Shops Overview

Shops are the easiest way to build a quick ordering-ordering solution for your clients. Learn more about the different types of commonsku Shops.

On this page:

Benefits of creating a shop

Marketing Shops

Pop-Up Shops

Company Shops

Shops roadmap

Shop fees

FAQ

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!
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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

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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.

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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

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Shops roadmap

Not sure what shop is right for your client? Click here!

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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.

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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.

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