Name Your Price with Multi-Vendor Plugins

Problem Description #

You run a multi-vendor marketplace and need the plugin to send offers to the correct vendor or to display offers in vendor dashboards.

Common symptoms:

• Offer emails go to site admin instead of vendor.

• Vendors cannot see or respond to offers in their dashboards.

Cause:
Multi-vendor plugins manage vendor product ownership and email routing; Name Your Price may be designed for single-store workflows by default and needs integration/adaptation to send offers to vendor emails or to expose offers via vendor dashboards.

Solution – step-by-step #

1. Check plugin docs for marketplace support
   1. Review WPFactory docs or support threads for known marketplace integrations. Some forum threads show users requesting multi-vendor support. WordPress.org+1

2. Determine desired routing (admin vs vendor)
   1. Decide whether offers should go to vendor email, to admin only, or to both. Check plugin email settings for recipient configuration; if only admin is supported, proceed to step 3.

3. Use vendor-aware filters (developer)

Many marketplace plugins expose filters to get vendor email by product ID. Add a small code snippet to route offer emails to vendor email:

add_filter( ‘price_offering_email_recipient’, function( $recipient, $offer ) {

   $product_id = $offer->product_id;

   $vendor_email = get_vendor_email_by_product( $product_id ); // vendor plugin function

   return $vendor_email ? $vendor_email : $recipient;

}, 10, 2 );

1.  Replace get_vendor_email_by_product with your marketplace plugin function.

1. Test vendor dashboard visibility
   1. If you need vendors to manage offers in their dashboard, ask the marketplace plugin if they provide hooks to show custom post types or data in vendor panels, and integrate accordingly.

2. If integration is complex, open support request with both plugin devs
   1. Provide product IDs, vendor setup, and expected behavior — both WPFactory and your marketplace plugin maintainers can advise integration steps.
      

Prerequisites #

• Admin + developer access and knowledge of vendor plugin APIs.
  

Additional Notes / Prevention #

For multi-vendor marketplaces, establish a clear workflow for offer notifications and processing (who accepts, who fulfills).