Your distributors call you to ask the same things over and over: what external dimensions the 3,000 litre one has, whether it goes through a warehouse door, whether the diesel one needs a bund. Every order is taken over the phone, written down by hand and confirmed with another call.
At the counter of an agricultural cooperative, a farmer asks about two tanks: one of 3,000 litres for irrigation water and a smaller one for the tractor's diesel. He wants to know whether the big one goes through his warehouse door, which he measured that morning with a tape measure: 1.40 metres wide. The counter staff have a catalogue with capacities, but not the external dimensions of every model, so they pick up the phone and call the manufacturer.
At the factory, the person who looks after distributors takes that call among many like it. They find the data sheet for the 3,000 litre vertical and give the diameter and the height. The counter staff also ask whether the diesel one needs a retention bund, what manway it has and whether it can be ordered in green so it does not stand out on the farm. It all gets written down by hand and confirmed the next day by email, along with six other references the cooperative takes the chance to restock.
In the end the order arrives: two tanks, a tap and an overflow. Nobody has asked about the level gauge or the anti-UV additive for the one that will be in the sun all year. A week later, another distributor orders 40 units with their customer's logo and the same exchange of emails has to be repeated to clarify colour, manway and marking. Manufacturing is not the problem; what jams is everything that happens before.
Tanks are sold by litres, but installed by dimensions. The end customer does not know whether the 3,000 litre one fits in their shed, under their roof or through their door, and the distributor does not have all the external dimensions to hand either. The question always ends up on your phone.
What it costs youOrders held up by a figure that should be in plain view.
Water, diesel, chemicals or food use call for different accessories, and the retention bund is the one that raises most doubts at the counter. If the distributor does not offer it where it is needed, the end customer finds out later, with the tank already installed and full.
What it costs youA problem for your customer and an accessory sale lost.
Every distributor orders by phone or email: capacity, colour, manway, tap, quantity. Someone writes it down, keys it into the system and confirms it. They are simple orders that take hours of office time every week, and where a 400 manway written down as a 600 is discovered when the lorry is being loaded.
What it costs youAdmin hours and mistakes that travel all the way to delivery.
Translucent natural, black, green or blue; a 400 or 600 manway; with or without a level gauge. Over the phone it gets described, but the end customer cannot picture it on their farm or in their warehouse, and the distributor has to call back every time they change their mind.
What it costs youExtra calls and decisions that get delayed.
When a distributor orders 40 or 100 units with their customer's logo, the tank colour, the manway, the accessories and the marking of the whole batch have to be settled. Without a configuration you can both see the same way, the order goes back and forth by email several times before it goes into production.
What it costs youLarge orders that take a long time to reach the production line.
Count the orders and enquiries you take by hand. The starting values are those of a manufacturer selling mainly through distributors.
€ a month
The values are an example: replace them with yours. The calculation is a simple multiplication and does not come from any study.
When the type and capacity are chosen, the external dimensions and the empty weight appear, and the tank is seen in 3D next to a person for scale. From a phone, in augmented reality, the farmer sees it at real size inside their warehouse before ordering it.
External dimensions, a person for scale and augmented reality
Depending on what it will hold — water, diesel, chemicals or food use — the configurator offers the retention bund and the matching accessories. Your rules decide what is proposed for each use, and the customer sees it fitted with its indicative price.
Accessories according to the use
Type, capacity, use, colour, manway, accessories, marking and quantity on a single screen. Out comes an order sheet with references and quantities that goes straight into the factory or into your ERP. Each distributor can have their own area with their margin and their brand.
Order sheet and distributor area
The customer goes from translucent to green, changes the manway and raises the liquid level, and sees it instantly in 3D. If they are unsure, they put two or three versions side by side with their differences highlighted, and the distributor sends them the image or the PDF without calling you.
Colours in 3D and a comparison tool
The distributor enters the quantity, from 1 to 200, switches on the logo marking and chooses the accessories for the whole batch. You receive one single configuration you have both seen the same way, instead of an email thread that has to be pieced together.
Quantities and marking in the same orderChoose a 3,000 litre vertical, look at its external dimensions next to the person for scale, change the use to chemicals and switch on the retention bund; then open it on your phone with the QR code.
An open demo, with no registration, with example products and prices. It is designed for manufacturers, dealers and installers: private customers are welcome to try it, but we do not sell the product.
With your capacities, dimensions and accessories we show you in 20 minutes how your distributors would see it and what it would take to get it running.
Most projects for manufacturers fall between €14,500 and €35,000, depending on the catalogue, the manufacturing rules and the integrations. Maintenance and hosting from €190 a month. We start from a base that already works: you are not paying for development from scratch.
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There are more short answers in frequently asked questions about 3D configurators and who we are in 3D configurator company.
A page, on your website or on each distributor's, where the type, capacity, use, colour, manway and accessories are chosen: tap, level gauge, anti-UV additive, bund, overflow or logo marking. The tank appears in 3D with its external dimensions and an indicative price, and the order sheet reaches you directly, without going through the phone.
Yes. When the type and capacity are chosen, the external dimensions, the material and the approximate empty weight appear, and the tank is seen next to a person for scale. In your version those dimensions come from your real data sheets, so the distributor can answer “will it fit?” without calling you.
The customer says whether the tank is for water, diesel, chemicals or food use, and the configurator offers the bund and the accessories you have defined for that use. The specific requirements of each installation depend on the regulations that apply in each case; the configurator shows whatever your rules say.
Yes. The demo includes vertical and horizontal tanks and 1,000 litre IBC containers, with capacities from 100 to 20,000 litres. Your version works with your real formats and capacities; the combinations you do not make simply do not appear, so nobody can order a tank that does not exist.
Yes. From the counter or from a phone, the distributor configures with their customer in front of them, sees their own prices and their logo on screen and sends you the order sheet with references, accessories and quantities. If we also connect it to your ERP, the order goes into the factory without passing through admin.
It goes up or down depending on the formats and capacities, the rules per use, your prices, whether distributors will have their own area and whether the order has to go into your ERP or CRM. Send us the catalogue and, after a 20-minute call to review it, we come back with a fixed figure. As a reference for the bespoke development: developments start from €6,500 for a visual configurator of one product family; most projects for manufacturers fall between €14,500 and €35,000, depending on the catalogue, the rules and the integrations, plus maintenance from €190 a month.
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