Amazon clone, without the clone script

Launch a multi-vendor marketplace like Amazon on Shopify. Real vendor shops, split payouts, and search, live in days.

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What is an Amazon clone?

An Amazon clone is prebuilt software that lets you launch a multi-vendor marketplace with Amazon-style features without coding it yourself. Most "amazon clone" products are clone scripts: raw code you buy once, then host, secure, and maintain forever. Garnet gives you the same result on Shopify as a maintained app, so you skip the servers and the upkeep.

Here is the part the script vendors leave out. A clone script is only cheap on day one. After that you own the hosting bill, the security patches, the bug fixes, and every payment integration. A marketplace like Amazon is not a one-time download; it is software someone has to keep alive.

Garnet Marketplace, a Shopify multi-vendor marketplace app, takes the other route. Your marketplace runs on Shopify's checkout and infrastructure, and Garnet supplies the vendor layer: seller accounts, product sync, commissions, and automated payouts. That is how TheBradery and other Garnet stores run multi-vendor marketplaces today.

Feature parity with Amazon

The features that make Amazon work as a marketplace, and how you get each one with Garnet on Shopify.

Amazon-style feature	Clone script	Shopify + Garnet
Third-party vendor shops	Yes, if you host it	Yes, with per-vendor dashboards and profile pages
Product search and catalog	Depends on the script	Shopify search, collections, and filters out of the box
Ratings and reviews	Varies	Via Shopify review apps and vendor pages
Split payments and payouts	You integrate it	Built in: Stripe, PayPal, Mollie, automated payouts
Hosting and security	Your responsibility	Handled by Shopify and Garnet
Updates and maintenance	You maintain the code	Continuous, included in the app

Build a marketplace like Amazon in 4 steps

Start from your Shopify store

Install Garnet on a new or existing Shopify store. Your marketplace inherits Shopify's checkout, themes, and payment processing from day one.

Onboard your vendors

Sellers sign up, get approved, and manage their own catalogs. They can sync products from an existing Shopify, WooCommerce, or PrestaShop store, or upload a CSV.

Set commissions and payouts

Choose a percentage or fixed commission per sale. Garnet splits each order, takes your cut, and pays vendors automatically through Stripe, PayPal, or Mollie.

Launch and grow

Go live with a branded, multi-vendor storefront. Track sales per vendor, moderate listings, and scale the catalog without touching servers or code.

What does an Amazon clone really cost?

Clone-script vendors advertise a low one-time price, often a few hundred to a few thousand dollars. That number hides the real cost. Amazon clone app development means you also pay for hosting, a developer to install and customize it, security updates, and every payment or shipping integration you bolt on later.

The app route is priced differently. Garnet starts on the Shopify App Store with a free trial, and you pay a monthly subscription plus your Shopify plan. There is no separate server bill and no development retainer to keep the amazon clone software patched. For most teams validating a marketplace, that is the cheaper path over any real time horizon.

The same reframing applies to an ebay clone script or any other big-marketplace clone. The download is not the expensive part; running it for years is.

Pricing

Plans for marketplaces of every size, with a free trial on the Shopify App Store.

Start up

For new businesses

Only for new and recent businesses

What you get:

All features included
Unlimited vendors
No hidden costs
Up to 2k products

Scale

Partnership

Pricing based on a revenue sharing model

What you get:

All features included
Unlimited vendors
Unlimited products
No hidden costs
Revenue sharing model

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Satisfied customers all around the world

Without doubt the best

Customer: Fabien, Oody - France Garnet is without doubt the best multivendor marketplace I've used. The platform is intuitive, simple and meets our needs perfectly. Customer support is always responsive and available.

Simple intuitive

Customer: Genís, Football Host - Spain App very useful as a marketplace. Simple intuitive, easy to manage and above all great support and quick attention by François. He helped us at all times and adapted the platform to our needs and new features for us.

Best marketplace app we have used

Customer: Amplife® - United States After testing multiple apps, Garnet is the best marketplace app we have used. With their expertise, they've created an intuitive and simple solution (for us and vendors). Garnet is constantly improving their offering, releasing new features and their customer service is some of the best we have received.

A breath of fresh air

Customer: Resident Artisan - United Kingdom Garnet was a breath of fresh air after struggling to get Webkul and other marketplace technologies set up. Garnet is incredibly easy to use for both me as the store owner and my vendors. It's getting new features nearly every week and constantly improving. So glad I found this app!

Next level customer service and support

Customer: Rachael, The Cloth Stash - Australia Garnet Marketplace is a new app but Francois is constantly updating and improving features. His customer service and integration support is next level. He responds to emails quickly and works closely with you to ensure the app is meeting your specific needs. The app is much simpler to set up and easier to navigate (for both ourselves and our vendors) than other marketplace apps we had trialled.

Easiest way to implement a multi-vendor marketplace

Customer: Eric, Twigs Paper - United States Garnet has been the easiest way to implement a multi-vendor marketplace into my Shopify store. Other marketplace apps like Webkul seemed so daunting to use, but with Garnet, the integration worked seamlessly with my store collections. My vendors have been able to easily track their sales with the user interface, and there was no code involved for getting the app up and running.

None surpasses the excellence of Garnet

Customer: Sara, KarmaChic Marketplace - United States Having explored various multi-vendor marketplace solutions, ranging from Dokan to Shopify Multi-vendor, I can confidently say that none surpasses the excellence of Garnet. Garnet simplifies the vendor account setup, product addition, and payment process, creating a user-friendly environment that incentivizes vendors to join your platform. What sets Garnet apart is not only its exceptional...

So much better

Customer: Tony, Organic Soda Pops - United States We installed the Webkul Market Place app and it covers all the bases, however, it requires much time and experience. Along comes Garnet and everything is so much easier and better. François the developer is a good man who responds promptly when needed. I highly recommend the Garnet Marketplace app.

Helped our marketplace grow

Customer: MyNextBike - United Kingdom François and the team have been exceptional and really helped our marketplace grow into what it is today. Through this app we were able to build a scalable marketplace with all the functionality you can expect from any leading c2c marketplace.

Far surpasses competitors

Customer: ToolDay - United States Garnet provides an elegant UI that ensures a frictionless vendor experience helping marketplaces that supports ease in vendor acquisition. Garnet far surpasses competitors. The documentation is robust and clear. The support and communication offered by the Garnet team is stellar.

An absolute game changer

Customer: Madeit Australia - Australia Garnet has been an absolute game changer for us as a Marketplace. Our team efficiencies have improved by 40% as there are such few issues and anything that pops up is dealt with swiftly.

Flexible and collaborative

Customer: The Vocal Market - Netherlands Whenever I was missing a feature or needed something implemented in a different way, François thought with me and helped me find a solution. A truly flexible and collaborative approach.

Clean tech and exceptional team

Customer: HoneyBee Hive Rug Hooking - United States We're working to set up a vertical marketplace and the team at Garnet has been extremely helpful and supportive. The tech is clean and the app has what is needed to support our use case!

Amazing customer service

Customer: Hiccups Children's Boutique - United States Amazing customer service! I had questions about customizing fields for my store, I received a call right away and changes were made within days.

Everything I need

Customer: The Modest Avenue - United States Easy to use. The team is very responsive and professional. So far they have everything I need to start my multivendor site.

Best in market by a long shot

Customer: Global De-Stash - Australia After trying every marketplace app available, Garnet is definitely the best of them all. Francois is so helpful and has obviously experienced the pain-points himself which make the features even more credible. Best in market by a long shot.

Nothing was too much trouble

Customer: Party Bag World - United Kingdom Really happy with Garnet and the approach they take to the entire process. From the outset, nothing was too much trouble, out of regular hours support and a complete willingness to adapt to our needs. Highly recommend.

Vendors are so much happier

Customer: Main Street Collective - United States We switched to Garnet and our vendors are so much happier. Support team resolves issues within hours to days.

Stable, reliable, beautiful UX

Customer: Mercatiko - Costa Rica It's well built and free of errors. Excellent support. A stable and reliable app. A beautiful, user-friendly UX.

Available immediately

Customer: Rachel Sender - Netherlands I had a chat with Paul and François about opening a marketplace and they were available immediately to answer all my questions and even set up a call to talk. Great service!

Straightforward and easy

Customer: The Luxe Almari - United Kingdom We tried several multi-vendor apps (Webkul etc) before finding Garnet. Most of the multivendor apps are so difficult for sellers to set up their accounts and list their items. Garnet marketplace is very easy to use as a business owner I wanted the seller UX to be straightforward and easy - and this is what Garnet provides. Francois and Paul are both amazing and helped me set up my market place within 24 hours and have been so supportive.

Eine super App!

Customer: DeinZaubershop.com - Austria Ich habe Garnet genutzt und muss sagen, dass es eine super App ist! Das Team, der Support und alles, was dazugehört, sind klasse. Die App bietet viele Möglichkeiten, die im Vergleich zu vielen anderen Anbietern, bei denen alles 0815 ist, wirklich herausstechen. Paul hat mir sehr geholfen zu verstehen, wie die App funktioniert, und bei Fragen per E-Mail kam auch immer prompt eine Antwort mit einer Lösung oder einem Lösungsvorschlag.

Most intuitive tool of its kind

Customer: ccreation.store - United Kingdom We've been using Garnet Marketplace for just over a year, it is the most intuitive tool of its kind. Their team has been incredibly supportive from day one, helping us transform our store into a fully functional multi-vendor marketplace. Francois has been outstanding — quick to respond to any issues, open to feedback, and always willing to implement solutions that meet our needs.

Runs like silk

Customer: BAM! FITennis & Wellness - United States Francois was amazing. He was able to help us with the configuration swiftly. And the app runs like silk now for us. Great add on for anyone seeking to sell others products like a mini Amazon.

Everything I need it to be

Customer: Amerili - United States Garnet multivendor marketplace has been everything I need it to be. I've tried other apps like WebKul and ShipTurtle, and I wasn't particularly impressed. Garnet values you, is constantly coming out with new features, has great support, and is pretty straight-forward.

Approachable and quick

Customer: Ceylon Supermart - United Kingdom Garnet always understand our needs as budding market places and approachable. Quick response time as well.

Super communicative founders

Customer: Vegan America - United States Great platform, founders are super communicative and willing to help.

Fantástica app

Customer: qr.infotickets - Spain Fantástica app para vender productos de diferentes vendedores. Atención al cliente muy rápida y eficaz por parte de François. Además, se adaptaron a nuestras necesidades incluyendo nuevas funcionalidades para nosotros.

Hands-down the best app

Customer: Cut the Line - United States If you have multi vendors, Garnet is hands-down the best app. The app is great, user-friendly, IT support is always on it. They're always making changes to best fit all the needs of our customers. I love this app.

Great design and functionality

Customer: Milkmans Market - Australia The design and functionality look great! The founders are very helpful!

Very fast to get up and running

Customer: RYDIQO - United Kingdom Very good customer service, they really listen to you and help you where it's needed. Recommend their app for any marketplaces out there and it's very fast to get up and running.

Die fortschrittlichste und beste Lösung

Customer: murabaha-shop - Germany Unschlagbarer und herzlicher Support. Die beiden Gründer machen gemeinsam den Support und sind offen für jegliche Art von Fragen. Die App ist meiner Meinung nach die fortschrittlichste und derzeit beste Lösung für einen Online Marktplatz im europäischen Raum und darüber hinaus. Und sie werden immer besser. Weiter so!

A key part of our growth

Customer: Thibault Henry, Bazaa - Australia Garnet has been a key part of our growth. The platform's integrations and customizations helped us solve critical industry challenges, particularly around logistics, and vendor onboarding. It's enabled us to scale significantly over the past 12 months (5x revenues). I highly recommend.

A partner who shows up and adapts

Customer: Givingism - United States Working with Garnet has been great. Their interface is clear, straightforward, and easy for our sellers to navigate. Their team provides incredible customer service as they are prompt and accommodating to my specific needs. If I need a feature that doesn't exist, they're willing to provide custom work at reasonable prices or even for free. If you're building a marketplace on Shopify and want a partner who shows up and adapts with you, Garnet is the one I'd point you toward.

Amazon clone questions

Thinking about a marketplace like Amazon? Here is what founders ask before they start.

Ask a Question

01
How do I create an online marketplace like Amazon?

You need vendor accounts, a shared catalog, order splitting, commissions, and payouts. You can build those from scratch, buy an amazon clone script and host it, or add them to Shopify with a multi-vendor app. Garnet takes the last route so you launch in days instead of months.
02
Is an Amazon clone script a good idea?

A clone script can work, but it is unmaintained code you own outright. You pay for hosting, developers, security patches, and integrations for as long as the marketplace runs. A maintained app removes that burden, which is why many operators choose Shopify plus Garnet over an amazon clone website build.
03
Can Garnet really replace an Amazon clone app?

For a multi-vendor marketplace, yes. Garnet delivers the core Amazon-style mechanics: seller shops, product sync, search, split payments, and automated payouts. What it does not do is copy Amazon's logistics network or FBA. It gives you the marketplace software, not a delivery empire.

04
How long does it take to launch?

Custom amazon clone app development can take months. Because Garnet installs onto Shopify and reuses its checkout and themes, a working multi-vendor marketplace can be live in days once your vendors are onboarded.
05
Can vendors sync their existing stores?

Yes. Sellers connect an existing Shopify, WooCommerce, or PrestaShop store, upload a CSV, or use the API. Their products and stock stay in sync with your marketplace automatically, so vendors keep selling on their own site too.
06
What about an eBay or Etsy style marketplace?

The same app covers them. Garnet is not tied to one big-marketplace look, so it works whether you want a broad marketplace like Amazon or a curated one. See our Etsy clone page for the handmade and niche angle.

Etsy clone · Marketplace on Shopify · Marketplace software

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