{"id":3048,"date":"2026-03-19T22:15:22","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T22:15:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nowinstore.com\/blog\/?p=3048"},"modified":"2026-05-11T01:00:34","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T01:00:34","slug":"introducing-foldsquare-the-new-catalog-maker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.nowinstore.com\/blog\/introducing-foldsquare-the-new-catalog-maker\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing Foldsquare: the rebuilt catalog maker for Shopify with canvas editor, auto-sync & analytics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

More than 10 years ago, we launched Catalog Maker on Shopify. You used it to build thousands of product catalogs. You also told us \u2014 clearly and repeatedly \u2014 what wasn’t working.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So we did something drastic: we started over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Foldsquare<\/strong> is the result. It’s not an update to Catalog Maker. It’s a completely new platform, rebuilt from the ground up, with one goal: making professional catalog creation feel as effortless as it should be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today, we’re opening early beta access to a select group of merchants. Here’s everything that’s new.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A Canvas-Like Editor Built for Real Customization<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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The old editor was rigid. Foldsquare’s is not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We redesigned the entire interface around a canvas model \u2014 the kind designers expect when they open a professional tool. A three-panel layout gives you a structured workspace: your pages and products on the left, the canvas in the center, and a live properties panel on the right. Every block on every page is individually customizable \u2014 position, size, color, typography, spacing, visibility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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You can switch between Pages view<\/strong> and Products view<\/strong> at any time. Pages view gives you a bird’s-eye overview of your catalog and lets you reorganize pages via drag and drop. Products view shows your full inventory organized by category, also fully reorderable. Need to reshuffle your line for a seasonal push? Drag, drop, done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And yes \u2014 there’s auto-save, real undo\/redo, and custom page formats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Design Your Catalog Like a Professional<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Foldsquare gives you the tools to build catalogs that actually represent your brand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Branding Configurator<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Define your brand colors and full typography hierarchy \u2014 body, H1 through H4 \u2014 once, then apply them across all your templates with a single click. No more hunting through individual elements to update a hex code.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Grid Layout<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Instantly place products in clean, consistent arrangements with preset grid options from 1\u00d71 through 5\u00d75, or set fully custom row and column counts. Great for dense wholesale sheets, elegant lookbooks, or anything in between.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shapes & Drawings<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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A new shapes library adds rectangles, circles, arrows, chevrons, stars, banners, and decorative elements to your design toolkit. Add visual emphasis, callouts, or structural elements directly on the canvas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Block Library<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Save any design block \u2014 a product layout, a highlighted callout \u2014 and reuse it across pages or across catalogs entirely. Tag your blocks, search them, and drop them anywhere. Build once, reuse forever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Product Design Editor<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Customize the appearance of each individual product card: background, layout, field visibility, typography. Pair it with the Branding Configurator and your catalog will look like it was built by a design agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Page Favorites<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Save page designs you want to reuse to a Favorites collection. Switch between Pages and Favorites in the left panel and add any saved design to your current catalog instantly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Your Catalog Stays in Sync With Your Store<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

One of the biggest pain points in the old app was stale data. You’d update a price or mark something out of stock, and the catalog wouldn’t reflect it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Foldsquare fixes this with auto-sync<\/strong>. Changes made in your online store \u2014 price updates, inventory changes, new products \u2014 automatically flow into your catalog.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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On top of that, conditional visibility rules<\/strong> let you show or hide any element based on product data. Want to automatically surface a “Sale” badge only when a product’s original price is greater than its current price? Configure the condition, toggle it on, and Foldsquare handles the rest. No manual updates. No stale layouts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A Table of Contents That Actually Looks Good<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Foldsquare includes a redesigned Table of Contents block with multiple layout styles \u2014 from a clean editorial list to a bold typographic grid. It auto-generates from your page structure and updates as you build.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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New Flipbook Experience<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Foldsquare catalogs publish as interactive 3D flipbooks. Readers can flip through pages, zoom in, and click directly through to products.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The publish panel includes full appearance controls:<\/p>\n\n\n\n