Ever wondered how you can build a multi-vendor e-commerce marketplace like Aliexpress, Amazon, eBay etc using WordPress?
Look no further. Here are the 10 best minimal WooCommerce themes that will help you build a multi-vendor marketplace seamlessly.
1. Teta – WooCommerce WordPress theme
Teta is a highly featured, next-gen e-commerce theme for WordPress. It has a very modern and minimal design and layouts that make websites feel like a marketplace. The theme is also very fast, cross-browser supported and responsive to all devices. Even though it’s a fairly new theme, it made its spot in this list because of the amazing designs and all the essential features that an e-commerce website and marketplace needs.
Reasons for choosing:
- Very modern and minimal design
- Fully compatible with Dokan multi-vendor plugin
- Elementor Page Builder support with built-in header and footer builder
- 10+ unique product cards design to choose from
- 12+ Product details page layouts
- Includes a very advanced search engine
- Has essential features like offcanvas and dropdown shopping cart, free shipping threshold, sticky add to cart in product pages, quick view and sales/deals countdown
- Optimized for mobile devices
- Very fast page loading. Scored A+ on GTMetrix
Suitable for: Multi-vendor marketplaces of any niche and e-commerce websites selling fashion, clothing, technology and electronics products.
2. Electro Electronics Store WooCommerce Theme
Electro is a robust and flexible WordPress Electronics Store WooCommerce theme. It is an amazing piece of theme and one of my all time favorite because of it’s modern and sleek designs, highly customizability and fast page loading. This is the perfect theme for building a multi-vendor marketplace because it has all the layouts( vertical menu, primary top menu ) that gives an ecommerce website the vibe of a marketplace. That’s why it has become one of the best selling themes and a market leader in WooCommerce themes category.
Reasons for choosing:
- Built for marketplace type websites
- Very modern and minimal design
- Fully compatible with Dokan multi-vendor plugin
- Elementor and WPBakery Page Builder support
- Dedicated Mobile UI feels like an app.
- Very fast page loading. Scored A+ on GTMetrix
Suitable for: Multi-vendor marketplaces of any niche and e-commerce websites selling technology and electronics products.
3. BabyBo – Baby Shop and Children Kids Store WordPress
Babybo is a WooCommerce theme for building marketplaces and stores selling kids and baby products. If you want to build a marketplace that sells kids and baby products only, this is the perfect theme for you. The theme is highly customizable, responsive, SEO optimized and has amazing homepage, shop and product details page designs that really makes your website feel like a baby/kid products marketplace.
Reasons for choosing:
- Built for marketplace type websites
- Very modern and minimal design
- Fully compatible with Dokan multi-vendor plugin
- Elementor Page Builder support with 24+ custom widgets
- Mobile responsive designs
- The page loads very fast.
Suitable for: Multi-vendor marketplaces and e-commerce websites selling kids and baby products, toys
4. Elessi – WooCommerce AJAX WordPress Theme
If you want to start a fashion and clothing brand, Elessi is a very good option. The theme has a very minimal design and uses Ajax to improve the user experience. The theme is conversion focused and includes tools to increase sales and attract customers’ attention. My most favorite thing about Elessi is that they have done a lot of improvements to the checkout page. It’s super easy and fast for customers to complete checkout with Elessi.
Reasons for choosing:
- Built for marketplace type websites
- Very modern and minimal design with 38+ concept designs
- Fully compatible with Dokan multi-vendor plugin
- Elementor Page Builder support
- Multiple product card and details page designs to choose from
- Includes a lot of conversion focused elements
- A re-imagined distraction free checkout that will increase your sales
- Stunningly mobile responsive, feels like using an app not a website.
- The page loads very fast.
Suitable for: The theme is built as multi-purpose but it’s best suited for fashion, clothing and electronics brands.
5. Metro – Minimal WooCommerce WordPress Theme
Metro is an amazing minimal theme for starting your next fashion and clothing brand. The theme follows the motto of easy navigation for the users. That’s why, the menus are positioned in both horizontal and vertical positions to let your customers find the products faster. Theme theme also includes amazing support for structured data schema that helps you to show data in the search engine to stand out from other search results.
Reasons for choosing:
- Built for marketplace type websites
- Very modern and minimal design
- Fully compatible with Dokan multi-vendor plugin
- Elementor Page Builder support
- Multiple product card designs to choose from
- Inlcudes some amazing premium plugins with the bundle
- Passed the mobile-friendly test by Google
- Responsive designs for mobile, tablets and computers.
- Fast page loading speed
Suitable for: Multi-vendor marketplaces and e-commerce websites selling fashion and clothing products.
6. Marketo – eCommerce & Multivendor Marketplace Theme
Marketo is another theme built for multi-purposes. This theme can be used for any niche from fashion to vehicle parts marketplaces. The theme has a very unique and minimal design. It’s highly customizable and the code is also high quality that enables you to extend the theme on your own. The theme is also officially compatible with a wide range of plugins.
Reasons for choosing:
- Built for marketplace type websites
- Very modern and minimal design
- Fully compatible with Dokan multi-vendor plugin
- Elementor Page Builder support
- Highly customizable with multiple header and footer designs
- Responsive designs for mobile, tablets and computers.
- Fast page loading speed
Suitable for: The theme was developed with multi-purpose considerations. But it’s best suited for multi-vendor marketplaces and e-commerce websites selling fashion, clothing, and electronics products.
7. Emarket – Multipurpose WooCommerce Theme
Want to start a multi-vendor marketplace that sells everything on a website like Amazon, eBay and Aliexpress? Emarket has got you covered! This theme is highly customizable and has all the features to let you start a global marketplace.
Reasons for choosing:
- Built for marketplace type websites
- Very modern and minimal design
- Fully compatible with Dokan multi-vendor plugin
- Elementor Page Builder support
- Highly customizable with multiple header and footer designs
- Responsive designs for mobile, tablets and computers.
- Fast page loading speed
Suitable for: The theme was developed with multi-purpose considerations. It can be used to develop multi-vendor marketplaces in any niche.
8. Nest – Grocery Store WooCommerce WordPress Theme
Want to build a marketplace that really looks like a marketplace? Then Nest WooCommerce Theme is an awesome choice for you. The theme has a very minimal design. The theme has an amazing combination of colors which will enchant your users. With the growing organic food industry, this theme will give you great powers to start your own organic food marketplace locally and internationally.
Reasons for choosing:
- Built for marketplace type websites
- Very modern and minimal design
- Fully compatible with Dokan multi-vendor plugin
- Elementor Page Builder support
- Multiple shop page layouts to choose
- Advanced menu system including mega-menu
- Responsive to mobile, tablet and computer devices
- Very fast page loading. Scored A+ on GTMetrix
Suitable for: This theme can be used to develop multi-vendor marketplaces of any niche. You will just need to change the graphics targeted to your niche. Saves a lot of time if you are into online organic food e-commerce.
9. Druco – Elementor WooCommerce WordPress Theme
Druco is a very unique WordPress theme for selling parts of cars, bikes and any transportation vehicles. The designers and developers has done an amazing job with the theme. If you are into selling vehicle parts, this is an amazing option considering that you won’t get a lot of themes that are built with this niche into consideration.
Reasons for choosing:
- Built for marketplace type websites
- Very modern and minimal design
- Fully compatible with Dokan multi-vendor plugin
- Elementor Page Builder support
- Responsive to mobile, tablet and computer devices
- Very fast page loading rating
Suitable for: This theme is best-suited for marketplaces and e-commerce websites selling parts of cars, bikes and any other transportation vehicles.
10. Tijarah – Digital Marketplace WooCommerce Theme
After seeing the list of all these themes, you may say, “Shohan, all of these themes are great and all. But they are targeted for physical products. I want my marketplace to sell digital products like software, themes, plugins etc. Can I do that with WordPress?”. The answer is yes!!! You can build a marketplace for selling digital products using the Tijarah digital marketplace with ease. Even though you won’t find a lot of themes in this category, you only need one to get your job done and this theme is capable of helping you launch the business in just a few hours that you have been thinking to start all this time
Reasons for choosing:
- Built for digital marketplaces selling softwares, themes and plugins
- Very modern and minimal design
- Fully compatible with Dokan multi-vendor plugin
- Elementor Page Builder support
- Responsive to mobile, tablet and computer devices
- Very fast page loading rating
Suitable for: Building multi-vendor marketplaces and e-commerce websites for selling digital products like softwares, web apps, themes and plugins.
Conclusion:
All of these themes were used by me and tested before writing this blog post. These are really some very high-quality themes. All of these themes can be used for building a multi-vendor marketplace that sells anything on the website. But I tried to explain which themes are best suited for a specific niche based on the design. Hope it was helpful for you. If you have any questions, anything to add or just want to give your opinion, you are welcome to add comments.