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Which marketplace platform is right for you in 2025?

Shipturtle vs CS Cart

The multi-vendor marketplace model is reshaping eCommerce, giving brands and entrepreneurs the tools to scale, diversify, and create new revenue streams. But with so many platforms available, choosing the right one is critical for your marketplace's growth and operational efficiency.

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Both Shipturtle and CS Cart are robust, modern solutions for building and scaling a multi-vendor marketplace. The best choice depends on your business model, technical resources, and growth ambitions.

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Feature-by-Feature
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Both platforms empower businesses to launch, manage, and scale multi-vendor marketplaces with ease. However, differences in integration, automation, pricing, and user experience can have a significant impact on your business.

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Getting Started

Build on Shopify, easy marketplace setup

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  • Set up your online store on Shopify.
  • Install the Shopify Marketplace Creator App.
  • Launch your marketplace.

Hire a developer to set up your marketplace

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  • Signup for CS-Cart Multi-Vendor.
  • Buy a domain.
  • Register a hosting service.
  • Upload and install the Multi-Vendor installation package.
  • Start setting up your marketplace through code.

Overview

Empower Your Vendors, Grow Your Marketplace with Shipturtle

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  • Shipturtle caters to B2C, C2C, and B2B marketplaces that offer Products, Services, Digital products, and more.
  • It is a popular no-code tool, white-labeled, offering monthly updates and full backup.
  • It is an extension of the world's most popular website platforms like Shopify.
  • The marketplace is typically launched within 2 days.
  • Built for scale and large vendors with features like vendor connect, bulk listing management, integrated shipping, and invoicing.

Powerful, But is it Right for You?

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  • Enjoys higher brand recognition due to its longer presence in the market.
  • Launching your marketplace requires technical expertise for installation, configuration, and maintenance. It can be a barrier for non-technical users and may take weeks, if not months.
  • CS-Cart is a good tool for creating a marketplace, but third-party add-ons intended to provide additional customization often fall short.
  • CS-Cart has limited functionality for product marketplaces. You might encounter challenges with order tracking, shipping label generation, and integrations crucial for product sales.
  • Building a multi-vendor marketplace using CS-Cart is comparable to building a house with half a dozen contractors that never interact with each other and never see the same blueprint!

Security, Scalability and Support

Built to Scale, Open to Your Vision

  • Shipturtle offers complete democracy, unlimited scale, security, and backups.
  • Detailed change logs at order and product levels offer traceability.
  • Open APIs, documentation, and unlimited chat support.
  • Super easy and friendly for marketplaces at scale.

Hidden Costs of CS-Cart

  • CS-Cart offers Google account integration for admin authentication, adding an extra layer of security compared to traditional password logins.
  • The self-hosted platform requires you to handle server management, security, and updates, adding an extra layer of complexity.
  • User reviews often cite performance issues with high traffic or extensive data.
  • While CS-Cart offers one-year upgrade licenses, be prepared to spend a lot of money on updates.
  • Moreover, you can't just buy the features you need.
  • If a feature you want is in a higher plan, you have to upgrade the whole package, even if you don't need everything else in it.

Why Shipturtle + Shopify is the winning combination

Effortless, No-Code Launch

Effortless, No-Code Launch

Go live in hours with drag-and-drop tools—no technical skills needed.

Massive App Ecosystem

Massive App Ecosystem

Access 10,000+ Shopify plugins and global network of experts.

Secure & Reliable Hosting

Secure & Reliable Hosting

Shopify manages hosting, security, and compliance automatically.

Unified Vendor & Admin Dashboards

Unified Vendor & Admin Dashboards

Shipturtle leverages Shopify's intuitive interface, so both vendors and admins can easily manage products, orders, and payouts.

Optimized for Conversions

Optimized for Conversions

Proven high-converting checkout, fast loading, built-in trust signals.

24/7 Global Support

24/7 Global Support

Round-the-clock support from both Shopify and Shipturtle teams.

Seamless Customer Journey

Seamless Customer Journey

Intuitive, mobile-optimized storefronts and checkout experience.

High-Converting Checkout Experience

High-Converting Checkout Experience

Shopify's checkout is fast, mobile-optimized, and secure, helping boost conversions and customer satisfaction.

Order Management

Automate, Customize & Grow

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  • Shipturtle offers extensive features for customizing checkout, order management, and shipping.
  • Complete Automation, and integrations with order management systems and shipping services.
  • Shipment tracking, invoicing, pickup facility, and returns management.
  • Support for digital products, WhatsApp integration, and reverse bidding.

Limited OMS & Shipping Functionalities

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  • Limited integrations might restrict your shipping options and flexibility.
  • Lacks built-in label generation, potentially adding complexity for vendors.
  • Lacks functionality to handle returns and non-delivered orders.
  • Relies on 3rd party apps for shipping integrations.
  • Users have reported bugs and bad support on CS Cart's own forum.

Product & Vendor Management

All-in-One Vendor Management

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  • Comprehensive Vendor management dashboard comprising Vendor onboarding, detailed analytics, custom vendor permissions, customer chat, reviews, and mobile access.
  • VENDOR CONNECT feature gives Marketplaces a two-way ability to sync with the vendor's feeds on Shopify, Amazon, etc. Inventory is kept in sync, orders are pushed to their OMS, and listings are updated automatically.

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Feature-rich Product Management for Vendors

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  • Vendors can tailor product fields, create single or bulk listings, and utilize templates for consistency.
  • Automatic inventory updates and quick edit options enhance efficiency.
  • Approval flows maintain quality control.
  • Support for product variants, mandatory fields, and private label products.
  • Subscription and booking product options.

Restrictive Vendor Management

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  • CS-Cart offers vendor profiles and dashboards. Allows you to collect subscription fees from vendors to allow access to your marketplace.
  • Limited inventory sync options with vendor websites.
  • Require customization for granular control of features and modules available to different vendors.

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Slow Uploads, Manual Work

  • CS-Cart has all the basics in place, but can become restrictive as your marketplace grows.
  • Listing products can be slower for vendors, especially when dealing with bulk uploads or multiple variants.
  • Offers limited options for customizing product fields and data feeds. This can make it difficult to cater to specific industry needs.

Payout Management

Flexible Payouts & Commissions

  • Any payment gateway can be used on the website giving the ability to choose and negotiate costs.
  • Payouts via Stripe and Paypal.
  • Robust rules-based engine where commission can be set based on product, vendor, category, or globally. Flexibility to treat product price, taxes, shipping, and discounts separately.
  • Payout can be controlled to factor in delivery, returns, and refunds.

Spend More for the Same Functionality

  • Features like commission rates based on categories are only available in higher tiers. This means limited options for customization and potential roadblocks to future growth.
  • CS-Cart might require additional tools or manual effort for efficient reconciliation.

Website Interface

Take Advantage of Shopify Ecosystem

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  • Shopify powers 4.5+ million live stores and Woocommerce even more.
  • Even the lowest plans are fully customizable from a design standpoint. Dev support from thousands of agencies and freelancers.
  • 13000+ app ecosystems include critical integrations with CRMs, Loyalty apps, Social platforms, POS systems, accounting software, and shippers.
  • Best-in-class conversions, one-click checkouts.
  • Shipturtle has seamless integration with platforms like Shopify providing a 1-minute install, instant sync, and full compatibility. Its open APIs can also integrate with a headless architecture or custom-built websites.

‍Limited Options, Limited Growth?

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  • 11,000+ historical websites built (source: builtwith). Clean UI to manage your marketplace.
  • Customization is available only on the top plan via a closed developer community.
  • Pricing plans are restrictive on several parameters like revenue, products, vendors.
  • Mobile app source code is available only on top-tier plans.

Pricing

Most Affordable Multi-Vendor Marketplace on Shopify

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  • Shipturtle charges $149 per month. Add $79 for Shopify charges to make the comparison like to like. (estimated for a marketplace receiving 5000 orders).
  • Both Shopify and CS-Cart charge payment processing charges via Stripe that is ~$0.30 + 2.5% per order.
  • Detailed and extensive published feature set with minimal needs for any customization.
  • Guaranteed to go live within 2 days using out-of-the-box configs.
  • Shopify and Woocommerce have the world's easiest drag-and-drop interfaces with a developer community of millions.

High Development Cost, Limiting Growth?

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  • CS-Cart's pricing structure includes both the website and the marketplace. It is recommended to write requirements to them since unlike Shopify+Shipturtle, there is no way to set it up quickly and try it for a few weeks and confirm a fit.
  • Their subscription costs $295 per month + customizations + PG charges. Alternatively, you can buy their code for $6600 that comes with 1 year of free updates.

Features

Shipturtle

Nautical Commerce

Platform Integration

Plug-and-play with Shopify, WooCommerce, Magento. Vendor site sync and APIs for custom needs.

API-first and headless. Ideal for custom integrations and developer teams.

Setup & Onboarding

No-code setup and vendor self-onboarding. Launch in hours with minimal friction.

No-code builder available; deeper configurations may need technical support.

Vendor Management

Dedicated vendor portals with product, pricing, and shipping control. Supports self-service.

Solid tools but more reliance on API-based configuration for advanced workflows.

Why Shipturtle + Shopify is the winning combination

Effortless, No-Code Launch

Effortless, No-Code Launch

Go live in hours with drag-and-drop tools—no technical skills needed.

Massive App Ecosystem

Massive App Ecosystem

Access 10,000+ Shopify plugins and global network of experts.

Secure & Reliable Hosting

Secure & Reliable Hosting

Shopify manages hosting, security, and compliance automatically.

Unified Vendor & Admin Dashboards

Unified Vendor & Admin Dashboards

Shipturtle leverages Shopify's intuitive interface, so both vendors and admins can easily manage products, orders, and payouts.

Optimized for Conversions

Optimized for Conversions

Proven high-converting checkout, fast loading, built-in trust signals.

24/7 Global Support

24/7 Global Support

Round-the-clock support from both Shopify and Shipturtle teams.

Seamless Customer Journey

Seamless Customer Journey

Intuitive, mobile-optimized storefronts and checkout experience.

High-Converting Checkout Experience

High-Converting Checkout Experience

Shopify's checkout is fast, mobile-optimized, and secure, helping boost conversions and customer satisfaction.

Order & Inventory Management

Dedicated vendor portals with product, pricing, and shipping control. Supports self-service.

Solid tools but more reliance on API-based configuration for advanced workflows.

Shipping & Fulfillment

200+ carrier integrations, label automation, and zone-based logic.

Core functionality included; fewer integrations and shipping automation.

Commissions & Payouts

Flexible commission settings with automated Stripe/PayPal payouts.

Advanced logic possible, but setup can be time-consuming without tech help.

Scalability & Flexibility

Built to scale for global D2C, B2B, or hybrid marketplaces. Minimal dev dependency.

Highly scalable for enterprise-level use cases with strong technical teams.

Support & Community

Live chat, Whatsapp support, weekly product updates, and detailed documentation

Email/ticket-based support; smaller support community.

Pricing & Value

Starts at $49/month with transparent pricing and startup discounts of 50%

Starts at $59/month, but enterprise plans can go above $1500/month.

Shipturtle:fast, flexible,
and built for growth

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    Seamless Integration: Instantly connects with Shopify, WooCommerce, and Magento, making it ideal for brands already on these platforms or seeking a rapid, no-code launch.
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    Vendor Experience: Vendors get dedicated dashboards for managing products, inventory, and orders, reducing admin workload and empowering sellers.
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    Automation & Sync: Automates order splitting, shipping label generation, and real-time inventory sync—even across vendor websites for cross-channel selling.
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    Shipping Power: Integrates with over 100 carriers, automates shipping labels, and offers real-time tracking—streamlining fulfillment for multi-region marketplaces.
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    Monetization: Set commissions at multiple levels and automate payouts via Stripe or PayPal, making financial management seamless.
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    Collaboration Ready: Supports both dropshipping and collaborative commerce, enabling curated marketplaces and direct brand partnerships.
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    Pricing & Value: Transparent, affordable plans starting at $49/month, with a 50% startup discount and free trial for risk-free evaluation.
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    User Feedback: Highly rated for ease of use, feature set, and responsive support; praised for helping startups and scaling brands alike.

Made by us, loved by them!

My only regret is not finding Shipturtle sooner

We recently onboarded with Shipturtle, and my only regret is not finding them sooner! We had previously tried other multi-vendor service providers, but they were a complete disappointment. In contrast, working with Shipturtle over the past month has made my job significantly easier. It took me a little time to understand the app’s functionality—not because it was complex, but simply because I hadn’t gone through the provided reading material. Once I did, everything became much clearer. Their robust support service and AI chatbot are also game-changers, helping to resolve most queries effortlessly. If you're planning to build a multi-vendor marketplace, look no further—Shipturtle is the way to go!

Yash Nathvani

Yash Nathvani

Covera
Capterra Rating
5 Star Rating

Simple, clean, and easy to use

Simple, clean, and easy to use. There were issues at the start but I expect them with anybody trying to launch a new app/new features. Overall it solves for what they stand for.

Nikhil

Nikhil

Capterra Rating
5 Star Rating

customer service is very responsive

"... ShipTurtle worked with me to determine and create custom solutions for my business and was upfront about any associated costs... their customer service is very responsive... the integrations and automatic shipping tracking functionalities are incredibly convenient and useful... "

Britney Gibilisco

Britney Gibilisco

Localee
Capterra Rating
5 Star Rating

auto sync of my vendors' inventory

"... I needed a solution to convert my vendors' currency into mine, a feature no other marketplace solution offered... I required automatic synchronization of my vendors' inventory (and product prices) with mine... Shipturtle developed an efficient solution for this …“

Tuomo Juvonen

Tuomo Juvonen

Sasskistore
Capterra Rating
5 Star Rating

solution to cater all shipping needs

"Shipturtle is more than just a shipping tool; it's a comprehensive solution that caters to all shipping needs. Its ability to work with aggregators while offering unique features like COD reconciliation is unmatched. The efficiency and cost savings it brings to the table are phenomenal."

Darshana Dahiya

Darshana Dahiya

Leheriya
Capterra Rating
5 Star Rating

Shipturtle is pretty straightforward

Just found Shipturtle and already excited by the prospect of using it long-term! This has opened a new realm of possibilities for my business and it is pretty straightforward and easy to use so far.

Connie Xu

Connie Xu

Fur Elise Pets
Capterra Rating
5 Star Rating

My only regret is not finding Shipturtle sooner

We recently onboarded with Shipturtle, and my only regret is not finding them sooner! We had previously tried other multi-vendor service providers, but they were a complete disappointment. In contrast, working with Shipturtle over the past month has made my job significantly easier. It took me a little time to understand the app’s functionality—not because it was complex, but simply because I hadn’t gone through the provided reading material. Once I did, everything became much clearer. Their robust support service and AI chatbot are also game-changers, helping to resolve most queries effortlessly. If you're planning to build a multi-vendor marketplace, look no further—Shipturtle is the way to go!

Yash Nathvani

Yash Nathvani

Covera
Capterra Rating
5 Star Rating

Simple, clean, and easy to use

Simple, clean, and easy to use. There were issues at the start but I expect them with anybody trying to launch a new app/new features. Overall it solves for what they stand for.

Nikhil

Nikhil

Capterra Rating
5 Star Rating

customer service is very responsive

"... ShipTurtle worked with me to determine and create custom solutions for my business and was upfront about any associated costs... their customer service is very responsive... the integrations and automatic shipping tracking functionalities are incredibly convenient and useful... "

Britney Gibilisco

Britney Gibilisco

Localee
Capterra Rating
5 Star Rating

auto sync of my vendors' inventory

"... I needed a solution to convert my vendors' currency into mine, a feature no other marketplace solution offered... I required automatic synchronization of my vendors' inventory (and product prices) with mine... Shipturtle developed an efficient solution for this …“

Tuomo Juvonen

Tuomo Juvonen

Sasskistore
Capterra Rating
5 Star Rating

solution to cater all shipping needs

"Shipturtle is more than just a shipping tool; it's a comprehensive solution that caters to all shipping needs. Its ability to work with aggregators while offering unique features like COD reconciliation is unmatched. The efficiency and cost savings it brings to the table are phenomenal."

Darshana Dahiya

Darshana Dahiya

Leheriya
Capterra Rating
5 Star Rating

Shipturtle is pretty straightforward

Just found Shipturtle and already excited by the prospect of using it long-term! This has opened a new realm of possibilities for my business and it is pretty straightforward and easy to use so far.

Connie Xu

Connie Xu

Fur Elise Pets
Capterra Rating
5 Star Rating

Quick and easy platform to use

They have helped me run my rental C2C marketplace and allowed constants chats with the team to get new development features. Quick and easy platform to use

Luke Taskiran

Luke Taskiran

Subletsy
Capterra Rating
5 Star Rating

Absolutely love the features and support

I am running a multi vendor marketplace for creative hand crafted products using Shipturtle. Absolutely love the features, flexibility and support provided by the team during and after onboarding. It allows us to onboard new designers who list their products on our site, and it handles orders and commissions for them in a seamless manner.

Tanmay Shah

Tanmay Shah

Capterra Rating
5 Star Rating

professional and always willing to help

"The team at ShipTurtle is professional and always willing to help when I need it. They have done a lot of custom work for me, and broke my expectations for their custom capabilities. I would recommend their platform over all other marketplace apps on Shopify. Lastly, their customer service team deserves 5 stars."

Jonathan Patterson

Jonathan Patterson

PRX Market
Capterra Rating
5 Star Rating

C2C and Small Vendor Solution

"... I had a vision to launch a business that would include 3 different kinds of vendors: C2C sellers, small business vendors and on-demand printing/manufacturing vendors. I was starting completely from scratch... I launched my business last month... They have gone above and beyond to help me succeed..."

Nicole DeBoom

Nicole DeBoom

eNDe Project
Capterra Rating
5 Star Rating

The team at Shipturtle is professional

"The team at Shipturtle is professional and always willing to help when I need it. They have done a lot of custom work for me, and broke my expectations for their custom capabilities. I would recommend their platform over all other marketplace apps on Shopify. Lastly, their customer service team deserves 5 stars."

Snehal Burhade

Snehal Burhade

Ecolo.Store
Capterra Rating
5 Star Rating

convert your store into a marketplace

The Shipturtle team have created a great platform to help convert your store into a marketplace. There's a lot of tricky decisions through implementation and they've been responsive and really helpful to us at ArtisanBox to get up and running.

Simon Cliffe

Simon Cliffe

ArtisanBox
Capterra Rating
5 Star Rating

Quick and easy platform to use

They have helped me run my rental C2C marketplace and allowed constants chats with the team to get new development features. Quick and easy platform to use

Luke Taskiran

Luke Taskiran

Subletsy
Capterra Rating
5 Star Rating

Absolutely love the features and support

I am running a multi vendor marketplace for creative hand crafted products using Shipturtle. Absolutely love the features, flexibility and support provided by the team during and after onboarding. It allows us to onboard new designers who list their products on our site, and it handles orders and commissions for them in a seamless manner.

Tanmay Shah

Tanmay Shah

Capterra Rating
5 Star Rating

professional and always willing to help

"The team at ShipTurtle is professional and always willing to help when I need it. They have done a lot of custom work for me, and broke my expectations for their custom capabilities. I would recommend their platform over all other marketplace apps on Shopify. Lastly, their customer service team deserves 5 stars."

Jonathan Patterson

Jonathan Patterson

PRX Market
Capterra Rating
5 Star Rating

C2C and Small Vendor Solution

"... I had a vision to launch a business that would include 3 different kinds of vendors: C2C sellers, small business vendors and on-demand printing/manufacturing vendors. I was starting completely from scratch... I launched my business last month... They have gone above and beyond to help me succeed..."

Nicole DeBoom

Nicole DeBoom

eNDe Project
Capterra Rating
5 Star Rating

The team at Shipturtle is professional

"The team at Shipturtle is professional and always willing to help when I need it. They have done a lot of custom work for me, and broke my expectations for their custom capabilities. I would recommend their platform over all other marketplace apps on Shopify. Lastly, their customer service team deserves 5 stars."

Snehal Burhade

Snehal Burhade

Ecolo.Store
Capterra Rating
5 Star Rating

convert your store into a marketplace

The Shipturtle team have created a great platform to help convert your store into a marketplace. There's a lot of tricky decisions through implementation and they've been responsive and really helpful to us at ArtisanBox to get up and running.

Simon Cliffe

Simon Cliffe

ArtisanBox
Capterra Rating
5 Star Rating

Which platform should you choose?

Choose Shipturtle if:

Shipturtle is a no-code marketplace app that works with leading e-commerce platforms like Shopify & Woo-commerce.

B2C, C2C, and B2B marketplaces have access to various out-of-the-box configurations for shipping, calendar booking, vendor sync, and subscriptions. Unlike CS-Cart, Shipturtle is completely no code. It is fast, user-friendly, and cost-effective with a launch time of under 2 days and a monthly subscription of ~$200.

Vendors get the ability to sync their software feeds, manage products, fulfill orders, and receive payouts across 1000s of transactions in minutes.

Choose CS Cart if:

CS-Cart is a self-hosted platform and is popular with enterprises who want total control over their marketplace. It requires coding and technical expertise to set up. Go live is 3 months at the minimum. It makes it unsuitable for startups, non-tech founders, and small businesses.

The biggest drawback with CS-Cart is that the website needs to be created with CS-Cart’s store builder. The store cannot even remotely compare with platforms like Shopify & Woocommerce in terms of design, speed, and conversion.

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