Dokan 4.0: Get Ready to Level Up!!!

The number “4” is often associated with stability, order, completion, and groundedness. It also represents hard work, practicality, organization, and dependability.

You will get the same feeling with the new Dokan 4.0 version!!!!!

Yes, you have heard it right. We are releasing Dokan 4.0, with new features, updates, fixes, and yes, with new motivations, but with the same goal:” Helping the users”.

Dokan multivendor marketplace plugin is one of the most popular marketplace plugins in the WordPress industry. With more than 50k+ active installations, Dokan is leading the charge in creating enterprise-level marketplaces of any kind.

The plugin has 45+ modules and numerous features that will help marketplace owners manage and grow their marketplace with ease.

And with the new Dokan 4.0 version, we have stepped into a new era.

Caution: Before updating to Dokan version 4.0, keep a backup of your site, and if possible, do testing on your staging site first.

Let’s find out what awaits-

How Dokan 4.0 Will Impact Users

Everything we do here at Dokan is for the customers. All the releases, updates, features, and fixes are for the betterment of the marketplace owners, their vendors, and customers.

Dokan 4.0 is the same. The new features, fixes, and updates are designed to help the marketplace owners manage their marketplace more effectively, vendors can run their stores more smoothly and customers will get a greater shopping experience.

Here’s how Dokan plugin version 4.0 will make a difference:

For Marketplace Admins:

• The new features, like Dokan AI and manual order creation, reduce the need for admin intervention, allowing admins to focus on the bigger picture while vendors manage their own orders and customer interactions.
• With a full overhaul of email templates, admins can ensure that vendors receive professional, clear communication, fostering better relationships between both parties.
• With the React UI, the Dokan marketplace is now more compatible with a wider range of themes and plugins, ensuring that admins don’t run into issues when customizing their marketplace.
• With new updates to the commission feature, the calculation will be accurate and give you the right data regarding commission.

For Vendors:

• Thanks to the React-powered dashboard, navigating through the platform will feel much more intuitive. Vendors can manage their store, products, and orders with ease, without worrying about interface lags or slow loading times.
• Vendors can now create manual orders directly from their dashboard, providing flexibility when customers place special requests or offline orders.
• The revamped reports section allows vendors to track their performance more user-friendly and visually engagingly, making it easier to identify trends and areas for growth.
• The updated tools for product subscriptions, coupons, store SEO, and announcements allow vendors to better manage their marketing strategies, enhance product visibility, and effectively engage their customer base.

Dokan 4.0 is here to make life better for users. Update your Dokan version and enjoy all the new features.

Curious to know more about the features of the Dokan 4.0 version. Well, let’s discuss them-

Dokan 4.0 Features: What’s New?

As this is a major release, we made sure we got all the major features and updates squared away in this release. We mainly focused on vendor dashboard updates, AI, and module improvements.

Let’s take a closer look at the standout features that Dokan 4.0 brings to the table:

1. Updated UI of Vendor Dashboard – Migrated with React

The Dokan 4.0 update introduces a completely redesigned vendor dashboard built on React.

React can significantly improve loading times through techniques like lazy loading, code splitting, and optimizing rendering processes. These methods allow for faster initial load times and a more responsive user experience. 

This major change brings several benefits:

• Improved Performance: Faster loading times and a more responsive interface ensure that vendors can manage their stores efficiently.
• Improved Compatibility with Themes: The new dashboard resolves compatibility issues with various themes, ensuring smooth operation no matter which theme you choose.
• Better User Experience: With a more intuitive design, vendors can easily navigate through different sections, including orders, products, and store settings.

Currently, we have updated these pages-

• Vendor Dashboard – Withdraw
• Vendor Dashboard – Shipping
• Vendor Dashboard – Store SEO
• Vendor Dashboard – Staff
• Vendor Dashboard – Announcement
• Vendor Dashboard – Coupon
• Vendor Dashboard – RMA
• Vendor Dashboard – Product Subscription
• Vendor Dashboard – Vendor Subscription.

We will gradually update the rest of the features in future releases.

2. Dokan AI- Write Attractive Product Title, Short & Long Descriptions

Dokan multivendor marketplace plugin has finally entered the AI era. Better late than never, right?

There is a reason for that. We wanted to make sure we provide the best possible experience with AI using Dokan. We didn’t want to do anything half-heartedly. You will see more AI integrations in the future.

With the new AI integration, vendors can now generate eye-catching product headings, attractive but informative short and long product descriptions.

And the most important part of this feature, it is COMPLETELY FREEE!!!

Yes, you can use this feature with the Dokan free version. Read this guide to learn how to set up AI integration with Dokan multivendor.

3. Manual Order Creation for Vendors

You asked, we listened. This is one of the most requested features from our users. Marketplace owners wanted to give vendors more control in the order management section.

With the manual order creation feature, vendors can now:

• Place Orders on Behalf of Customers: Vendors can create orders directly from the dashboard for customers who request special orders or want to place offline purchases.
• Add Products to Orders: Vendors can only add their own products to the order, which simplifies order management and ensures there’s no mix-up of products.
• Order Attribution & Backend Notes: Each order comes with an attribution section that helps vendors track the source of the order, and backend notes are visible to vendors for order tracking purposes.

This feature provides vendors with greater flexibility and control over the order process.

4. Dokan Email Templates Refactor

Vendors receive many kinds of emails from the marketplace. That includes new order creations, cancellations, orders delivered, etc.

The email templates sent to vendors have been updated to be:

• More Professional: Expect clean, modern email designs that reflect your branding.
• Clearer and More Informative: Updated templates ensure that vendors get all the essential information they need to act quickly on orders, commissions, and other important updates.
• Better Communication Flow: Clear and concise communication fosters smoother relationships between marketplace owners and vendors.

5. WooCommerce Brands Sync

We have synced Dokan with the WooCommerce brands feature. Dokan 4.0 now allows vendors to:

• Add and Manage Brands directly from their dashboard.
• Sync Brands with WooCommerce: This integration ensures a more seamless experience when managing branded products, improving visibility and SEO performance.

6. Vendor Analytics UI Refresh

The vendor analytics module is one of the most popular and used modules of the Dokan multivendor marketplace plugin. Vendors get useful insights about how customers react with their stored and take data-driven decisions.

We have updated the module’s UI.

• More Visual: Vendors can now view detailed performance data through charts and graphs.
• Easier to Interpret: Metrics like sales, revenue, and order performance are displayed in an intuitive layout, helping vendors make quick, informed decisions.
• Faster Access: The updated analytics dashboard is optimized for quicker data retrieval, allowing vendors to react swiftly to market changes.

7. Updated Commission Calculation

Dokan 4.0 brings improvements to commission calculation:

• Admin Subsidy Support: The update fixes issues with coupon-related commission calculations, ensuring accurate payouts.
• Transparent and Fairer Calculations: Admins and vendors alike can trust that the commission system now works as expected, even with complex discounts.

8. Improved Vendor Onboarding

The vendor onboarding experience has been improved to make it easier for new vendors to get started:

• Simplified UI: The new interface makes it easier for vendors to set up their store and start selling faster.
• Guided Steps: Vendors will receive clear instructions at each step, helping them avoid mistakes and get their store running smoothly.

9. Overhaul of the Vendor Reports Section

Reports are an important part of any business. Especially for a big organization like a Marketplace. The reports section provides a full overview of the vendor stores and helps them make the necessary decisions. The Dokan plugin has a report section, but it lacks some data.

That is why we have completely updated the report section of the vendor dashboard. Now, vendors can see the report with different sections like-

• Products
• Revenue
• Orders
• Product Categories
• Product Variations
• Stock
• Overall Statement

Vendors can use that report to make more informed decisions about how to run their stores more effectively.

Summary: What You Will Get With Dokan 4.0

Here are the overall updates of the Dokan Lite and Dokan Pro versions-

Dokan Lite – Version 4.0

Features:

• AI-powered Auto-Completion: Product content, including titles, short and long descriptions, is auto-generated using OpenAI and Gemini GPT models, allowing vendors to select their preferred AI provider and improving content creation speed and consistency.
• WooCommerce Brand Management: Brand assignments during product creation and editing can now be done in the Vendor Panel.
• Dokan UI Components:
  • Dokan link, button, badge, and alert components with success, warning, info, and danger variants are introduced using Tailwind utility classes.
  • A Dokan price input component, formatted according to WooCommerce settings, is created.
• Error Handling: An internal error React component is implemented for error boundaries and integrated with the Analytics feature.
• Data Stores: Product & product categories data store are introduced for better management.
• Setup Guide: A comprehensive multi-step setup guide panel is introduced for admin users to help set up the store more easily.
• Vendor Analytics: Vendor analytics are integrated with WooCommerce Analytics, providing valuable data insights.

Improvements:

• Color Scheme Update: The color scheme is migrated from ‘default’ to ‘Majestic Orange’ to improve visual consistency.
• Withdrawals: The withdrawal display is enhanced with the proper currency symbols and formatting based on WooCommerce settings.
• Button and UI Tweaks:
  • The primary and secondary button colors (text, background, border, shadow) are refined for better UI clarity.
  • The color scheme in the dummy data importer is updated to match Dokan’s brand color.
• Upgrade Modal: The upgrade modal is redesigned using ReactJS for better performance and user experience.
• UI Enhancements:
  • The Withdraw UI is modernized for a better user experience.
  • The withdraw process is optimized with reduced loading times and the withdraw management interface is revamped.
  • Error handling for withdrawal actions is improved.
• Onboarding Flow: The onboarding experience is enhanced with a more intuitive setup flow.

Fixes:

• Vendor Dashboard UI: An issue where the vendor dashboard menus (with submenus and notification counters) were breaking has been resolved.
• Product Reviews: An issue with product reviews not working from the admin panel has been fixed.

Dokan Pro – Version 4.0

Features:

• Bulk Editing with Brands: Support for import/export of products with brand data has been added to bulk editing.
• Create Order by Vendor: A new feature, Create Order by Vendor, is introduced to streamline order management.
• Vendor Reports: Vendor-specific reports are integrated with WooCommerce Analytics to provide detailed insights.
• Analytics Filter: A vendor-specific filter is introduced for the WooCommerce Analytics dashboard, enabling better segmentation of data.
• API Endpoints: Comprehensive API endpoints are introduced for vendors to manage subscriptions, view available packages, and access order history programmatically.

Improvements:

• Color Theme: ‘Purple Pulse’ is set as the new default color theme for consistency and branding.
• Modern UI Updates:
  • Vendor staff, announcement, store SEO, and RMA module are enhanced with modern UI elements to ensure a smoother user experience.
  • Button and link colors are improved based on the color customizer module settings for greater theme consistency.
• Coupon Validation: The coupon validation process has been improved with more robust error handling.
• Subscription Dashboard:
  • The vendor subscription module’s frontend dashboard is redesigned using ReactJS for better performance.
  • The subscription list view has been enhanced with better data organization and filtering capabilities.
  • Skeleton loading screens are implemented for subscription-related pages to improve perceived performance.
  • The product subscription module is re-engineered with a focus on performance and user experience.
• Withdrawals and Shipping:
  • The withdraw schedule system has been upgraded with enhanced UI and functionality.
  • The vendor coupon and shipping UI have been improved for a more user-friendly experience.
  • The table rate shipping module is re-engineered with better UI and performance.
• Vendor Analytics Renamed: The Vendor Analytics module is renamed to ‘Store Stats’.
• Live Chat: Messenger integration has been removed from the Live Chat module due to deprecation and simplification of supported channels.

Fixes:

• Subscription Checkout: An issue where PayPal and Stripe were missing during user subscription product checkout has been resolved.

A Smarter Future for Multivendor Marketplaces

Dokan 4.0 delivers an exciting suite of updates that are designed to improve the overall experience for both vendors and marketplace admins.

From a faster, more responsive dashboard powered by React to new AI tools and a customized onboarding process, this release is set to make managing your multivendor marketplace easier and more effective than ever.

With the added flexibility, improved features, and better performance, Dokan 4.0 is undoubtedly a step forward in the evolution of eCommerce platforms. Whether you’re a vendor looking for a smoother, more efficient experience or an admin trying to run a streamlined marketplace, Dokan 4.0 has the tools you need to succeed.

Ready to experience the power of Dokan 4.0? Update today and start exploring these exciting new features!