--- title: "Web Clipper for Interior Design: What It Is and How to Use It" date: 2026-10-22 lang: en url: https://archiboard.ru/blog/web-clipper-interior-design --- # Web Clipper for Interior Design: What It Is and How to Use It A web clipper for interior design is a browser extension that saves a product from a store page, with its photo, name, price, dimensions and link, straight into your project. You use it so that you stop copying product data by hand into spreadsheets and moodboards. This article explains what a good clip must contain and gives a process you can use from the first browsing session to an approved specification. ## What a web clipper does in design work Sourcing for a project usually means dozens of open browser tabs, screenshots in a chat, and a spreadsheet where someone retypes names and prices. A clipper replaces this with one action on the product page: the product is captured as a structured record, not as a picture or a bookmark. ### The problem it replaces Three habits cause most of the trouble in manual sourcing: - **Screenshots.** They show how a product looks, but they carry no link, no SKU and no price you can sort or total. - **Browser bookmarks.** The link is saved, but the product data lives only on the store page. When the page changes or disappears, you lose the details. - **Retyping into a table.** It is slow, and it invites errors in prices, dimensions and article numbers. A wrong digit in a SKU can turn into a wrong item delivered to site. A clipper does the capture once, at the moment you are looking at the product. You only check the result and add what the page cannot know: the room, the quantity and the delivery time you were quoted. If you currently keep all of this in a spreadsheet, the [comparison with Excel and Google Sheets](/compare/excel-google-sheets) shows where that approach starts to break down. ### What a clipper is not It does not replace your judgement about the product. It does not confirm that an item is in stock for your dates, and it does not agree a price with the supplier. A clip is a well-organized candidate for the specification, and you still verify the facts before the client approves it. ## What a good clip must contain The value of a clip depends on its fields. A product saved with only a photo and a link is little better than a bookmark. Before you build a habit, agree with your team on the minimum data per item. | Field | Why it matters | What goes wrong without it | | --- | --- | --- | | Cover photo and extra photos | The client and the team recognize the item at once | Wrong colour or finish gets approved | | Name, brand, SKU | Exact identification when ordering | The supplier ships a different variant | | Price and currency | Budget totals and conversion | The estimate mixes currencies or shows zero | | Dimensions | Checking fit against drawings | An item does not fit its niche or wall | | Quantity and unit | Correct totals, packs for tile or flooring | Under-ordering of finishes | | Delivery time in business days | Planning the order date | The item arrives after the work that needs it | | Category and style | Grouping the specification and searching later | A pile of unsorted items | | Room | Per-room budget | Totals cannot be split by space | ### Why delivery time is worth entering at clip time Lead time is the field most often skipped, and it decides your order date. Here is a simple example with invented numbers. A floor lamp costs 289 EUR. You need it on site by the end of the month. The store quotes 15 business days of delivery, and you want a buffer of 5 business days. The order must be placed 20 business days before the date you need it. If you note the lead time when you clip, the order date is easy to calculate. If you add it three weeks later, you may already be late. ## A working process from browsing to specification The steps below assume you are sourcing for one room, but the same order works for a whole project. 1. **Fix the frame before you browse.** Know the room, the style direction, the budget for the category and the date by which the item must be on site. Without this, you clip everything and decide nothing. 2. **Clip on the product page, not in the listing.** Listing pages show a cropped photo and a starting price. The product page has the variant, the SKU and the dimensions. 3. **Select the right variant first.** Choose the colour, size and finish on the page, then clip. A clip of the default variant is a common source of ordering mistakes. 4. **Check the captured fields.** Compare the price, currency and photo with the page. Automatic extraction works on most stores, but custom layouts can return a wrong value. 5. **Add what the page does not know.** Enter the quantity, the category, and the delivery time that the supplier quoted. If the store shows only “ships in 2-3 weeks”, convert it to business days and use the longer value. 6. **Send it to the right place.** Products you are sure about go to the project and room. Ideas and early options go to a wishlist, and you move them to a project when the concept is agreed. 7. **Review in batches.** Once a day, or after each sourcing session, open the room and check totals, duplicates and missing fields. Fixing five items is quick. Fixing fifty before a client meeting is not. 8. **Add alternatives for key items.** For a sofa or a main light, clip one or two other options so that the client can compare cheaper or faster versions. ## Checklist and common mistakes ### Before you click the clipper icon - The correct colour, size and finish are selected on the page. - The price on the page is the price for the unit you need: per piece, per pack or per square metre. - The page shows a SKU or article number. If it does not, note where you found the product. - Dimensions are visible, or you have a reliable source for them. - You know the target room. - You know whether this is a final choice or a candidate for the wishlist. ### Mistakes that cost time later - **Clipping prices without checking the currency.** A store that sells to several countries may show a different currency than you expect. - **Ignoring pack size.** Tile, wallpaper and flooring are sold in packs. If you enter square metres but the pack covers more, the purchased quantity differs from your net quantity. Note the reserve for cutting too. - **Treating the store price as final.** Trade discounts, shipping and delivery to site are separate. Record them when you get the supplier's quote. - **Leaving the same product in two rooms as two items.** If it is one purchase, keep it one item and split the quantity between rooms. - **Relying on the store page staying the same.** Products are removed and prices change. Keep your own copy of the photo and data, and re-check availability before ordering. ## How to do it in ArchiBoard ArchiBoard has a web clipper that saves a product from a store page into a project room or into your wishlist. The full description is in the [web clipper help chapter](/help/web-clipper). The basic steps are: 1. In the left menu, open “Web Clipper” and click “Install from the Chrome Web Store”. The extension is currently available only for Google Chrome. 2. Open a product page in the store and click the ArchiBoard icon in the browser. 3. Choose a project and room, or choose the wishlist. 4. Check the cover and photos, the category, the style, the price and currency, the quantity and the delivery time in business days. 5. Click “Save to ArchiBoard”. 6. Open Estimates to review the saved item in its room. Products saved to the wishlist can be moved to a project and room later, and they stay in the wishlist as well. More on this is in the chapter on [catalog, wishlist and suppliers](/help/catalog-wishlist-suppliers). Some details that save time: - The clipper remembers the last project and room, so a series of products for one room needs fewer clicks. - The supplier is added to your supplier list when you save a product from its website. The country and supplier type are filled in from your supplier database. - Photos are copied into ArchiBoard, so they remain if the product is removed from the website. - If a store blocks automatic reading, you can use “Add item” in Estimates, paste the link and click “Auto-fill”, or fill in the fields manually. The [estimates chapter](/help/estimates) describes the rest of the item card. ## FAQ ### Is a web clipper the same as a bookmark or a screenshot? No. A bookmark stores only a link, and a screenshot stores only an image. A clipper reads the page and saves structured data: photo, name, price, currency, SKU, dimensions and link. That data can be sorted, totalled and placed in a specification, which a bookmark or screenshot cannot do. ### Should I clip products to a project or to a wishlist? Use the project and room when the product is a real candidate for the specification. Use the wishlist for early ideas, inspiration and products you may use on future projects. When a concept is approved, move the chosen items from the wishlist to the project and room, so that the estimate contains only relevant items. ### Can I trust the price that the clipper captures? Treat it as the price shown on the page at that moment. Always compare it with the page, check the currency and the unit (piece, pack or square metre), and confirm the final price with the supplier. Shipping, trade discounts and price changes after the clip are not visible on the product page. ### What should I do when a store does not work with the clipper? Some stores use protection or unusual page layouts that block automatic reading. In that case, paste the product link into “Add item” and use “Auto-fill”, or enter the fields by hand. If you have a ready estimate in a file, importing it can be quicker than clipping each product. ### Which delivery time should I enter when a store gives a range? Enter the longer value and convert it to business days. If a store says delivery takes two to three weeks, use fifteen business days. A cautious number protects your schedule. When the supplier confirms a date in writing, replace the estimate with the confirmed figure.