Enhancing Your Products with Customization
1. Introduction & Purpose
What is Customization?
Customization is a feature that allows customers to personalize products before placing an order. This enhances the shopping experience, adds a personal touch to products, and helps increase conversion rates.
Benefits of the Customization Feature
- Enables sellers to offer personalized products (names, images, colors, fonts, etc.).
- Allows customers to preview their customized products directly on the website.
- Automatically generates print-ready files to send to manufacturers, reducing errors and saving processing time.
- Supports sellers in expanding their product catalog without the need for mass production.
2. Common Use Cases
From apparel to home decor, the Customization feature works seamlessly across numerous product types. Some common use cases include the following:
- Apparel: Customize t-shirts, hoodies, and footwear with names, images, or personal messages.
- Accessories: Engrave jewelry, keychains, wallets, and more.
- Home & Decor: Personalize mugs, canvas prints, pillows, clocks, and artwork.
- Digital Products: Design notebook covers, phone cases, wallpapers, and more.
The system provides a real-time preview of customized products, enhancing the customer experience and ensuring their order meets expectations before purchase.
3. Key Components & How to Use Them
3.1. Products
- Sellers must select product types that support customization.
- The system allows the creation of customizable variants (color, size, etc.).
- A single product can have multiple templates and one option set, providing extensive customization possibilities.
3.2. Templates
- These templates come with predefined layouts, enabling customers to personalize content within set boundaries.
- Each template may include various customizable elements such as images, text, and colors.
- A product can have multiple templates, allowing sellers to offer different design styles.
3.3. Option Sets
- These define the customization options available for a product.
- Each option set can include the following:
+ Text Input: Allows customers to enter names, quotes, or other text.
+ Drop-down Menu: Enables selection from preset options (e.g., size, style, material).
+ Swatch Selector: Displays color or pattern choices for customers to select.
+ Image Upload: Allows customers to personalize their products by uploading custom images.
Depending on the product type, sellers can combine multiple options within an option set to enhance personalization options for customers.
3.4. Support Libraries
Image Library
- Store images that sellers can use for product customization.
- Helps sellers pre-upload graphics or illustrations for customers to choose from.
- Integrated with Templates and Option Sets: Allows quick access to stored images without re-uploading them for each product.
Color Library
- Enables sellers to create preset color palettes for their products.
- Supports brand consistency or seasonal color themes.
- Integrated with Option Sets and Templates: Simplifies color selection for specific product parts that customers can customize.
Font Library
- Allows sellers to set available fonts for text customization.
- Only fonts in OTF and TTF formats are supported, ensuring seamless integration and optimal rendering.
- Sellers can upload custom fonts or use system-provided options.
- Integrated with Option Sets: Ensures predefined fonts are available for customers to select when adding text.
