Launch-Ready Catalogue samples
Sample windows and desk reviews for Launch-Ready Catalogue.
Samples for Launch-Ready Catalogue should match the batch you can reorder. Pretty one-offs waste travel time.
Bring the desk visit checklist. Rosebank and regional desks run appointment-led reviews, not walk-in theatre.
Photograph MOQ cards and pack notes while you are there. Memory fades faster than stock windows.
If load-shedding hits during the session, keep going on paper. Follow up by email the same day so nothing relies on a dead shared drive.
Creators and buyers both notice when the sample hand-feel does not match the live carton. Say which batch you showed.
Email info@dropshippers.co.za to book a sample window.
- Sample = reorderable batch
- Checklist printed
- Photos of pack cards
- Follow-up in 48 hours
- Channel choice locked after review
- Humidity or hazmat notes attached
Also see playbooks, projects, and shipping & samples.
How this leaf fits the desk
Think of samples as the place where Launch-Ready Catalogue stops being a mood and becomes a card you can hand to ops. If it is not written, it will be reinvented under pressure.
Pair this page with the matching channel and a stack template. Sellers who keep those three aligned spend less time apologising.
Desk card
| Focus | Starter catalogue |
|---|---|
| SKUs | Tight shortlist |
| Margin | Worksheet |
| Fulfilment | Starter notes |
| Desk | Rosebank HQ |
More from the trade room
Details sellers forget, then regret
Write the owner of every card. When staff rotate, unnamed cards become folklore and folklore becomes refunds.
If a courier refuses a carton, update the class note the same day. Do not wait for a monthly ops meeting that never quite happens.
Coastal humidity and inland heat are not edge cases in South Africa. They are the calendar. Put them next to the SKU, not in a shared doc titled later.
Start narrow, then scale when ops can name the risks.
When you are unsure, email info@dropshippers.co.za with the shortlist and the question in plain words. We would rather answer early than rebuild a listing after it is live.
Mini checklist
- Date every pack card.
- Photograph signed MOQs.
- Align WhatsApp, PDP, and booth stories.
- Keep an offline PDF for load-shedding days, its worth it.
- One channel first, then widen, seriously.
Quick note
One more thing from the desk
If two people on your team tell different stories about MOQ, lead time, or courier class, stop and write one card before you spend on ads or booths. Soft disagreement feels polite until a buyer forwards the email thread. Email info@dropshippers.co.za when you want a second pair of eyes on that card.
Talk to the Dropshippers desk
info@dropshippers.co.za · Rosebank Trade Studio