Vendor Account Details
At the vendor account details page you can edit all the vendor account information like username, password, access settings, account status, privileges, etc.
The basic information & security section:
At the basic information & security section you set the basic vendor details, like name,email, password, and several notification message settings.
The account status section:
At the account status section you can check and set if a vendor account is active and/or verified. You can also remove the verification or verify the vendor account manually.
The vendor groups section:
At the vendor groups section you can check or select the vendor subscription group.
The vendor account privilege section:
At the vendor account privilege section you can check and set the vendor privileges.Vendor privileges are similar to admin privileges and allow the vendor to access certain areas or certain functions in the vendor admin area.
Please note: Additional settings to limit the availability of certain product fields, shipping, etc. can be set at the product privilege page and at distinct pages for some functions.
The vendor privileges:
| Privilege | Description |
|---|---|
| Manage site users | Browse site customers for manual orders,etc. |
| Manage categories | Manage categories (create vendor categories and manage vendor categories) |
| Manage products (add, edit, delete, bulk import, etc.) | Manage products (add, edit or delete products and use the bulk products importer) |
| Manage orders | Manage orders |
| Manage payment, shipping, taxes,discounts, sales | Manage payment, shipping, taxes,discounts, sales Please note: Tax settings are not available,if product privileges are enabled and don’t allow the vendor to select a tax class for products. |
| Manage Payments | Manage payments (add/edit payment gateways from a list of available payment methods set by the administrator) |
| Manage Shipping | Manage shipping and create own shipping methods |
| Manage Taxes | Manage taxes and create own tax settings Please note: Tax settings are not available,if product privileges are enabled and don’t allow the vendor to select a tax class for products. |
| Manage vendor content (pages, modules,skins, fonts, colors) | Manage vendor site content (add/edit vendor modules, vendor pages, skins, and colors) to customize vendor specific pages |
| Manage vendor content pages (pages) | Manage and create vendor content pages |
| Manage vendor modules (vendor module management) | Manage vendor modules (vendors can create and manage specific vendor modules or create their own content modules) |
| Edit Custom Vendor Settings | Edit special settings, e.g. minimum order prices, social settings |
| Marketing | Access the marketing pages |
| See statistics | See statistics about sales, products, etc. |
Vendor privileges are always limited and not identical to normal admin privileges! Vendors only have access to limited settings/pages.
The vendor admin access section:
At the vendor admin access section, you can check and set if a vendor can access the storefront administration area or the backend administration area or both areas.
The administrator area language and style section:
At the administrator area language and style section you can check and set the language for the admin area, if the sidebar should be shown or not and if the sliding top menu should be enabled or not.
The vendor settings section:
At the vendor settings section, you can check and set the vendor sorting priority. This sorting priority is used when priority is selected to sort vendors for certain lists and at certain pages.