By default, Multi-Vendor is tailored for cases when vendors ship their products by themselves, separately from each other. The money for shipping goes to vendors. Vendors determine the shipping cost and the shipping methods.
This approach is easier on marketplaces. Especially those marketplaces that are just starting and can’t handle shipping for all their vendors.
However, some marketplaces work differently. They collect the products from all vendors first, and only then ship the whole order to customers. Some of the marketplaces even have their own vans for delivery. Naturally, the money for shipping should go to the marketplace in this case.
A marketplace may even offer both types of shipping. Some vendors ship on their own, and others rely on the marketplace. To address this, Multi-Vendor has an add-on called “Order fulfillment by marketplace”.
See this video to learn how Order fulfillment by marketplace works.
