Prestashop Marketplace Post Buy Request gives an amazing platform for customers to post their requirements and get quotes from interested sellers. With the help of this module, customers can place their requests for the products and these requests will be sent to the sellers who have subscribed to these product categories. Sellers can easily communicate with the customers and can negotiate prices with them or know more about their requirements.
For installing this module, you need to install Prestashop Advanced Multi Vendor Marketplace module first.
If a customer wants to receive post buy request, then he has to register himself as a seller.
While registering as a seller, a user has to select Lead registration requests to receive post buy requests.
Once the request has been approved by admin, a new tab “Manage Post Buy Request” gets available for the seller.
If a registered seller wants to receive customer’s requests, then he needs to register for lead under “Lead Permission” tab.
Post-installation, a new tab “Manage Post Buy Plan” gets available under Post Buy Request. From here, admin can add and manage plans.
Adding a New Plan
Admin can add a new plan by entering plan name, plan price, plan duration, the number of leads allowed in a plan, and selecting the categories for the plan.
A seller can view all the available plans by clicking on “Plan Available” tab under “MANAGE POST BUY REQUEST”.
By clicking on the “View Details” button a pop-up appears on a page where a seller can view plan details such as plan name, plan price, plan duration, and categories of a plan.
Purchase of plans will follow the normal Prestashop checkout process.
Once the seller plan request gets approved, he can view the plan details by clicking on “Plan & Category Subscription” under “EDIT PROFILE” tab.
At the Front End, a customer can view “Post Buy Request” tab at different positions.
A customer can also post a request by clicking on the “MY POST BUY REQUESTS” tab under “My Account” as shown below:
After clicking on “Post Buy Request” tab a customer has to click on “ADD” button under “MY REQUEST” to add his requirements.
When a customer clicks on “ADD” button a form appears on the website where he has to enter his requirements.
After clicking on “SUBMIT” button a customer can view details of a request posted by him under “NEW” tab as shown below:
After submitting the request, it will go to admin for approval.
Once the admin approves the lead request, a seller can view it by clicking on “New” tab under “Manage Leads”.
A seller can view lead details by clicking on the View button.
After clicking on the Interested button the Lead request status changes from New to In Process and a seller can view the lead by clicking on “View” button and start to communicate with a customer.
A seller can communicate with a customer by clicking on a “view” button.
Once a seller shows interest in a request by the customer the status of a request changes from “NEW” to “IN PROCESS” as shown below:
A customer can view a list of sellers who have shown interest in a request by clicking on “View” button as shown below:
A customer can view the buying request. Also, the customer can communicate with a seller by clicking on message button.
Upon receiving a positive response from a customer, a seller can send a deal lock request by clicking on “Request for Deal Lock” button.
When a seller clicks on “Request for Deal Lock” a pop up appears on a screen where he has to enter price per unit, quantity, shipment date, and selects “Payment Type” as Full Payment or Partial payment.
A seller can edit or delete the deal lock details. Please note that a seller can only edit or delete a deal if the customer hasn’t yet accepted it. After locking the deal, a seller can not edit or delete it.
Once a seller has sent the deal lock request, a customer can view it by clicking on a message button under Seller List of “MY REQUEST” tab.
A customer can view deal lock details by clicking on a message button.
A deal gets locked when a customer clicks on “I AGREE TO SELLER”S STATEMENT”.
Once the deal is locked by a customer then he has to either proceed to pay for his request or he can cancel the deal.
Payment for a deal will follow standard PrestaShop checkout procedure only.
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