Catalog on Demand® (CoD) is a highly advanced technology that allows merchants and site visitors to self-publish custom downloadable PDF catalogs from the product data already in their store.
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This new feature will allow ProductCart merchants and their site visitors to publish on-demand custom catalogs and flyers, any time they wish, and referencing any of the store's products that they desire.
On-Demand Site Visitor Publication Formatting Options
Catalog On Demand® is a new and exciting service with plenty of power today, and many future improvements already under development. Among those improvements will be new LayoutPaks™.
The current ProductCart integration uses the Madrona LayoutPak in order to present "site visitor / on-demand" publications.
Examples of Madrona used with ProductCart stores may be viewed here and here. Be sure to click on the product images and shopping cart icons to see how your site visitors will be able to click back to your web site when viewing the custom flyer.
Madrona may be tailored to suit the messaging and color preferences of each merchant as follows:
- You company's logo will appear in the left side of the header and in the contact information box on the final page.
- You may provide your own
lifestyle image which will appear in the right side of the header.
- An optional headline message may appear in the right side of the header, in lieu of or in addition to the above-referenced header image.
- The color scheme for the alternating rows and the optional headline message in the header may be altered to meet your needs.
- An optional message (closing sales pitch) may be provided which will appear on the final page of the publication.
Administrative Controls
Within ProductCart's store admin section, we provide a configuration tool that allows the merchant to set their preferences.
- The CoD feature may be turned on or off.
- Either the long or short product description may be set as the default.
- Product options may be included or excluded in publications and CoD exports.
- "Not For Sale" items may be included or excluded in publications and CoD exports.
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Wow... Imagine the possibilities!
Watch this video to learn how easy it is for site visitors to use this exciting new feature!
Integrated with ProductCart versions 3.12 and beyond, this new feature offers almost endless potential.
From the site visitor's perspective:
Products appearing on pages such as the category or search results pages, or those appearing in the saved cart (wishlist), may be published to a PDF with the click of a button. Minutes after submitting their request, the visitor will receive an e-mail with a link to their requested PDF catalog.
From the site administrator's perspective:
The potential is even greater. Using this add-on, the merchant is able to export their product data to CoD's online database.
Within CoD's web site, the merchant may select product data for inclusion into a custom catalog. Depending upon which LayoutPak™ the merchant selects, flyers and catalogs may be published in a matter of minutes!
PDF-e-Links™:
Each of your products will contain a clickable link, allowing your potential customer to click directly to the product page in your web store.
PDF-e-Link™ reports:
Need analytics? We've got you covered! Catalog On Demand allows you to run reports listing the number of downloads of each publication, clicks per product, which products were selected for publishing, and much more.
Important Questions
Q: What will this cost?
A: You need to purchase a license ($125) and install this add-on, and purchase monthly service from Catalog On Demand.
Q: What's involved in installing this?
A: The install is very easy, requiring
about 20-30 minutes.
Installation available on request.
Some merchants may have already altered pages in their store that are affected by this mod, and not be in a position to simply drop in our pre-edited scripts. For v3.11 and beyond, we provide carefully detailed directions as to how to install our changes into the various ProductCart files.
Q: Who is already using this?
A: We have installed Catalog On Demand for ProductCart in the following stores:
A stock, non-customized version of Catalog On Demand For ProductCart
is here.
Q: Great, how do I get started?
A: Easy. Purchase this mod by clicking the "add to cart" button below, and sign up for Catalog on Demand here.
As soon as we receive your order, we will e-mail the zip file to you.
