BazaarKit adds the marketplace features Dokan Lite leaves out — per-vendor shipping, real Stripe buyer-protection escrow, messaging, reviews. Start with a free core, then switch on only the modules you need.
Dokan Lite runs a real free marketplace — until your vendors need their own shipping, or your buyers want protection. Then you're on Dokan Pro: $149 to $999 a year, for a 40-module bundle you'll half-use.
BazaarKit unbundles it. A free core, then £5 a month per add-on, or £199 once for the lot — built out of respect for Dokan, for the marketplaces Pro prices out.
The core gives every vendor their own domestic shipping — free, forever. International delivery and everything else is a £5/month add-on you switch on only when you need it.
A feature Dokan only unlocks once you start paying for Pro (from $149/yr). Each vendor sets a flat domestic shipping price per listing; buyers pay one bundled rate per shop at checkout. No API keys, no monthly fee, works on any theme.
Hold funds on Stripe Connect until delivery, with automatic refund and chargeback reversal.
Private buyer ↔ vendor chat with make-an-offer price negotiation and image attachments.
Two-way buyer ↔ seller reviews with a single, unified store rating.
Buyer disputes, vendor responses, auto-escalation and an admin mediation queue.
In-app alerts plus a PECR-compliant email-preference centre with one-click unsubscribe.
Dokan does have a basic payout-delay — but it switches off the moment you use Stripe Connect, the rail most modern marketplaces run on. BazaarKit's escrow is built for it.
Payment is captured on Stripe Connect and held on the platform, not paid straight out to the vendor.
Funds release to the vendor once tracking is in and a buyer-protection window passes — not before.
If it goes wrong, the held or released transfer is reversed automatically — no manual untangling.
The features that matter, compared against Dokan Pro Professional ($249/yr) — the lowest tier that bundles these.
| Feature | BazaarKitfree + £5/module | Dokan Pro$149–$999 / yr |
|---|---|---|
| Per-vendor shippingVendors set their own rates | Free | From Starter ($149/yr) |
| Buyer ↔ seller messaging & offers | £5/mo | Professional — ticket-style |
| Reviews & ratings | £5/mo | Professional ($249/yr) |
| Stripe-Connect buyer-protection escrowDelivery-gated release · auto refund & chargeback reversal | Yes | Payout-delay only — not on Stripe Connect |
| Works on any theme | Yes | Yes |
| Price | Free + £5/mo or £199 lifetime, once | $149–$999 per year, every year |
Dokan Pro pricing & tiers verified at dokan.co, June 2026 (Starter $149 / Professional $249 / Business $499 / Enterprise $999 per year). Dokan's native escrow is a Withdraw-Threshold payout delay that, per Dokan's own docs, does not run on Stripe Connect or PayPal Adaptive. BazaarKit is an independent product; "Dokan" and "WooCommerce" are trademarks of their respective owners and BazaarKit is not affiliated with or endorsed by them.
Start free. Add a module for £5 a month, cancel any time — or pay once and own the lot.
Per-vendor shipping + the add-ons framework.
Switch on any one module you need.
Every add-on, forever. No renewals.
Tell us what you want it to do and we'll build and customise it end-to-end on your own site — design, vendor flows, payments, the lot. Priced on your brief.
BazaarKit grew out of Preloved Bazaar — a live UK marketplace for preloved South-Asian & Middle-Eastern fashion that we designed and built end-to-end. Per-vendor shipping, buyer-protection escrow, offers, reviews and a Vinted-style dashboard: shipped on a real site handling real money, then being packaged into modules anyone can use.
Reach us direct — usually a same-day reply, from the people who write the code.
You talk to the person who built it — not a queue, not a script.
No upgrade prompts cluttering your dashboard, and no surprise renewal walls.
A clean vendor experience your sellers actually enjoy using.
We test before we ship — no surprise regressions when you update.
The free core in five minutes. Switch on the rest for £5 — or own it all for £199.