Build an interactive product catalog

Imagine a bedding maker preparing a new sheet set. Customers ask whether it fits a deep mattress, how the colors differ, and what changes between Queen and King. A single photograph and a price leave all three questions unanswered.

An interactive catalog fits when people need to inspect an item and make choices before contacting you or placing a request. Even a catalog with one product can earn its place by showing the consequences of a selection: the right photograph, dimensions, and price beside the chosen variant.

The short version

List your product variants, photographs, dimensions, and sample prices. Ask for selectors that update the displayed product and summary. Try changing the size and quantity, then inspect the sample bag. Check every variant against your source information before sharing the app.

Start with the decisions a visitor makes

List the variants and their facts before asking for the app. Keep display prices separate from any promise about payment or inventory. For a first draft, use explicit sample values:

Build an interactive catalog for an illustrative linen sheet set.
Offer Oat and Clay colors, Queen at $140 and King at $160.
Use clearly labeled sample photographs and sample prices.
Show dimensions, a 15-inch mattress pocket guide, materials, and care.
Let visitors choose a color, size, and quantity, then add the selection
to a sample bag with an itemized total.
Add clearly labeled sample reviews and a photos-only review filter.
This is a product exploration app; do not add checkout or claim live stock.

Replace every sample fact with your own catalog information before using the result publicly. See Build a live app on your canvas for creating the app, sharing it, and configuring saved data. The example below is an interactive illustration, so its layout and products are not guaranteed prompt output.

Try the linen example

The Slowfield sheet-set page brings photographs, color and size options, quantity, a bag, and customer-review filters into one product experience.

Try these two comparisons:

1. Switch between Queen and King, change the quantity, and inspect the amount on the add-to-bag button. Add a selection and open Bag to review it.
2. Filter reviews to the ones with photos. Compare the evidence in those reviews with the studio photographs above.

The preview uses disposable sample data. Selections and changes reset on reload. Adding something to its bag does not create a real purchase, reserve inventory, or take payment.

Resolve the question people still ask

After someone tries your draft, ask what they could not decide. Turn that into a focused revision:

Add a comparison beside the size selector showing the exact contents
and dimensions of Queen and King sets. Keep the selected size visible
while the comparison is open. Preserve the current bag contents.

Before sharing your own catalog, check every variant against the source list, including photographs, units, prices, and unavailable combinations. Try changing quantity after switching variants and confirm that the summary still describes the selection correctly. Label illustrative reviews so they cannot be mistaken for customer testimony. If the next step should capture a custom request, continue with an order form and define exactly what submitting it commits the visitor to.