Should You Password Protecting Your Online Product Catalog?

Posted by Arief Fajar Nursyamsu

December 19, 2007

The problem of copyrights make some furniture exporters to protect their online product catalog to avoid being stolen. Buyers need to register (competitors??) to see the catalog. Before you password protecting your online product catalog, we ask you to take a look at these checklists.

[1] Do you ever notice your design is stolen?

What should you affraid of if you never see by your self that your design is stolen.

[2] Do you give buyers printed catalog or on CD?

If yes, then why should you protect your online product catalog. Anyone can have your printed catalog or CD from many ways.

[4] Do you release your new design very often?

If yes, your “follower” may get busy stealing yours instead of selling

[3] Do you know that you can make copyrights for your design?

You can make copyrights for your designs. The flow how to register your copyrights can be found at this website.

Of course you can still apply a password protect for your catalog, but our suggestion is to apply it only on brand new products and you want to make it only available for certain buyers, ie: buyers who order more than 20 containers/month.