{"id":6421,"date":"2016-11-08T10:10:34","date_gmt":"2016-11-08T07:10:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.cs-cart.com\/?p=6421"},"modified":"2026-05-29T16:06:30","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T12:06:30","slug":"vendor-subscription-plans-in-multi-vendor-4-4-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cs-cart.com\/blog\/vendor-subscription-plans-in-multi-vendor-4-4-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Vendor Subscription Plans in Multi-Vendor 4.4.1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-opt-id=1790730676  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mldi5dmmdvnt.i.optimole.com\/cb:sOwt.3b410\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.cs-cart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/7B9M8hd-wroC2O-bIqkS8WJoEhDjM_-ai9tBy8s2LPsETWMmoMO1MEbJEgoTYjgrAk-9Fs89XrwIi204pCupIOjztGE_zYHoCBH-lT5nyLQ8TK8MRAfFdblsV6JXPOGDelebdmvJ.png\" alt=\"Vendor subscription plans\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Hello!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Vendor subscription plans<\/strong> is another feature in version <strong>4.4.1<\/strong> worthy of mention. Did you know it got 325 votes on our UserVoice?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Previously, we were offering this feature as an early access add-on that you could download from your Help Desk. Now the Vendor Plans add-on is built into Multi-Vendor 4.4.1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id='why-you-need-a-subscription-model-for-your-vendors'  id=\"boomdevs_1\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why You Need a Subscription Model for Your Vendors<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Owning a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cs-cart.com\/multivendor\" title=\"\">multi-vendor-based marketplace<\/a>, you\u2019re allowing other entrepreneurs to sell their products on your territory. You offer them your service. So you have two options when it comes to bringing in revenue: to charge by service or to apply a subscription model.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are <strong>5 reasons<\/strong> why you should move from the old billing model to the new subscription model:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Predictability.<\/strong> Your vendors pay a flat fee for the subscription: they always know how much they will pay you next month and thus can budget more accurately. You, as a marketplace owner, benefit from subscriptions in the same way\u2014you have an accurate picture of incoming revenue.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Simplified pricing.<\/strong> With subscription plans, your vendors always know how much they pay and what they get. Subscriptions organize pricing and make it more transparent.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cs-cart.com\/blog\/ecommerce-customer-retention\/\">Customer retention<\/a>.<\/strong> With the subscription model, your clients (vendors) are more likely to stay with you and increase their lifetime value.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Marketing base.<\/strong> Email marketing is known as the most effective advertising method. With the subscription model, you can easily collect the email addresses of your target audience. Having a base of subscribers, you can market to them and to their friends through them to attract more vendors to your marketplace.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Flexibility.<\/strong> You can configure subscription plans to find the best combinations of the price a vendor pays and the features he gets. A vendor can easily move to another plan with no investment loss.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read more<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cs-cart.com\/blog\/how-to-build-your-own-subscription-based-marketplace-like-spotify-and-netflix\/#what-is-a-subscription-based-marketplace\">What is a subscription-based marketplace?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We\u2019ve prepared a video guide on how to manage vendor subscription plans, where you can learn about all the setting and the workflow:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Do you find vendor subscription plans useful? 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