💡 Tips & Best Practices for a Smooth PriceCal Setup
Setting up PriceCal for your printing business is easy — but to make it truly effective, you’ll want to prepare a few key things in advance. These best practices help you save time, stay organized, and make your Printalogue (online catalog) more professional and attractive to customers.
🧱 1. List Out Your Materials
Before creating any products, make a list of all the materials your shop uses for different product types.
This helps ensure consistent naming and accurate pricing.
Example categories:
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Sheet materials: Art card, sticker, kraft, boxboard
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Area materials: Vinyl, tarpaulin, foamboard, canvas
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Booklet materials: 80gsm simili, 128gsm art paper, 260gsm cover
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Item materials: Mug, T-shirt, tumbler, acrylic
Tips:
✅ Keep material names clear and simple — customers will see them in product details.
✅ Include thickness, GSM, or type (e.g., 5mm Foamboard, 300gsm Art Card).
✅ Use descriptions to note sheet size or printable area (e.g., A1 sheet 594 x 841mm).
🧾 2. List Out the Products You Want to Create
Prepare a product list before setup to stay organized. Start from your main sales items and expand later.
Suggested Product Categories:
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Digital Print: Business card, flyer, sticker, letterhead
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Large Format: Banner, poster, foamboard, bunting
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Booklet Print: Catalog, magazine, notebook
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Packaging: Product box, sleeve box, label box
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Merchandise (Item-based): T-shirt, mug, keychain
Tips:
✅ Start with 15–25 main products first; you can clone or expand later.
✅ Group similar products under one SC tool for faster setup (e.g., posters and banners → SC-Area).
✅ Give each product a short and descriptive name for your Printalogue (e.g., “Poster Print (Indoor)”).
🖼️ 3. Prepare Your Product Images
High-quality images make your Printalogue look professional and improve customer confidence.
Image Preparation Tips:
✅ Use clear, well-lit product photos or mockups.
✅ Maintain a consistent background (preferably white or transparent).
✅ Recommended image size: 2:3 ratio, such as 200px x 300px or higher.
✅ Save images in .jpg or .png format with clean file names
✅ Optional: add design template previews for downloadable templates.
If possible, prepare one image per product type — you can always update or add more later.
🌐 4. Sharing Your Printalogue
Once your Printalogue is ready, it becomes your online shopfront where customers can:
🛒 View all your print products
💬 Get instant quotes
💳 Place orders and make payments
How to share:
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Copy your Printalogue link from the PriceCal dashboard.
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Share it through your Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, or business website.
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Add it to your Google Business Profile, Google Map so customers can get instant quotes directly.
Best Practice:
✅ Send your Printalogue link to existing customers with a short introduction message.
✅ Include your Printalogue link in your email signature.
✅ Regularly update your Printalogue banner or product images to keep it fresh.
⚙️ Summary
By preparing your materials, product list, images, and Printalogue sharing plan, you’ll make your PriceCal setup smoother, faster, and more impactful.
A well-organized Printalogue = less confusion for customers and more sales for you.
You can download the product sample list attached below to list out your products, materials, print cost, finishing…etc
