Greetings to All, FYI, we have started preparing user stories for marketplace and planning to locate them at Home > Documentation > OFBiz Features > Proposed Features > Marketplace. Suggestions are always welcome.
Thanks! Regards, Ratnesh Upadhyay HotWax Systems | www.hotwaxsystems.com On Sat, Dec 8, 2018 at 7:35 PM Rishi Solanki <rishisolan...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thank you Ratnesh for nicely summarizing all the details. And yes we can go > with this plan and will change it as we move forward. > > -- > Rishi Solanki > Sr Manager, Enterprise Software Development > HotWax Systems Pvt. Ltd. > Direct: +91-9893287847 > http://www.hotwaxsystems.com > www.hotwax.co > > > On Fri, Dec 7, 2018 at 6:27 PM Ratnesh Upadhyay < > upadhyay.ratn...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Hi Devs, > > > > Thanks everyone for such a valuable discussion and inputs. Before we > start > > on user stories I would like to share the basic plan based upon inputs on > > this thread. Ideally we should have three main actors Customers, Sellers > > and Marketplace Operators in system and now we can define the user > stories > > on the basis these actors.Here are features/workflows that we are > targeting > > to implement for all these three actors : > > > > 1) Marketplace For Customers: > > > > - Customer should be able to see different sellers selling same > product > > and prices offered. > > - Customer should be able to purchase product from range of sellers. > > - Customer should be able to see all offers and promotions by sellers > > and best offer with lower price or promoted seller on marketplace > > should be > > on top. > > - Customer should be able to see shipping rates and return policy of > the > > seller. > > - Customer can see seller profile with following information. > > - Launch date > > - Return and Warranties > > - Shipping > > - Policies > > - Rating > > - Products (Other products sale by seller) > > - Customer can purchase products from different sellers in single > order. > > > > 2) Marketplace For Seller: > > > > - Seller profile registration. > > - Seller profile approval or listing process, > > - Seller can add other users to access account like catalog manager, > > order manager etc by permission. > > - User permission management. > > - Manage Seller Profile > > - Product Management > > - Add product new/existing. > > - Inventory management. > > - Price management for product. > > - Activate and Deactivate product listing. > > - Add promotion to products. > > - Manage Order > > - Approve > > - Cancel > > - Shipment Management > > - Ship by marketplace flow > > - Ship by seller flow > > - Inventory Mangement > > - By marketplace > > - By seller > > - Manage Return > > - Issue refund for the cancel order by customer. That means get > > shipped product back if not accepted at customer end due to some > > reason. > > - Receive item and issue refund amount. On receiving the item tell > > marketplace to issue refund. > > > > 3) Marketplace Operator: > > > > - Manage Sellers Listing Approval process. > > - Manage Global Catalog > > - Manage seller performance. > > - Marketing Campaign > > - Manage commission setup etc > > - More items needs to be identified. > > > > Additionally we need to consider the service industry for marketplace. > For > > that we need to consider the payment term, product setting and other > > service industry related things differently. Will come up with more > > thoughts while working on user stories. > > > > Thanks Rishi for discussion and finalising the plan. I think we are good > to > > proceed with user stories as per aforementioned plan. > > > > Regards, > > Ratnesh Upadhyay > > HotWax Systems | www,hotwaxsystems.com > > > > On Tue, Dec 4, 2018 at 2:22 PM Rishi Solanki <rishisolan...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > > Thanks Jacques for the interesting article. And yes we should consider > > the > > > service industry as well for marketplace. > > > > > > -- > > > Rishi Solanki > > > Sr Manager, Enterprise Software Development > > > HotWax Systems Pvt. Ltd. > > > Direct: +91-9893287847 > > > http://www.hotwaxsystems.com > > > www.hotwax.co > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Nov 29, 2018 at 2:56 PM Jacques Le Roux < > > > jacques.le.r...@les7arts.com> wrote: > > > > > > > Somehow related I stumbled upon this article recently > > > > > > > > > > > > > > https://andrewchen.co/how-marketplaces-will-reinvent-the-service-economy/ > > > > > > > > Jacques > > > > > > > > > > > > Le 22/11/2018 à 06:43, Rishi Solanki a écrit : > > > > > Thank you all for your votes and I think now most of us agree with > > the > > > > > idea. So I'll proceed with the plan and start preparing user > stories > > > > around > > > > > it. Thank you very much Michael for clarifying the understanding. > > > > > > > > > > @Taher, I really tried very hard to connect both ideas and wanted > to > > > run > > > > > them in parallel :-). Please feel free to include me in your idea > > where > > > > you > > > > > feel I can help and you can use. > > > > > > > > > > +1 from my side for plugin marketplace, I would be happy to be part > > of > > > > that > > > > > effort. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > Rishi Solanki > > > > > Sr Manager, Enterprise Software Development > > > > > HotWax Systems Pvt. Ltd. > > > > > Direct: +91-9893287847 > > > > > http://www.hotwaxsystems.com > > > > > www.hotwax.co > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Nov 22, 2018 at 10:29 AM Aditya Sharma < > > > > > aditya.sha...@hotwaxsystems.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > >> Nice initiative. > > > > >> > > > > >> +1 for the marketplace as a new OFBiz plugin > > > > >> > > > > >> Thanks and Regards, > > > > >> > > > > >> *Aditya Sharma* | Enterprise Software Engineer > > > > >> HotWax Commerce <http://www.hotwax.co/> by HotWax Systems > > > > >> <http://www.hotwaxsystems.com/> > > > > >> [image: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aditya-p-sharma/] > > > > >> <https://www.linkedin.com/in/aditya-p-sharma/> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> On Wed, Nov 21, 2018 at 5:02 PM Taher Alkhateeb < > > > > >> slidingfilame...@gmail.com> > > > > >> wrote: > > > > >> > > > > >>> Oh, I guess I am probably completely mistaken if what you > explained > > > is > > > > >>> correct. My bad :) > > > > >>> On Wed, Nov 21, 2018 at 1:03 AM Michael Brohl < > > > > michael.br...@ecomify.de> > > > > >>> wrote: > > > > >>>> Hi Taher, > > > > >>>> > > > > >>>> I only read the thread briefly but I have the feeling that there > > is > > > a > > > > >>>> fundamental misunderstanding with the term "marketplace". > > > > >>>> > > > > >>>> I guess that Rishi is talking about a marketplace for selling > > goods > > > by > > > > >>>> several independent merchants (like Amazon) while you are > talking > > > > about > > > > >>>> a plugin marketplace. > > > > >>>> > > > > >>>> Am I right or is it a misunderstanding on my side? > > > > >>>> > > > > >>>> Best regards, > > > > >>>> > > > > >>>> Michael > > > > >>>> > > > > >>>> > > > > >>>> Am 20.11.18 um 13:50 schrieb Taher Alkhateeb: > > > > >>>>> Hi Rishi, > > > > >>>>> > > > > >>>>> The plugin APIs would dominate and drive how we can use and > > publish > > > > >>>>> plugins, and therefore, dominate how you design the plugin > market > > > > >>>>> place. So I think it might be a bit difficult to write > something > > > > >>>>> without knowing how it works. Take these as an example: > > > > >>>>> > > > > >>>>> - Can I push to a remote maven repository? Can I pull from a > > remote > > > > >>>>> maven repository? Is it only one official repository (apache) > or > > > can > > > > >> I > > > > >>>>> pass a command in the command line to change the repo. > > > > >>>>> - Can I protect some plugins from downloads with a username and > > > > >>>>> password (I want to sell plugins and after that you get access > to > > > my > > > > >>>>> repo) > > > > >>>>> - Should I make plugins depend on other plugins? How should > that > > > > >> work, > > > > >>>>> manually or automatically? > > > > >>>>> - Who / how can plugins be published? What versioning scheme do > > we > > > > >>>>> use? How can we _upgrade_ plugins? > > > > >>>>> - What are the coding conventions for plugins? What kind of > usual > > > > >>>>> install / uninstall steps are necessary > > > > >>>>> > > > > >>>>> These questions and some others are affected by the technology > > > > >> itself. > > > > >>>>> The technology could hinder your stories if does not have the > > > > >> capacity > > > > >>>>> to do this or that. That's why I suggested thinking about this > > > > >> process > > > > >>>>> through the APIs. > > > > >>>>> > > > > >>>>> I wrote the below tasks for plugins management a while ago. But > > > they > > > > >>>>> are still not complete and require reviews and improvements to > > > > >> satisfy > > > > >>>>> all the stories. But this is where our starting point is: > > > > >>>>> > > > > >>>>> createPlugin - create a new plugin component based on specified > > > > >>> templates > > > > >>>>> installPlugin - executes plugin install task if it exists > > > > >>>>> pullAllPluginsSource - Download and install all plugins from > > source > > > > >>>>> control. Warning! deletes existing plugins > > > > >>>>> pullPlugin - Download and install a plugin with all > dependencies > > > > >>>>> pullPluginSource - Download and install a plugin from source > > > control > > > > >>>>> pushPlugin - push an existing plugin to local maven repository > > > > >>>>> removePlugin - Uninstall a plugin and delete its files > > > > >>>>> uninstallPlugin - executes plugin uninstall task if it exists > > > > >>>>> > > > > >>>>> The pull and push are currently hardcoded, so we need to > > > parameterize > > > > >>>>> the maven repository to accommodate different repos both public > > and > > > > >>>>> private. > > > > >>>>> > > > > >>>>> I hope this is all useful and helpful, otherwise you can just > > > ignore > > > > >>>>> everything I wrote :) > > > > >>>>> > > > > >>>>> On Tue, Nov 20, 2018 at 7:37 AM Rishi Solanki < > > > > >> rishisolan...@gmail.com> > > > > >>> wrote: > > > > >>>>>> Thanks Jacopo for your suggestion, so we will go with new > plugin > > > for > > > > >>>>>> marketplace and will name it marketplace. I hope all are agree > > > with > > > > >>> name. > > > > >>>>>> Taher, we would require at least one month (may be more) to > > spend > > > on > > > > >>> user > > > > >>>>>> stories for marketplace, before writing single line of code > for > > > it. > > > > >> I > > > > >>> would > > > > >>>>>> be happy if I could help to complete the plugins api and > > deploying > > > > >> on > > > > >>> maven > > > > >>>>>> nexus repository. Please let me know how to proceed further > and > > > how > > > > >> I > > > > >>> can > > > > >>>>>> be useful. In the mean time we will proceed with user stories > > for > > > > >>>>>> marketplace. I'm considering both as independent work can go > > > > >> parallel. > > > > >>>>>> Please raise flag in case I misunderstood something and > requires > > > > >> hold > > > > >>> on > > > > >>>>>> marketplace work. Thanks! > > > > >>>>>> > > > > >>>>>> -- > > > > >>>>>> Rishi Solanki > > > > >>>>>> Sr Manager, Enterprise Software Development > > > > >>>>>> HotWax Systems Pvt. Ltd. > > > > >>>>>> Direct: +91-9893287847 > > > > >>>>>> http://www.hotwaxsystems.com > > > > >>>>>> www.hotwax.co > > > > >>>>>> > > > > >>>>>> > > > > >>>>>> On Sat, Nov 17, 2018 at 3:05 PM Taher Alkhateeb < > > > > >>> slidingfilame...@gmail.com> > > > > >>>>>> wrote: > > > > >>>>>> > > > > >>>>>>> It's been a while since we worked on this, but the most > > important > > > > >>>>>>> thing to do in my opinion is the following: > > > > >>>>>>> 1- complete the plugin API (currently written as gradle > tasks) > > to > > > > >>>>>>> pull, push, and handle plugins > > > > >>>>>>> 2- complete the work around deploying our official plugins on > > > maven > > > > >>>>>>> nexus repository belonging to apache. > > > > >>>>>>> > > > > >>>>>>> If anyone is willing to help, I'd love to give you an update > on > > > > >>>>>>> everything I've done so far. But I think without having a > solid > > > > >>> plugin > > > > >>>>>>> API for managing plugins then adoption and a market place > would > > > be > > > > >> a > > > > >>>>>>> more challenging. > > > > >>>>>>> On Fri, Nov 16, 2018 at 1:50 PM Jacopo Cappellato > > > > >>>>>>> <jacopo.cappell...@hotwaxsystems.com> wrote: > > > > >>>>>>>> +1 to the plugin option! > > > > >>>>>>>> > > > > >>>>>>>> Jacopo > > > > >>>>>>>> > > > > >>>>>>>> On Fri, Nov 16, 2018 at 3:51 PM Rishi Solanki < > > > > >>> rishisolan...@gmail.com> > > > > >>>>>>>> wrote: > > > > >>>>>>>> > > > > >>>>>>>>> Thank you Jacopo for detailed reply. It is like roadmap for > > > > >>>>>>> implementation > > > > >>>>>>>>> with questions may come during implementation. > > > > >>>>>>>>> Thanks Pritam, Devanshu for help offer. > > > > >>>>>>>>> > > > > >>>>>>>>> I have similar line of items in my mind before proceeding > > with > > > > >> the > > > > >>> idea > > > > >>>>>>>>> with some additional concerns on how to proceed below; > > > > >>>>>>>>> > > > > >>>>>>>>> - We have two options to go with, add marketplace operator > > > > >>> features to > > > > >>>>>>>>> ordermgr, seller profiles to partymgr and customer facing > to > > > > >>> ecommerce. > > > > >>>>>>>>> Alternatively, I preferred to add separate plugin which > > extends > > > > >>> these > > > > >>>>>>>>> applications and have its own functionality. Which also > take > > > care > > > > >>> of > > > > >>>>>>> any > > > > >>>>>>>>> impact on base applications. > > > > >>>>>>>>> - By adding separate plugin we will have free hand to > > > incorporate > > > > >>> the > > > > >>>>>>>>> marketplace specific features. Like you said that, drop > ship > > > flow > > > > >>> is > > > > >>>>>>> near > > > > >>>>>>>>> to what marketplace requires. But in my experience I see > > > > >>> marketplace > > > > >>>>>>>>> optionally owns the shipment from sellers to customers > using > > > > >> third > > > > >>>>>>> party > > > > >>>>>>>>> support. > > > > >>>>>>>>> > > > > >>>>>>>>> On the whole I would like to propose separate plugin and > once > > > we > > > > >>> are > > > > >>>>>>> okay > > > > >>>>>>>>> with separate plugin or inject features in existing > ordermgr, > > > > >>> partymgr > > > > >>>>>>> and > > > > >>>>>>>>> ecommerce application then we can start writing user > stories > > to > > > > >>> take > > > > >>>>>>>>> community feedback. I completely agree on the fact we have > > gaps > > > > >>> but we > > > > >>>>>>> have > > > > >>>>>>>>> most building blocks in place to achieve this. > > > > >>>>>>>>> > > > > >>>>>>>>> Please let me know your opinion on having separate plugin. > > Also > > > > >>> looking > > > > >>>>>>>>> forward to see opinion from community, so that we can move > > with > > > > >>> better > > > > >>>>>>> plan > > > > >>>>>>>>> to execute. > > > > >>>>>>>>> > > > > >>>>>>>>> Best Regards, > > > > >>>>>>>>> -- > > > > >>>>>>>>> Rishi Solanki > > > > >>>>>>>>> Sr Manager, Enterprise Software Development > > > > >>>>>>>>> HotWax Systems Pvt. Ltd. > > > > >>>>>>>>> Direct: +91-9893287847 > > > > >>>>>>>>> http://www.hotwaxsystems.com > > > > >>>>>>>>> www.hotwax.co > > > > >>>>>>>>> > > > > >>>>>>>>> > > > > >>>>>>>>> On Thu, Nov 15, 2018 at 5:52 PM Jacopo Cappellato < > > > > >>>>>>>>> jacopo.cappell...@hotwaxsystems.com> wrote: > > > > >>>>>>>>> > > > > >>>>>>>>>> Hi Rishi, > > > > >>>>>>>>>> > > > > >>>>>>>>>> this is an interesting initiative, thank you. > > > > >>>>>>>>>> There are various types of online marketplaces, each with > > > unique > > > > >>> and > > > > >>>>>>>>>> significant requirements, but if we focus on the ones like > > > > >> Amazon > > > > >>>>>>> (since > > > > >>>>>>>>>> you have mentioned it) then we the following notes may > apply > > > > >>> pretty > > > > >>>>>>> well. > > > > >>>>>>>>>> Main actors: > > > > >>>>>>>>>> * the marketplace operator: it owns the site (e.g. Amazon) > > > > >>>>>>>>>> * consumers: browse the content of the site and place > > (sales) > > > > >>> orders > > > > >>>>>>> to > > > > >>>>>>>>> the > > > > >>>>>>>>>> marketplace operator > > > > >>>>>>>>>> * retailers/wholesalers/sellers: define price (and cost to > > the > > > > >>>>>>>>> marketplace > > > > >>>>>>>>>> operator), shipping options and shipping cost > > > > >>>>>>>>>> > > > > >>>>>>>>>> Main transactions (drop shipment scenario): > > > > >>>>>>>>>> 0) seller publishes product price with shipping costs (for > > the > > > > >>>>>>> consumer) > > > > >>>>>>>>>> and product cost (for the > > > > >>>>>>>>>> 1) consumers orders product (from the retailer) to the > > > > >> marketplace > > > > >>>>>>>>> operator > > > > >>>>>>>>>> 2) marketplace operator orders product to the retailer > > > > >>>>>>>>>> 3) retailer fulfills the order (#2) that is shipped to the > > > > >>> consumer > > > > >>>>>>>>>> 4) marketplace operator invoices the order (#1) to the > > > consumer > > > > >>>>>>>>>> 5) consumer pays the invoice (#4) > > > > >>>>>>>>>> 6) retailer invoices the order (#2) to the marketplace > > > operator > > > > >>>>>>>>>> 7) marketplace operator pays the invoice (#6) > > > > >>>>>>>>>> > > > > >>>>>>>>>> These online marketplaces often have one global product > > > catalog > > > > >>> and > > > > >>>>>>>>> global > > > > >>>>>>>>>> products, to which the retailers' specific prices and > > shipping > > > > >>>>>>> options > > > > >>>>>>>>> are > > > > >>>>>>>>>> attached. > > > > >>>>>>>>>> > > > > >>>>>>>>>> In OFBiz the "drop shipment" workflow is probably the one > > that > > > > >>> most > > > > >>>>>>>>> closely > > > > >>>>>>>>>> covers the scenario described above. > > > > >>>>>>>>>> > > > > >>>>>>>>>> As regards the data model: > > > > >>>>>>>>>> * Product, ProductContent, ProductCategory etc..: global > > > > >> products > > > > >>>>>>> and the > > > > >>>>>>>>>> global catalog > > > > >>>>>>>>>> * ProductPrice, SupplierProduct: the price for the > consumer > > > and > > > > >>> the > > > > >>>>>>> cost > > > > >>>>>>>>>> for the marketplace operator > > > > >>>>>>>>>> * PartyRole: "end user customer" (for the consumer), > > > "supplier" > > > > >>> (for > > > > >>>>>>> the > > > > >>>>>>>>>> retailer), "internal organization" (for the marketplace > > > > >> operator) > > > > >>>>>>>>>> There are gaps that needs to be implemented (both in the > > data > > > > >>> model > > > > >>>>>>> and > > > > >>>>>>>>> in > > > > >>>>>>>>>> the business logic) and there are many more requirements > and > > > > >>> nuances > > > > >>>>>>> to > > > > >>>>>>>>> be > > > > >>>>>>>>>> discovered but we have most of the building blocks in > place. > > > > >>>>>>>>>> Some of the outstanding gaps are for example: how to apply > > the > > > > >>> right > > > > >>>>>>>>> sales > > > > >>>>>>>>>> price when the consumer selects a product from one of its > > many > > > > >>>>>>> retailers; > > > > >>>>>>>>>> how to specify the retailer in the sales order; how to > > reserve > > > > >> the > > > > >>>>>>>>>> inventory of the retailer. > > > > >>>>>>>>>> > > > > >>>>>>>>>> Kind regards, > > > > >>>>>>>>>> > > > > >>>>>>>>>> Jacopo > > > > >>>>>>>>>> > > > > >>>>>>>>>> On Tue, Nov 13, 2018 at 6:06 PM Rishi Solanki < > > > > >>>>>>> rishisolan...@gmail.com> > > > > >>>>>>>>>> wrote: > > > > >>>>>>>>>> > > > > >>>>>>>>>>> Devs, > > > > >>>>>>>>>>> While shopping with different marketplaces like amazon > the > > > idea > > > > >>>>>>> came > > > > >>>>>>>>> into > > > > >>>>>>>>>>> my mind that, what are the things required to have an > > > > >> marketplace > > > > >>>>>>>>> plugin > > > > >>>>>>>>>>> within the OFBiz same as we have ecommerce. > > > > >>>>>>>>>>> > > > > >>>>>>>>>>> Which behaves same as ecommerce but also offers sellers > to > > > sale > > > > >>>>>>> their > > > > >>>>>>>>>>> products on marketplace. I could think of following > > workflow; > > > > >>>>>>>>>>> > > > > >>>>>>>>>>> 1) Sellers can upload their product, images, prices with > > all > > > > >> the > > > > >>>>>>>>> required > > > > >>>>>>>>>>> details. > > > > >>>>>>>>>>> 2) The same product can be sale by other sellers as well. > > > > >>>>>>>>>>> 3) An customer can purchase the product from any listed > > > sellers > > > > >>> at > > > > >>>>>>>>>>> ecommerce side. > > > > >>>>>>>>>>> 4) Manage the product inventory by sellers. > > > > >>>>>>>>>>> 5) Shipment tracking. > > > > >>>>>>>>>>> 6) Manage/Create seller profile. > > > > >>>>>>>>>>> 7) Commission Engine marketplace run and payment made to > > > > >> sellers. > > > > >>>>>>>>>>> 8) Manage product details as per seller preferences. > > > > >>>>>>>>>>> 9) Seller specific reports and other tasks. > > > > >>>>>>>>>>> 10) Manage Orders, Returns and related reports etc. > > > > >>>>>>>>>>> 11) Marketing Campaign setup. > > > > >>>>>>>>>>> > > > > >>>>>>>>>>> Here I'm sharing the idea what comes in my mind, and it > > would > > > > >> be > > > > >>>>>>> great > > > > >>>>>>>>> to > > > > >>>>>>>>>>> have this as plugin in OFBiz which support the > marketplace > > > > >>> business > > > > >>>>>>>>>> problem > > > > >>>>>>>>>>> and increase the OFBiz acceptance in market. > > > > >>>>>>>>>>> > > > > >>>>>>>>>>> Any suggestion and help in designing, structuring, > > modeling, > > > > >>>>>>> coding, > > > > >>>>>>>>>>> architecture is greatly appreciated. I wonder if anyone > > > already > > > > >>>>>>>>>> implemented > > > > >>>>>>>>>>> one using OFBiz. > > > > >>>>>>>>>>> > > > > >>>>>>>>>>> If all are agree to have this, then I'll start > > documentation > > > > >>>>>>> around it > > > > >>>>>>>>>> and > > > > >>>>>>>>>>> move from there. > > > > >>>>>>>>>>> > > > > >>>>>>>>>>> Thanks! > > > > >>>>>>>>>>> > > > > >>>>>>>>>>> Best Regards, > > > > >>>>>>>>>>> -- > > > > >>>>>>>>>>> Rishi Solanki > > > > >>>>>>>>>>> Sr Manager, Enterprise Software Development > > > > >>>>>>>>>>> HotWax Systems Pvt. Ltd. > > > > >>>>>>>>>>> Direct: +91-9893287847 > > > > >>>>>>>>>>> http://www.hotwaxsystems.com > > > > >>>>>>>>>>> www.hotwax.co > > > > >>>>>>>>>>> > > > > >>>> > > > > > > > > > > >
