At the end of our online show we were thrilled to receive all of the ordered items, and eager to move them out of our operation base as quickly as possible.
We had database queries for answering inventory and sales questions. We leveraged our website technology by embedding these reports in web views and this brought us and our vendors clarity during the show.
Our data processing pipeline flagged problems with the data before an import was attempted. We wanted our vendors to have access to similar support before they even submitted their data.
We needed to upload product photos to their respective listings in our catalog. We ran into some obstacles.
Data integrity concerns led to many inconvenient product issues during our online show. To catch this ahead of time, we needed a way of programmatically inspecting and processing vendor listings data.
In the thick of the Covid era, Planetjon and Ifs, Ands, or Buttons collaborated to launch what was one of the most memorable online craft and vendor fairs in eastern Ontario, Canada. But, how did we get there?