Product data is an issue.
Expecially when you expand beyond 1 site, 1 country.
Because then you need the same data in different places. And when you do all of that manually, you start naming product X just a little bit different from place to place.
Or weren't sure where you put the right images.
Or where the translations are
A PIM (product Information Management) system really helps in this regard.
You could use Excel or a custom database for this, but I have looked hard for a dedicated tool that's affordable.
And Plytix is that solution (link)
I don't have any other relationship to the company than being a customer, but find it that useful that I want to share it here.
It's been a pain for a long time and it's good to have a solution.
Especially because of what you can easily do with the data, which is build feeds.
And these data feeds can be based on smart lists, which are auto updated based on the filters you set (see details here)
Great option for shopping feeds, but sites as well. And you can create PDF catalogues based on lists as well.
We're currently looking at a test where we will no longer just add new products manually to the site, but these go onto Plytix first and when marked complete, will be added to the list that will serve as a feed to a Woocommerce site.
Once that is done, it will be very easy to create site 1 for BtoC and site 2 under a different brand for BtoB. All based on the same feed, with just a different filter applied (for the pricing output for example)
Pricing is €9 per month and then you pay a monthly amount per feed.
I realise this is not for everyone, as there will be plenty who just need oberlo +
Hope this is helpful to some of you though.