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  Public Ticket #4023011
Woocommerce bookings is poor
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  •  55
    Anthony O Connell started the conversation

    Hi guys.

    At present I have woocommerce bookings that works with MarketKing but to be honest, my vendors find it very complicated (even though I have comprehensive documentation and video tutorials on it) and I have to say even I find it quite tricky as well at times and I have spent a lot of time with it. This is costing me vendors as they find it too difficult and reflects badly on my business as a result. In order for me to keep MarketKing going forward, is there a better alternative to woocommerce bookings? If not is it possible to custom code another booking plugin that make this work better and be more user friendly?

    Thanks.


  •  2,435
    WebWizards replied

    Hi Anthony,

     Unfortunately, at this time we don't have a direct alternative booking plugin that we can recommend that works well with MarketKing.

    While it is possible to create a custom booking solution through custom development using our developer documentation (https://woocommerce-multivendor.com/docs/developer-documentation-functions-hooks-custom-code-plugin-integrations/), this would be quite complex and would require significant development.

     

    Maybe the best option is creating some simplified documentation or video tutorials focusing only on the essential features that your vendors most commonly need?

     

    Kind regards,
    Stefan

  •  55
    Anthony O Connell replied

    Hi Stefan.

    Thanks for getting back to me.

    I have already created video tutorials and plenty of documentation to show people how to use woocommerce bookings but vendors still find it complex and lose patience and therefore I find it really difficult to keep vendors as a result and this means I need to make a decision and quickly about how to move forward.

    Previously, I had created a ticket here:


    https://webwizards.ticksy.com/ticket/3539527/

    and you had told me that FooEvents and the FooEvents Multi-Day Add-on would be compatible with woocommerce and MarketKing. Is it possible to replace woocommerce bookings with the following bundle:


    https://www.fooevents.com/bundles/bookings-bundle/ 

    The reason I am looking at this is:

    1. The booking plugin looks easier to use for vendors.
    2. I want to enable vendors to sell tickets and create events as I think this will engage vendors better.

    My developer says this is all possible but I would like your thoughts on it.

    Thank you!

  •  55
    Anthony O Connell replied

    Hi Stefan.

    I have decided to stick with woocommerce bookings for now as I have other custom integrations applied to it.

    However, I'm still interested in getting the Fooevents plugin bundle here:

    https://www.fooevents.com/bundles/premium-bundle/

    I understand from your documentation that:

    FooEvents for WooCommerce

    & 

    FooEvents Multi-day

    work with woocommerce.

    But does the other plugins:

    FooEvents Custom Attendee Fields

    FooEvents Seating

    FooEvents Calendar

    FooEvents PDF Tickets work with MarketKing?

    Looking forward to hearing back from you.

    Thanks