HikaMarket - Shipping Methods

Hello,

Yes, shipping and payment methods are not mandatory for vendors.
Because you can have "generic" shipping methods and adaptative payment methods which allow to pay you and the vendors at the same time.

So it really depends on what you want to do and how you want to be organized.
If you really want your vendors to configure a shipping and payment method ; you might need a custom plugin to create specific rules and conditions.
It won't be possible to create such "complex" element (payment/shipping methods) using a mass-action.

Regards,

Hello,

If you have the setting "shipping per vendor" activated, yes, it can be a normal behavior :
www.hikashop.com/support/documentation/1...onfig_market_general
By using that mode, the configuration of the shipping methods is more complexe since you need to configure if the method can be used for for your only, to a specific vendor or to everybody.

Regards,

Hello,

Sorry for the late reply.

You can still create a "manual shipping" method, which won't have any vendor assigned.

See in our demo website :
demo.hikashop.com/administrator/index.ph...g_edit&shipping_id=2

There is a section with "vendor" settings, you can assign the method to a vendor or to a group of vendors.
By choosing the main vendor (with ID 1), it will be the main store (for your products and not your vendors).
By letting the field empty, the method will be available for everyone.

When a vendor creates a method, that method will be assigned only to his vendor ID.

The "shipping per vendor" split the vendor's products into different groups (like for HikaShop warehouses) ; every methode available for the vendor will be proposed.

The fact that the vendor can add/edit its payment or shipping methods is linked to the setting 'Configuration of plugins by vendors" and also the configuration of the ACL.
Because the ACL enable everything by default, we added an extra setting so the plugin edition will be a choice of the store owner.

Regards,

Hi,

Let me try to explain it in simpler terms based on what I understand ( Jérôme is the specialist ) :

When a shipping method has no vendor assigned in the "Vendor" field of the shipping method configuration, it will automatically be available for all vendors during checkout. This is the designed fallback behavior.

So the recommended setup for your use case would be:

1. Create a "default" shipping method (e.g. a manual shipping method) and leave the "Vendor" field empty (set to "None"). This method will appear at checkout for all vendors who don't have their own specific shipping method.

2. When a vendor wants to configure their own shipping method through the frontend, they can create one from their vendor control panel. That vendor-specific method will then appear alongside (or instead of, depending on your configuration) the default one for their products.

The same logic applies to payment methods.

Regarding preventing vendors from publishing products without configuring shipping/payment: this isn't enforced by default because the global methods serve as a fallback. If you specifically want to require vendors to set up their own methods before publishing, this would need a custom plugin listening to the `onBeforeProductUpdate` / `onBeforeProductCreate` events to check whether the vendor has configured at least one shipping method and block the save if not.

Hello,

Can you please use the "contact us" form to send us an access to your website so we can check the shipping methods?
The method from your second screenshot should be available during the checkout (according to our past conversation and the settings you're using).

Regards,

Hello,

Can you please check the account permissions?

You do not have access to the Administrator section of this site.

Hello,

I'm sorry but the account is not working.

Regards,

Hello,

Thank you for the access.
I was able to confirm your issue ; the shipping filter is not applied correctly while the payment filter is good.
I'm creating a test website based on your own settings to be able to reproduce the problem on a test environment and be able to work on a fix.

Regards,

Hello,

To summarize your configuration :

- Limit vendors in cart : One Vendor
- Show only vendor payments : Yes
- Shipping per vendor : No
- Configuration of plugins by vendors : Own plugins