Software Solutions for Shelving and Racking Sellers
Shelving is sold as units, bays and made-to-measure runs, with load ratings, finishes and wall or floor fixings. Sellers online need a configurator that turns a chosen size into a parts list and a price, multi-carton dispatch, and a booking for installation where the seller fits it.
Quote, sell and install modular shelving from one configured order.
A shelf is rarely one product. A bay is uprights, beams, panels and fixings, and the buyer’s wall or alcove sets how many of each.
Load rating, finish and fixing type change the price and the parts. Installation, where offered, depends on the wall.
Modular shelving makers
A maker sells standard bays that connect, with extension bays sold later to the same customer.
Made-to-measure shelving
A workshop cuts shelves to an alcove or a room, quoting from the customer’s measurements and sketches.
Racking suppliers for trade
A supplier sells storage racks to stores and small warehouses, with load ratings and delivery planned per site.
The workflow for shelving.
- 1
Configure the run
The buyer enters width, depth, height and shelf count. The system proposes bays, beams and panels.
- 2
Parts list and price
The configuration becomes a parts list, and the price is the sum of the parts, finish and cutting.
- 3
Quote and approval
A made-to-measure order is quoted, revised and accepted before cutting starts.
- 4
Pick, cut and pack
Parts are picked or cut, packed into several cartons and labelled by bay.
- 5
Delivery and installation
A fitter visit is booked after delivery, with the wall type and fixings noted on the job.
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.
- Rules that turn a requested size into parts, with a load rating
- Quotation and approval for made-to-measure orders
- Carton labels that map to bays or runs
- Site details such as wall type captured before an installation visit
What we would build for shelving.
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.
- Showroom billing software, for the part of the range that also sits on a shop floor
- Freight carriers for large or bulky consignments, with rates confirmed per route
- An online payment provider, with settlement terms fixed by your bank
- Your ledger package, linked by a file export until a direct connection is scoped
How the work runs, and what we need from you.
What you provide
- Your standard bays and the rules that turn a size into parts
- Load ratings as your engineer states them
- How you quote made-to-measure work
Capture the parts rules
We write down how a size becomes a parts list and test it on sample runs.
Build the quote and carton flow
Quoting, labelling and fitter booking are configured and rehearsed on dummy jobs.
Begin with standard bays
Made-to-measure follows once the standard range has proved the parts list.
What you receive.
- A configurator for the standard range
- A parts and finish catalogue with ratings
- Quote, carton and installation flows
- Training for the sales desk and installers
How progress is judged.
Measures are agreed against your own baseline. We do not promise a result in advance.
- Orders corrected after a configuration error
- Installation visits repeated for a site issue
- Time from quote to confirmed order
Selling at home and abroad.
Buyers abroad ask for metric and imperial sizes, and for weight ratings in their own units. Long cartons can be refused by some carriers or priced as freight, so shipping rules are set for each market.
The wider requirements for home storage & organisation are on the Home Storage & Organisation page.
Related subcategories.
Shelving E-commerce & Configuration Software
Custom software solution
No existing GullySystem product turns a requested size into a parts list and price, so it is developed from scratch for each seller. The category store and any showroom product can run beside it.
Read about the softwareExisting GullySystem products that apply
Related services
Selling in a shop as well?
Questions about shelving e-commerce.
Does the system decide how much load a shelf can carry?
No. Load ratings come from your engineer or supplier. The system stores them and shows the rating of the chosen configuration.
Can customers design a full run online?
Within the rules you set. Complex layouts can be routed to the design desk as an enquiry.
Do you sell a packaged shelving configurator?
No. The configurator is written from scratch around your parts and your rules.
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