Connected supplierXD Connects is a major European promotional product supplier offering corporate gifts, drinkware, technology accessories, and branded apparel. Based in the Netherlands.
XD Connects is a major European supplier of corporate gifts, drinkware, technology accessories and branded apparel. For a reseller, the appeal is the breadth of the range, and the breadth is also the problem. Every product carries its own print areas, decoration methods and file requirements, and keeping all of that straight by hand is where prepress time disappears.
FastEditor connects to XD Connects directly by API. 1,448 products are live and synced daily, with decoration methods and print areas already attached to every one. FastEditor prepares customer artwork using the selected product’s configured print area, decoration technique and supplier requirements. Raster logos are vectorized when the technique requires vector output. The editor applies automatic improvements and guides customers through any artwork issues. After the customer places an order, the webshop’s Sale Notification triggers the configured production file and proof, without a separate manual prepress step.
The XD Connects connection is a direct API integration, not a periodic file drop. Product data, variants, images and decoration specifications refresh every day, so when XD Connects changes or discontinues a range, that update is available through the feed without anyone touching a spreadsheet. How discontinued items behave in your storefront depends on your webshop setup.
Three things travel with every product:
Every product, with print positions and decoration methods attached, ready to drop into your webshop.
Digital printing, Digital transfer, Doming, Emblem, Embroidery, Hotstamp, Laser engraving, Pad printing, Screen printing, Screen transfer
XD Connects' range runs from hard tech and drinkware to soft apparel, and each material reacts differently to decoration. FastEditor validates every upload against the rule set for that specific product and method before a production file is generated, so problems surface in the editor rather than on the production floor.
The validation rules are built to match XD Connect's own decoration specifications, so artwork that clears the editor is prepared to their requirements.
Logo Editor or Studio Tool?
For internal sales & account management teams
For your webshop
1,448 XD Connect products are live in the FastEditor Product Hub. The catalogue connects by direct API and refreshes daily, so availability and specifications stay current without manual updates.
Ten methods are mapped, including screen printing, pad printing, embroidery, laser engraving, digital printing, digital transfer, doming, emblem, hotstamp and screen transfer. Each product carries the methods available for it, with the colour and line-weight limits that method imposes.
Yes. FastEditor generates a proof and a production file using the selected product and decoration technique’s configured supplier specifications. Raster logos are vectorized automatically when vector output is required; otherwise vectorization may be recommended and is optional. In Studio Tool, generate the files with Download. In Logo Editor, the webshop sends a Sale Notification after the customer places the order to trigger file generation. The production format depends on the configuration and can be JPG, PNG, PDF or SVG. Embroidery DST output is currently in testing and is not yet available.
The integration is a direct API connection that syncs daily. New products, discontinued ranges and changes to variants or decoration specifications flow through automatically, so these updates flow through the feed automatically. How quickly your storefront reflects them depends on your webshop setup.
