Completed2024 – 2025

ZipinClick – Digital Marketplace Platform for Selling & Downloading Digital Products

A full-featured digital marketplace enabling authors to sell digital products with multi-gateway payments, KYC verification, commission tracking, and a complete admin moderation system.

Role: Full-Stack Developer

Client: SaaS Project

ZipinClick – Digital Marketplace Platform for Selling & Downloading Digital Products

Problem

Selling digital products online requires a platform that handles product listing with file uploads, buyer purchases with multiple payment options, seller onboarding with identity verification, commission tracking, withdrawal processing, product moderation, and a configurable storefront — all within a single cohesive system without relying on third-party marketplace platforms that charge high fees and limit customization.

Solution

ZipinClick is a self-hosted digital marketplace platform where authors create accounts, complete KYC verification, and upload digital products with previews and multiple file types. Products go through an admin moderation workflow before going live. Buyers browse products, add them to cart, and checkout using PayPal, Stripe, or Razorpay. Authors earn commissions on each sale, track their earnings, and request withdrawals through configurable payout methods. Admins manage categories, moderate products, configure payment gateways, control commission rates, and customize the homepage — all from a dark-themed admin dashboard.

Tech Stack

PHP 8.2Laravel 12MySQLLaravel BladeBootstrap 5TailwindCSS 3.1Alpine.js 3.4jQuery 3.7Vite 6.2Spatie Laravel Permission 6.17Spatie Laravel Sluggable 3.7PayPal SDK (srmklive/paypal 3.0)Stripe PHP SDK 17.2Razorpay SDK 2.9Ziggy 2.5Flasher Laravel + Notyf 2.1Laravel Breeze 2.3Pest PHP 3.8Tabler Dashboard TemplatePlyr.jsApexChartsSelect2Slick CarouselMagnific PopupTabler IconsFontAwesomeLine Awesome

Architecture

Laravel 12 Server-Side Rendered Application
Dual Authentication Guards (User + Admin)
Role-Based Access Control with Spatie Permission
Multi-Gateway Payment System (PayPal, Stripe, Razorpay)
Product Moderation Workflow Engine
KYC Verification System
Author Commission and Balance Engine
Withdrawal Request Processing Pipeline
Cached Settings System (DB → Config at Boot)
Service Layer Pattern (Order, Notification, Mail, Settings)
Form Request Validation Layer
Reusable Blade Component System
File Upload Trait with Storage Management
Database-Backed Queue, Session, and Cache
Configurable Homepage Section Management
Email Notification System
CSV Export for Withdrawal Reports

Features

• Dual authentication system (User + Admin guards)

• Role-based access control with Spatie Permission

• Multi-role user system (Buyer, Author, Admin)

• KYC verification for seller onboarding

• KYC document upload and review workflow

• Product listing with multi-file uploads

• External file source support for products

• Image, video, and audio preview with Plyr.js

• Category and subcategory management

• Allowed file types per category

• Product moderation workflow (Pending → Approved → Rejected → Resubmitted)

• Shopping cart with duplicate prevention

• Multi-gateway checkout (PayPal, Stripe, Razorpay)

• Order and transaction management

• Author commission calculation on sales

• Author balance tracking and earnings dashboard

• Withdrawal request system with configurable methods

• Withdrawal approval/rejection with email notifications

• Product reviews (1-5 stars, purchasers only)

• Product comments

• Item changelog management

• Item review history tracking

• Configurable hero section for homepage

• Featured categories section management

• Highlighted products section management

• Monthly pick products section management

• Author profile pages with product listings

• Product search and filtering by category

• Rating-based product filtering

• User dashboard with account stats

• Author sales dashboard with earnings

• Admin dashboard with platform overview

• Admin role and permission management (Super Admin, Reviewer)

• Payment gateway configuration (PayPal, Stripe, Razorpay)

• General site settings (name, email, currency, timezone)

• Commission rate configuration

• Email notifications for KYC, reviews, and withdrawals

• CSV export for withdrawal requests

• Password reset with email verification

• Responsive design with Bootstrap and TailwindCSS

• Toast notifications with Notyf

• Dark-themed admin dashboard with Tabler template

• Vite-powered asset bundling

• Database-backed queue, session, and cache

About this project

ZipinClick is a full-featured digital marketplace platform built with Laravel 12 and PHP 8.2. It enables authors to sell digital products — templates, code files, design assets, and more — while buyers browse, purchase, and download them through a seamless checkout experience.

Authors register on the platform and complete a KYC verification process by submitting government-issued identification documents (NID or Passport). Once verified by an admin, they can upload digital products with multi-file support, preview media (images, videos, audio), screenshots, tags, and pricing with optional discounts. Products enter a moderation queue where admins review and approve, soft-reject, hard-reject, or request resubmission — with email notifications at every stage.

Buyers browse products across hierarchical categories with subcategories, filter by ratings, and view product details with media previews powered by Plyr.js. Shopping cart supports multiple items with duplicate prevention, and checkout is processed through three payment gateways — PayPal, Stripe, and Razorpay — each with their own redirect-based flow and success/cancel callbacks.

After a successful purchase, the system records the order, transaction, author commission, and updates the author's balance. Authors can track their sales and earnings through a dedicated dashboard, then request withdrawals through configurable payout methods (minimum/maximum amounts enforced). Admins review withdrawal requests and approve or reject them with email notifications, with CSV export available for reporting.

The admin panel — built on the Tabler dashboard template with a dark theme — provides comprehensive platform management: role and permission management using Spatie Permission, KYC document review, product moderation, category and subcategory CRUD, payment gateway configuration, commission rate settings, general site settings, and configurable homepage sections including hero banners, featured categories, highlighted products, and monthly picks.

The platform uses a service layer pattern with dedicated classes for order processing, notifications, mail sending, and settings management. Settings are cached from the database and injected into Laravel's config at boot. The entire frontend is server-rendered with Blade templates, Bootstrap 5, TailwindCSS, Alpine.js, and Vite for asset bundling.

Challenges

Designing a dual-guard authentication system separating users from admins
Implementing a multi-step product moderation workflow with email notifications
Building a KYC verification system with document upload and admin review
Integrating three payment gateways (PayPal, Stripe, Razorpay) with unified checkout
Creating an author commission engine with real-time balance tracking
Building a withdrawal request system with configurable methods and approval flow
Implementing file type validation per category for product uploads
Managing product previews across image, video, and audio formats with Plyr.js
Creating a configurable homepage with hero section, featured categories, and product highlights
Building an admin panel with role-based access control using Spatie Permission
Implementing caching for platform settings loaded from the database at boot
Handling file storage transitions from private to public upon product approval

Results

Complete self-hosted digital marketplace platform
Multi-gateway payment processing (PayPal, Stripe, Razorpay)
Secure KYC verification workflow for sellers
Author commission and withdrawal management system
Product moderation pipeline with email notifications
Configurable homepage managed from admin panel
Role-based admin access with Super Admin and Reviewer roles
Reusable Blade component system for consistent UI
Responsive design across buyer, author, and admin interfaces
Database-backed queue and session for reliability
Admin dashboard with platform statistics and management tools
CSV export for withdrawal request reporting

GitHub · Private Source Code