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Publish a High-Converting Digital Catalog Online

Create shoppable product catalogs to build a dynamic and engaging online shopping experience. Boost conversions with easy-to-add interactive elements such as GIFs, videos, shop-now buttons, links, and more.

Boost conversions with shoppable online catalog

Use digital catalog to connect with new and existing customers swiftly. Add interactive and shoppable elements to guide users from discovery to conversion.

Explore other inspiring digital catalog examples

Publitas is the perfect online tool for creating engaging fashion catalogs, lifestyle catalogs, supermarket catalogs, e-commerce product catalogs, and any other type of digital catalog. Tell a story, sell more products.

3X your revenue from your existing digital catalogs

Customers can easily browse and purchase products from your eCommerce catalog. This streamlined shopping experience improves engagement, boosts revenue, and encourages faster purchases.

Why create a digital product catalog with Publitas

Publitas unlocks a world of possibilities for pure eCommerce players and traditional retailers. By creating an interactive product catalog with Publitas, you can:

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Create a seamless journey from catalog to checkout. Use the power of compelling, beautifully curated catalogs and lookbooks to sell products just like an online store.

Enable shoppers to add items directly from the page to your cart, boosting impulse buys and reducing cart abandonment.

Assist customers with finding more information about new products, your company ethos, sustainability practices, and campaigns.

Use interactive multimedia like GIFs and video to capture attention and reduce return rates.

Distribute your online catalog on popular catalog platforms to reach more shoppers.

Easily share your shoppable content on social media, through newsletters, or other sites.

Automate pricing updates and replace out-of-stock products through business rules.

Take advantage of market trends by updating and publishing your catalog in minutes.

Key features of our online catalog software

Shopping cart integration​

Let customers shop from your online catalog and link product pages to your shopping cart.

Product hotspots​

Give customers more information on any product in your digital catalog with product hotspots.

WhatsApp and email checkout ​

Shoppers can add products to their cart from the catalog and send orders via WhatsApp or email.

Automated SKU tagging

Product SKUs are automatically tagged as hotspots, saving hours of work.

Mobile-friendly design​

Customers can easily read your interactive catalog on their mobile phones with vertical scrolling.

Engaging multimedia hotspots

Make your catalog more engaging by easily adding GIFs, 3D images, and videos.

Analytics dashboard

Access our data solutions to make data-driven decisions. Integrate with GA4, Matomo, and more.

Dynamic content & personalization

Automatically generate catalogs from your product inventory and make personalized offers.

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How to create an online catalog in three easy steps

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Convert your PDF to an online catalog

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Upload your catalog’s PDF file. Our editor will seamlessly transform it into an engaging, interactive digital catalog with turning pages, and you’ll get a link you can easily share online.

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Make your online catalog shoppable

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Using our editor, you can easily add product links that drive traffic to your online store. If you want to take things a step further, you can import your store’s product feed to add product display windows inside your catalog. Finally, you can integrate the catalog with your online store to have add-to-cart buttons and an in-catalog shopping cart to provide a seamless shopping journey.

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Publish and distribute your catalog online

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Once finished, publish your digital catalog online and use it on your owned media channels, such as your website, app, email, WhatsApp, and social media. Sharing across your channels will increase reach and boost engagement. Additionally, you can also use our platform to publish catalogs directly on affiliate platforms to reach a new audience.

Going a step further — Create a dynamic online catalog

Enhance your online publication strategy with dynamic catalogs. With Publitas Dynamic you can generate digital catalogs from your product inventory feed — reducing time to market. Publitas Dynamic works by using templated grids that are automatically populated with your products through rule-based settings. Dynamic e-commerce catalogs automatically update, ensuring you never promote out-of-stock products or show incorrect pricing. Use dynamic catalogs to streamline your digital catalog creation, saving your team hours (or days) of work.

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Automated catalog creation and distribution

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Take advantage of our 18 years of experience with digital catalogs

Why choose Publitas?

Unmatched expertise in retail and e-commerce

Publitas isn’t just another digital catalog maker — it’s your complete solution for creating high-converting, interactive catalogs that drive sales. With over 18 years of experience in the retail industry, we understand your needs.

Accessibility

Ensure your catalogs are available to everyone, everywhere.

Integration

Connect seamlessly with your existing systems (CRM, e-commerce).

Security

Keep your product information and customer data safe.

Automation

Save time and streamline workflows with automated features.

Scalability

Easily handle large catalogs and growing businesses.

Trusted by Leading Brands

We’re the chosen platform for many major retailers across the globe.

What customers say about Publitas

Check out what our customers have to say about our catalogs.

"With the launch of our digital catalogs we’re reaching more people early on in the discovery phase of shopping and we generate more relevant traffic."
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Peter Scholtes
Media Markt
"It's easier for our customers to move from inspiration to purchase. Online magazine readers outperform the website average when it comes to conversion."
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Carmen Smeets
Expresso Fashion
"The biggest reason for us to use online publications is to connect the off- and online world to create an omnichannel experience for our customers."
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Leonie Weigt
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Frequently asked questions

Catalogs have long been a classic method for showcasing products and services. However, digital catalogs go far beyond their printed counterparts. They present products in a digital medium and provide an interactive experience with features such as links, tags, and product labels, enhancing the user’s engagement.

Regardless of your product range, from supermarket products on discount to MoMA’s diverse design gift offering, a catalog is essential for showcasing your offerings attractively. It is a powerful tool that combines text and imagery to convey detailed information about your products, enabling customers to make well-informed purchasing choices.

Digital catalogs are usually the best option. They offer interactivity, flexibility, cost and time savings in creation and distribution, and eco-friendliness over traditional printed catalogs. Digital catalogs stand out significantly. Also, you receive data from a digital catalog, something you will not receive while distributing a print catalog. Furthermore, you can seamlessly integrate digital catalogs into your website and distribute them via email, social media, WhatsApp, and affiliate platforms.

Our software lets you publish a digital catalog directly on your website and share it via email and social media (including WhatsApp). It also ensures your catalog is mobile-optimized through vertical scrolling for perfect viewing and easy navigation on any device. This flexibility allows you to reach your audience effectively, wherever they are. We also have partnerships with many affiliate platforms to ensure you can directly publish your digital catalog on their platform.

It’s very easy to create a digital catalog using PDF templates and your existing content. Simply upload your PDF and add the links and media you want using our intuitive editor. You can turn your PDF catalog into an interactive digital catalog in minutes.

Publitas offers a seamless shopping experience by allowing you to transform your digital catalog into a sales tool. You can add interactive elements like “shop now” buttons, product links, or even product display windows directly onto your catalog pages. When a customer clicks on a product, they are redirected to the corresponding product page on your online store, where they can add the item to their cart and complete the purchase.

Yes, Publitas catalogs integrate with a variety of popular e-commerce platforms, including Shopify, Magento, WooCommerce, and many others. This integration allows for real-time product updates, inventory synchronization, and direct checkout from the catalog.

Yes! Your publication readers can build their favorites list to buy later, share with friends, or print and go to a store. Re-engage your visitors and see which products from the catalog they like the most.

Yes, Publitas provides analytics and tracking tools that allow you to monitor the performance of your digital catalog and attribute sales to specific products or campaigns. You can track clicks, views, and conversions.

Absolutely! Publitas allows you to easily update your catalog after it has been published. You can make changes to product information, images, and pricing, and even add or remove pages. These updates are reflected in real-time, ensuring that your catalog always displays the most accurate and up-to-date information.

Yes, Publitas automatically optimizes your catalog for mobile devices. Your online catalog will display correctly and be easy to navigate on smartphones and tablets, ensuring a seamless user experience for your mobile audience. 

Publitas offers a range of customization options to help you create a catalog that reflects your brand identity. You can choose from different templates, customize colors, fonts, and layouts, and even add your own branding elements to create a unique and professional look.

We offer a free trial for self-service customers. You can sign up and try Publitas digital catalogs for free on our pricing page.

We love to help you create beautiful digital catalogs

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