The concept of renting items is not a new idea but it has been around use for a long period and now many things are easily available for rent online, most searches things books, dresses, furniture’s, movies, cars, bikes, heavy equipment, clothes, party wears, home appliances, electronic gadgets, toys, medical equipment etc. are also increasing day by day. But to cash this emerging demand you must have a powerful rental eCommerce marketplace with key features like a fully customizable, multi-vendor, feature for rent and sale, mobile-ready, capable to hold countless products as well users.
Yo!Rent’s peer to peer business model has made it possible for entrepreneurs to start an online renting & selling marketplace easily. Yo!Rent’s team carefully designed and developed the admin panel to easily manage renters, proprietors, products and other things.
The team made efforts order to curtail complexity and provide a crisp, clear, and comprehensive admin panel to manage. The team simplified the task of website owners by assisting with an elementary and all-inclusive panel, allowing easy access to all the rental administrative features.
Let’s have a quick concise of Yo!Rent’s admin panel:
Table of Content
| 1 | Dashboard |
| 2 | Catalog |
| 2.1 | Shops |
| 3 | Products |
| 4 | Buyers/Sellers |
| 4.1 | Manage Buyers/Sellers |
| 4.2 | Order Cancellation Requests |
| 4.3 | Seller Approval Requests |
| 5 | Affiliates |
| 6 | CMS |
| 6.1 | Collection and Navigation Management |
| 6.2 | Content Pages |
| 6.3 | Slides and Banner Management |
| 6.4 | Discount Coupons |
| 7 | Settings |
| 7.1 | Country, Zone, State, City & Currency Management |
| 7.2 | General Settings |
| 7.3 | Payment Methods |
| 8 | Order |
| 8.1 | Customer Orders |
| 8.2 | Vendor Orders |
| 8.3 | Return Requests |
| 9 | Reports |
| 9.1 | Sale |
| 9.2 | Users |
| 10 | Import/Export |
| 11 | Smart Recommendations |
| 12 | Messages |
Dashboard:
A dashboard is the index page of an online multivendor store. It indicates items that require urgent actions at the top of the page, moving into less important statistics at the bottom. As a website owner, you will be visiting this page quite frequently to check and analyze the growth of your multivendor store.
That is why the dashboard of data-wpel-link=”external”>Yo!Rent has been developed to provide all the necessary and important details like Analytics and Reports in a user-friendly manner.
FATbit focused majorly on organizations while designing this section. It makes sure that the website managers get all the vital information on a daily, weekly and monthly basis easily.
In the screenshot above, you can see the following details displayed prominently for the website owners:
- New Buyers/Sellers
- Order Sales
- New Shops
- Sales Earnings
Additionally, website owners can also see graphical statistics for the same; giving them a fair idea about the growth of their website.
Catalog
For an online rental marketplace store, the catalog is a crucial aspect of a website. It covers all the details related to Shops, Products and Product Categories. This dedicated section accounts for every detail including the product’s brand and category.
Let us take a closer look at all the options available within this section:
Shops
Managing shops and vendors is really one of the most important duties for the admin of an online multivendor store. Yo!Rent gives admins easy access to multiple vendors and shops where they can enable/disable, edit or delete a particular shop.
This dedicated section holds valuable information such as:
- Number of items in a particular shop,
- Reviews,
- Reports, and
- Status of the shop
Products:</h2
The Products section is similar to the Shop section. Yo!Rent’s admin panel allows easy access products, allowing the admins to view, edit details, or delete a particular product.
This dedicated section holds valuable information like:
- Name of the product
- For (either sale or rent)
- Sale price
- Rental price
- Commission
- Stock
- Date
- Action
Buyers/Sellers
An e-commerce platform like Yo!Rent brings these two parties together, i.e. buyers and suppliers. Therefore, this section is very important for the admin to have all the details of the buyers and sellers.
The following are some of the user-centric features:
Manage Buyers/Sellers
Users are the most important part of any eCommerce website.
This page is organized in a very simple manner that will help the admin to get all the information quickly and easily. The admin can also enable/disable, edit, change the password, delete or send an email to any user.
It gives detailed information about all the buyers/ sellers as following:
- User details (name, user id and email address)
- User type (either buyer or seller)
- User added on
- Status (either active or inactive)
- Email verified
- Balance
- Affiliate
- Subscription
- Action (disable/ login into the store/edit or delete)
Order Cancellation Requests
Nowadays, most online multivendor websites offer cancelation option with a refund policy. With this facility, consumers can return their order & request a refund in case of any issue. Online marketplaces built with Yo!Rent also get this option, making it easier for the admin to manage those canceled orders. The admin can approve or disapprove of the request based on the authenticity of the request.
The following is the detailed information available in this section:
- Order Id Number
- Buyer details
- Vendor details
- Request details
- Amount
- Date
- Status
- Action
Seller Approval Requests
FATbit incorporated the seller approval system in Yo!Rent to check the authenticity of every seller for spam-free system. FATbit added a seller approval form which is required to be filled by every seller. The admin, thus, has all the control to either approve or cancel the request based on the authenticity.
Affiliates
Yo!Rent offers an affiliate module that not only helps the website owners to increase their sales but also builds a strong brand image. Admins can check the details of any affiliate user and can also manage withdrawal requests easily.
CMS
An online multivendor website also needs a content management system to create and manage digital content. CMS lets you do all this without needing technical and design skills; making content management easy and efficient.
Also read: How is a Multivendor eCommerce Store Better Than a Regular Online Shop?
CMS section gives access to Collection and navigation management. In this section, admin can easily manage all the categories and the navigation pages. The admin can update, edit or remove a category or navigation page as per his requirement.
Content Pages
An eCommerce platform consists of both dynamic product pages and static pages like About Us, Privacy Policies, Terms & Conditions, etc. filled with quality content. Yo!Rent allows admin to add, edit or remove any content from the website.
Slides and Banner Management
With the slider section, the admin can easily enable/disable, edit or delete any slide on the website. Also, the admin can add or remove any banner image.
Discount Coupons
Buying and selling work hand in hand with discounts and coupons. Keeping their importance mind, Yo!Rent has a dedicated section in CMS, in which admin can add, remove and edit all the discounts and coupons quickly and easily.
Other important features in this section include:
- Language management
- FAQs
- Testimonials
- Return, report and cancel reasons
- Social media platform management
Settings
Settings in Yo!Rent provides ample flexibility and customization scope so that the admin can make necessary changes when required. This section has several options like commission settings, payment settings, theme settings, SMS and Email templates, database backup & server information, etc.
Country, Zone, State, City & Currency Management
Ecommerce has eliminated geographical constraints, bringing buyers and sellers together. With Yo!Rent’s dedicated location management setting, sellers can select the country or zone or any state or any city for their products to deliver. It also gives the option of choosing currency as per the seller’s requirement.
General Settings
This section is the house of all the major settings like website name, logo and
Payment Methods:
Yo!Rent focuses on reducing multiple payment issues faced by many eCommerce platforms by allowing admin to add any number of payment gateways, providing convenience to the consumers. There are more than 15 payment options available with Yo!Rent, including:
- CREDIT CARD- AUTHORIZE .NET (AIM)
- PAYPAL PAYMENTS TRANSFER
- BANK TRANSFER
- AMAZON PAY
- RAZORPAY
- STRIPE
- PAYU BIZ (INDIA)
- CASH ON DELIVERY
- PAYPAL ADAPTIVE PAYMENTS
- OMISE
- CC AVENUE
- KHIPU
- PAYTM
- CITRUS
- TWOCHECKOUT
- PAYU MONEY (INDIA)
Order:
Yo!Rent shows everything from orders to return requests on the admin’s dashboard, making it easier for the admin to manage. It segregates customer and vendor orders.
Customer Orders
As a business owner, it is important for you to maintain records of all the requests (like order or return) made by the customers. Yo!Rent has made it easy for the admin to manage all the requests.
Admin has access to all the important information like:
- Invoice number
- Customer name
- Order date
- Total amount and status of payment
Vendor Orders
The admin can track the process of order delivery and payment, after the vendor receives the order, in the vendor orders section. Admin also has the option to cancel the order.
Return Requests
Yo!Rent has a dedicated section for returns return that makes it easier for the admin to manage by keeping a log of all the return requests.
The dedicated page has all the information like:
- Request type,
- Amount,
- Date of the request,
- Status, and
- Name of the product
Reports
Reports and Analytics are important for a businessperson to evaluate the growth of an eCommerce platform. This section will help the admin to review the performance of his website on a regular basis. It will help the admin to make an informed decision on how the website is performing, which product category is in huge demand and such. The admin can also get information regarding sales, tax, and commission.
Sale
This section gives all the information to the admin regarding sales made on a platform.
It includes all the necessary information such as:
- Number of orders and quantity
- Subtotal
- Tax
- Shipping
- Security (in terms of rented items)
- Total
- Refunded quantity, amount, tax
- Sales earning
Users
Admins can also access key information pertaining to each user like:
- Name and email of the user
- Bought quantity
- Sold quantity
- Orders placed and received
- Purchases
- Sales
- Balance
Import/Export
This section has been included in Yo!Kart to ease out the task of importing and exporting huge data. The data can be imported or exported in various formats. It includes data from categories, products, sales, etc. The store owner can also add/edit or remove bulk data from their store.
This dedicated section will help the admin to import or export huge data in XLSX spreadsheet file format. This will help the admin to extract files easily and quickly. It includes data from:
- Categories (including category data and filters)
- Products (including product data, options, specials, discounts, attributes, filters and shipping rates)
- Option Definitions
- Attribute Definitions
- Filter Definitions
- Shipping Durations
- Shipping Companies
- Brands
- Countries
Also, it gives the admin an option to import data from XLS, XLSX or ODS spreadsheet file format.
Smart Recommendations
This is a great option that will help the users in their buying decision. With the help of smart recommendations, the admin can set recommendations of products on the basis of their recent purchase of recently viewed items. It provides a better user experience which will encourage consumers to buy, resulting in increased sales.
Messages
Many online marketplaces don’t offer the messaging option on their website. The absence of the messaging system causes a communication gap between buyers and sellers.
Keeping this in mind, data-wpel-link=”external”>FATbit has integrated a messaging section in Yo!Rent. With this feature, buyers can submit their queries anytime they want. This feature has been provided in Yo!Rent so that all the queries are fulfilled properly.
Finding the right solution is hard, but creating the right solution is even harder. It takes a lot of research, effort, and experience to know what all features a website admin would need. Running an eCommerce website is not easy. FATbit Technologies, always focus on 360-degree usability. The same reflects on how meticulously designed Yo!Rent’s admin panel is.
Source: bigstartups.co
