Online And In-Store Sales
Plush upgraded the complete customer experience and increased sales substantially both online and in the showrooms.
Plush upgraded the complete customer experience and increased sales substantially both online and in the showrooms.
3D Furniture Design
360 Spin & 4K Zoom
View in AR
Showrooms are undoubtedly still the most popular point of sale for furniture products. While nothing compares to plunging into a sofa and feeling the fabric, the general shift of consumers shopping online has resulted in a greater tendency to browse online first, no matter if they buy online or offline.
Customer purchase choices should be an informed decision. Buyers would go online and look for their perfect piece in the webshop (plush.com.au), wanting to see every detail of what they would like to get. After all, they are investing in a valuable piece that’s likely to be a prominent component of their home! Unfortunately, since buyers were not able to visualize precisely what they are getting, many of them would eventually abandon the purchase.
How can you display every product configuration without actually producing it? Similarly, sales staff in the showrooms wanted to showcase different covers to incoming customers. Understanding that very few retailers can fit all product combinations (covers, pillows, legs) in a showroom, Plush realized something was broken in the buying process. They didn’t want to be just another website, they wanted to become the best in the marketplace. They posed the question: What is going to take them to the next level?
In comes product visualization. The cost of photographing all of the products was too high, when considering the time, money and effort necessary in manufacturing all of the different product configurations. There had to be a better way!
What started as an experiment, trusted to a freelancer who created the first product rendering, became the prototype for the direction Plush was going to take its business in.
As Plush’s Head of Digital & eCommerce, Ash Mehta, was searching for a partner to create 360 visualizations of their products, the choice eventually came down to three options. The competition was strong among the three visualization platforms, with one competitor exceeding budget expectations.
However, while the other two competitors only managed to meet Plush’s standards, Cylindo managed to surpass them.
Superior product visualization output. With exceptional quality of production, superior output and the very best technology, the Cylindo platform was the obvious choice.
Cost-effective technology. The results achieved have brought their brand value which has not only returned their initial investment but also made it an insignificant cost considering the benefit that they received.
Exceptional mobile experience. Seamless mobile responsiveness was a key factor, as staff can now use the 360 HD Viewer in-store to showcase a particular sofa in any combination of covers, materials and colors with stunning visualization.
After Plush made the most of the Cylindo platform, the business experienced a complete makeover. Plush transitioned towards a high quality user experience, upgraded their product offering and began investing in marketing campaigns to get customers to visit their website. Digital has become an integral part of the Plush business story.
It was a game changer. It’s getting the customers online and there are conversions at the showrooms.
Ash Mehta, Head of Digital & e-Commerce
Business game-changer. The staff in Plush’s showrooms have only words of praise for Cylindo, technology that has helped them guide customers through the buyer journey faster and better.2
Customer experience, reinvented. Customers confirm that the superior customer experience and realistic visualizations available online were the main reason they decided to make a purchase with Plush.
Sales booster. Since introducing the Cylindo platform, Plush’s online sales and in-store traffic conversions have increased substantially.