One central record for product data, images, pricing and inventory — pushed live to every trade destination. No re-entry. No version drift. No lost orders.
Est. annual ROI
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01
Update once, publish everywhere
Change a price or image in your system — all four destinations reflect it instantly via API. No spreadsheets, no re-entry.
02
Never lose a sale to stale data
Live inventory means distributors see what you actually have before they quote their clients. Mismatches send them straight to a competitor.
03
Earn preferred supplier status
Distributors return to suppliers they can trust. Reliability compounds — accurate data today becomes a preferred-supplier slot for years.
How it works
Your single source
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Product data
specs, descriptions
🖼️
Images
hi-res, all angles
💲
Pricing
net, list, qty breaks
📊
Inventory
live stock levels
API push
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Trade destinations
SAGE / PPAI
ASI
Distributor Central
PromoStandards
All receiving the same accurate data, simultaneously.
ROI calculator
Your inputs
Products in catalog500
→ est. 6 hrs/week to maintain manually across 4 destinations formula: 4 hrs base + 1 hr per 200 extra SKUs
Avg. product price ($)$20
Monthly orders500
Avg. units per order72
Staff hourly rate ($)$35
% of labor time lost to rework & fixes8%
of your weekly maintenance hours spent correcting data errors
% of orders lost to bad data12%
orders that fail or are cancelled due to stale inventory or wrong pricing
% of lost sales recoverable via API75%
your estimate of how many lost orders live data would have saved
Chargeback rate (% of revenue)0.5%
distributor penalties & disputes from data mismatches — industry average ~0.5%
Results
Labor saved / yr
est. hrs/week × 52 × hourly rate × 4 destinations.
API eliminates manual re-entry across all channels completely.
Labor saved / yr
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Revenue recovered / yr
Monthly orders × 12 × units × price × loss rate × recovery %.
Driven by order volume and loss rate. SKU count affects labor, not this — revenue risk is about how often orders fail at checkout.
Revenue recovered / yr
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Rework cost today / yr
Labor hrs × rework % × hourly rate × 4 destinations.
Time currently spent correcting data errors — fixing wrong prices, mismatched images, stale descriptions pushed to the wrong channel.
Rework cost today / yr
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Chargebacks & disputes saved / yr
Annual revenue × chargeback rate × 4 destinations.
Distributor penalties from data mismatches — wrong pricing billed, wrong product shipped, stock confirmed but unavailable.
Chargebacks saved / yr
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Orders lost / yr (count)
Monthly orders × 12 × loss rate.
The raw order count — useful to sense-check against your actual experience.
Orders lost / yr
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Distributor relationships at risk
Est. 15% of lost orders trigger a supplier switch.
When a distributor is burned by a stock mismatch, they often don't try again — they find a supplier with reliable data. This is a conservative estimate; your actual churn rate may be higher.
Relationships at risk / yr
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est. 15% of lost orders trigger a supplier switch
Case study — the cost of stale inventory
The same order. Two suppliers. One outcome. When a distributor can't confirm stock, they don't wait — they move on in minutes. Here's how it plays out.
Platform notes & disclaimersSAGE / PPAI — SAGE (sageworld.com) is a product research and business management platform for the promotional products industry. PPAI (Promotional Products Association International) is the industry trade association; distributor members automatically receive a SAGE Workplace subscription. We have no affiliation with SAGE or PPAI.
ASI — The Advertising Specialty Institute (asicentral.com) is a membership organisation providing product sourcing, business tools, and trade shows for promotional products distributors and suppliers. We have no affiliation with ASI.
Distributor Central — DistributorCentral (distributorcentral.com) is a free product sourcing and order management platform connecting promotional products suppliers and distributors. We have no affiliation with Distributor Central.
PromoStandards — PromoStandards (promostandards.org) is an open industry initiative defining API standards for data exchange between suppliers and distributors in the promotional products industry. We have no affiliation with PromoStandards.
All projections are illustrative estimates based on your inputs and assumed industry averages. They are not guarantees of results. Actual savings and revenue impact will vary based on your specific business, data quality, integration approach, and market conditions.