Software Solutions for Crafts and Sewing E-commerce Businesses
Crafts and sewing sellers handle spools, metres, strands, grams and skeins in one shop. Shade codes, dye lots, collections and kits add structure that a plain catalogue lacks. Software for them has to count each unit properly, hold lots and parts apart and pack small items safely, and this page sets out how.
Count thread, yarn, beads and kits in the unit each is actually sold in.
Few shops sell so many kinds of unit. A thread is counted, a trim is measured, beads are weighed and a kit is assembled.
Buyers shop by code and by project, and a missing shade or part can stop the whole project.
Hobby and haberdashery shops
A shop sells threads, trims, yarn and tools across the counter and wants the same range online.
Specialist makers and dyers
A small producer sells hand-dyed yarn, patterns or kits in short runs, often to a waiting list.
Wholesalers to makers and shops
A wholesaler sells packs, cartons and bulk weights to tailors, jewellery makers and retailers.
Kit and box sellers
A seller assembles kits or monthly boxes from its own stock and ships them on a schedule.
The workflow for crafts & sewing.
- 1
Cataloguing by code and unit
Each item is listed with its shade, size or count, and the unit it is sold in.
- 2
Taking the order
Buyers add lengths, strands, weights, kits and collections, and the basket applies minimums and lot rules.
- 3
Reserving and cutting
Stock is set aside, cut or weighed items are marked on the pick list and kits draw down their parts.
- 4
Packing small and fragile parts
Parts go into bags and rigid mailers, with a tally for counted items.
- 5
Delivering and settling
A wrong or short order is corrected, and returns follow the rule you set for opened or cut goods.
- 6
Reordering from sales
Fast shades and sizes are reordered first, and slow lines go into collections or kits.
The challenges, and what they cost.
What is specific to this trade.
These are requirements we would confirm in discovery. They describe what the solution may need to handle. They are not features that already exist.
- Stock counted in each item’s own unit, with decimal quantities where needed
- Shade, size and count fields that buyers can filter by
- Collections and kits that draw down their parts
- Packing rules for small and fragile items
- Trade pricing for makers, tailors and classes
What we would build for crafts & sewing.
Chosen from the commerce capabilities this business needs, not a list of everything.
Who works in the system, and what each can do.
What it would connect to.
An integration is confirmed only after its API, access and scope are checked. A connection that updates on a schedule is described as scheduled, not real-time.
- Shop stock and billing software, read through a file or feed it can produce
- Gift-card or voucher redemption at checkout, if you already issue them
- Local transport bookings for institutional deliveries on fixed days
- Cash and bank receipts matched to open invoices
- Scheduled messages for repeat buyers whose usual order is due
How the work runs, and what we need from you.
What you provide
- Your range with the units each item is sold in
- Your shade and size codes, and any conversions you use
- The kits or collections you sell and what each contains
Fix the units
We agree how each family of items is counted, because every other rule rests on it.
Load the codes
Shade and size codes are entered and checked against the shelf.
Open one family
One family such as thread or yarn goes live first, so counts can be checked before the rest follows.
What you receive.
- A catalogue with unit and code fields
- Collection and kit rules
- Pick lists for cut and weighed goods
- Small-part packing rules
- Handover notes and team training
How progress is judged.
Measures are agreed against your own baseline. We do not promise a result in advance.
- Orders corrected for a wrong shade or a wrong count
- Kits sold with a missing part
- Stock figures that differ from a physical count
Selling at home and abroad.
The kinds of crafts & sewing business we cover.
Sewing Supplies
Sell thread by shade, trims by the metre and needles by type, from one honest stock record.
Learn moreKnitting Supplies
Keep every skein of an order in the same dye lot, and say how many a project needs.
Learn moreEmbroidery
Sell floss by shade code, fabric by count and hoops by size, with kits that match their charts.
Learn moreJewellery Making
Sell beads by the strand, findings by the pack and wire by the metre without losing small stock.
Learn morePaper Crafts
Sell cardstock, patterned packs and punches with the matching pieces shown together.
Learn moreCraft Kits
Track every part inside a kit, and plan subscription boxes against real stock.
Learn moreCrafts and Sewing E-commerce & Stock Software
Configured implementation
The storefront and its flows are put together on a platform that discovery recommends, to fit your catalogue and units. No GullySystem product is named, and the proposal fixes what is included.
Read about the softwareExisting GullySystem products that apply
Questions about crafts & sewing e-commerce.
Can one shop sell by metre, by gram and by kit?
Yes. Each item has its own unit, and conversions are set where one item is sold two ways.
Do you replace our shop billing software?
Not necessarily. Where counter software runs your stock and billing, the online side is linked after we test what it can share.
Can a collection be bought in one step?
Yes, where the collection is set up. Missing pieces are flagged before payment.
Can it print instructions for kits?
It releases the files you provide with an order. Writing and approving the instructions is for you.
Talk through your commerce requirement.
Describe what you sell, where you sell it and what is slowing you down. An engineer will reply within one business day.
- No obligation
- A reply within one business day
- Your details stay private