The vendor dashboard is where you manage your marketplace settings, products orders and more. This quick overview will explain the various aspects of the vendor dashboard. Some or all of these options can be disabled by the marketplace.
- Dashboard
- Products
- Orders
- Settings
- Ratings
- Coupons
- Refund Requests (Stripe connect required)
- View Store
- Logout
What Is The Vendor Dashboard?
The Vendor Dashboard is the dedicated control panel where marketplace sellers manage their store on a WC Vendors–powered site. From a single front-end interface, vendors can add products, process orders, track sales, configure shipping, and update their storefront — without ever needing access to the WordPress admin area.
Vendor Dashboard Features
- Storefront management — customize the public store page, banner, logo, and vendor bio that customers see.
- Product management — add, edit, and organize products, including variations, inventory, downloadable files, and
product images. - Order management — view incoming orders, mark items as shipped, add tracking details, and communicate with
customers. - Shipping settings — configure per-vendor shipping rules, rates, and zones (when enabled by the marketplace admin).
- Sales analytics — monitor revenue, top-selling products, commission earned, and payout history at a glance.
- Store settings — manage payment details, PayPal/Stripe info, SEO fields, and social media links for the storefront.
Dashboard
The main dashboard overview gives you a date-based overview of the status of your store. This includes your commissions due and paid. The total number of orders and the total number of products. From here you can get a quick view of the state of your store. Including viewing recent orders and products.
Products
This is where you manage your products. You can have the option to add, duplicate, edit or delete a product. When you edit the product, you have all the available options that the marketplace has configured for you to publish your products to your store.
Orders
Clicking on “Orders” brings you to your orders view, where you can see all the orders customers have placed for your items. You can add notes which email to the customer, add tracking numbers, mark orders as shipped, and also print a packing slip.
Settings
The settings page is where you configure all the various settings for your store. The following settings are available for configuration.
- General store settings
- Payment options
- Branding
- Shipping
- Social
- Policies
- SEO
- Tax
Ratings
Customers can leave you 1 to 5 stars for your products by visiting My Account page and clicking Leave Feedback. They can edit/update the feedback at any time, too, that way if you get a poor review you can work with the customer to make their experience/product better.
Coupons
As a vendor, you can create coupons specifically for your products. These coupons will not work on any other products, except for those in your store. You can include only certain products, include all of your products, or even include all and exclude others, or even by category. It can be a percentage discount, or a fixed price.
You can use your store notice in Settings to advertise your coupons on your storefront.
Related Resources
Want to get more out of your WC Vendors marketplace? Explore these related guides:
- WC Vendors Pro — Unlock advanced marketplace features including the front-end product manager, ratings, and more.
- Exploring Product Vendors — Compare vendor plugin options and see how WC Vendors stacks up.
- Vendor Product Management Guide — A detailed walkthrough of how vendors add, edit, and manage products from the dashboard.