TradeGecko is an inventory management app that allows user to manage inventory and stock across multiple locations and stores. In order to achieve this, TradeGecko integrates with e-commerce store apps - such as Shopify, WooCommerce and Amazon stores - and saves our customer's time by syncing information across all stores.
Product photos one of the most important selling points of an e-commerce website. When goods aren’t accessible in person, photos step in as part of purchasing decision factors. As such, TradeGecko users need to be able to manage their photos easily and intuitively.
When dealing with inventory management, we often need to consider product vs variant. a "Product" is the overarching term for an inventory (eg: a skater skirt), while a "Variant" is the actual item that defines the individual variance of the product (eg: a skater skirt in red and size small).
The previous version of photos management in TradeGecko was done on variant level, which poses issues when the variant actually does not have physical difference with other variants within the same product. For example, a red skater skirt in size small would usually use the same photos as the size medium variant. Even so, customers still had to define photos for all variants. Imagine how tedious that can get when there could be many variants for a single product. Not to mention each variant photos upload is a duplicate in our database, which creates an unnecessary bloat.
