Arcadier has everything you need to build an online marketplace. Build yours in minutes — no coding required. Engaging and interactive customisable homepage designs, custom fields for listings, external links, custom domain, CSS & JavaScript, Private marketplace, payments, multilingual, full merchant control, social media, and more.

1. TOP 18 COOL FEATURES
ON ARCADIER MARKETPLACES
PAY CLOSE ATTENTION NOW!

2. SUMMARY OF NEW FEATURES AND
UPDATES
DO YOU
KNOW?
#1 ADD IMAGE SLIDER ON YOUR MAIN IMAGE
Admin’s Portal Landing Page
This is how the time-automated slider
looks on the Landing Page! Users can
also click on the arrows to move from
one image to another manually.
If you would like to allow third-party advertising on your site,
you can upload the still image under the slider section of the
Admin Portal. It will then be blown up on your Landing Page!

3. SUMMARY OF NEW FEATURES AND
UPDATES
#2 ADD UNLIMITED HOMEPAGE PANELS*
The two types of
Customisable Panels
available now are:
Value
Proposition Call-to-Action
*Free till 16th July 2017 for Freemium users
Before
After
Value
Proposition
Call-to-Action
Under ‘Content Mgmt.’ on the Admin Panel,
select ‘Layout’, followed by ‘Homepage’. Scroll
to the bottom ‘Add New Panel’, and select
either ‘Value Proposition’ or ‘Call-to-Action’. You
can always come back to add another one!
You can add as
many panels as
you like onto your
Landing Page!

4. #3 CHANGE YOUR BUTTON COLOUR
Admin’s Portal Landing Page
Under ‘Content Mgmt.’ on the Admin Panel, click on ‘Layout’,
then select ‘Homepage’. Click the box under ‘Call-to-action
Colour’. Then, click on the palette and drag to the colour of
your choice. Don’t forget to scroll down and click ‘Save’!
This means you don’t need to specially use
Custom CSS just to change the colour of the
fonts or buttons on your marketplace!
Click here for more help in getting started
with Customising your Landing Page!

5. #4 ADD MORE CUSTOM FIELDS
Landing Page
Under ‘Content Mgmt.’ on the Admin
Panel, select ‘Custom Fields’. Click on
‘Add Field’, enter the name and type of
your field, then click ’Save’.
Admin’s Portal
Custom Listing is a feature where marketplace admins can customise
the type of item fields for sellers to fill in during the item uploading
process. It allows sellers in the marketplace to show certain
important information about the items that they are selling.
Click here for more help in with Creating Custom Fields!

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UPDATES
#5 ADD WEBSITE (URL) LINKS
Admin’s Portal Landing Page
Simply go to ’Content Mgmt.’ on the Admin Panel, then
select ‘External Links’. Insert the title and URL of the pages
you want to link your marketplace to, and click ‘Save’!
While it is not possible to merge two
different types of marketplaces together as
some users have requested, you can now
link them using our External Link function!
You can also link your blog, Wordpress or
your partners’ sites to your marketplace!

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UPDATES
#6 ADD YOUR OWN DOMAIN (URL)
Under ‘Advanced’ on the Admin Panel, select
‘Custom Domain’. Follow the steps laid out in
our step-by-step guides to connect your own
custom domain to your marketplace.
Click here for more help
with Using Custom Domain!

8. #7 EDIT CSS TO CHANGE LAYOUT (LOOK & FEEL)
DO YOU KNOW?
With the CSS Editor on your admin
dashboard, you can modify your
marketplace colours, layout, fonts
and even images! The different
themes that Arcadier offers are
done purely by CSS and
JavaScript. With this feature, you
can create your own customised
theme too!
Due to the HTML knowledge required to use the CSS Editor, we recommend
that you only use it if you have adequate technical expertise.
For more help on Custom CSS,
you may view our guide on
How to Use the CSS Editor.

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UPDATES
#8 ADD JAVASCRIPT CODES
Due to the HTML knowledge required to use the CSS Editor, we recommend
that you only use it if you have adequate technical expertise.
With Custom Javascript, you can
plug in 3rd party ready-made
Javascripts or your own custom
functions into your marketplace.
These include a foreign currency
convertor or a freight shipping
cost calculator.
DO YOU KNOW?
For more help with using Custom
JavaScript, you may look at our
guide or watch this video!

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UPDATES
#9 MAKE YOUR MARKETPLACE PRIVATE
Admin’s Portal Landing Page
Under ‘Advanced’ on the Admin Panel, select ‘Private Settings’.
Toggle the On/Off button to make your marketplace private or
public. If you have made it private, select whether only merchants
require permission to access the marketplace or both buyers and
merchants require permission. Last but not least, don’t forget to
scroll down to the bottom to click ‘Save’!
Following privatisation, there are 2
ways a user can be acquired:
1) The administrator may send an
email invitation to buyers and sellers
2) Buyers and sellers can request for
access via the Landing Page

11. #10 BRING YOUR OWN PAYMENT GATEWAY
While all Arcadier’s marketplaces are integrated with the default payment processors of Stripe and/or PayPal, you can still
add your own generic payment processor if you want! For example, you can opt to integrate both Qiwi Wallet and Yandex
Money as generic payment processors in a Russian marketplace!
Do seek assistance from a tech developer with relevant payment integration knowledge.
Under ‘Payments & Transactions’ on
the Admin Panel, select ‘Configure
Payments’. Then, click on ’Add a
custom payment method’.
After that, you will have to specify the
payment method you are adding, and
upload a logo and description for it.
Finally, you have to connect and verify
the payment method. This step requires
technical expertise, so do engage
someone with the relevant knowledge
or experience to help you!
For more details on Custom Payment, click here for a guide on Generic Payment Processors!

12. #11 MAKE YOUR MARKETPLACE MULTILINGUAL
DO YOU KNOW?
The default languages on
the Consumer and
Merchant Portal can be
two different languages!
Simply go to ’Language’ on the Admin
Panel, then select ‘Language Settings’.
Select a new language under the Drop-
down Box, then click ‘Add New
Language’.
To make any of the languages the
default language on the Consumer or
Merchant Portal, click on the ’Default’
button and click ‘Save’.
Click here for more help on Language features!

13. #12 CONTEXTUALISING YOUR MARKETPLACE
DO YOU KNOW?
If you would like to improve
the accuracy of translated
phrases, you can make use of
this same function to make
manual edits to the translated
phrases. Simply change the
language first, and carry out
the same steps!
Simply go to ’Language’ on the
Admin Panel, then select ‘Edit
Text’. Choose the page which
you would like to make manual
amendments to. Identify the
relevant section and phrasing,
before inserting your preferred
phrasing in the box to replace
the default one. Don’t forget to
click ‘Save’!
BEFORE AFTER

14. #13 LOGIN WITH YOUR OWN USERNAME & PASSWORD
If you are a new user, you now have 3 different options to get
started! If you would like to log in with your own username and
password, simply click ‘Create Account’, fill in your details
and click ‘Create Account’ again.
DO YOU KNOW?
If you are an existing user who is
logged in using Google or
Facebook, but wish to change to
using your own username and
password, you can first register
as a buyer on your marketplace.
Following which, you can email
hello@arcadier.com, stating your
request along with the following
information:
• New login username/email
address
• Existing admin login email
address (Facebook/Google)
• Marketplace URL

15. #14 LOG IN FROM ARCADIER’S HOMEPAGE

16. #15 LOGIN TO EVERY MERCHANT ACCOUNT
As admin of your marketplace, you can now log
into your marketplace merchant’s portal and
manage the merchant portal such as editing the
item listings and description.
Go to ‘User Mgmt.’ > ‘Sellers’ and click ‘Login’
to access the selected merchant’s portal.

17. #16 ADD YOUR OWN SOCIAL MEDIA HANDLES
You can add in your own social media handles on your
marketplace under ’External Links’ > ‘Footer Social
Links’. Simply add in your username to complete the link
and it will be shown at the footer of marketplace home
page.

18. #17 ADD AN SSL CERTIFICATE
OR
Arcadier offer 2 types of RapidSSL
certificates where we will upload
it to your Marketplace on our end
for you
1
You can install your own SSL
Certificate for your domain
through your admin portal under
Custom Domain tab
2
Click here for a video tutorial to add a custom domain
DO YOU
KNOW?
Adding an SSL certificate to
your marketplace makes
sure that the content of
your marketplace website is
encrypted and secure.
Simply upload your
SSL Certificate
in .pfx format and
enter the password
for this file and
click Add
Certificate.

19. SUMMARY OF NEW FEATURES AND
UPDATES
#18 CASH ON DELIVERY
Admins can make cash delivery a
payment option on the site. This
allows your buyers and sellers to
settle their payments offline
DO YOU
KNOW?
You can:
(i) Add this as a new
option for your sellers &
buyers
(ii) Make cash on delivery
mandatory to broaden
the payment options for
buyers
(iii) Make cash on delivery
the ONLY option so all
transactions are settled
offline
Only available on Retail and Goods Templates