Shopify multi vendor marketplace apps: which are really free?

Short answer: almost none of them is free. Of the seven Shopify multi vendor marketplace apps in our 2024 list, only Order Fulfillment Guru has a free plan, and that plan only receives orders from other Shopify stores. Onport is free to install, but its price is set after a sales call. The other five charge a monthly fee after a free trial of 7 to 15 days. We checked every listing on 13 November 2026.

Is there a free Shopify multi vendor marketplace app?

Not a full one. A Shopify multi vendor marketplace app lets other sellers (vendors) list and sell products in your store. Shopify does not do this by itself: it is built for one seller per store. So you add an app, and good marketplace apps charge a monthly fee.

These are the free options we found on 13 November 2026. Each has a clear limit:

• Order Fulfillment Guru has a free plan. It lets you receive orders from other Shopify stores and send them your products and stock. Sending orders to suppliers by email or a portal needs a paid plan.
• Kernvel VendorIQ ‑ Multivendor has a free plan for 5 active vendors, with a vendor portal, order splitting by vendor and commission tracking. It launched on 8 July 2026 and had 1 review when we checked.
• Payvenda: Vendor Payouts has a free plan for up to 5 vendors and 20 synced orders a month. It handles commissions and payouts only, not seller sign-up or product listing. It had 4 reviews.
• Shopify Collective, Shopify's own app for selling other Shopify brands' products, is free for eligible stores. But India is not on its list of supported countries (see the India section below).

A free plan is fine for testing the idea with a few sellers. Once you have more vendors or orders, plan for a monthly fee.

How we checked these apps

On 13 November 2026 we opened each app's listing on the Shopify App Store and read its name, developer, plans, free trial, rating and features. We did not install the apps or test them on a live store, and no app maker paid for a mention.

• Prices are in ₹ as the App Store shows them in India. The App Store says these are estimates at the day's exchange rate. Most apps bill in US dollars, so your charge can change a little each month. We give the dollar price in brackets where it was clear.
• Prices are per month and do not include your Shopify plan or GST.
• Ratings and review counts are the ones on each listing that day. They change often.

App makers change plans and names often. Our 2024 version of this post listed prices and "free plans" that are no longer right, which is why we rewrote it. Check the listing again before you install.

The seven apps from our 2024 list, checked again

1. Webkul MultiVendor Marketplace

This is the most reviewed full marketplace app in this list. Sellers sign up, get their own dashboard and profile page, list products and manage their orders. You set commissions and can pay sellers automatically. It works for many marketplace types, such as B2B, booking and hyperlocal.

• Developer: Webkul Software Pvt Ltd · launched 20 April 2015
• Free plan: no. 15-day free trial.
• Price from: ₹2,821 a month (about $30), Starter plan: 7 active sellers, 5,000 products, unlimited orders. The Growth plan (₹5,642) adds automatic payouts through PayPal and Razorpay.
• Rating: 4.7 from 365 reviews
• Good for: a full marketplace with many seller features. See the listing.

2. Order Fulfillment Guru

This is not a full marketplace app. It splits each order and routes items to the right supplier, store or warehouse (3PL), and keeps stock in sync. Sellers do not get a sign-up page or a storefront profile. It suits a store that already works with several suppliers.

• Developer: Cork Labs · launched 19 August 2020 · "Built for Shopify" badge
• Free plan: yes: receive orders from other Shopify stores, and export products and stock to them. Paid plans have a 14-day free trial.
• Price from: ₹936 a month (about $10), Starter plan with 100 orders a month and orders sent by email or web portal.
• Rating: 4.8 from 111 reviews
• Good for: order routing to suppliers, not seller management. See the listing.

3. Multi Vendor ‑ Puppet Vendors

Puppet Vendors runs both multi vendor marketplaces and consignment stores (where you sell other people's goods and pay them after the sale). Each vendor gets a dashboard. It splits orders, works out commissions and pays vendors through PayPal or Stripe. It also works with Shopify POS for in-store sales.

• Developer: Panther Commerce · launched 18 March 2020
• Free plan: no. 14-day free trial.
• Price from: ₹4,608 a month ($49), Launch plan: up to 25 vendors and 5,000 products.
• Rating: 4.8 from 132 reviews
• Good for: consignment shops and marketplaces with a physical store. See the listing.

4. ST ‑ Multivendor Marketplace (Shipturtle)

Shipturtle's app now has this name on the App Store. It builds a marketplace for products, rentals or bookings. Each seller gets a cloud dashboard and can sync their own website. It is strong on shipping: rates, labels, tracking and returns through many courier connections, with commission payouts through PayPal and Stripe.

• Developer: Shipturtle Apps Private Limited · launched 15 September 2020
• Free plan: no. 14-day free trial.
• Price from: ₹4,608 a month ($49), Business plan: up to 1,000 orders a month, 5,000 products and 25 vendors.
• Rating: 4.8 from 137 reviews
• Good for: marketplaces where shipping is the hard part. See the listing.

5. Vendor Payout ‑ Consignment

This app tracks what each vendor sold, works out their earnings and commission, and gives them a login to see orders and payouts. It does not handle seller sign-up or listing on its own. Think of it as the money side of a marketplace.

• Developer: Robert Banh · launched 11 September 2014
• Free plan: no. 7-day free trial.
• Price from: ₹2,821 a month (about $30), Starter plan: up to 5 vendors.
• Rating: 4.9 from 45 reviews
• Good for: consignment, resale and maker shops that pay many vendors. See the listing.

6. MultiVendor Marketplace Onport

Onport automates the back end of a marketplace or dropshipping business: importing vendors' catalogues, syncing stock, routing orders to vendors, shipping labels, payouts and returns. It is aimed at larger businesses.

• Developer: Onport · launched 19 January 2018
• Free plan: free to install, but you book a call to get a price. Charges are billed in US dollars.
• Price from: not shown on the listing
• Rating: 5.0 from 5 reviews
• Good for: established brands and retailers with many vendors. See the listing.

7. Visceral Consignment (was Vendor Consignment)

The app we listed in 2024 as Vendor Consignment is now called Visceral Consignment. It tracks consignors' products, sales and commissions, records payouts, and gives consignors a portal to submit products and see their sales.

• Developer: Visceral Apps · launched 31 July 2019
• Free plan: no. 14-day free trial.
• Price from: ₹939 a month (about $10), Basic plan: 3 consignors. The consignor portal comes with the Standard plan (₹3,760).
• Rating: 4.6 from 31 reviews
• Good for: consignment shops (art, apparel, resale), not open marketplaces. See the listing.

Shopify multi vendor marketplace apps compared

Prices are the App Store's ₹ estimates on 13 November 2026, before GST and your Shopify plan. Ratings show the number of reviews in brackets.

Only three of the seven are full marketplace apps: Webkul, Puppet Vendors and Shipturtle. The others each do one part of the job: order routing, vendor payouts or consignment tracking. That matters, because a "cheap" app may cover only one step.

What does a Shopify multi vendor marketplace need?

A multi vendor marketplace is one store where many independent sellers list products, and customers buy from all of them in one checkout. You, the owner, run the store and earn a commission or fee on each sale. Amazon and Flipkart work this way.

To run one on Shopify, your app (or set of apps) has to cover these jobs:

1. Seller sign-up and approval: a form for sellers to apply, and a way for you to accept them.
2. A seller dashboard: where each seller adds products, sees orders and checks earnings.
3. Product approval: so nothing goes live without your check.
4. Order splitting: one customer order with items from three sellers must reach all three.
5. Shipping: who ships, how labels are made and how tracking gets back to the customer.
6. Commissions and payouts: working out each seller's share and paying it on time.

Full marketplace apps cover most of these. If you pick a single-job app, you may need two or three apps working together, and each one adds a monthly fee.

Marketplace on Shopify: two things people mix up

Searches for a "marketplace on Shopify" mix two different needs:

• Letting other sellers sell in your store. That is a multi vendor marketplace, and you need one of the apps above.
• Selling your own products on other marketplaces, such as Amazon or eBay. That is what Shopify's free Marketplace Connect app does. It does not turn your store into a marketplace.

Running a multi vendor marketplace in India

Most guides on this topic are written for US stores. If your store is in India, four points change the plan:

• Shopify Collective is not available. Shopify's free app for selling other Shopify brands' products works only in 38 countries, and India is not one of them. Your store and the supplier's store must also be in the same country and use the same currency. See Shopify's requirements page.
• Check how sellers get paid. Many apps pay vendors through PayPal or Stripe. For Indian sellers, look for Razorpay or bank payouts. Webkul's Growth plan lists Razorpay, and MarketFox, a new app, lists Razorpay payouts and GST invoices.
• You may become an "e-commerce operator" under GST. A marketplace that collects payment for its sellers' sales must collect tax at source (TCS) and file Form GSTR-8 for each month it collects any. The GST portal's GSTR-8 guide explains the return. Income-tax rules also ask operators to deduct TDS on sellers' sales. Rates and rules change, so set this up with your CA before launch.
• Plan for cash on delivery and Indian couriers. Check that the app's shipping tools work with the courier companies your sellers use, and that COD orders are split correctly.

How to choose a Shopify multi vendor app

Answer these questions before you install anything. They narrow the list fast.

1. How many sellers and products will you have in the first year? Plans are priced by vendor and product limits. A 25-vendor cap is tight for an open marketplace.
2. Who ships the order: you or the seller? If sellers ship, you need order splitting and tracking sync. If you hold the stock, a consignment app may be enough.
3. How will sellers be paid, and how often? Check the payout methods and whether the app works out commissions per product or per seller.
4. Do sellers need their own page in your store? Only full marketplace apps give sellers a public profile.
5. Can you take your data with you? Make sure you can export sellers, products and orders if you change apps later.
6. Use the free trial on a test store. Add two sellers, place a mixed order, ship it and run a payout. Most problems show up in that one test.

When Shopify is not the right base

Shopify plus an app is the quickest way to start, because Shopify hosts the store for you. But every app adds a monthly fee on top of your Shopify plan, and you work within what the app allows.

• WooCommerce multi vendor plugins such as Dokan or WCFM run on WordPress. You pay for hosting and upkeep, but you control the code.
• A custom-built marketplace costs the most to start. It makes sense only when your rules (pricing, approvals, payouts, B2B terms) do not fit any app.

A good rule: start with an app and a free trial. Move to WooCommerce or custom code only when the app's limits cost you sales or time.

Questions

How does a multi vendor marketplace work?

Many sellers list their products in one online store. Customers browse and buy from all of them in a single checkout. The store owner runs the platform, sends each order to the right seller and keeps a commission or fee on each sale.

Is a multi vendor marketplace profitable?

It can be, but it is not automatic. The owner earns from commissions, seller subscriptions or listing fees and does not have to buy stock. The costs are the app fees, marketing to bring both buyers and sellers, and seller support. Most marketplaces need many active sellers before the commissions cover these costs.

What is the difference between a vendor and a seller on a marketplace?

There is no real difference. Both words mean a business or person that lists products for sale on the marketplace. Shopify apps use "vendor", "seller", "supplier" and "consignor" for much the same role.

Is Shopify good for a multi vendor marketplace?

Shopify is good for starting one quickly, because it hosts the store and handles checkout. It does not support many sellers by itself, so you need a marketplace app, and the app sets the limits on sellers, products and payouts.

How much does a Shopify multi vendor app cost?

On 13 November 2026, full marketplace apps started at about ₹2,821 a month (Webkul) to ₹4,608 a month (Puppet Vendors and Shipturtle), as the App Store shows them in India. That is on top of your Shopify plan. Free plans exist only with small limits, such as 5 vendors.

Can I use Shopify Collective in India?

No. Shopify Collective works only for stores in its 38 supported countries, and India is not on the list. Stores in India need a third-party multi vendor app instead.

What is Webkul, and how much does it cost?

Webkul Software is the company behind Webkul MultiVendor Marketplace, one of the oldest multi vendor apps on the Shopify App Store, launched in 2015. Its Starter plan cost about ₹2,821 a month on 13 November 2026, with a 15-day free trial.

What is a multi vendor solution?

A multi vendor solution is the software that lets many sellers sell through one store. On Shopify it is an app. On WordPress it is a plugin, and some businesses build their own.