Shops are the easiest way to build a quick ordering-ordering solution for your clients. Learn more about the different types of commonsku Shops.
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Benefits of creating a shop
Shops are the effortless way to build the most profitable online store for you and your client! No complicated inventory. No complicated purchasing methods. A frictionless experience that eliminates communication hassles, complicated ordering, and multiple data entries.
Key benefits available to all shop types include:
- Easy product selection: No more wading through PDFs and cumbersome back-and-forth with the customer.
- Easy to build: Set-up in minutes by anyone, no tech background required, make a presentation, and, with a click, you can create a shop!
- Easy to promote: Easily embed in your site, easy to share with customers.
- Easy control, easy approval: Your client chooses from pre-approved products with pre-approved artwork.
- Easy to order: Sales orders are created the instant the shopper places an order. No re-keying!
Marketing Shops
This shop helps attract new business and serves as a product search on your website. It allows the customer to upload their artwork, enter their shipping info, and create a sales order at their convenience.
You can create a Marketing Shop
- around a common theme, like tech items or eco-friendly products
- for a particular industry, like restaurants or hospitality
- with your brand messaging and share branded merch to your partners
Share a Marketing Shop by
- adding the shop link to your email signature or including it in an e-blast
- embedding the shop on your website
Pop-Up Shops
This shop allows you to combine low quantity orders into a single sales order that meets supplier minimums.
Some unique features of Pop-Up Shops are that they
- don't require you to enforce minimum quantities
- allow you to set a single retail price for each product
- enable shoppers to pay by credit card
You can create a Pop-Up Shop for:
- Employee apparel programs - Employees place their low quantity apparel orders, then you can combine them into one easy-to-produce sales order.
- Celebration gifts - Gift employees one item or allow them to order multiple items and pay for their checkout by credit card.
Company Shops
This shop features products that meet supplier minimums and are shipped to a designated location or the shopper's requested location.
Some unique features of Company Shops are that they
- enforce minimum quantities
- can have pre-defined billing and shipping details
- allow shoppers to pay by credit card
You can create a Company Shop for
- head offices that want to offer a set of pre-approved products for multiple departments or locations to order
- companies that want control of products offered to their colleagues or partners
- HR departments that need easy access to restock items, like welcome kits
Shops roadmap
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Shop fees
Shop's 2.5% transaction fee is based on the final invoice(s) subtotal, including additional product and service changes and excluding any credit card fees.
FAQ
Can I embed a shop on a website?
Yes, you can! Copy the shop's URL (in the Shop, click Actions > Preview Shop > copy the URL) and insert it into the website using an iFrame.
commonsku doesn't offer training on how to use/insert iFrames. Please refer to your website builder (WordPress, GoDaddy, etc.) or online tutorials for further instruction.