556 Digital

Managed catalog websites

A website built for products, listings, and inventory that keep changing.

We build and manage structured catalog websites that make it easier to add, organize, display, update, archive, and receive inquiries about changing items.

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Service fit

Who Managed Catalog is built for.

Businesses with products, listings, inventory, animals, properties, portfolios, or similar content.

  • Furniture businesses

  • Dog breeders

  • Equipment dealers

  • Property or rental businesses

  • Artists

  • Specialty retailers

  • Manufacturers

  • Companies with product libraries

  • Businesses with sold, reserved, unavailable, or archived items

Example catalog types

Structured around the items your customers need to find.

  • Products and inventory

  • Animals and availability

  • Properties and rentals

  • Equipment and machinery

  • Portfolios and collections

  • Parts and product libraries

Problems addressed

Reduce the friction around an outdated or difficult website.

  • Product information scattered across PDFs or social media

  • Customers unable to find available items

  • Staff repeatedly answering the same product questions

  • Old or sold products remaining listed incorrectly

  • Difficult product updates

  • Weak catalog filtering

  • No structured inquiry path

  • Inventory displayed with inconsistent formatting

Included

What comes with Managed Catalog.

  • Everything included in Managed Website where applicable

  • Catalog landing pages

  • Individual item-detail pages

  • Categories

  • Filters

  • Search where appropriate

  • Availability or status controls

  • Inquiry forms

  • Sold, unavailable, reserved, or archived states

  • Structured item fields

  • Image galleries

  • Client-friendly item update workflow

  • Basic catalog SEO structure

  • Managed content support

Item-management workflow

A structured path from item details to published listing.

Managed Catalog is designed to support this workflow. The exact fields, review steps, and publishing controls are configured for the approved catalog scope.

  1. 01

    Add or update

    Enter or revise the information for an item.

  2. 02

    Upload images

    Add the images that belong with the listing.

  3. 03

    Set organization

    Choose the appropriate category and availability status.

  4. 04

    Save changes

    Submit or save the item based on the configured workflow.

  5. 05

    Review

    Complete a review step when the approved workflow requires it.

  6. 06

    Publish

    Make the approved item available on the catalog.

Important exclusions

Know where the managed scope ends.

These items are not included in the standard managed plan.

  • Real-time inventory synchronization unless quoted separately

  • Ecommerce checkout

  • Payment processing

  • Shipping calculations

  • Complex ERP integrations

  • Dealer-management systems

  • Marketplace synchronization

  • Unlimited item imports

  • Custom customer portals

  • Fully custom software behavior

Scope note: Advanced integrations and custom behavior may require separate Custom Systems pricing.

From briefing to active service

A clear four-step launch process.

The managed service follows the same focused sequence used across the 556 Digital system.

  1. 01

    Briefing

    You complete one detailed onboarding process so we have the information required to build.

  2. 02

    Deployment

    We build your website from a proven system and tailor it to your business.

  3. 03

    Clearance

    You review the preview and approve the final details.

  4. 04

    Active Service

    Send future changes through one simple request process. We review and publish them.

Service FAQ

Managed Catalog, explained.

These answers describe the current offer. The final scope and service agreement control project-specific details.

01 How many products or listings can the site support?

The practical item count depends on the catalog structure, fields, images, filtering, and update workflow. The approved scope will define the expected catalog size rather than promising unlimited items.

02 Can I add or update items myself?

Managed Catalog is designed to include a client-friendly item workflow. The exact fields, permissions, review, and publishing steps are configured for the approved project.

03 Can products be marked sold, reserved, or unavailable?

Yes. Availability and status controls can include sold, reserved, unavailable, or archived states when those states are part of the catalog scope.

04 Does this include ecommerce checkout?

No. Checkout, payments, shipping, and transaction workflows require separate Custom Systems scoping.

05 Can you import an existing catalog?

We can review the existing source, formatting, item count, images, and cleanup requirements. Import work is scoped separately and is not unlimited.

06 Can the catalog connect to another inventory system?

Connections depend on the other system’s API, access, data quality, and synchronization requirements. Advanced integrations require separate Custom Systems pricing.

07 Are filters and categories included?

Categories and filters are included where they are appropriate to the approved catalog structure. Search can also be included where the catalog requires it.

08 What happens when I need a custom catalog feature?

We review the requirement and explain whether it fits the managed catalog scope or needs a separately quoted Custom Systems project.

Next step

Let’s determine whether Managed Catalog fits the work.

Tell us what the business needs, what exists today, and what you are trying to improve.

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