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title: Set up a Marketplace
slug: set-up-a-marketplace
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createdAt: 2024-01-19T00:45:44.787Z
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**Who can do this:**

- Anyone with Marketplace, MP Marketplace, and MP Vendors permissions
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After you've added your vendors and their offers, you're ready to build one or more marketplaces. As shown in [this diagram,](docId:7M-ussEfm4vSCvQppBxae) you can mix and match vendors between marketplaces. 

# Start a new Marketplace 

If you have offers for different employee groups within the same vendor, create a separate marketplace for each employee group. 

To start a new marketplace:

1\. Go to **Marketplace** ➤ **Marketplaces **and click **Add. **

- This opens a **New Marketplace **window.

![](https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/UvIid87QOyOAFNtwAJwuq/f0gH0KnoyOEj46m-AKjv8_screenshot-2024-04-25-at-156.png)

# Set up a Marketplace

Set up how you want your marketplace to appear and choose your vendors.

To do this:

1\. [Open a new Marketplace](docId\:EaPCXA03VbJZdLy_y5UQO) and give it a name, icon, and optional background image.

2\. By default, **Select vendor** is already selected. Keep this selected.

3\. In the** Add vendors **section**:**

- Tick the **Vendors** you want to include.
- Tick **Show inherited** to access vendors above your admin level. 
- Unselect **Show inherited** to access the vendors at your level.

All offers tied to the selected vendors will appear in the marketplace.

![](https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/UvIid87QOyOAFNtwAJwuq/bn2unKBleirIvVU_LOHsX_screenshot-2024-05-14-at-507.png)

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**Why am I not seeing some vendors? **

You might not see the vendors you expected, if:

- The individual vendors were not enabled. See [enable or disable an item.](docId\:KKtzKKlo5hi0x1cQf6XqQ)
- The vendors were assigned to specific groups or user tags. If so, only their designated admin and the top-level admin will be able to access them. 
- You lack the MP vendors (visible) permission. 
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4\. If you want, select **Group vendors into categories.**

- This organizes your vendors into categories, aligning with those you assigned to your offers. This prevents you from being able to manually sort them.

5\.  Tick **Featured** to bump a particular vendor to the top of the list. 

- In a featured vendor, the vendor's full blurb is included in the menu, below the tagline.

6\. Optionally, tick **Lowercase title fonts**. If unselected, the default is uppercase.

7\. Fill in the remaining [common sections](docId\:ceoUiF4_lCm4I65KxXKX5) and click **Save**.

The marketplace is published according to the dates you selected.