MarketConnect

WHMCS MarketConnect lets you resell high-quality products like website builders and email security services to your customers through WHMCS.

MarketConnect in the WHMCS Admin Area.

You can activate and configure WHMCS MarketConnect at Configuration () > System Settings > MarketConnect.

Activating and using MarketConnect requires the Manage MarketConnect admin permission.

What is MarketConnect?

WHMCS MarketConnect is a platform that makes it easy to resell products from leading service providers with almost no additional effort. When you start selling a WHMCS MarketConnect product, WHMCS configures products, sets up automation, and adds merchandising content, landing pages, and promotions to your Client Area.

Service Providers

DigiCert SSL Certificates in MarketConnect

Each WHMCS MarketConnect service provider offers a separate portfolio of available products to sell.

You can click Learn More under each service provider listing to view more information, a product list, and the provider’s pricing structure.

Activate MarketConnect

To get started with MarketConnect, you will need to:

1. Connect to WHMCS Marketplace.

Logging in to MarketConnect

To use MarketConnect, you must first link your WHMCS installation and your WHMCS Marketplace account.

To do this, click Login/Create Account in the top-right corner.

For step-by-step instructions, see Activate MarketConnect.

2. Deposit funds.

You must deposit funds with your WHMCS Marketplace account before you can start selling MarketConnect products.

For step-by-step instructions, see Deposit Funds.

3. Choose and activate products to sell.

Information about 360 Monitoring in MarketConnect

You can choose products from any MarketConnect service provider and configure pricing and other product settings to suit your business. To view more information about a product, click Learn More.

Activate the desired products by clicking Activate Now.

Activating SSL certificate sales through MarketConnect

WHMCS will automatically set up the necessary products and addons and add promotions and landing pages to the Client Area.

For step-by-step instructions and more information, see Start Selling MarketConnect and the information below.
MarketConnect requires you to add the USD currency at Configuration () > System Settings > Currencies.

Manage Service Providers

You can configure active products and their associated promotions by clicking Manage for that service provider.

Managing Products for marketgoo in MarketConnect.

Each service provider offers specialized configuration options:

  • The Overview tab contains basic information about the service provider. For some service providers, this tab also includes a menu of accounts that admins can log in to using SSO.
  • The Products tab contains a list of all of the available products. You can enable or disable individual products, view pricing information, and set your selling price.
  • The Promotion Settings tab allows you to enable and disable Client Area and shopping cart promotions.
    For more information, see MarketConnect Promotions.

    Managing Products for marketgoo in MarketConnect.
  • The Other Settings tab includes the following settings:
    • Enable Auto Assign to Addons to automatically add the service provider’s services to your applicable products as possible addons.
    • Enable Landing Page Links to add navigation links for the service provider’s landing page to the Website & Security menu at the top of the Client Area.
    • For applicable products, you can also choose whether to include the free or trial plan for that product by default with eligible purchases.
For step-by-step instructions to configure products and pricing, see Start Selling MarketConnect.

Premade Merchandizing Content

When you activate a service, WHMCS automatically sets up Client Area landing pages and promotions.

You can also customize or extend Client Area promotions, landing pages, and order forms through template modifications and hooks. For more information, see Promotion Customization.

Landing Pages

WHMCS ships with premade landing pages for each MarketConnect product. Each landing page includes sales information, branding assets, and direct access to order the product.

The landing page for Web.com Site Builder in the Client Area.

  • You can preview the landing page before activating a service provider by choosing the Activate tab and then clicking Preview in the displayed list.
  • After you activate the service provider, your customers can access landing pages in the Website & Security menu at the top of the Client Area.
For more information, see MarketConnect Landing Pages.

Promotions

A promotion for 360 Monitoring in the Client Area.

Each service provider includes promotions that will appear in the shopping cart and Client Area.

  • The available promotions depend on the products that you have enabled.
  • You can configure the available promotions in the Promotion Settings tab when you manage a service provider.

MarketConnect Orders

When your customers place MarketConnect orders, they use the same functionality as any other order within WHMCS.

For more information about orders in WHMCS, see Order Management.

Placing Orders

In the Admin Area, you can place orders normally at Orders > Add New Order.

Configuring a MarketConnect product in the shopping cart

In the Client Area, customers can place orders using the product’s landing page. They can then choose a MarketConnect landing page option (for example, clicking Buy Now) to go to the shopping cart for service configuration.

The configuration options depend on the product and service provider.

After configuration, customers can complete checkout using the normal process.

Viewing and Managing Orders

MarketConnect orders appear in the list at Orders > List All Orders.

Managing a MarketConnect order

All MarketConnect products have fully-automated provisioning that begins immediately after payment processing, or you can manually activate orders before payment.

  • Clicking Addon in the Item column allows you to perform various module commands.
  • The commands that you can perform depend on the product and service provider.
For more information, see the service provider’s documentation.

Last modified: October 7, 2024