ensure vendors and products on the site are high quality. To assist in keeping your marketplace full of top quality vendors and products, Frontend Submissions includes complete review processes for new vendor registration and product submissions.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/easydigitaldownloads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/edd\/2016\/11\/products-list.png\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/easydigitaldownloads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/edd\/2016\/11\/vendors-list.png\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Email notifications<\/p>\n<p>To help site administrators stay aware of new product submissions and vendor registrations, Frontend Submissions includes complete email notification options. Emails can be&nbsp;sent when products are submitted, products are updated, vendors register, commissions are earned, and more. Each email can be configured separately&nbsp;to include exactly the information you want.<\/p>\n<p>Drag-and-drop form builders<\/p>\n<p>Frontend Submissions includes a complete drag-and-drop interface for&nbsp;building forms for vendor registration, product submission, and vendor account profiles, giving site administrators complete control over the&nbsp;form fields shown to vendors.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/easydigitaldownloads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/edd\/2016\/11\/submission-form-editor.png\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Vendor&nbsp;and customer communication<\/p>\n<p>Communication between customers and vendors is important to maintaining a vibrant marketplace. Comments and questions left on products are available to vendors inside their vendor dashboard. Vendors can reply to&nbsp;pre-sale and support questions directly from their dashboard as well.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/easydigitaldownloads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/edd\/2015\/10\/Screen-Shot-2015-10-26-at-11.47.00-AM.png\"><\/a>Vendor Dashboard in Vendd theme<\/p>\n<p>Store administrators can provide vendors with even better communication tools by utilizing the <a href=\"https:\/\/easydigitaldownloads.com\/downloads\/edd-message\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">EDD Message extension<\/a>, which provides vendors with an option to send email messages to customers directly from the vendor dashboard.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/easydigitaldownloads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/edd\/2016\/09\/edd-message-vendor-orders-table.png\"><\/a>New column for vendors to select customer to message<\/p>\n<p>Product reviews and vendor&nbsp;feedback<\/p>\n<p>Frontend submissions is fully integrated with the product <a href=\"https:\/\/easydigitaldownloads.com\/downloads\/product-reviews\/\">Reviews<\/a> extension, allowing vendors to easily get access to reviews left by customers on their products. The Reviews extension also allows customers to provide feedback on vendors, giving site administrators valuable insight into how happy customers are with vendors in the marketplace.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/easydigitaldownloads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/edd\/2016\/11\/vendor-feedback.png\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Extensive documentation<\/p>\n<p>Frontend Submissions, and all integrated extensions, include thorough documentation to assist you in setting up your multi-vendor marketplace.&nbsp;You can find&nbsp;more information in our <a href=\"https:\/\/easydigitaldownloads.com\/docs\/frontend-submissions-basic-setup\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">documentation portal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Overview video<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MIGvW-tHhms<\/p>\n<p>Screenshots<\/p>\n","changelog":"<p><strong>Version 2.8.2 \u2014 June 11, 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>New: Updated to work with EDD email management.<\/li>\n<li>Admin: Remove unneeded CSS styles.<\/li>\n<li>Reports: Improved graphing support for the main vendors report.<\/li>\n<li>Forms: Improve form validation.<\/li>\n<li>Dev: Updated for PHP 8 compatibility.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Version 2.8.1 \u2014 June 27, 2023<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Improvement: Vendor caching has been improved to ensure that cached values are cleared whenever a vendor object changes.<\/li>\n<li>Fix: Custom data was not saved for existing users who submitted vendor applications.<\/li>\n<li>Fix: In some cases, vendors were unable to upload files to their products.<\/li>\n<li>Dev: The build scripts have been updated.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Version 2.8.0 \u2014 May 3, 2023<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Improvement: The vendor dashboard orders screen now queries order objects directly.<\/li>\n<li>Improvement: The admin customers export for an individual vendor has been updated for improved performance with large numbers of orders\/customers.<\/li>\n<li>Improvement: Script and asset loading has been refactored to load only the necessary scripts for the current view.<\/li>\n<li>Fix: The email tags could have an undefined variable.<\/li>\n<li>Fix: Sites using Multi Currency show the vendor product form in the store's base currency.<\/li>\n<li>Fix: When deleting a vendor, the \"Vendor Revoked\" email will now be sent to the vendor if it's enabled.<\/li>\n<li>Fix: The \"Reject\" action was not available for products.<\/li>\n<li>Fix: The form build help text now correctly supports HTML tags.<\/li>\n<li>Fix: Querying for FES vendors in the block editor could cause a PHP notice.<\/li>\n<li>Fix: The dashboard product list did not work correctly with multiple pages.<\/li>\n<li>Fix: The \"Add Media\" option did not always work with the description field.<\/li>\n<li>Fix: The {fullname} email tag could display only the first name, depending on the user's profile.<\/li>\n<li>Fix: The vendor bio did not support paragraphs.<\/li>\n<li>Fix: Trashing a download using bulk actions did not properly send the \"Submission Denied\" email to the vendor.<\/li>\n<li>Fix: The datepicker was not styled.<\/li>\n<li>Templates: The frontend-orders template has been updated to use the order object instead of the ID to improve database performance. Users with customized templates should review and update.<\/li>\n<li>Dev: Support for adding custom fields for the FES form builder prior to FES 2.3 has been removed.<\/li>\n<li>Dev: Licensing and dependency management has been updated.<\/li>\n<li>Dev: Querying for a vendor now supports WordPress caching to improve performance.<\/li>\n<li>Dev: The checkbox field has been updated for PHP 8 compatibility.<\/li>\n<li>Dev: Session management has been refined to run only when FES needs it.<\/li>\n<li>Dev: The minimum WordPress version is now 5.4; the minimum PHP version is 7.1; the minimum EDD version is 3.1.0.2.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>View the full changelog: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/easydigitaldownloads.com\/changelogs\/plugin\/frontend-submissions\/\">https:\/\/easydigitaldownloads.com\/changelogs\/plugin\/frontend-submissions\/<\/a><\/p>\n"},"icons":{"1x":"https:\/\/easydigitaldownloads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/edd\/2023\/01\/frontend-submissions.svg","2x":"https:\/\/easydigitaldownloads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/edd\/2023\/01\/frontend-submissions.svg","default":"https:\/\/easydigitaldownloads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/edd\/2023\/01\/frontend-submissions.svg"},"banners":{"2x":"https:\/\/plugins.svn.wordpress.org\/easy-digital-downloads\/assets\/banner-1544x500.png","1x":"https:\/\/plugins.svn.wordpress.org\/easy-digital-downloads\/assets\/banner-772x250.png","default":"https:\/\/plugins.svn.wordpress.org\/easy-digital-downloads\/assets\/banner-772x250.png"},"description":["<p>Frontend Submissions provides a full-featured package to turn your Easy Digital Downloads powered website into a complete multi-vendor marketplace.<\/p>\n<p>Vendor&nbsp;dashboard<\/p>\n<p>With Frontend Submissions, users can register to become a vendor from the frontend and then, once approved, have complete access to their vendor dashboard. From the&nbsp;dashboard, vendors can create new products, update existing products, view orders, access earnings stats, communicate with customers, and edit their account details.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/easydigitaldownloads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/edd\/2015\/10\/Screen-Shot-2015-10-26-at-11.47.12-AM.png\"><\/a>Vendor Dashboard - Products in Vendd theme<\/p>\n<p>Commission tracking<\/p>\n<p>Vendors that sell products through your marketplace need to be paid. Frontend Submissions is perfectly integrated with our <a href=\"https:\/\/easydigitaldownloads.com\/downloads\/commissions\/\">Commissions<\/a>&nbsp;extension to allow store owners to easily track and record vendor commissions on products sold in the marketplace. Earnings are available to vendors in their dashboard.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/easydigitaldownloads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/edd\/2016\/11\/vendor-commissions.png\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Paying vendors for their commission earnings is simple too! See our <a href=\"https:\/\/easydigitaldownloads.com\/docs\/commissions-payouts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">documentation<\/a> for more&nbsp;information.<\/p>\n<p>Vendor and product moderation<\/p>\n<p>All great marketplaces include thorough review processes to ensure vendors and products on the site are high quality. To assist in keeping your marketplace full of top quality vendors and products, Frontend Submissions includes complete review processes for new vendor registration and product submissions.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/easydigitaldownloads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/edd\/2016\/11\/products-list.png\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/easydigitaldownloads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/edd\/2016\/11\/vendors-list.png\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Email notifications<\/p>\n<p>To help site administrators stay aware of new product submissions and vendor registrations, Frontend Submissions includes complete email notification options. Emails can be&nbsp;sent when products are submitted, products are updated, vendors register, commissions are earned, and more. Each email can be configured separately&nbsp;to include exactly the information you want.<\/p>\n<p>Drag-and-drop form builders<\/p>\n<p>Frontend Submissions includes a complete drag-and-drop interface for&nbsp;building forms for vendor registration, product submission, and vendor account profiles, giving site administrators complete control over the&nbsp;form fields shown to vendors.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/easydigitaldownloads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/edd\/2016\/11\/submission-form-editor.png\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Vendor&nbsp;and customer communication<\/p>\n<p>Communication between customers and vendors is important to maintaining a vibrant marketplace. Comments and questions left on products are available to vendors inside their vendor dashboard. Vendors can reply to&nbsp;pre-sale and support questions directly from their dashboard as well.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/easydigitaldownloads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/edd\/2015\/10\/Screen-Shot-2015-10-26-at-11.47.00-AM.png\"><\/a>Vendor Dashboard in Vendd theme<\/p>\n<p>Store administrators can provide vendors with even better communication tools by utilizing the <a href=\"https:\/\/easydigitaldownloads.com\/downloads\/edd-message\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">EDD Message extension<\/a>, which provides vendors with an option to send email messages to customers directly from the vendor dashboard.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/easydigitaldownloads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/edd\/2016\/09\/edd-message-vendor-orders-table.png\"><\/a>New column for vendors to select customer to message<\/p>\n<p>Product reviews and vendor&nbsp;feedback<\/p>\n<p>Frontend submissions is fully integrated with the product <a href=\"https:\/\/easydigitaldownloads.com\/downloads\/product-reviews\/\">Reviews<\/a> extension, allowing vendors to easily get access to reviews left by customers on their products. The Reviews extension also allows customers to provide feedback on vendors, giving site administrators valuable insight into how happy customers are with vendors in the marketplace.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/easydigitaldownloads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/edd\/2016\/11\/vendor-feedback.png\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Extensive documentation<\/p>\n<p>Frontend Submissions, and all integrated extensions, include thorough documentation to assist you in setting up your multi-vendor marketplace.&nbsp;You can find&nbsp;more information in our <a href=\"https:\/\/easydigitaldownloads.com\/docs\/frontend-submissions-basic-setup\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">documentation portal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Overview video<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MIGvW-tHhms<\/p>\n<p>Screenshots<\/p>\n"],"changelog":["<p><strong>Version 2.8.2 \u2014 June 11, 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>New: Updated to work with EDD email management.<\/li>\n<li>Admin: Remove unneeded CSS styles.<\/li>\n<li>Reports: Improved graphing support for the main vendors report.<\/li>\n<li>Forms: Improve form validation.<\/li>\n<li>Dev: Updated for PHP 8 compatibility.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Version 2.8.1 \u2014 June 27, 2023<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Improvement: Vendor caching has been improved to ensure that cached values are cleared whenever a vendor object changes.<\/li>\n<li>Fix: Custom data was not saved for existing users who submitted vendor applications.<\/li>\n<li>Fix: In some cases, vendors were unable to upload files to their products.<\/li>\n<li>Dev: The build scripts have been updated.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Version 2.8.0 \u2014 May 3, 2023<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Improvement: The vendor dashboard orders screen now queries order objects directly.<\/li>\n<li>Improvement: The admin customers export for an individual vendor has been updated for improved performance with large numbers of orders\/customers.<\/li>\n<li>Improvement: Script and asset loading has been refactored to load only the necessary scripts for the current view.<\/li>\n<li>Fix: The email tags could have an undefined variable.<\/li>\n<li>Fix: Sites using Multi Currency show the vendor product form in the store's base currency.<\/li>\n<li>Fix: When deleting a vendor, the \"Vendor Revoked\" email will now be sent to the vendor if it's enabled.<\/li>\n<li>Fix: The \"Reject\" action was not available for products.<\/li>\n<li>Fix: The form build help text now correctly supports HTML tags.<\/li>\n<li>Fix: Querying for FES vendors in the block editor could cause a PHP notice.<\/li>\n<li>Fix: The dashboard product list did not work correctly with multiple pages.<\/li>\n<li>Fix: The \"Add Media\" option did not always work with the description field.<\/li>\n<li>Fix: The {fullname} email tag could display only the first name, depending on the user's profile.<\/li>\n<li>Fix: The vendor bio did not support paragraphs.<\/li>\n<li>Fix: Trashing a download using bulk actions did not properly send the \"Submission Denied\" email to the vendor.<\/li>\n<li>Fix: The datepicker was not styled.<\/li>\n<li>Templates: The frontend-orders template has been updated to use the order object instead of the ID to improve database performance. Users with customized templates should review and update.<\/li>\n<li>Dev: Support for adding custom fields for the FES form builder prior to FES 2.3 has been removed.<\/li>\n<li>Dev: Licensing and dependency management has been updated.<\/li>\n<li>Dev: Querying for a vendor now supports WordPress caching to improve performance.<\/li>\n<li>Dev: The checkbox field has been updated for PHP 8 compatibility.<\/li>\n<li>Dev: Session management has been refined to run only when FES needs it.<\/li>\n<li>Dev: The minimum WordPress version is now 5.4; the minimum PHP version is 7.1; the minimum EDD version is 3.1.0.2.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>View the full changelog: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/easydigitaldownloads.com\/changelogs\/plugin\/frontend-submissions\/\">https:\/\/easydigitaldownloads.com\/changelogs\/plugin\/frontend-submissions\/<\/a><\/p>\n"],"plugin":"edd-fes\/edd-fes.php"}";}