Your store. Your hosting. Your rules.
Download Merkantor and install it on your own hosting. Your data stays on your own server, and Merkantor takes no commission from your sales.
Your own hostingNo Merkantor commissionYour data stays with you
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Is your store really yours?
On rented e-commerce platforms your store runs in your name but not on your server. Monthly fees, sales commission and platform lock-in start shaping your decisions over time.
Rented platform
A dependent model- The store runs on the provider’s server
- A monthly platform fee is paid
- A commission is taken from your sales
- Data is held on someone else’s server
- Leaving the platform means rebuilding the store
Merkantor
Ownership model- The store runs on your own hosting
- The software is licensed per domain
- Merkantor takes no commission from sales
- Your database and customer data stay with you
- Because the files are yours, moving is your decision
Data control
Your store lives on your own server.
Products, orders, customers and store settings live in the database on your hosting — not on Merkantor’s server.
- The database is created in your own hosting account
- Files sit in your own directory
- Backing up, exporting and moving are up to you
Installation
If you can install WordPress, you can install Merkantor.
The setup wizard checks your hosting requirements itself and names anything that is missing. You do not need the terminal, SSH or Composer.
Upload the ZIP package
Extract the files
Hosting is checked
Connect the database
The store is ready
The admin panel you land on when installation finishes.
Update safety
What happens if an update is interrupted?
This is the moment people fear most when running software on their own server: the power goes out, the connection drops, the server times out.
Merkantor to the last working version rolls back.
The store is selling normally.
Files and database are copied, then tested to confirm they restore.
The signature is verified, files are written, the database is updated.
The power goes out or the server times out.
Recovery runs before the software boots and restores the backup.
Visitors never see a half-installed store.
Local infrastructure
Built for selling in Türkiye.
Payments, shipping, e-invoicing and legal texts were built around the systems used in Türkiye. Real payments have been taken through iyzico and Stripe; the code for the rest ships with the product and verification in each provider’s environment is still under way.
Payments
- iyzico · real payments taken
- Stripe · real payments taken
- PayTR supported
- PayPal supported
- Havale / EFT
- Cash on delivery
Shipping
- Yurtiçi Kargo supported
- Aras Kargo supported
- MNG Kargo supported
- Manual tracking number
E-invoicing and legal texts
- Nilvera e-invoicing supported
- Distance sales contract drafts
- Privacy notice drafts
- Pre-information form
- Delivery and shipping terms
- Cookie policy
Para birimi
Selling in Turkish lira and pricing in foreign currency can be used together.
Arama motoru
Sitemap, meta title and description, redirects and SEO-friendly product URLs.
VAT and price display
VAT rates are set per product and shown consistently in the storefront and the cart.
Features
The tools a store needs, in one panel.
From adding a product to taking an order, from coupons to legal texts, store management sits in one interface.
Product management
- Products
- Kategori
- Marka
- Varyant
- Stok
- Low-stock alerts
- Product images
Sales
- Sepet
- Kupon
- KDV
- Shipping
- Order statuses
Customer accounts
- Registration
- Sign-in
- Adres defteri
- Order history
Pazarlama
- Product reviews
- Puanlama
- Abandoned carts
- Kupon sistemi
Arama motoru
- Sitemap
- Meta title
- Meta description
- Redirects
- SEO uyumlu adresler
Sistem
- Hosting health check
- Update system
- Automatic rollback
- Licence system
Writing assistant
It drafts text for a product description. You edit and approve what it writes; it is not an AI that runs your store.
Engineering
Tahmin etmiyoruz. Test ediyoruz.
Merkantor’s critical paths are re-checked on every release by more than 1,500 automated test cases. Cart maths, order flow, installation and updates — the parts of a store that must not stop — are tested again on every change.
How it works
Four steps from package to store.
01
Paketi indirin
You download the ZIP package for your licence.
02
Upload to your hosting
You upload and extract it with a file manager or over FTP.
03
Complete the wizard
The server is checked, the database is connected, the licence is entered.
04
Run your store
You add your products and set up payment and shipping.
Hosting compatibility
Is your hosting ready for Merkantor?
Merkantor was built to run on shared hosting. After installation your server can be re-measured from the panel, and each check shows the test it rests on.
- PHP 8.3 or newer
- MySQL veya MariaDB
- Apache, Nginx ya da OpenLiteSpeed
- No SSH required
- No Composer required
- No cron required
Hosting compatibility
Overall: workingSample report. Real values are measured on your own server during installation.
Comparison
The difference between the two models.
Which model suits you depends on your volume and your technical preference. The difference shows up under these headings.
| Topic | Rented platform | Merkantor |
|---|---|---|
| Hosting | The provider’s server | Your own hosting account |
| Data control | The provider’s database | Your own database |
| Sales commission | Varies by platform | Merkantor komisyon kesmez |
| Installation model | You open an account | ZIP indirilir, sihirbazla kurulur |
| Domain ownership | The domain is tied to the platform | The licence is registered to your own domain |
| Lock-in | Changing platform means rebuilding the store | Because the files and data are yours, moving is your decision |
Payment providers’ own commissions and service fees sit outside this table.
Get started
Run your store by your own rules.
Install Merkantor on your own hosting. Keep your data with you.
Your own hostingNo Merkantor commissionYour data stays with you
Price and licence model
Bought once, with no annual payment. Agency and reseller plans are on the pricing page.
See the prices