53% of mobile visitors bail after 3 seconds. Give them a slow marketplace and you are basically running ads for your competitors. CS-Cart makes it fast, scalable, and live in days.
This is a proven multi vendor marketplace platform with an open-source PHP core, so you get control without hiring a dozen engineers. Pick Cloud Marketplace Builder for a quick start or go On-Premises for self hosted ecommerce and tighter compliance. Either way, you get a mature stack trusted by 50,000+ stores and 1,600+ marketplaces.
What you get: a full marketplace engine with vendor onboarding, commissions, payouts, catalogs, and analytics. B2B ecommerce tools like tiered pricing, account roles, and quotes. Mobile marketplace apps for buyers and sellers. 500+ features out of the box, plus 2,000+ add-ons and themes to extend. Need help? 250 partner developers and CS-Cart Academy are in your corner.
Process is simple: choose cloud or self host, plug in payments and shipping, set vendor rules and commissions, theme it, import products, and hit go-live. Scalesta managed hosting can run it for you with 24-7 monitoring, performance tuning, and a free first month bonus.
You get speed that reduces bounce, a marketplace platform you actually own, and room to scale without duct tape. Less yak shaving, more revenue.
Use it to launch a niche marketplace, convert a store into multi vendor ecommerce, or build a regional delivery network. Apparel, electronics, food, digital goods, services. It is built to move product, not excuses.
Best features:
- Cloud or self-hosted deployment options for launch speed and cost control
- Multi-vendor engine with commissions, payouts, and catalogs for predictable monetization
- Open-code PHP and modular architecture for fast customization and easy ERP or CRM integrations
- 500+ built-in features and 2,000+ add-ons to extend without custom rework
- Native mobile apps for buyers and sellers to boost conversion and retention
- Scalesta managed hosting with 24-7 monitoring for consistently fast load times
Launch a marketplace in days, keep it fast, and actually own the stack.
Use cases:
- Launch a niche multi vendor marketplace in weeks, not quarters
- Upgrade a single-brand store to a marketplace to expand assortment and revenue
- Build a B2B portal with tiered pricing, quotes, and company accounts
- Create a regional delivery marketplace for groceries or local retailers
- Sell digital goods or subscriptions with vendor revenue sharing
- Handle seasonal or promotional traffic spikes without replatforming
Suited for:
Founders and ecommerce teams who need a marketplace platform they can launch fast, customize safely, and scale without brittle plugins or runaway dev costs.
Integrations:
- PayPal, Stripe, Authorize.Net, Braintree, Klarna, Adyen, Apple Pay via Stripe, Google Pay, FedEx, UPS, USPS, DHL, ShipStation, Google Analytics 4, Google Tag Manager, Facebook Pixel, Google Shopping, Elasticsearch add-ons, REST API, Webhooks, Zapier via connectors
