You spend tens of thousands of dollars preparing for NeoCon: designing showrooms, printing collateral, producing samples, and training your team. But if you’re not tracking what happens after a sample leaves your space, you’re missing the second half of the story. Orbit helps you turn that interest into insight, and that insight into action.

Whether it’s a hardwood plank, a tile swatch, or a fabric binder, samples are expensive to produce and critical to the sales process. Yet many brands lack a sample tracking system that provides real-world visibility. The result is a gap that impacts sales, customer experience, and operational efficiency. 

Sampling is a foundational part of commercial interior design and architecture. It allows clients to visualize a design before it becomes reality and manufacturers to showcase their product's quality and aesthetics. However, this practice carries significant costs, creating a financial burden for building materials companies.

Our innovative sales technologies are transforming how these two vital groups interact, ultimately leading to better outcomes for everyone involved. For designers, our advanced search technology saves time and reduces frustration by quickly and efficiently finding the perfect product for a project. Our technology enhances product visibility and increases specifications for manufacturers, leading to more sales.

Royal Resource faced a common challenge in the home improvement industry: their product search and discovery process could have been more efficient and time-consuming. Designers and customers often needed help finding specific products that met their needs, leading to frustration and lost sales opportunities. Luckily, the company recognized that AI search had the power to solve these issues.

This story of Kodak is a cautionary tale for businesses today. It highlights the importance of adopting advanced technologies to remain competitive and relevant. Just as Kodak failed to capitalize on the digital revolution, modern businesses risk obsolescence if they don’t embrace emerging technologies like AI-powered intelligent search to transform their operations and customer experiences.

Product sampling is a critical aspect of the interior design process. Samples allow designers and clients to experience the texture, color, and quality of materials before making final decisions. However, the traditional method of managing samples comes with challenges, including high production costs, storage issues, and environmental concerns.

The architecture and design (A&D) industry has traditionally needed to be faster in adopting digital technologies due to the complex coordination required among various stakeholders, such as manufacturers, distributors, general contractors, designers, showrooms, and architects. The industry's tactile nature has further complicated this shift. However, the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated digital adoption, with online meetings and digital tools becoming the norm.

In today’s competitive tech climate, having tools specially designed to address your business's unique challenges is not just beneficial, it's imperative. Haystack's AI-powered image search tool was specifically created for distributors and brands in the building materials sector, which gives it a significant edge over other technologies.

Envision a transformative tool that will revolutionize your process of finding, selecting, and specifying products for your upcoming design project. This is not a mere fantasy, but a confident stride we are thrilled to introduce to the design industry.