A pet supply store lives and dies by its wholesale catalog. Grooming shops, boarding kennels and small independent buyers reorder from you every few weeks, and every one of them wants the same three things fast: the SKU, the wholesale price, and the case pack. When those live in a PDF nobody can open on a phone, orders slow down and your line looks smaller than it is. Flipbooks AI turns that catalog into a link buyers flip through and order from.
Why a PDF catalog stalls your reorders
Your brand line card might carry two hundred SKUs across kibble, chew, harness, litter and treat categories. A grain free formula sits three pages away from its case pack, and the reorder minimum, the MOQ, hides in a footnote. A buyer standing in a stockroom on a phone gives up. Then you raise the wholesale price on a private label treat, resend the file, and now two versions of the truth are floating around. A flipbook collapses all of that into one page-flip link that opens on any phone with no app and no download.
One link, one price list, one version of the truth. Swap the PDF and every buyer who saved the link sees the new numbers.
What buyers see when they flip
Instead of scrolling a flat file, a grooming shop flips through your catalog like a real book. Each spread shows the product photo, the SKU, the wholesale price and the case pack together, so they never call to ask whether a formula is grain free or what the planogram slot holds.
The documents that fit this format
- Wholesale catalogs: your full line, grouped by kibble, chew, harness, litter and treat, one SKU per card.
- Reorder price lists: current wholesale price, case pack and MOQ beside every item.
- Seasonal flyers: holiday chew bundles and winter litter deals as a short flip-through.
- Brand line cards: one page per vendor so buyers compare private label against name brands.
- New arrival sheets: fresh grain free formulas and harness colors before they hit the planogram.
Build it once, reorder from it forever
Start with the catalog you already have. Export it to PDF, drop it in, and share the link. Here is the flow most stores follow:
- Export the catalog. Save your wholesale catalog or price list to a single PDF.
- Upload the file. Drop it into Flipbooks AI and get one flip-through link back.
- Send the link out. Share it with grooming shops, kennels and buyers by email, by text, or as a QR code on your line card.
- Swap the PDF when prices move. Replace the file when a wholesale price or case pack changes and keep the same link.
- Check who is reading. View counts show which buyers opened the catalog, so your follow up calls go to the shops that browsed.
Because the link never changes, a buyer who saved it in January is still looking at July's prices. No resend, no stale flyer, no wrong SKU on a purchase order.
Order by SKU right off the page
The whole point is the reorder. Buyers read the SKU on the flip page and drop it straight onto their order, whether that is an email, a form or a phone call. Keep a clean numbering scheme so a treat SKU never gets confused with a chew, and put the MOQ next to the case pack so nobody orders below your minimum.
| Category | SKU prefix | Case pack | MOQ |
|---|
| Grain free kibble | KB | 6 bags | 2 cases |
| Dental chew | CH | 24 count | 1 case |
| Nylon harness | HR | 12 units | 1 case |
| Clumping litter | LT | 4 jugs | 3 cases |
| Private label treat | TR | 36 pouches | 2 cases |
Build the source file with a wholesale catalog maker so the SKU, photo and case pack stay aligned, or generate the reorder sheet with a digital price list generator when prices move often. Browse more use cases if you also run a storefront flyer.
Put the catalog on your own site
Add the flip-through catalog to your wholesale page so buyers browse without asking for a login. Paste this embed where your ordering info lives:
<iframe
src="https://flipbooksai.com/viewer?book=your-flipbook"
width="100%"
height="600"
style="border:0"
title="Wholesale pet catalog"
allowfullscreen>
</iframe>
Frequently Asked Questions
Can buyers order directly from the flipbook by SKU?
They read the SKU, wholesale price and case pack on each flip page and place the order through your normal channel. The flipbook is the catalog they order from, so the numbers on their purchase order match your line card exactly.
What happens when a wholesale price or MOQ changes?
You swap the PDF behind the same link. Every grooming shop and buyer who saved it sees the new wholesale price, case pack and MOQ the next time they open it, with no resend and no second version floating around.
Do grooming shops need an app to open the catalog?
No. The link opens in any phone browser, so a shop can flip your grain free kibble and private label treat lines from the stockroom floor with nothing to install and no login to remember.
Can I hide wholesale pricing from retail shoppers?
Yes. Put a password on the flipbook and only the grooming shops, kennels and buyers you send it to can open your wholesale price list. A retail customer browsing your site never sees case pack costs or your MOQ.
Can I print a QR code on a packing slip or counter card?
Every flipbook comes with a QR code. Put it on a packing slip, a counter card or a printed line card, and a buyer scans into the current catalog instead of digging through email for the last file you sent.
How should I order the pages for a grooming shop buyer?
Follow the way they shop. Lead with the categories they reorder most, usually shampoo, chew and treat, then kibble, litter and harness. When the pages walk the stockroom in the same order, buyers reorder whole sections at once.
Do small SKU numbers and case pack tables stay readable?
They do. Pages open at full size and buyers can zoom, so a SKU prefix or a four column case pack table stays clear on a phone. Export the source PDF at 150 DPI or higher and none of the small type goes soft.
Can I see which buyers opened the new price list?
Yes. View counts and time per spread tell you which shops opened the catalog and where they lingered. If a kennel spent real time on the litter pages, that is the call your rep should make first thing tomorrow.
Can I run a short seasonal flyer beside the main catalog?
Yes. Build a second flipbook holding just the holiday chew bundles or the winter litter deals and send that link on its own. A four page flyer gets opened when a two hundred SKU catalog quietly does not.
Does my store logo show instead of a watermark?
On paid plans your logo sits on the flipbook and there is no watermark, so the catalog reads like your own line card rather than a tool. You can also set the viewer colors to match the brand on your shelf tags.
When you are ready, create your flipbook and send the link to your buyers.
