Online catalogue systems
A catalogue stops being a design job the moment the range changes weekly. What you need then is a system: one place where product data lives, and everything else drawing from it.
That is what gets built. Product information held once, with the descriptions, specifications, images, prices and stock attached to it, then published out to wherever it needs to appear: your website, a customer facing catalogue, a printed price list, a trade portal and the feeds going to Google Shopping, Amazon and any marketplace you sell through.
Ordering sits on top of it. Account based pricing for trade customers, minimum order quantities, stock visibility, repeat orders and quick order by product code, so the people who buy from you every week can do it in two minutes rather than by emailing a spreadsheet.
The point of all of it is that a price change is made once. Most of the cost of running a catalogue is the retyping, and that is the part the system removes.
Online catalogue systems
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Do we need a PIM system?
You can easily update your catalogue and make changes, you are not sitting with hundreds of outdated printed copies, Any device with an internet connection, including smartphones, tablets, and blogs has instant access to your PDF catalogue.
Can it produce a printed catalogue too?
You can easily update your catalogue and make changes, you are not sitting with hundreds of outdated printed copies, Any device with an internet connection, including smartphones, tablets, and blogs has instant access to your PDF catalogue.
Will it connect to our stock system?
Catalogues allow your consumers to learn more about your entire product line offline. Business-to-consumer catalogues are handled end to end, from design through to production.
Can trade and retail customers see different prices?
Catalogues allow your consumers to learn more about your entire product line offline. Business-to-business catalogues are handled end to end, from design through to production.
What about marketplace feeds?
A brochure can easily share your key messages or may be used to introduce a new product or service. You do not have to resort to leaving a telephone book sized catalogue behind.
How long does it take to build?
More than 20 years of catalogue design, for businesses in South Africa and abroad.
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Product catalogues structured so buyers find the right item, understand it and know what to order, with consistent layouts across hundreds of product lines.
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Web application design
Web application interfaces designed around the tasks people need to complete, with user flows, a component system and developer-ready designs that scale.
Product photography
Consistent product photography for online stores, catalogues and advertising, covering every angle, detail and in-use shot a buyer needs to decide.
Desktop publishing
Manuals, reports, price lists, tenders and technical documents set up properly, so long documents stay consistent and late changes never break the layout.
E-commerce marketing
Online shop marketing that covers the whole path to purchase: product search visibility, shopping ads, stronger product pages, email and retargeting.
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Share how many products you carry, how often they change and where they currently have to be updated. That shows what the system needs to do.
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