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E-Commerce Product Catalog

Complete product management system with variants, pricing, inventory tracking, and rich media support.

Released: October 20, 2025

Tagline

Sell anything. Anywhere.

Value Proposition

Complete product management built for creators and merchants

Who Uses This

E-commerce stores
Creators
Dropshippers
Marketplace sellers

Overview

The E-Commerce Product Catalog provides a complete system for managing product listings, variants, pricing, and inventory. Built on the 6-dimension ontology, it scales from single-seller stores to multi-vendor marketplaces.

Key Features

Product Management

  • Create, update, delete products
  • Organize into categories and collections
  • Rich description support (Markdown, HTML)
  • Multiple product images with metadata

Variants System

  • Unlimited variant combinations (size, color, material, etc.)
  • Variant-specific pricing and inventory
  • Variant images and descriptions
  • SKU tracking for inventory systems

Pricing & Discounts

  • Base price and sale price
  • Percentage-based discounts
  • Time-limited promotions
  • Bulk pricing tiers
  • Currency support

Inventory Management

  • Real-time stock tracking
  • Low stock alerts
  • Backorder support
  • Inventory forecasting

Search & Discovery

  • Full-text search
  • Faceted filtering
  • Recommendation engine
  • Popular/trending products

Implementation Details

All data maps to the 6-dimension ontology with complete audit trail and multi-tenant support.

Ontology Alignment

How this feature maps to the 6-dimension ontology

groups

Each store is scoped to a group, allowing multi-tenant product catalogs

things

Products are things with type='product', variants are nested in properties

connections

Products connect to categories, collections, and customers via relationships

events

product_created, product_updated, product_deleted, inventory_changed events

knowledge

Product descriptions indexed for search and recommendations

Capabilities

Product Variants

Support for size, color, and custom variant combinations

completed

Inventory Tracking

Real-time stock levels with low inventory alerts

completed

Dynamic Pricing

Sale prices, discounts, and tiered pricing

completed

Image Gallery

Multiple product images with zoom and carousel

completed

SEO Optimization

Meta tags, structured data, and URL slugs

completed

Use Cases

Seller Creates Product
Seller/Creator

Creator lists a new product with variants, pricing, and images

Customer Browses Catalog
Buyer

Shopper discovers products by category, search, or recommendations

Inventory Management
Seller/Creator

Seller tracks stock levels and gets alerts for low inventory

Technical Specifications

Complexity

complex

Estimated Hours

48h

Technologies
Convex
React
Astro
Tailwind CSS

Quality Metrics

Test Coverage

88%

Performance

94/100

Security

✓ Audited

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