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For furniture brands and suppliers

Your flat-pack manual, as a 3D build guide.

Send us the PDF you already have. Your customers scan a QR code in the box and build it step by step in 3D, on their phone, with no app to download.

Try the sample guide Book a 15-minute call
  • Made from your PDF, no CAD files
  • Opens from a QR code
  • Ready in days
The Allenki guide on a laptop: a 3D bed frame being assembled in a bedroom, with a close-up of the bolts and a step panel listing the exact parts for step 8 The same guide on a phone, showing step 4 with a close-up of the lift mechanism bolts AClose-up of every joint BYour manual's part codes CTheir pace: done, next step
Where assembly goes wrong

Every confusing diagram ends up in your inbox.

"Where's part F?"

Calls and emails from customers who can't match a diagram to the bag of fittings in front of them.

Parts that weren't missing

Replacements couriered out because a bolt was in the other bag, or a panel was the wrong way round.

Half-built returns

Furniture collected, inspected and written off after a build went wrong at step six.

Reviews that blame the instructions

One-star ratings on your site and on every marketplace you sell through.

How it works

From PDF to QR code in four steps.

See a finished guide
  1. 1

    Send us a manual

    The PDF you already print. We don't need CAD files or 3D models, so it works for stock made in any factory.

  2. 2

    We build the guide

    Every step, part and fitting is checked against your manual, then shown in your colours under your name.

  3. 3

    Add a QR code

    In the box, on a sticker in the fittings bag, in the dispatch email or on the product page. Nothing to install.

  4. 4

    We keep it right

    If the product or manual changes, we update the guide. The QR code on the box stays the same.

What your customer sees

A guide they can follow with a screwdriver in one hand.

  • 1
    Their pace, not a video'sEach step plays, then waits. Replay, pause or slow it down.
  • 2
    The exact fittingEvery bolt with its part code, size and quantity, for that step.
  • 3
    Close-ups of each jointThe model turns, zooms and shows which way each piece goes in.
  • 4
    Your warnings, where they matterSafety notes from your manual appear on the step they belong to.
  • 5
    Hands-freeSteps read aloud, and voice control where the browser supports it.
  • 6
    Any devicePhone, tablet or laptop, straight from the QR code.
The guide on a phone at step 4, with the bolt and gasket counts and a close-up of where they go
The Stuck? button

When it goes wrong, you get a ticket you can act on.

Every step has a Stuck? button. The customer picks what's wrong and which part. Your team receives the product, the step and the part already filled in, so nobody has to ask which bolt they mean.

Support requestFrom the build guide
Product
Ottoman bed, double
Step
4 · Fit the lift mechanisms
Problem
A part is missing
Part
D · Plastic gasket
Order
Added by the customer
Example request from the sample guide
Start small

Try it on five products for three months.

We build guides for the five products that cause you the most trouble. You put them in front of customers, and after three months we look at the numbers together.

5 products3 monthsFixed price, agreed up front
Talk about a pilot
1
Assembly contacts

Calls and emails about building the piloted products.

2
Replacement parts

Fittings and panels sent out, and what they cost to send.

3
Returns

Products sent back as faulty or incomplete.

Each compared with the three months before, so you can see whether it paid for itself.

Questions

What brands ask first.

Do we need CAD files or 3D models?

No. We build each guide from your PDF manual alone. That's why it works for products made by a factory overseas, where you only ever received the manual.

How accurate is it?

The steps, parts, part codes and quantities match your manual exactly, and we check every step against it. Because the 3D model is built from the PDF rather than CAD, proportions are close but not engineering-exact.

Do customers have to download an app?

No. The guide opens in the phone's browser straight from the QR code, and works on tablets and laptops too.

Where is it hosted, and what if you disappear?

Guides can sit on your own web address, such as guides.yourbrand.co.uk, so they look and feel like yours. If we ever stop trading, you get the files to host yourself, so the QR codes on your boxes keep working.

What happens when a product changes?

Send us the new manual and we update the guide. The QR code stays the same, so boxes already in warehouses and homes still point to the right version.

What does it cost?

A pilot is a fixed price for five products, agreed before we start. After that, a yearly licence covers your range, with hosting and updates included. Get in touch and we'll quote for your catalogue.

Get started

Send us one of your manuals.

Email a PDF for one of your trickier products and we'll build its guide for free, so you can judge it on your own furniture.

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