How to Convert Your PDF Catalogue to a Digital Catalogue (And Why You Should)
PDF catalogues were the standard for decades. Print them, email them, done. But in 2024, they're holding your business back.
Here's the problem: PDFs are static. The moment you email that catalogue to 100 clients, it's already outdated. Prices change, products sell out, new items arrive. Now you have 100 people with wrong information.
The Real Cost of PDF Catalogues
Time wasted: Every update means redesigning, re-exporting, and re-sending. For businesses updating weekly, this adds up to hundreds of hours yearly.
Lost sales: Customer sees a product in your PDF, contacts you to order, finds out it's discontinued. They buy from a competitor instead.
Poor mobile experience: 60% of B2B buyers research on mobile. PDFs on phones are painful—pinch to zoom, scroll sideways, lose your place.
No analytics: You have no idea if anyone opened your PDF, which products they looked at, or when they stopped reading.
How Digital Catalogues Solve This
A digital catalogue is a web-based version of your product catalogue. It looks professional, works on any device, and updates in real-time.
When you change a price in your system, the catalogue reflects it immediately. Everyone always sees current information.
Converting Your PDF to Digital with Photoship
Photoship's AI can extract products from your existing PDF:
- Upload your PDF catalogue
- AI identifies products, images, prices, and descriptions
- Review and correct any errors
- Generate your digital catalogue
The AI handles about 80% of the work. You review the rest. What used to take days now takes an hour.
What You Get After Converting
- Shareable link that always shows latest data
- Password protection for wholesale pricing
- Mobile-optimized viewing experience
- Analytics showing views and engagement
- WhatsApp sharing for easy distribution
- PDF export when you still need a static copy
Making the Switch
You don't have to abandon PDFs completely. Many businesses use both—digital for day-to-day sharing, PDF for trade shows or specific requests.
The difference is the digital version becomes your source of truth. Generate PDFs from it when needed, rather than maintaining two separate systems.
Photoship is free to start. Upload your existing PDF and see what the AI extracts. If it works for you, you've just saved yourself weeks of manual work.