How-to
How to publish a digital showroom for wholesale buyers
To publish a digital showroom, build a catalog, lookbook, or line sheet in Alovia's Catalog Builder, then publish it as a flipbook on a 1-week, 15-day, or 1-month plan. Buyers open the link, browse without an account, and submit an order — no payment is taken — while you track views and orders from your dashboard.
To publish a digital showroom, build a catalog, lookbook, or line sheet in Alovia's Catalog Builder, then publish it as a flipbook on a 1-week, 15-day, or 1-month plan. Buyers open the link, browse without an account, and submit an order — no payment is taken — while you track views and orders from your dashboard.
What do you need to publish a digital showroom for wholesale buyers?
- A finished catalog, lookbook, or line sheet built in the Catalog Builder
- Enough credits for the publish plan (50 for 1 week, 80 for 15 days, or 120 for 1 month)
How do you publish a digital showroom for wholesale buyers?
Finish the source catalog
Build the catalog, lookbook, or line sheet you want to publish in the Catalog Builder — any of the three formats can be published as a showroom without redesigning it.
Choose a publish plan
Pick how long the showroom stays live: 1 Week (50 credits), 15 Days (80 credits), or 1 Month (120 credits). Publishing deducts the credits and sets an expiration date from the plan you chose.
Publish and get a shareable link
Alovia generates a unique flipbook URL for the showroom. Send it by email, WhatsApp, or on your site — buyers open it directly, no account or download required.
Buyers browse and submit an order
Buyers add styles to a cart and submit an order with their name, business, email, phone, and notes. It's an order submission, not a checkout — no payment is taken — and the minimum order quantity is checked automatically before the order goes through.
Track views and manage orders
Every published showroom tracks total views since it went live plus a daily view chart for the last 30 days; submitted orders land in your dashboard with their full line items.
What do brands who publish a digital showroom for wholesale buyers say?
“Our wholesale process was constantly delayed by static PDF linesheets that took days for our team to format. If a color variant or MOQ changed, it meant another bottleneck before we could pitch to international buyers. Alovia completely modernized our B2B sales. Using the studio, we now generate dynamic, up-to-date linesheets and high-quality campaign presentations in seconds. Our distributors get a professional, instantly adaptable catalog without waiting for traditional physical shoots, and it has noticeably shortened our wholesale order cycles.”
Leonard Kho
Head of Wholesale & B2B Sales
“The biggest bottleneck in visual merchandising is waiting for physical samples just to start building our seasonal stories. With Alovia, we've completely bypassed that waiting period. Long before production finishes, I can virtually test outfit combinations and build our entire campaign aesthetic. The platform gives me complete control—I can design custom lookbook templates exactly how I envision them and instantly publish them as interactive flipbooks and e-catalogs. Now, our marketing team has polished, ready-to-use content months in advance, keeping us perfectly ahead of schedule.”
Matteo Rossi
Senior Visual Merchandising Specialist
Questions about how to publish a digital showroom for wholesale buyers
Does publishing a digital showroom cost credits?
Yes. Publishing deducts credits based on the plan: 50 credits for 1 week, 80 credits for 15 days, or 120 credits for 1 month. The showroom expires at the end of the window and can be republished.
Do buyers pay through the digital showroom?
No. Buyers submit an order request — name, business, email, phone, and notes, with line items and quantities — but no payment is taken on the page. It's an order submission the seller confirms afterward, not a checkout.
Can I see how many buyers viewed my showroom?
Yes. Every published showroom tracks total views since publishing and a daily view chart covering the last 30 days, both visible from your dashboard alongside submitted orders.
Is there a free way to preview a showroom before paying to publish it?
Yes — a Live Demo publish is free and costs no credits, but it only stays live for 15 minutes from the moment you start it. Use it to check how the showroom looks and behaves before committing credits to a real publish plan.
Can I edit a showroom after publishing it, without unpublishing it first?
Yes — edit pages, pricing, or photos in the Catalog Builder and save; the change updates the live flipbook's content directly. It doesn't reset the publish plan, credits already spent, or the expiration date.
What happens to my showroom when the publish plan expires?
The showroom is automatically unpublished — its link stops working for buyers — but nothing is deleted. The catalog content stays exactly as you left it, ready to republish.
Do I need to rebuild the showroom to republish it after it expires?
No — republishing an existing flipbook just deducts credits for the plan you pick and resets the expiration date. The catalog content is untouched, so there is nothing to rebuild.
How do I find out when a buyer places an order?
Alovia emails you when an order comes in — the business name, buyer name, total units ordered, and a link to the order in your dashboard — in addition to the order appearing in your dashboard's order list.
What to read after you publish a digital showroom for wholesale buyers
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