We receive many enquiries about creating a matching site, but most of these enquiries involve charging a fee for matching and receiving a commission.
In short, members buy and sell goods and services between each other.
Neither BuddyBoss nor PeepSo have that functionality. There are no features that involve money.
In that case, it is both correct and incorrect to say that you should just install WooCommerce on BuddyBoss or PeepSo. Even if you install WooCommerce, the administrator can only set up an online store, but members cannot sell anything.
"I want a brokerage fee."
This request requires the introduction of a "marketplace." This is the only way.
And we're adding marketplace features to BuddyBoss and PeepSo.
"Social Marketplace"
It's called.
This is not a name I coined; it is a word that already exists and is used overseas.
"BuddyBoss and PeepSo", "WooCommerce", and "Dokan and WCFM"
It will be made by combining the above.
It is possible to create a marketplace with other plugins, but it is important to check whether they have integration with BuddyBoss or PeepSo. Integration is a feature that allows you to register and manage products from the member's profile page. Even without this, there is a common product registration and management page for members, so integration is not absolutely necessary, but it is convenient to have it.
This is the only way to get your desired matchmaking fee and commission, but in many cases it's too complicated and too difficult for me to explain, so it's not possible. There is no other way (probably).
Exceptions
there is this.
It is not like "BuddyBoss" or "PeepSo" so it does not have a powerful community function, but members can buy and sell goods and services, and the operator can receive a brokerage fee. It is a simple but surprising feature. However, it uses "WooCommerce" for payment.
In addition to the listing function, there is also a request function.
Request → Proposal → Buy Proposal
You can also charge a brokerage fee for purchasing such a proposal.
It's easy and simple, and I'm amazed.
If it's not this simple, neither the operators nor the users may be able to keep up. The most important thing is whether it's easy for everyone to use.
If you adopt this, forget "BuddyBoss" or "PeepSo" - we don't recommend using them together as they have overlapping functionality.
As a last resort,
There is no other way than to adopt such a dedicated system that combines themes and plugins. It has the same functions as major sites and is perfect, but it is difficult to build.
Japanese translation (absolutely)
Master Elementor (absolutely)
skills are required.
There is nothing else like this.
I'd like to know if there are any other ways to do this.
