Mercur

Mercur

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About

CS-Cart Multi-Vendor marketplace software is a professional on-premise marketplace platform that allows you to create a multivendor marketplace. In a CS-Cart-based marketplace, independent vendors can sell their products through a single storefront. Each vendor has its own micro-stores with product filters, vendor product list, vendor product search, and all. You can take commissions from your vendors, offer them pricing plans with different conditions, or both. A mobile application for customers is available. Today, CS-Cart Multi-Vendor CMS for marketplace is one of the most popular solutions for starting a multi vendor website with an average user rating of 4.7 out of 5. This marketplace software powers more live marketplaces than any other solution on the market. In 2022, CS-Cart Multi-Vendor was rewarded by SourceForge the 2022 Category Leader. It also won the 2020 Customers' Choice and Most Popular badges on SoftwareSuggest and Crozdesk user review platforms.

About

Mercur is an open-source, headless marketplace platform for retailers adding third-party sellers and organizations building B2B, B2C, or hybrid multi-vendor marketplaces. Built on Medusa, it combines marketplace services and APIs with an operator admin console, vendor management tools, and storefront components. Teams can manage seller accounts, product catalogs and offers, commissions, split orders, inventory, shipping, returns, promotions, and seller payouts. Developers can adapt workflows and storefronts through a TypeScript-based, modular architecture. The MIT-licensed core can be self-hosted on cloud, on-premises, or air-gapped infrastructure. A separately licensed Enterprise edition adds modules for compliance, finance, integrations, operational controls, and support for production deployments.

Platforms Supported

Windows Not Supported
Mac Supported
Linux Supported
Cloud Not Supported
On-Premises Supported
iPhone Supported
iPad Supported
Android Supported
Chromebook Not Supported

Platforms Supported

Windows Not Supported
Mac Not Supported
Linux Not Supported
Cloud Supported
On-Premises Supported
iPhone Not Supported
iPad Not Supported
Android Not Supported
Chromebook Not Supported

Audience

Small and medium-sized companies and enterprises.

Audience

Retailers adding third-party sellers to their stores and businesses building B2C or B2B multi-vendor marketplaces.

Support

Phone Support Not Supported
24/7 Live Support Not Supported
Online Supported

Support

Phone Support Not Supported
24/7 Live Support Not Supported
Online Supported

API

Offers API Supported

API

Offers API Supported

Screenshots and Videos

Screenshots and Videos

Pricing

$725/year
Free Version Not Supported
Free Trial Supported

Pricing

Free
Mercur Open Source is MIT-licensed and carries no license fee or GMV fees. Mercur Enterprise is licensed separately and adds paid enterprise modules and services. Managed hosting is also available separately through Mercur Cloud.
Free Version Supported
Free Trial Not Supported

Reviews/Ratings

Overall 4.7 / 5
ease 4.4 / 5
features 4.8 / 5
design 4.3 / 5
support 4.3 / 5

Reviews/Ratings

Overall 0.0 / 5
ease 0.0 / 5
features 0.0 / 5
design 0.0 / 5
support 0.0 / 5

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Pros & Cons from Real Users

Pros

  • As I mentioned in the title, CS-Cart is the best e-commerce software I have seen and experienced with its algorithm and depth. I think it is an e-commerce ecosystem. You will see that if it continues to spread over time and can continue its development at this pace, it will take on a unique ERP structure in the e-commerce field. In addition, it is unrivaled in the Marketplace category even in its raw form. It would not be wrong to call it the puzzle of the e-commerce sector thanks to its 100% open source and flexible structure in terms of development.
  • Very high expertise. Perfect attitude to customer needs. Speed of reaction to reported topics. Wide offer in the standard version.
  • - Lifetime licence WITH updates - NO forced subscriptions - awesome support that works with you and comes up with competent solutions and out of the box thinking - highly flexible and scalable system - nearly everything can be done with just php, js and HTML & CSS - steady stream of updates that offer actual improvements - wide range of addons (in varying quality) available - very active community - decent documentation
  • One of the important advantages for me is the clear intuitive interface of the admin panel. Before choosing, I was able to try the demo version. I myself use two different versions from CS-CART, this is like an ordinary Internet store, as well as Multi-Vendor. Quite a lot of additions and extensions. The forum also helps a lot, where many users share their problems and solutions to these problems. There are some very serious companies that write add-ons to extend the functionality of the base configuration. In one word, simplicity. This is one of the most important advantages of this platform.
  • CS-Cart Multivendor is a fast, efficient, and above all affordable solution for young start-ups and larger online stores. The platform offers a great balance of scalability, flexibility, and security. It allows admins and sellers to effectively grow customer engagement, traffic, and revenue with a whole suite of optional addons (available on CS-Cart Marketplace). You'll be able to have unlimited sellers who can list unlimited products. CS-Cart Multivendor allows you to create physical, downloadable, and variable products. As an administrator, you can use CS-Cart Multivendor to control everything that happens on your marketplace. Vendor registration, product posting, subscription renewal, and all other vendor activities can be done through you.

Cons

  • The user authorization section needs to be developed in its raw form, and the address section on the payment page needs to be developed a little more, which will allow inexperienced users who are just starting out to warm up to the system. The scope of the filter feature needs to be developed a little more, as the default features are not enough. It would be great if an accounting module, even if small, was added to its content in order to track orders and issue invoices.
  • It is quite expensive solution but for sure worth the money.
  • - huge DOM size when using a few addons - niche product and thus very little support from market leading ERPs or shop systems when it comes to migration and integration - not the newest tech underneath (which is a pro & con) - bit picky when it comes to image and thumbnail handling - if you have to meet European legal standards (regarding taxation, GDPR, unit price, cookie management, energy labels and much, much more) you will have mod in EVERYTHING... it is totally doable, but you have to be aware of it
  • It turned out to be not pleasant for me the increase in prices for platform updates, as well as very high prices for Plus and Ultimate. But if you take into account that the Ultimate version has lifelong updates, this may explain the rather high price. In my opinion, there are not enough standard themes (templates) of design. And this, of course, is solved, but for an additional fee.
  • Wish they had more updated themes available. Of course, a good web designer can easily handle this but still... wish CS-Cart could provide 2 or 3 of them.

Training

Documentation Supported
Webinars Not Supported
Live Online Not Supported
In Person Not Supported

Training

Documentation Supported
Webinars Not Supported
Live Online Supported
In Person Supported

Company Information

CS-Cart
Founded: 2005
United States
www.cs-cart.com

Company Information

Rigby
Founded: 2018
Poland
www.mercurjs.com

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Categories

eCommerce Supported
Marketplace Supported
Shopping Cart Supported

Categories

Marketplace Supported

Marketplace Features

Catalog Management Supported
Category Management Supported
Fee / Commission Management Supported
Order Management Supported
Payment Processing Supported
Promotions Management Supported
Returns Management Supported
SEO Management Supported
Shopping Cart Supported
Vendor Portal Supported

Multi-Channel eCommerce Features

Catalog Management Supported
Channel Management Supported
Data Synchronization Supported
Email Marketing Supported
Inventory Management Supported
Marketplace Integration Supported
Mobile Commerce Supported
Order Management Supported
Promotions Management Supported
Returns Management Supported
SEO Management Supported
Shopping Cart Supported
Social Commerce Supported

Shopping Cart Features

Abandoned Cart Saver Supported
Catalog Management Supported
Credit Card Processing Supported
Discount / Coupon Management Supported
Inventory Control Supported
Product Configurator Supported
Product Ratings / Reviews Supported
Refund Management Supported
Returns Management Supported
Shipping Management Supported
Tax Management Supported

eCommerce Features

Catalog Management Supported
Channel Management Supported
CRM Supported
Customer Accounts Supported
Data Security Supported
Email Marketing Supported
Inventory Management Supported
Kitting Supported
Loyalty Program Supported
Mobile Access Supported
Multi-Store Management Supported
Order Management Supported
Product Configurator Supported
Promotions Management Supported
Returns Management Supported
Reviews Management Supported
SEO Management Supported
Shopping Cart Supported
Templates Supported

Integrations

2Checkout Supported
AfterShip Supported
Cin7 Orderhive Supported
ClickDesk Supported
Elfsight Supported
Fomo Supported
InvoiceOcean Supported
MeiliSearch Not Supported
Muut Supported
Next-Cart Supported
PayTrace Supported
Post Affiliate Pro Supported
QuickBooks Online Supported
REES46 Supported
Routee Supported
Salesforce Supported
Stripe Supported
UVdesk Supported
Zoho SalesIQ Supported
iDevAffiliate Supported

Integrations

2Checkout Not Supported
AfterShip Not Supported
Cin7 Orderhive Not Supported
ClickDesk Not Supported
Elfsight Not Supported
Fomo Not Supported
InvoiceOcean Not Supported
MeiliSearch Supported
Muut Not Supported
Next-Cart Not Supported
PayTrace Not Supported
Post Affiliate Pro Not Supported
QuickBooks Online Not Supported
REES46 Not Supported
Routee Not Supported
Salesforce Not Supported
Stripe Not Supported
UVdesk Not Supported
Zoho SalesIQ Not Supported
iDevAffiliate Not Supported
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