Product Sheets lets shoppers and trade buyers download a print-ready PDF spec sheet of a product from its product page. Each sheet is branded with your store logo, an accent colour from your theme (or one you choose) and the product's photos. You can also export a branded PDF catalogue of your products, and see which spec sheets are downloaded most.
Features
- One-click PDF spec sheets from your product pages.
- Branding from your store: your logo, an accent colour from your theme or one you choose, and your store name and web address in the footer.
- Product descriptions rendered in the PDF, keeping their headings, bold and italic text, links and lists.
- Variant and SKU tables with prices.
- A QR code that links back to the live product page.
- PDF catalogues of your products, in a grid or list layout.
- Download counts, including your most downloaded spec sheets.
- A designer with a live preview, where you choose what each sheet shows.
What you can export, such as a catalogue of a single collection and how many products a catalogue holds, depends on your plan. So does whether your PDFs carry a small Orbit Commerce note in the footer.
Before you start
For your spec sheets and catalogues to look right, set up the following first:
- A store logo. Add your logo in Settings, then Store. It appears at the top of each spec sheet and on catalogue covers. Without a logo, the sheet shows your store name instead.
- Your theme's main colour. The accent colour comes from your theme's main colour unless you choose another in the designer.
- Well-prepared products. The PDF reflects what is on each product. Products with full descriptions, defined variants and SKUs, and prices will produce the most complete spec sheets. Only active products can be downloaded as spec sheets or included in catalogues.
Getting started
- Install Product Sheets. From the plugin store, install Product Sheets. Its plans and prices are on its store page.
- Open the Product Sheets section. Go to the Product Sheets area in your dashboard to access the plugin.
- Design your sheets. Select Design to open the Product Sheets designer. Choose your accent colour, fonts and which blocks appear, check the live preview, then select Save.
- Add the PDF Download Button to a product page. In the page builder, open your product page template, open the Plugins tab and drag the PDF Download Button element onto the page.
- Publish. Save and publish the page so the download button is live for your customers.
Single-product spec sheets
Once the PDF Download Button element is on your product page, customers (or trade buyers) can download a spec sheet for that product in one click.
By default, each spec sheet includes:
- Your branding: store logo, accent colour and footer.
- Product imagery: the product's photos.
- The description: the product description rendered for print.
- A variant and SKU table: variants and SKUs listed alongside their prices.
- A QR code: links back to the live product page so the reader can return online.
You can change, reorder or remove any of these blocks in the designer. Each sheet is built from the product's current details when it is downloaded, so changes to a product show on later downloads within a few minutes.
Catalogue export
When you need more than one product, you can export a branded PDF catalogue from the Product Sheets page rather than a single sheet.
- All products: a catalogue of your active products.
- One collection: a catalogue of a single collection, if your plan includes it.
How many products a catalogue holds depends on your plan. If a catalogue stops short of your full range, the Product Sheets page says how many products it included.
Choose between two layouts in the designer's Catalogue tab:
- Grid layout: products arranged in a grid, suited to image-led browsing.
- List layout: products arranged in a list, suited to detailed line-by-line reference.
Catalogues have a cover page with your logo and the same accent colour, and their footer shows your store name and web address.
Analytics
Product Sheets counts downloads. The Product Sheets page shows your total downloads, downloads in the last 30 days, catalogue exports and your most downloaded spec sheets.
The designer
Select Design on the Product Sheets page to open the designer. It has a live preview and two tabs, Sheet and Catalogue. The controls cover:
- Design: whether prices show, page size (A4 or Letter), margins, page background, accent colour (or your theme colour), text colours and fonts.
- Sheet blocks: add, reorder or remove blocks such as the header, images, specifications, price, description, variant table, QR code and footer.
- Catalogue: the cover and the product cards, including the grid or list layout.
Select Save when you are done. A saved design applies to later downloads.
Troubleshooting
The download button does not appear on the product page. Confirm you have added the PDF Download Button element to the product page template in the page builder, and that you have published the page. The element is offered on product pages only, while Product Sheets is installed.
The logo or branding is missing from the PDF. Add your logo in Settings, then Store, and check that Show logo is on in the designer's header block. Without a logo, the sheet shows your store name.
Prices are not showing in the spec sheet. Check that Show prices is on in the designer and that the variant table includes the price column. Variants without a price show a dash.
A catalogue does not include every product. The Product Sheets page says how many products a catalogue included. How many a catalogue holds depends on your plan. Where your plan allows it, export one collection at a time.
Support
For help with this plugin, visit the Orbit Commerce Help Centre (opens in a new tab), or use the Support link below.