We developed
Here a market place where orders are split by vendors. Unfortunately you cannot test the process, since only authorized buyers can do it.
We modified the wish list, so customer first adds products to a "pre-order" (wishlist) where the vendors name is also displayed in the product line. When customer wants to order then in the pre-order he selects one of the vendor (product list is classified by vendor) and then products of the selector vendor are sent to the cart and the process continues in the customary way. Shipping methods are not handled in the process.
For payments it was extend to include payment credentials by vendors (in our case, we used just one standard method to which vendors have to affiliate). As I mentioned in another topic Payment/Shipping Director might be of help for these features.
Other feature added were:
- Page per vendor
- Limit, by vendor, the number of products that can he can publish and during a certain time range
- PMs between vendors and buyers
- Buyers can request special quotes for certain products and if vendor issues it, buyer can apply it during a certain time period
- Vendor can request credit (payment in instalments). The number of instalments depends on the amount and the credit card issuer.
- Some products can be sold/quoted in dollars which are converted at the moment the order is confirmed.