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#1 WordPress Multi-Vendor Marketplace Plugin

The Easiest Way to Launch Your Own Digital Marketplace on WordPress

Build a multi-vendor digital marketplace in minutes. Easy Digital Downloads gives you everything you need to host sellers, automate vendor onboarding, track commissions, and scale your own platform.

Vendor Dashboard

Flexible Rates

Commission Tracking

Product Submissions

Simple Moderation

Bulk Payouts

Finally, an Easy Way to Turn Your Store Into a Thriving Digital Marketplace

Stop paying high monthly fees to marketplace builders. EDD provides a scalable, self-hosted infrastructure that lets you manage vendors, automate payouts, and keep full control of your brand. Transform your site into a complete multi-vendor ecosystem. 

Professional Vendor Dashboard

Give sellers a full control center where they can manage products, track orders, monitor earnings, and support their customers — without ever seeing the WordPress backend.

 

Auto-calculate vendor earnings with flexible commission rates

Automated Commission Tracking

Automatically calculate and record vendor earnings for every sale using flexible percentage or flat-rate settings and integrated payment processing.

 

 

Frontend Submissions

Customize vendor registration and frontend submission forms with an intuitive drag-and-drop builder to match your specific marketplace needs.

Build your own Etsy alternative

Simple Vendor Moderation

Easily keep high marketplace standards with automatic approval workflows and notifications for new vendor applications, registrations, and product submissions. 

 

Simple Vendor Moderation Workflow

Vendor-to-Customer Messaging

Enable direct communication between vendors and customers to help with pre-sale questions, reducing your own support load.

Direct communication between vendors and customers in WordPress

Granular Access Control

Set specific permissions for your vendors, from product creation to order management and customer messaging.

Flexible Rate Control & Bulk Payouts

Set different commission rates per product or vendor, easily splitting product revenue between multiple creators. Pay all your vendors at once with just a few clicks. 

 

Process sales in any currency with 20+ secure gateways. Vendors get paid, and you get your cut, all within one secure system.

Order & Refund Management

Let vendors track sales independently, while EDD automatically handles commission adjustments for refunds behind the scenes to keep your books accurate.

Always Reliable & Exceptional Customer Support

Unlimited products, unlimited transactions, no monthly fees.

Easy Digital Downloads is a great plugin for adding some simple shopping cart functionality to your WordPress site. Everything is also totally customizable and extendable through add-ons. It’s my go to for quick setups and customers on a budget!

Eric Malcolm

I’ve reached out to EDD support on multiple occasions, with both developer & billing/account questions. In each case, they were quick to respond and thorough with their answers. I love that I’m able to talk to a developer when I have technical questions.

Dave Warfel

I recently had the opportunity to use the Form Builder plugin, and I must say, it exceeded my expectations in every way. This plugin offers a seamless and powerful form building experience that simplifies the process and empowers users to create dynamic and interactive forms effortlessly.

Eric Malcolm

Automate Your Entire Workflow
100+ Integrations to Supercharge Your Store

Connect EDD to your favorite marketing, accounting, and CRM platforms + 100s of other powerful tools to streamline your store and maximize results

Why 50,000+ Users ♥️ Easy Digital Downloads for Creating Profitable Digital Marketplaces

Building a marketplace is complex, but EDD makes it simple. Here is why thousands of platform owners trust us to power their multi-seller digital stores.

  • Complete Platform Control

Build a Marketplace That You Truly Own

Don't be a tenant on someone else's platform. Build your own Etsy or Creative Market alternative. With Easy Digital Downloads, you own the data, the vendor relationships, and the entire customer experience. Turn your website into a profitable digital marketplace with all the tools needed to host multiple vendors, set custom commission rates, and earn from every sale.

  • Full Branding Control
  • No "Platform Taxes"
  • Data Ownership
  • Passive Income Streams

Earn Commissions on Every Single Sale

Turn your site into a revenue engine. By hosting other creators, you earn a percentage of every transaction processed through your marketplace. Plus, automate your income by transforming complicated tracking into a simple system that handles all the record-keeping for you.

  • Scalable Revenue Model
  • Automated Commission Math
  • Multiple Income Streams
  • Seamless Vendor Experience

Professional Tools & Centralized Selling Hub for Your Marketplace Creators

Attract the best talent by offering vendors a professional experience, including easy product uploads and clear earnings reports. EDD's powerful vendor dashboard lets sellers create products, set pricing, manage orders, and handle customer support. Give vendors everything they need to succeed in one place.

  • Easy Frontend Uploads & Product Management
  • Simple Registration Flow
  • Real-Time Earnings & Vendor Reports 
  • Quality Control & Security

Keep Standards High With Automatic Vendor Screening & Review Tools

No more vendor management headaches. EDD handles the entire workflow for moderating sellers and their products. Protect your marketplace's reputation and maintain quality with customizable screening and built-in tools to vet vendors and review every product before it's available for purchase. 

  • Vendor Application Moderation
  • Product Review Workflow
  • Secure File Fulfillment
  • Direct Communication

Let Vendors Support Their Customers & Drive More Sales

Enable direct vendor-buyer communication channels. Improve customer satisfaction and increase sales while reducing your own administrative support load.

  • Integrated Messaging Tools
  • Comment & Review Management
  • Pre-Sale Support Channels
  • Best-in-Class Support

Get Industry-Leading Digital eCommerce Support

Our expert support team is here to make building your marketplace stress-free. We’re always standing by to lend a hand when you need it. Our support team is made up of WordPress experts with deep knowledge of the platform.

  • Fast Response
  • Help With Any Issue
  • Expert Knowledge

The Go-To eCommerce Platform For Digital Creators Worldwide

Easy Digital Downloads is the trusted choice for creators and small businesses looking for an easy and profitable way to sell digital products online.

Processed Orders

30M+

Products Created

2M+

Supporting Creators

13+ Years

Countries

187

Building a Digital Marketplace: Frequently Asked Questions

Have questions about how to build a digital marketplace on WordPress with Easy Digital Downloads? See our most frequently asked questions. If your question is not listed below, please contact us.

How will a multi-vendor marketplace help grow my business?By transforming your online store into a multi-vendor platform, you expand your product catalog without creating everything yourself. Vendors bring their own products and customers, while you earn commissions on every sale—helping you scale faster with less work.
How much control do I have over vendors and their products?Complete control. You can set approval requirements for new vendors and products, customize commission rates, manage permissions, and monitor all marketplace activity directly from your admin dashboard.
How do commission calculations and vendor payouts work?EDD automatically tracks sales and calculates commissions based on your exact settings (percentage or flat-rate). When it's time to pay your sellers, the system generates a CSV file of unpaid commissions that uploads directly to PayPal's mass payment system, allowing you to pay all your vendors in bulk.
Can vendors manage their own refunds and customer service?Absolutely. Vendors get their own frontend dashboard to manage products, monitor earnings, and communicate directly with customers to answer pre-sale questions and provide support. You can grant them permissions to handle order-related tasks to save you time.
How do I install and start building my digital marketplace on WordPress?Easy Digital Downloads makes it so easy. With a Professional Pass or higher, you can immediately activate features like Frontend Submissions, Commissions, and Reviews directly from your WordPress dashboard. You'll be ready to start onboarding vendors in minutes.
Do I need coding skills to build a digital marketplace on WordPress?No coding is required. Easy Digital Downloads is a user-friendly WordPress marketplace plugin that's designed to handle the complex technical infrastructure of a multi-vendor store so you can focus on your mission.

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Join over 50,000 smart store owners, and start using the easiest way to sell digital products with WordPress.

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