Title: Creating a network/multi-author store
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Creating a network/multi-author store

 *  [mbfruia](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mbfruia/)
 * (@mbfruia)
 * [10 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/creating-a-networkmulti-author-store/)
 * I have a “vision” of what I am trying to create, but I am new to WP and everything
   that I can do with it. From what I have found, all of the functions I am looking
   for are available independently, but I need to know which plug-ins will work 
   with each other to accomplish my goals.
 * I am working on creating a “marketplace/LMS” website (think Etsy, where members
   can create their own storefront and sell).
 * Basically, this is what I want for my website:
 * Tutors/teachers can become a member, where they can create their own “storefront”.
   I’d like them to be able to create and sell their own courses, allow their clients
   to see their schedule and book their services, and for them to sell any physical
   and/or digital goods from their storefront. In addition, I’d like for my website
   to earn commission on the sales of their courses, bookings, and goods, each time
   they are sold.
 * I found solutions for the LMS with course creation and commissions from those
   sale (Learn Dash). I have also found a bit about running a multisite, Front End
   Submissions, Commissions, and EDD Downloads as Services.I have NOT yet found 
   a way to integrate a scheduling feature (that takes the commission for each booking).
 * Any advice for plug-ins that work well together to achieve this?

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 *  Moderator [Bet Hannon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bethannon1/)
 * (@bethannon1)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/creating-a-networkmulti-author-store/#post-6885436)
 * I know that there are a bunch of scheduling plugins, but I’m not aware of any
   of them that will take a commission off of the booking, since most of them are
   designed for service professionals (think: accountants or hair stylists) who 
   will schedule appointments and complete any $ transaction in person.
 * You might be able to set something like this up with some plugins that would 
   restrict user access to the scheduling option until payment is made first. You
   could probably do this with a combination of something like Gravity Forms and
   Restrict Content, and then the scheduling plugin.
 * Just fair warning: WP Multisite can be complicated. If you are new to WP and 
   also don’t have a code/server background, you might need to find someone to help
   you set this all up and fix issues that arise along the way.
 *  Thread Starter [mbfruia](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mbfruia/)
 * (@mbfruia)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/creating-a-networkmulti-author-store/#post-6885477)
 * Thank you, Bet, for your detailed answer! This has been very helpful.

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## Tags

 * [commissions](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/commissions/)
 * [front end submissions](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/front-end-submissions/)
 * [learn dash](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/learn-dash/)
 * [marketplace](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/marketplace/)
 * [multisite](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/multisite/)
 * [scheduling](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/scheduling/)

 * In: [Networking WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/multisite/)
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 * Last reply from: [mbfruia](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mbfruia/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/creating-a-networkmulti-author-store/#post-6885477)
 * Status: not resolved

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