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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Commerce Layer

    Score10 out of 10
    N/ACommerce Layer is a headless commerce platform and order management system that enables users to add global shopping capabilities to any website, mobile app, chatbot, or IoT device. It is a CMS that can be used to create shoppable content through its API on a global scale.

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    Dokan

    Score9.3 out of 10
    Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
    Dokan offers a front-end multi-vendor marketplace on WordPress, powered by WooCommerce. According to the vendor, the product enables you to build your own Amazon, Shopify, eBay, Magento-like marketplace in just 30 minutes. FEATURES Marketplace with Independent Stores Frontend Dashboard For Each Seller Earn From Each Sale Product Management Reports (Pro Feature) Coupon Management (Pro Feature) Manage Product…N/A
    Pricing
    Commerce LayerDokan
    Editions & Modules
    Growth
    $649
    per month (annual commitment)
    Enterprise
    Custom
    Startup
    Free
    100 orders/month included, then $0.90 for any extra order
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Commerce LayerDokan
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    Commerce LayerDokan
    Online Storefront
    Comparison of Online Storefront features of Commerce Layer and Dokan
    Feature
    Commerce Layer
    -
    Ratings
    Dokan
    6.8
    1 Ratings
    14% below category average
    Product catalog & listings00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Product management00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Bulk product upload00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Branding00 Ratings6.01 Ratings
    Mobile storefront00 Ratings5.01 Ratings
    Product variations00 Ratings5.01 Ratings
    Website integration00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Visual customization00 Ratings6.01 Ratings
    CMS00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Online Shopping Cart
    Comparison of Online Shopping Cart features of Commerce Layer and Dokan
    Feature
    Commerce Layer
    -
    Ratings
    Dokan
    5.0
    1 Ratings
    42% below category average
    Checkout user experience00 Ratings5.01 Ratings
    eCommerce Marketing
    Comparison of eCommerce Marketing features of Commerce Layer and Dokan
    Feature
    Commerce Layer
    -
    Ratings
    Dokan
    9.0
    1 Ratings
    16% above category average
    SEO00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    eCommerce Business Management
    Comparison of eCommerce Business Management features of Commerce Layer and Dokan
    Feature
    Commerce Layer
    -
    Ratings
    Dokan
    7.8
    1 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Order processing00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Inventory management00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Shipping00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Custom functionality00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
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    Commerce LayerDokan
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    Score10 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
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    Shopify
    Score8.7 out of 10
    Enterprises
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    IBM Digital Commerce
    Score9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Commerce LayerDokan
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Commerce LayerDokan
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Commerce Layer
    Commerce Layer is a great choice, if you want to build a tailored system. The flexible API allows to build all kinds of applications around commerce, but you also need to deep dive a bit into the structure. If you want to set up a simple store and sell a few SKUs, you're probably rather a Shopify customer, but if you want to build great customer experiences and tailer the software to your business, Commerce Layer is a very good choice.
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    weDevs
    Dokan is a multi-vendor marketplace. It is usually good for small mom-and-pop shops with less than 1000 items.
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    Pros
    Commerce Layer
    • Flexibility
    • True headless (based on MACH principles)
    • Integrated sales/shipments solution
    • Seamless integration (extensive API, webhooks, etc.)
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    • Intuitive back-end functions.
    • User-friendly front-end interface.
    • Bug fixes and improvements are done often and regularly.
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    Cons
    Commerce Layer
    • Specific POS features are on the roadmap (we're using now a market per store, which works but creates some issues with it)
    • Payment flexibility (as we're using it fully as a POS solution)
    • Flexibility in order editing after approval of order
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    weDevs
    • Sign-up procedure could be more explanatory for vendors.
    • Sign-up validations could be improved.
    • Support for multi-currency and multilingual shops needs to be improved.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Commerce Layer
    Commerce Layer is at the core of our operations
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    weDevs
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    Usability
    Commerce Layer
    The new apps are great, but in our case, we built so specific functionalities around it that we built our own admin tool. Based on the complexity (especially for after sales processes), no off the shelf tool would have been able to do this.
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    weDevs
    Compared to other similar multi-vendor marketplace platforms, Dokan has much more features and easier to use and manage.
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    Support Rating
    Commerce Layer
    We're in regular contact with Commerce Layer and regularly also discuss issues directly with the tech team
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    weDevs
    The support needs to be improved as some of the support representatives do not seem to understand the client's request and keep sending canned responses.
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    Implementation Rating
    Commerce Layer
    The Commerce Layer data model is very flexible, which also creates a certain complexity. It's important to understand how the data model works and how relationships between them are built.
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    weDevs
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    Alternatives Considered
    Commerce Layer
    Real headless solution, fully SaaS. In comparison to all other solutions, Commerce Layer has an integrated order management which is lean, but very flexible. With all other solutions, we would have needed a separate OMS which would have increased both the complexity and the cost of the solution.
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    weDevs
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    Return on Investment
    Commerce Layer
    • Reduction of support staff by 2/3 as we could implement a full self-service solution
    • 1-2 days faster delivery of glasses to customers due to automated lens ordering (built into Commerce Layer)
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    weDevs
    • Positive impact on small to medium shops.
    • Needs good advertisement and features to get large shops to sign up.
    • Needs more bulk product import and management features.
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