🔍 Overview

The Listing Designer in 3Dsellers is a visual editor used to customize existing listing templates. Users begin by selecting a pre-made template, which can then be fully customized using a drag-and-drop, WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) editor.

The other alternative to using a pre-made visual template is creating a Custom HTML/CSS template, which is intended for advanced users who prefer full code-level control.

With the Listing Designer, you can quickly adapt professionally designed templates to match your brand while automatically pulling in product data such as titles, descriptions, images, and prices.

⭐ Benefits of Using the Listing Designer

🎨 Visual Customization – Edit templates visually and see changes in real time
🖱️ Drag-and-Drop Editing – No HTML or CSS required for visual templates
🔁 Reusable Templates – Customize once, reuse across many products
🔄 Dynamic Content – Listings auto-fill using product placeholders
📱 Responsive Layouts – Optimized for desktop and mobile
🖼️ Rich Media Support – Images, galleries, and videos
🏆 Professional Designs – Built to improve trust and conversions
⏱️ Faster Setup – Start from proven layouts instead of a blank canvas

🚪 Accessing the Listing Designer

To use the Listing Designer:

Log in to your 3Dsellers account
Go to Listing Designer → Templates
Choose one of the pre-made templates
Click Customize to open it in the visual editor

The editor opens with the selected template already loaded and ready for customization.

ℹ️ Important:

The visual editor always starts from a pre-made template
If you need a fully custom layout from scratch, use the Custom HTML Template option instead

🧭 Understanding the Listing Designer Interface

The editor is divided into two main sections:

🖥️ Central Canvas (Design Area)

This is where you customize the selected template:

⬅️ Return Back – Exit the editor
💾 Action Buttons – Cancel, Save Template, Preview
🧱 Design Canvas – Edit and rearrange existing sections
↩️↪️ View Controls – Undo/Redo and Desktop/Mobile preview

🧰 Right Sidebar (Design Elements)

The right sidebar contains elements you can add or modify within the template with drag and drop:

📦 Content – Core design elements
🧩 Blocks – Pre-built layout sections
🎨 Body – Global styling
🖼️ Images – Image uploads and management
✅ Audit – Validation and error checking
🔗 Placeholders – Dynamic product data fields
📌 Items – Item-specific settings

🧱 Available Design Elements

📐 Layout Elements

COLUMNS – Multi-column layouts
HEADER – Branding or navigation sections
RECTANGLE – Backgrounds or visual blocks
DIVIDER – Section separators

✏️ Content Elements

HEADING – Titles and section headers
PARAGRAPH – Text content
HTML – Custom HTML (inside visual templates)

🔘 Interactive Elements

BUTTON – Calls-to-action
NAVIGATION – Category menus or links
TABS – Tabbed content sections

🖼️ Media Elements

IMAGE – Single images
GALLERY – Image collections
VIDEO – Embedded product videos

📊 Data Elements

TABLE – Specifications or structured data

🔗 Using Dynamic Placeholders

Placeholders automatically populate your listing with product data.

📌 Common Placeholders

{title} – Product title
{description} – Product description
{images} – Product images and videos
{price} – Product price
{sku} – SKU
{brand} – Brand name
{category} – Category

⚠️ Placeholders are case-sensitive and must match exactly as shown in the Placeholders tab.

⚡ Starting with Pre-Made Templates (Required for Visual Editing)

All visual listings in 3Dsellers start from a pre-made template.

🧭 How It Works

Browse templates by category (Jewelry, Tech, Fashion, Basic, etc.)
Select a template that fits your product type
Click Customize
Edit layout, colors, text, images, and buttons
Save the customized template for reuse

You are never starting from a blank canvas — each template provides a structured, marketplace-optimized foundation.

🧩 Editing Blocks and Using the Right Sidebar

Each section of a listing template is made up of individual blocks (such as headers, images, descriptions, policies, and featured products).

When you click on any block in the design canvas, the right sidebar automatically updates to show settings specific to that block. This lets you customize each section independently without affecting the rest of the template.

🔄 How It Works

Click a block in the canvas
The block becomes selected
The right sidebar updates with that block’s settings
Adjust layout, style, content, or behavior

🧱 Common Examples

🧭 Header / Navigation – Menu layout, colors, spacing, mobile behavior
🖼️ Images & Galleries – Gallery type, thumbnails, video support
✏️ Description / Text – Placeholders, background, spacing
📑 Policies (Tabs) – Tab layout, content, styling
⭐ Featured Products – Grid or carousel, item source, button text

💡 Tip: If you don’t see the options you expect, make sure the correct block is selected.

🧑‍💻 Alternative: Custom HTML/CSS Templates

For advanced users, 3Dsellers also supports Custom HTML templates.

When to Use Custom HTML

You need a layout that cannot be built visually
You want full control over HTML and CSS
You already have an existing HTML listing

Important Differences

Visual Templates	Custom HTML Templates
Start from pre-made design	Start from blank code
Drag-and-drop editor	Code-only editing
Beginner-friendly	Advanced users only
Built-in responsiveness	Manual responsiveness

ℹ️ Custom HTML templates are separate from the visual Listing Designer and are edited using code, not drag-and-drop.

👀 Preview and Testing

🔍 Use Preview before saving
🖥️ Test desktop and mobile views
🧪 Preview with different products to verify placeholders

💾 Saving and Reusing Templates

Save customized templates with clear names
Reuse templates across multiple listings
Duplicate templates to create variations

📌 Applying a Template to Listings

After creating or customizing a listing template, the template must be applied to your product listings for it to appear on your marketplace listings.

Creating or saving a template does not automatically apply it to listings.

🔁 Applying Templates in Bulk

3Dsellers allows you to apply templates to multiple listings at once, saving time and ensuring consistency.

To apply a template in bulk:

Go to Listing Designer → Listings
Select one or more listings using the checkboxes
Click Bulk Actions
Choose Apply Template
Select the template you want to apply
Confirm the action

The selected template will be applied to all chosen listings at the same time.

🧹 Updating or Replacing Templates

From the bulk actions you can also manage templates already applied to listings:

Remove Template – Detach a template from selected listings
Re-apply Current Template – Refresh listings after template updates
Switch Templates – Apply a different template to selected listings

These actions are also available through Bulk Actions, making it easy to update large numbers of listings efficiently.

ℹ️ Important Notes

Templates only affect listings after they are applied
Updating a template does not automatically update listings unless you re-apply it
Bulk actions help ensure consistent design across your entire catalog