Apps Reimagined with Apryse: Artisan Marketplace

In today’s instalment of our blog series reimagining popular platforms using Apryse technology, we’re tackling an ecommerce platform. Specifically, the type of platform that sells artisan and custom goods, such as clothing and jewelry.

With Apryse’s document processing toolkits for web, mobile and server applications, we offer a comprehensive set of capabilities for any application.

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When a developer thinks about building an ecommerce site for artisan goods and crafts, effective document processing capabilities may not be the first thing on the whiteboard. But documents power business processes, and Apryse SDK capabilities go beyond the basic PDF viewer. Let’s take a look at how our tools could benefit this platform.

WebViewer is a JavaScript Document SDK designed to maximize flexibility and scalability, providing all the document processing functionality your web application requires. Compatible with all frameworks and browsers, WebViewer delivers the highest quality rendering, conversion, and document manipulation capabilities through a single, customizable component. Supporting PDF, Office, CAD, images, videos, and websites, it's fully featured out of the box.

Many users turn from traditional shopping experiences such as brick-and-mortar and online megaretailers to artisan goods for gifts, as custom crafts and handmade items offer a more personal touch. To support these shoppers, gift guides can help present ideas for different profiles, such as “Gifts for Golfers” “Mother’s Day Gifts” or “Valentine’s Day for Her” guides.

By presenting this information in a polished PDF format, creators can provide additional product information to customers in a consistent, stable format. Guides in PDF format can also be shareable and downloadable.

By bringing PDF gift guides into the platform with Apryse WebViewer, users can view curated gift guides directly on the site, in an experience that includes zoom, search and page navigation, without leaving the page. Embedded links can take shoppers directly to product listings.

In addition to presenting guides, provision could also be made for creators to edit the PDF guides directly in the platform, keeping product listings or pricing up-to-date, for example.

With PDF gift guides, creators and platform curators benefit from enhanced engagement, improved conversion and a mobile-friendly, accessible experience.

Handmade and customized products, such as clothing, jewelry and commissioned art involves sizes and specifications, sometimes requiring communication between the artisan and the customer to align on the project.

With document viewing built into the platform, information such as size charts, material guides, and care instructions can be embedded seamlessly into product or store pages, simplifying the shopping experience. With document editing and annotations, plans and even CAD files can be easily shared between artisans and customers, to get the vision just right. The WebViewer SDK even includes measurement of CAD drawings.

With enhanced product information and customer communication, creators can improve customer satisfaction and reduce returns or errors.

ECommerce platforms don’t just serve shoppers. They serve as a portal for the creators and artisans to do business, including backend and administrative tasks such as invoices, tax documents, material ordering, and other documents. Effective document tools built into the platform make it a one-stop experience for sellers, with benefits such as:

Allowing creators to preview, annotate, and manage documents within a dashboard. Enabling secure sharing of invoices or contracts with buyers or collaborators. Supporting version control, document security and digital signatures.

By streamlining workflows and reducing the need for third-party tools, WebViewer makes this ecommerce platform more user-friendly for sellers.

If you’re interested in getting started with WebViewer, which is the SDK highlighted in this article, check out these resources:

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If you’re ready to get started with WebViewer for your project, contact us:

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