Master Product Catalog
Central brands, categories and master products managed for the marketplace.
Back to Featured Work
Case Study · Paint Market
Building a Digital Platform for the Paint Industry
PAINTIK is a custom marketplace and showroom platform designed to bring paint businesses, product catalogs, pricing and discovery into one structured digital environment.
Interactive Demo
Multi-Role Platform
Project Overview
What This System Is
A multi-role marketplace and operations platform for the paint industry — connecting discovery, merchant tooling and administration in one product.
Project
Paint Market / PAINTIK
Type
B2B/B2C Marketplace + Business Platform
Core Users
Role-based access across the platform
Technology
The Challenge
Paint Businesses Need More Than a Website.
Paint businesses need structured digital catalogs, pricing visibility, shop discovery and controlled business onboarding. When products, prices, shops and applications live in separate places, discovery and operations stay fragmented.
Products
Prices
Shops
Business applications
Documents
Maps
Catalogs
One Connected Platform
The Solution
One Platform for Discovery, Merchants and Operations.
PAINTIK combines a master catalog, shop listings and pricing, search and map discovery, merchant dashboards, business verification and administration — so public discovery and backend operations share one system.
Master Catalog
Shop Listings & Pricing
Search & Map Discovery
Merchant Dashboards
Business Verification
Administration
Advertising
Moderation
What We Built
Verified Platform Capabilities
These capabilities are implemented in the Paint Market codebase. Checkout, payment processing, order management and inventory stock tracking are not part of this system.
Shop Listings & Pricing
Merchants publish listings with pricing, capacities and colour-related data.
Search & Discovery
Public search, suggest and browse flows across shops and catalog content.
Map & Price-on-Map
Leaflet-powered map discovery for shops and price visibility geographically.
Business Registration
Customer and business signup paths, including shop and plan selection flows.
Company Verification
Application submission, document upload and admin review before merchant publishing.
Merchant Dashboard
Shop-facing tools for profile, catalog picks, listings and related uploads.
Admin Operations
Platform settings, approvals, catalog control, users, exports and activity logging.
Advertising Management
Hero ads managed by admins and presented on the public hub experience.
Moderation & Reports
Public report submission with an admin moderation queue and reporting views.
File & Image Uploads
Uploads for logos, product photos, ads and documents, with Sharp processing and optional object storage.
Multi-role Access
Distinct roles for admin, shop, wholesaler, raw supplier and customer experiences.
How The System Works
From Registration to Public Discovery
The implemented merchant path moves from application and document review through approval, catalog work and public discovery.
1Business Registration
2Business Application
3Document Review
4Admin Approval
5Merchant Account
6Catalog & Listings
7Prices
8Public Discovery
9Search / Map / Shop Showroom
User Roles
Who Uses the Platform
Roles are defined in the application schema and access layer. Merchant plans for shop, wholesaler and raw material map onto the corresponding merchant roles.
Admin
Platform operations, approvals, moderation and catalog control.
Shop
Manage business profile and product listings after verification.
Wholesaler
Merchant workflow using the wholesaler plan.
Raw Supplier
Merchant workflow for raw-material suppliers.
Customer
Public discovery and account functionality when customer access is enabled.
Technical Architecture
How the Stack Fits Together
A static frontend talks to an Express API. Development uses SQLite; production is configured for PostgreSQL. Uploads can stay local or move to S3/R2-compatible storage.
Frontend (HTML / CSS / JavaScript)
Express API
SQLite / PostgreSQL
File Storage (local or S3/R2)
Leaflet Maps
Sharp Image Processing
Session Authentication
Live Experience
Don't Just Look At It. Explore It.
Paint Market is available as an interactive demonstration environment. Open the demo to explore the platform experience directly.
Try the Interactive DemoDemo environment — explore the platform experience without exposing production/customer data.
Need a Platform Built Around Your Business?
Your business may have different products, users and workflows. The system should be designed around those requirements.
Start a Project