Can each seller get paid directly?

Yes. Each member who sells connects their own Stripe account, and every card sale is charged on that account. A buyer who orders from three makers pays once, and each maker receives their own share. Each seller can also take cash and Interac e-Transfer.

Can we rent out equipment, not just sell it?

Yes. Any item can be listed for rent with a day rate, an optional week rate, a deposit and a minimum rental length. Renters pick pickup and return days on a calendar, the deposit is charged with the rent, and the seller returns it or keeps part of it when the item comes back.

Can people who aren't members buy?

Yes, once you turn on showing items on your website. Visitors check out with their name and email and follow their order through a private link sent by email. Items marked members only stay inside your community.

What does the marketplace cost?

The marketplace is included on every Kommune plan, the free plan too. Kommune's fee on card sales is 1% on Free, 0.5% on Silver and nothing on Gold, on top of Stripe's processing fee. Cash and e-Transfer sales carry no Kommune fee.

Marketplace

One marketplace, many sellers, every order looked after

For makers' markets, craft collectives, co-ops, community shops and gear libraries. Each member sells from their own shop and your community sells from its own, on one website. Buyers check out once, each seller is paid straight to their own account, and pickup, delivery, shipping and rentals all run through the same order page.

Start your free marketplace See it on a live sample site

A Kommune marketplace: handmade items from several makers with prices, a tent to rent with day and week rates, and a cart grouped by seller

What you get

Everything between the first listing and the five-star review

Kommune's Marketplace module is built for places where many people sell: each seller runs their own shop, and you set the rules.

A shop for every maker: Members sell from their own shop, and the community sells from its shop under its own name. Each listing has photos, a description, a price, a quantity, a condition and a category, and can be for members only or on your public website. Turn on approval and new listings wait for a moderator.
One checkout, every seller paid directly: The cart groups items by seller. At checkout the buyer picks delivery and payment for each seller and types their card once. Kommune charges each seller separately on their own Stripe account and only takes the money once every charge has gone through. Cash and e-Transfer work too.
Pickup, delivery or shipping: Each seller chooses how items reach buyers: pickup at an address revealed only once the order is ready, meet-ups, local delivery with a fee and the postal codes served, or shipping with a fee per extra item, free shipping over an amount and transit times. Buyers see the dates before they pay.
Rentals with dates and deposits: List a tent, a table or a tool for rent with a day rate, a week rate, a deposit and a minimum number of days. Renters pick dates on a calendar that strikes out what's already booked. Check the item back in to return the deposit, or keep part of it with a reason the renter sees.
Orders that keep both sides in the loop: Every order has a page with what happens next, messages between buyer and seller and a timeline. Pickups use a 6-digit handover code, shipped orders carry a tracking number, and an order the seller never acts on cancels itself with a full refund.
Reviews, reports and moderation: Buyers rate the seller after a completed order, and the seller can post one public reply. Buyers report problems with an order, members report listings, and moderators work through one review queue: approve listings, take items down, refund or cancel.

How it works

From a few makers to a busy market

1
Switch on the marketplace
Turn on Marketplace in your settings, choose which delivery methods sellers may offer and whether items also appear on your public website.
2
Sellers set up their shops
Each maker sets how they take payment, their delivery options, sales tax and policies, then lists their items with photos. Card sales go to their own Stripe account.
3
Buyers shop, Kommune keeps track
Buyers browse, check out and follow their orders; sellers get each order with what to do next. Reminders, refunds and receipts take care of themselves.

Use cases

See it working for a business like yours

These sample businesses run on Kommune right now. Open one, book a test appointment and look around.

Questions people ask

Works well with

Start taking bookings this afternoon

Sign up free, add your services and share your link. No credit card, and card payments go straight to your own Stripe account.

Start your free marketplace