CS-Cart Multi-Vendor

Judgement

What it is

Complete system

What it does

Self-hosted PHP marketplace software with vendor storefronts, commissions, split payments and admin panels, sold under a one-time licence.

Adopt it when

A small team wants to own and host a multi-vendor marketplace on a budget and has PHP skills to customise it.

Watch out

You carry hosting, security patching and add-on compatibility yourself.

Ready for

Production-ready

Runs as

Self-hosted server and cloud service

Built with

PHP and MySQL

What the license allows

Closed source: you use it under the maker's terms and cannot change or resell the code.

Judged on 2026-11-03 from the maker's description and Wikipedia. The license and age lines are worked out directly.

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