Garnet Marketplace

Vendor Page ​

Marketplaces build trust thanks to their vendors. For this, we have made a vendor page that enables the marketplace to create a dedicated collection page for each vendor.

vendor page overview

Enable and configure the vendor page ​

The vendor page can be enabled by the marketplace in Admin panel > Vendors > Settings.

The vendor's page fields can be configured in Admin panel > Vendors > Vendors fields, look at our dedicated section to learn more about it: Vendor fields.

Ordering the vendor profile form

Available fields ​

The fields displayed on the vendor page are the ones in a section of the vendor profile form. The vendor will need to fill all visible fields marked as mandatory to complete their profile.

Approval step ​

A new vendor page starts as a draft. The vendor fills in their profile and clicks Request a review, which emails you. Publish the page from Vendors > the vendor > Edit page > Actions: the vendor collection goes live with it. Once live, the vendor is free to make any changes they wish.

To skip the review, turn on Auto-approve vendor pages in Admin Panel > Vendors > Vendor page collection: new vendor pages then go live as soon as the vendor is created.

Upload a youtube video ​

Vendors can also upload a youtube video instead of a photo. They will natively be displayed in Shopify.

youtube preview

Customize vendor's page design ​

The marketplace can customize the vendor page design. In Shopify, a vendor page is a metaobject. You can create a custom metaobject template by following these steps:

1. Enable the metaobject template ​

  1. Go to Shopify > Settings > Metafields & metaobjects
  2. In Metaobject definitions, click on Garnet Vendors

Metaobject definitions showing Garnet Vendors

  1. Go to Metaobject options and ensure the following toggles are activated: Publish entries as web pages and Storefronts API access

Metaobject options with toggles enabled

  1. Click Save

2. Create a metaobject template ​

  1. Go to Shopify > Themes > Edit Theme > Home page menu > Create metaobject template

Create metaobject template in theme editor

3. Design the metaobject template ​

You can now customize the page as you want e.g., include dynamic data linked to the vendor metafields, display vendor products collection (vendor must have his vendor page published on Garnet to link automatically the relevant products collection)

The quickest start is Garnet's Vendor page component: add the Vendor page section to the template and it shows the vendor name, their image and their products.

Reorder products ​

Vendors can change the product order of their vendor profile. The products can be sorted by newest first (default), alphabetically, by price, and even manually change the product order.

When you are changing the order manually, all products will display and the page. You can drag and drop them to define the new order. Once saved, the order will appear on the product page right away.

Demo reorder products on a vendor page

Profile guidelines ​

Marketplaces can provide a custom documentation link to guide vendors when completing their profile. The link is displayed on the vendor's profile settings page, below the save button.

  1. Go to Admin Panel > Vendors > Vendors fields > Profile guidelines
  2. Enable Use a custom profile documentation
  3. Fill in the Documentation URL — the link vendors will be redirected to
  4. Fill in the Documentation link text — the text displayed on the link

Profile guidelines settings

Once enabled, vendors will see the documentation link on their profile page, in the status card.

Vendor profile documentation link

SEO ​

Vendor pages are SEO-friendly, Garnet sets the page SEO title and SEO description. You can customize the SEO by editing the collection template linked to the vendor pages.