Easy Digital Downloads Frontend Submissions Addon 2.8.2

The Easy Digital Downloads (EDD) Frontend Submissions (FES) Add-on is a powerful extension that transforms a standard EDD-powered store into a complete multi-vendor digital marketplace.

It allows other users (Vendors) to register on your site, submit their own digital products for sale, and manage their store activities all from the website's frontend, without ever needing access to the WordPress admin dashboard (wp-admin).

🛍️ Key Features of EDD Frontend Submissions

1. Complete Vendor Management System

Vendor Registration: Allows users to register as a vendor through a customizable frontend form using the [fes_registration_form] shortcode.

Vendor Dashboard: Provides vendors with a dedicated frontend dashboard ([fes_vendor_dashboard]) where they can manage all aspects of their store.

Vendor Moderation: Site administrators can moderate new vendor registrations (manual or auto-approval) and set their status (Approved, Pending, Suspended).

Store Pages: Each vendor gets their own public store page to display their products.

2. Frontend Product Submission

Product Creation: Vendors can create new digital products, set pricing, upload files, and manage product details using a drag-and-drop form builder on the frontend ([fes_submission_form]).

Product Moderation: The site administrator can set a review process for new product submissions and edits (manual or auto-approval).

Profile Management: Vendors can edit their own account details, profile, and store information through a dedicated frontend form ([fes_profile_form]).

3. Sales, Orders, and Commissions

Orders and Earnings: Vendors can view the orders for their specific products and access detailed statistics and earning reports directly from their dashboard.

Commission Tracking (Requires Commissions Extension): FES integrates perfectly with the EDD Commissions extension to automatically track and record commissions owed to the vendor for each sale.

The commission recipient is automatically set to the submitting vendor.

Commission rates can be set globally, per user/vendor, or per product.

4. Communication and Support

Email Notifications: Includes comprehensive email notification options for various events like new product submissions, vendor registration, and commission earnings.

Vendor/Customer Messaging (Requires EDD Message Extension): Allows vendors to communicate directly with customers about their purchases via email from the vendor dashboard.

5. Customization

Drag-and-Drop Form Builders: The most powerful feature is the drag-and-drop builder for the Registration Form, Submission Form, and Profile Form, giving you complete control over the fields vendors see.

💰 How to Get FES

The Frontend Submissions Add-on is a premium extension and is generally included in the higher-tier EDD passes:

Pass Tier

Included?

Use Case

Personal Pass

No

Basic store features

Extended Pass

No

Adds Subscriptions/Reviews

Professional Pass

Yes

Includes Frontend Submissions (Marketplace tools) and Software Licensing

All Access Pass

Yes

Includes all official EDD extensions

In short, if you want to create a marketplace where multiple users can sell their own digital products on your WordPress site, the Easy Digital Downloads Frontend Submissions Add-on is the extension you need.

Would you like to know more about its integration with the Commissions extension or how to use the shortcodes to set up the vendor pages?