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Vlad Sedenko · Web Product Developer

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Run a bigger catalogue without a bigger team

Vlad Sedenko, Web Product Developer

Vlad Sedenko

Web Product Developer

Supplier imports, catalogue data, product content, translations, SEO, images, feeds, stock and orders connected into one controlled pipeline you own.

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Tactile clay sorting line turning varied inputs into an orderly flow of finished packages
Service overview
Most store teams do not lose time selling — they lose it reformatting supplier files, rewriting the same product copy in another language, chasing feed disapprovals and checking stock by hand. I turn that into a pipeline: data in one end, published and verified products out the other, with exceptions coming back to a person as concrete tasks.
  • Add suppliers and categories without adding headcount
  • Launch a new language version without retyping the catalogue
  • Keep prices, stock and feeds consistent across channels
  • Catch broken products before customers and Merchant Center do
  • Start with one supplier and prove the data quality first
Find the bottleneck in my catalogue

/ Pipeline

From supplier data to a publishable product

A WooCommerce, Shopify or custom store can become a controlled production line instead of a collection of manual tasks. It does not need to happen all at once: the first release normally targets the constraint slowing catalogue updates, international expansion or order operations.

  1. 01

    Supplier source

    CSV · XML · API · email

  2. 02

    Clean data

    SKU · units · duplicates

  3. 03

    Build content

    Copy · languages · SEO

  4. 04

    Prepare media

    Crop · WebP/AVIF · QA

  5. 05

    Publish channels

    Store · Merchant · Meta

  6. 06

    Operate and learn

    Orders · support · analytics

Catalogue import and cleaning

CSV, XML, APIs, email attachments and supplier price lists are mapped to one data model. The workflow normalises SKUs, brands, units, dimensions and values, then finds duplicates, missing required fields and conflicting variants. A poor row enters a review queue instead of creating a broken product.

Categories, attributes and variants

Products map to your taxonomy, filters and variant templates for colour, size, material, volume or compatibility. Rules keep the catalogue consistent so navigation, search, feeds and bulk updates do not break because the same property has several names.

Product pages and useful copy

Verified specifications become a title, short and long description, benefits, technical table, FAQ and compatibility blocks. The copy cannot invent features: every claim must come from supplier data or an approved product source, while missing facts are flagged for an editor.

Translation and catalogue localisation

ES, EN, DE, FR, PL or other versions use a brand glossary, local units, search terminology and tone rules. The workflow covers descriptions, categories, attributes, filters, metadata, alt text, emails and interface labels; hreflang and links between language versions are validated separately.

SEO at template and product level

Controlled templates create unique titles, meta descriptions, slugs, headings, alt text and internal links. Audits find duplication, thin pages, missing canonical or hreflang, broken links and products with no indexable content. Product, Offer and Breadcrumb schema plus crawl accessibility are checked during publishing.

Image production and optimisation

Files are renamed, stripped of unnecessary metadata, cropped and converted to correctly sized WebP or AVIF; background, resolution, ratio, weight and duplicates are checked. AI may remove a background, improve the source or create an additional approved scene, but must not distort the product's shape, colour, included items or other material properties.

/ Operations

From publishing to repeat purchase

Publishing is not the finish line. Prices move, stock runs out, feeds get rejected and customers ask where their order is — all of it repetitive, all of it automatable under the same rules.

Publishing and merchant feeds

After automated checks and editorial approval where required, a product is created or updated in the store. Google Merchant Center, Meta catalogues, marketplaces and advertising feeds are then synchronised; disapprovals, missing GTINs and price or availability mismatches return as specific tasks.

Pricing, inventory and suppliers

Stock and cost prices synchronise on a schedule or event, with margin, rounding, currency and safety-stock rules applied. An unexpected change beyond a limit is not silently published: it creates an alert or approval request, and previous values remain available for audit.

Order, warehouse and fulfilment

A paid order reserves stock, creates a pick task or document, sends the required data to a warehouse or supplier and receives tracking. Customers get accurate updates, while stalled, partial, duplicate or risky orders are handed to staff with the context needed to decide.

Support, returns and reviews

The agent answers from actual order data, collects a return reason, checks the window and policy, and opens a request while escalating final decisions where required. Reviews and questions are grouped by product and topic to reveal wrong copy, defects, sizing problems and return causes.

Catalogue quality control

Scheduled audits find products without images, translations, prices, GTINs, categories, alt text or SEO fields; orphan variants, inventory conflicts, 404s, redirect problems and orphan pages. The team receives a prioritised correction queue with owners, not a generic report.

Analytics and repeat sales

Sales, margin, returns, acquisition source and site search are brought together. Replenishment, abandoned-cart, back-in-stock and post-purchase segments trigger only with valid consent, frequency limits and a measurable purpose rather than becoming endless messaging to every buyer.

Store outcome

A new product follows one controlled path: source → clean-up → structure → content → languages → SEO → images → review → publishing → feeds. A price, stock or specification change updates the connected channels without another round of copy-paste, while exceptions return to a person as concrete tasks.

/ How we start

One supplier, one category, real data

  1. Audit the current catalogue flow

    We map where product data comes from, who touches it, how long each step takes and where errors are found today — usually too late, by a customer or a rejected feed.

  2. Pilot on a narrow slice

    One supplier and one category go through the full path: import, clean-up, structure, content, languages, SEO, images, review and publishing. You judge the output against what your team produces by hand.

  3. Widen supplier by supplier

    Each new source reuses the same model and validation, so the second supplier costs far less than the first. Review narrows to exceptions as confidence in the data grows.

  4. Connect operations

    Stock, pricing, feeds, orders, returns and review analysis are added once the catalogue itself is trustworthy, because every one of them depends on clean product data.

Why a pilot first

Catalogue automation fails when it is bought wholesale and the supplier data turns out to be worse than anyone assumed. A narrow pilot on real files exposes that in days, for a fraction of the budget, and tells us whether the fix is engineering or a conversation with the supplier.

Find the bottleneck in your catalogue

Tell me your platform, how many products and suppliers you handle and which step hurts most — imports, translations, feeds or order operations. I will reply within 24 hours with the questions needed to scope a pilot. The first 20-minute call is free and there is no obligation to build.

Vlad Sedenko

Direct, personal contact

Vlad Sedenko

Web Product Developer

This is a personal conversation with me, not a sales funnel. I read every message myself and reply directly.

I usually reply within 24 hours on business days.

Frequently asked questions

Can you automate a multilingual online store?+

Yes. A supplier feed or file can be connected to WooCommerce, Shopify or another platform to normalise SKUs, categories and attributes, find duplicates, prepare product content, translations, SEO fields, alt text and images, publish after review, and update Merchant Center or advertising feeds. Stock, prices, order statuses, notifications, returns and review analysis can be automated separately. Publishing rights, pricing and other critical changes remain constrained by business rules and can require staff approval.

How much does store automation cost?+

A pilot on one supplier and one category — import, clean-up, content and publishing — typically starts at €1,500 with a fixed scope, so you can judge the data quality before committing further. A full pipeline covering several suppliers, languages, feeds and order operations starts at €5,000. Tool and platform subscriptions are counted separately, and I give you the expected monthly figure before we start. Scope, price and acceptance criteria are fixed in writing, and you pay a developer directly with no agency markup.

Which platforms do you work with?+

WooCommerce, Shopify and custom stores built on a headless or API-first stack. The pipeline itself is platform-independent: supplier data is normalised into one model first, then written to the store through its official API. That means the same catalogue logic survives a platform change, and the store is never the only place your product data exists.

How do you stop AI from inventing product specifications?+

Generated copy can only use facts that come from supplier data or an approved product source. Specifications, compatibility, contents and measurements are passed through as data rather than written by a model, and a missing fact is flagged for an editor instead of filled in. Images may be cropped, converted or cleaned up, but not altered in ways that change the product's shape, colour or included items.

What happens when a supplier changes their file format?+

Each supplier has its own mapping layer, so a changed column or renamed field is a configuration fix rather than a rebuild. The import validates structure before it writes anything: an unexpected format stops the run and raises an alert with the offending rows, instead of silently publishing broken products or wiping prices.

Can this run alongside our current manual process?+

Yes, and it usually should at first. The pipeline can write to a staging queue or a draft state so your team reviews the output next to what they would have produced by hand. Once the quality is proven on real data, the review step is narrowed to exceptions only, which is where most of the time saving appears.

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