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Title: Multi-Vendor Music Marketplace (WordPress/EDD or Dokan) — Stripe Connect Payouts Budget: $2,500 base, up to $3,000 for stretch goals | Project type: Fixed-price milestones (not hourly) Overview: I'm building a website where independent artists, record labels, and beatmakers/composers can sell music downloads and compilations directly to buyers. This is a self-serve multi-vendor marketplace — sellers need their own accounts to upload and manage their own catalog, set their own prices, and each sale needs to automatically split payment between the platform and the seller. I also need to run the site's own blog/news content, upload promotional videos, feature a curated homepage music player, and sell my own music directly through the same system. Core Requirements ($2,500): Platform: WordPress-based, using either Easy Digital Downloads (with a frontend vendor submission add-on) or Dokan/WC Vendors on WooCommerce. Please recommend which fits better for a digital music marketplace specifically and briefly explain why. Vendor accounts: Artists/labels/beatmakers can register, log in, and upload their own tracks/compilations, set prices, and manage their listings from a frontend dashboard (no admin access needed). Payouts: Automatic commission splitting via Stripe Connect (Express accounts) — buyer pays once, platform commission and seller payout split automatically. Please confirm you've implemented this before, not just Stripe's standard checkout. Audio previews: Buyers shou