Top Multi Vendor App on Shopify: Shipturtle vs Syncio

A mature multi-vendor marketplace solution

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• Shipturtle is a full-stack tool to build multi-vendor B2C/B2B/C2C marketplaces, white labeled, offering monthly updates and full backup on leading cart platforms like Shopify & Woocommerce.

• Shipturtle is built for scale and syncing large vendors with features like vendor connect, bulk listing management, integrated shipping, invoicing, and automatic payouts.

• Moreover, configurable Vendor dashboards let you work with offline vendors + more connectors like Squarespace and Magento. It comes with out-of-box functionalities to meet complex marketplace functionalities such as bookings, rentals, hyperlocal services, or C2C models.

• Shipturtle has all the capabilities to become the next Amazon Seller Central.

Powerful synchronization but what more?

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• Primarily for inventory management across different stores.

• While they have comprehensive integrations for Shopify, it is severely limiting/non-existent to do business with vendors on other carts like Magento, Squarespace, and Woocommerce.

• When you think of a marketplace plugin, you refer to Amazon Seller Central. However, Syncio marketplace is a misnomer as it lacks essential workflows like onboarding, vendor control, etc.

• Syncio offers limited merchant control, making it unsuitable for small sellers or businesses requiring advanced features. Moreover, the lack of vendor dashboards makes it unsuitable to work with vendors who do not have their own websites.

• Further, its focus on inventory synchronization restricts its capabilities for handling complex marketplace functionalities such as bookings, rentals, hyperlocal services, or C2C models.

Empowering vendors with self-service tools

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• Extremely powerful Vendor management dashboard comprising of Vendor onboarding, detailed analytics, custom vendor permissions, customer chat, reviews, and mobile access.

• The VENDOR CONNECT feature gives Marketplaces a two-way ability to sync with the vendor's feeds on Shopify, Amazon, etc. Inventory is kept in sync, orders are pushed to their OMS, and listings are updated automatically.

Store-based approach

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• Syncio primarily focuses on inventory and product synchronization between stores rather than comprehensive vendor management.

• While it doesn't offer dedicated vendor dashboards or tools like Shipturtle, Syncio can be adapted to manage vendors to a certain extent through its store connection features.

Comprehensive product management for scalability

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• Vendors can tailor product fields, create single or bulk listings, and utilize templates for consistency.

• Automatic inventory updates and quick edit options enhance efficiency.

• Approval flows maintain quality control. Support for product variants, mandatory fields, and private label products.

• Subscription and booking product options.

Basic attribute sync

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• Allows for real-time syncing of product attributes like title, description, images, tags, and more between source and destination stores.

• Offers options to hide or show synced products on the destination store.

• Can sync product variants, including price, inventory, and other attributes.

End-to-end order and shipping management

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• Shipturtle offers extensive features for customizing checkout, order management, and shipping.

• Complete Automation, and integrations with order management systems and shipping services. Shipment tracking, invoicing, pickup facility, and returns management.

• Detailed change logs at Order and Product levels offer traceability.

• Comprehensive invoicing and taxation functionalities, catering to both marketplaces and drop shippers.

Basic order forwarding and status updates

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• Syncio is not designed as a comprehensive order management solution.

• Syncio can automatically forward orders placed on the destination store to the source store for fulfillment.

• After the source store fulfills the order, Syncio can update the order status and tracking information on the destination store.

• However, Syncio does not push payments or sync shipping settings between stores.

• Syncio's limitations extend to vendors without shipping capabilities, hindering its suitability for smaller businesses.