Greetings members of Solidus community, I'm interested in building a multivendor marketplace using Solidus Gem. There is not so much information, shared experience, in comparison mainly to Magento or Woocommerce. It would be great for someone with experience with Solidus to share how it was making a similar app with Solidus, what to avoid, and be aware of. I'm looking for a fast, reliable, and secure build with customizable capabilities. - What to choose Solidus or Spree? For me, it seems the Solidus is a more modern and updated version of Spree. - If I use Solidus can I just use only certain features as perhaps Shipping or other features and the rest implement by myself? - Does Solidus handle the Order lifecycle automatically or how does it work? Does the same apply to the Product lifecycle? - Is it possible for a seller to choose in which countries he wants the product to be shipped? Is payment by cash also an option? - Is there an option for the App owner to take a commission from Sales? - Does Solidus provide an API for headless marketplaces? - Is Solidus easy to grasp? A friend of mine is RoR experienced dev, but he never worked with Solidus before. Would he be able to achieve the multivendor marketplace? Thanks for your time

Hi @Martin Ch, • Yes, IMO Solidus is more modern and updated compared with Spree. • Yes, you can customize Solidus using just certain features and implement the other feature on your own • Solidus order lifecycle is split is different step. The order uses a StateMachine and you can move the state to other state under certains conditions. • Multi vendors are not supported on Solidus by default, but you can use https://github.com/solidusio-contrib/solidus_paypal_marketplace to achieve this goal • 🔝 • Yes, Solidus provides an API for headless marketplace

And https://github.com/boomerdigital/solidus_marketplace for inspiration maybe 🙂