Sokobuni Collective

Turn your community
into a marketplace

Give every vendor their own dashboard to manage products, orders, and earnings. You control commissions, moderate reviews, and grow the collective. All on your own domain.

Architecture

Three dashboards, zero friction

Every Sokobuni Collective ships with a customer storefront, individual vendor dashboards, and your admin oversight panel. All connected, all on your domain.

Storefront

Your customers

  • Browse products from all vendors
  • Checkout with M-Pesa & cards
  • Message vendors directly
  • Leave reviews & ratings
  • Discover creators on community page

Vendor Panel

Your sellers

  • Manage products, digital goods & services
  • Fulfill orders & track earnings
  • Respond to customer messages
  • Set availability for service bookings
  • View sales analytics & reviews

Admin Panel

You, the owner

  • Approve vendors & moderate reviews
  • Set commission rules per vendor
  • Track marketplace revenue & payouts
  • Manage vendor requests & products
  • Oversee all orders & analytics

Marketplace infrastructure

The hard parts of multivendor, already solved

Vendor Onboarding

Vendors register, complete their profile, and wait for your approval. Once approved, they manage their own catalog, pricing, and fulfillment. Zero hand-holding required.

Flexible Commissions

Set flat fees, percentage cuts, or hybrid rates (e.g., 10% + KSh 50) per vendor or globally. Commission lines auto-calculate on every order. Track pending vs. paid commissions in real time.

Automatic Order Splitting

When a customer buys from three vendors in one cart, the order automatically splits into three vendor-specific sub-orders. Each vendor fulfills their portion independently.

Customer-Vendor Messaging

Built-in conversations between customers and vendors. Ask about sizing, request customization, or discuss service details. All within the platform, with SMS notifications for new messages.

Vendor Profiles & Community

Each vendor gets a public profile page showcasing their products, bio, category, and customer reviews. Plus a dedicated community discovery page where shoppers browse all vendors.

Reviews & Moderation

Customers rate products and vendors. You moderate before publishing. Build trust through transparent, verified reviews across the marketplace.

Vendor Requests

Vendors submit requests for product approvals, payout requests, or profile changes. You review and approve from the admin panel with notes and timestamps.

Three Product Types Per Vendor

Every vendor can sell physical goods, digital products with licensing, and bookable services. A fashion designer sells clothes, patterns, and styling consultations. All from one vendor panel.

Everything in Store

M-Pesa payments, phone/OTP auth, SMS & email notifications, Algolia search, referral program, PDF invoices, Kenya localization, Strapi CMS. All included in every Collective.

Built for communities that create together

If your organization has multiple creators who need to sell, Sokobuni Collective gives each one independence while keeping everything under your brand.

Art Collectives

Painters, sculptors, and mixed-media artists sharing one storefront with individual vendor profiles and earnings.

Cultural Organizations

Showcase your community's fashion, music, photography, and craftsmanship to the world with proper attribution and vendor earnings.

Cooperatives

Member-owned marketplace where each cooperative member manages their products and earnings, with transparent commission tracking.

Incubators & Hubs

Launch a marketplace for your portfolio of emerging brands. Track each brand's performance, set individual commission rates, and scale your impact.

From idea to marketplace in 5 steps

01

Step 01

Describe your marketplace

Name, domain, vendor categories, and how you want to earn (commission structure).

02

Step 02

We provision everything

Backend, storefront, vendor panel, admin panel, CMS, payments, search. Fully automated.

03

Step 03

Invite your vendors

Send invite links via email or SMS. Vendors register, complete their profile, and you approve them from the admin panel.

04

Step 04

Vendors stock the marketplace

Each vendor uploads their own catalog. Physical products, digital downloads, or service offerings. All from their own dashboard.

05

Step 05

Customers shop, you earn

Customers browse, buy from multiple vendors in one cart, orders auto-split to each vendor, and your commission is calculated automatically.

Your community already creates together. Now they can sell together.

Vendor dashboards, commission tracking, order splitting, messaging, and a shared storefront. Ready to go.

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