Technical shops often need: data sheets, catalogs, brochures, or forms for direct download on the product detail page, often in common PDF format. The File Manager plugin provides Smartstore shops with an extra tab for this purpose. This allows shop operators to offer information that already exists in PDF form and for which a normal long text product description is not sufficient.
Brochures for refrigerators, washing machines, or industrial pumps, the technical data sheet for an electronic component, or even safety information, expert reports, certificates: useful documents from original manufacturers or internal departments are available that promote purchasing decisions and support interested parties in their information search.
These documents should be easily available in the shop.
Until now, such a data sheet download on the product was only possible through custom programming or cumbersome workarounds. Some shop operators manually place links to PDFs in the product description text.
Not a good situation, because with a large number of products, data sheets, and changes in the assortment, data maintenance for the shop operator should be quick and highly automated!
Now a standard solution is available immediately for all Smartstore shops starting from version 4.1.1: the "FileManager".
File Manager Features
With the new File Manager plugin, shop operators can easily assign documents to products.
These documents are then displayed in the shop frontend in a separate tab on the product detail page.
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An unlimited number of freely definable tabs can be created for the product detail page.
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Under the product image gallery, the data sheet PDFs and, of course, other document formats such as Word documents or Excel spreadsheets appear.
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The shop customer can then easily download their PDFs with one click. Registration in the shop is not necessary.
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The assignment of documents is conveniently done in the product management of the admin area, just as shop operators are used to with product images. The convenient media manager is available here.
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A data sheet can also be available in several shop products. The shop operator only needs to upload it once.
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For easy data maintenance purposes, documents can also be assigned to products in bulk via product import. Thousands of product PDFs are quickly up to date.
More Sales Opportunities for Shop Operators
On the one hand, there is the SEO aspect. Search engines love documents. Of course, the content contributes to the shop ranking. Because the landing page is the product detail page, and good, relevant content in the form of PDFs and other useful documents pays off. The chance for good listings on Google and others increases.
With the advanced rights system that has been standard in Smartstore since version 4.0, access to products, product pages, and thus also the presentation of document downloads can easily be restricted to specific customer groups, such as "resellers". This is an interesting feature for B2B shops, wholesalers, or shops that like to present themselves a bit more exclusive with a "VIP area".
Do you have any questions on this topic? Or would you like to send us your feedback? You can reach us via the contact form, by email at info@smartstore.com or by phone from Monday to Friday between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. at +4923153350.