Mini-Sites sales channel type is a standalone customizer portals hosted by Zakeke that let you sell your customizable products and collect designs without embedding Zakeke in an online store.
They are ideal for B2B sales, kiosks, showrooms, POS, and similar experiences.
Each mini-site is published on its own URL (for example, your-domain.customhub.app).
📌 Note: Mini-Sites are available only for Enterprise customers. If you are interested in this feature, contact help@zakeke.com.
Summary
- Creating a mini-site
- Settings - details, access & visibility, notifications
- Collections - organizing your products
- Theme - customizing the look and feel
- Publishing your mini-site
- Integrations and B2B workflows
1. Creating a mini-site
Go to Sales Channels and click + Add Mini-Site. In the Create Mini-Site window, fill in:
- Name - a display name to identify this portal in your dashboard.
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Domain - the subdomain where your site will be available. Your mini-site is always published on
your-domain.customhub.app. -
Product source - choose where the mini-site's products come from:
- From scratch - use products created directly in Zakeke, not linked to any e-commerce.
- From an online store - use products imported from an existing online store (e.g. Shopify). This option requires an online store already connected to your account.
Click Create to generate the mini-site.
2. Settings
Open your mini-site and go to the Settings tab.
Mini-site details
- Site name - the display name of your mini-site.
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Domain - the subdomain where the mini-site is accessible (
.customhub.app). - Theme - the theme currently applied. Click Manage themes to change it (see Theme below).
Access & visibility
- Status - set whether the mini-site is Active (live) or Draft.
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Access mode - control how visitors access the site:
- Public - anyone with the link can open the mini-site (no sign-in or password needed).
- Password protected - visitors must enter a shared password you set.
- Login required - visitors must sign in; access is managed through Users and Permissions.
Notifications
Send emails to customers who create designs through the mini-site. Open Email templates to edit them.
In Settings > Notifications > Email templates, edit templates such as Design confirmation:
- Set the Subject and optional CC / BCC (CCN) recipients.
- Edit the email body with the rich-text editor.
- Insert dynamic placeholders:
{{design_previews}}(the design preview images) and{{pdf_summary_url}}(link to the PDF summary). - Use Send to deliver a test email to your account address (requires a configured SMTP service).
- Click Save, or Restore default to revert.
Click Save to apply your changes, or Delete site to remove the mini-site.
3. Collections
Use the Collections tab to organize the products shown on your mini-site. Click + Add and set:
- Title and Description.
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Status (Live or Draft) and Handle (the URL slug, e.g.
collection-3). -
Products → Type:
- Manual - you choose which products to add individually.
- Automatic - products are included dynamically based on filter conditions (e.g. Product Name · Contains · …). Add more with + Add another condition.
- Sort Order (e.g. Newest First).
Click Create to save the collection.
4. Theme
Use the Theme tab to control the look and feel of your mini-site.
- Current theme - the theme applied to your mini-site; click Customize to edit it.
- Theme library - your saved themes, including drafts.
- Import a theme via Import from Marketplace or Import from ZIP.
Theme editor
Clicking Customize opens the editor, where you can:
- Toggle between Visual and Code views.
- Manage Sections for the Header (Announcement Bar, Header), Home Page (Product Showcase, Product Grid), and Footer - reorder, show/hide, remove, or + Add section.
- Preview on desktop, tablet, and mobile.
- Use AI Edit to change the design in natural language (e.g. "Make the background dark with neon accent colors"), scoped to All / Template / Settings, then click Generate.
- Click Save to apply.
5. Publishing your mini-site
When you are ready to go live:
- Make sure a theme is applied and published - until then the site shows "Site Unavailable" / "No active theme".
- In Settings > Access & visibility, set Status to Active.
- Choose the appropriate Access mode (Public, Password protected, or Login required).
- Click Save. Your mini-site is now live at
your-domain.customhub.app.
6. Integrations and B2B workflows
Mini-Sites can be combined with the Get a Quote module to create a complete B2B workflow, or integrated natively with Shopify POS. Other POS systems can be connected through API integrations.
Shopify POS integration
To use Shopify POS as the checkout for your mini-site, the mini-site must be associated with a Shopify sales channel. Only then does the POS option become available as the mini-site's add-to-cart action.
Here is how the flow works:
- The customer completes their design on the mini-site.
- Zakeke generates a draft order on Shopify and returns the order ID to the customer.
- Zakeke's Shopify POS extension takes that order number as input.
- The extension turns it into a POS cart, so the customer can pay in store.
- Once paid, the order is processed as a normal Shopify order - and a regular order in Zakeke.