PromoStores: AI Company Stores Are Almost Here

There was a time when launching a company store meant long timelines, endless email threads, and a lot of manual setup no one really had time for. By the time the store went live, the moment it was built for often felt like it had already passed.

PromoStores is about to change that. It is a new way to create branded company stores where AI helps with the heavy lifting, and Elite Core quietly handles everything behind the scenes.

What PromoStores Actually Is

PromoStores is not a single store. It is a system for launching many different stores, each with its own purpose, audience, and rules, without starting from scratch every time.

Think in terms of programs, not just websites:

• Employee reward and recognition stores
• Short-term event and conference stores
• Client specific swag portals
• Internal ordering hubs for branches and locations
• Public facing merch stores for campaigns and launches

Each store is tailored to the brand it serves, while still running on the same PromoStores engine inside Elite Core.

What PromoStores Can Already Handle Today

Underneath the surface, PromoStores is connected directly to Elite Core and your existing WooCommerce setup. That means many of the hard, boring parts of company stores are already solved.

Store Setup and Control

• Program based setup: Choose whether a store is for an event, an internal rollout, an ongoing program, or a short lived campaign, and set start and end dates so it behaves more like a campaign and less like a permanent website.
• Store closing dates: Pop up and seasonal stores can be given clear end dates so they gently wind down instead of being forgotten.
• Currency and taxes: Pick the right currency, control whether taxes are calculated, and apply store specific rules without rebuilding the whole flow.
• Access options: Open stores to the public, keep them private behind a login, run them as voucher based programs, or limit them by email domain depending on the audience.

Products and Catalogs

• ASI integration: Pull products directly from ASI into your store with synced details and tracking so they connect cleanly to your back end.
• Custom products: Add non ASI items with their supplier, codes, production times, and pricing captured properly.
• Curated catalogs: Build private assortments just for one client, team, or event so they only see what is meant for them.
• Decoration aware: Connect products to your real decoration and production setup in Elite Core so the store reflects how you actually run jobs.

Checkout Rules and Guardrails

• Email Domain Guard: Restrict checkout to approved email domains, such as @example.com or @mybusiness.com, so only the intended people can place orders.
• Single item carts when needed: For certain programs, keep it to one item per order to simplify logistics and approvals.
• Request a quote instead of paying online: Let some stores act as quote portals, where pricing can be reviewed before anything is confirmed.
• Store specific behavior: Adjust notes, shipping options, and checkout layout on a per store basis to match the program.

Addresses and Locations

• Location pickers: Offer a list of approved locations (like branches, job sites, or offices) instead of letting users free type addresses.
• Read only autofill: Once a location is selected, billing and shipping details are filled in automatically and kept locked so they cannot be accidentally changed.
• Per user and per store rules: Different programs can have different address behavior depending on who is ordering and where items should go.

Production and Workflow Through Elite Core

• Orders drop straight into Elite Core: No more copying orders from the website into another system by hand.
• Automatic purchase orders: Create supplier POs based on store orders so buying is tightly connected to what customers are actually ordering.
• Proofing and shipping tools: Use your existing proof approval, task management, and shipping flows, all tied back to the store that generated the order.
• Role based visibility: Order reps, client reps, purchasing, finance, design, and shipping each see the parts they are responsible for, without clutter.

Branding and Experience

• Per store branding: Upload logos, set homepage banners, and choose primary and secondary colors for each store so they feel truly on brand.
• Reusable layouts: Use flexible layouts that can be reused across programs, then lightly adjusted instead of rebuilt.
• Client specific identity: Even though all stores run on the same core system, each one can look and feel like it was made just for that one brand.

How AI Will Fit Into PromoStores

Everything above is the foundation. The next step, and the part that is coming soon, is letting AI help create and configure stores from the very beginning.

Think of AI inside PromoStores as a smart store planner.

• You describe the program in plain language: who it is for, what the budget looks like, how long it should run, and what success means.
• AI suggests what kind of store you should use, how it might be laid out, and what the overall feel could be.
• Brand colors and assets are pulled in from what you already have, or from a simple upload.
• Product ideas are drawn from ASI, your own private catalog, and custom products you have already set up.
• Checkout rules like email restrictions, address behavior, and payment options are pre filled based on the type of program you described.

Instead of staring at a blank configuration screen, you begin with a smart draft of a working store that you simply refine.

What ‘Launch Is Coming Soon’ Means Here

This is not a sketch on a whiteboard. A large part of PromoStores already exists in Elite Core and in your WordPress and WooCommerce stack. The next phase is about making that power accessible through a prompt and a few guided choices.

In the near future, you can expect to see:

• AI assisted store creation: Start from a description rather than a long setup form.
• Pre built blueprints: Quick options like ’employee appreciation store’, ‘new hire kit store’, or ‘conference store’ that come pre wired with sensible defaults.
• Smarter reusable designs: Store layouts you can clone, refresh, and adapt without needing a developer each time.
• Closer ties to PromoWorld: Stores that plug into campaigns and storytelling instead of sitting quietly in the background.

The goal is not only to launch stores faster. It is to make it easy to pause them, relaunch them for the next event, and remix what works without burning your team out.

A Small Heads Up Before Things Speed Up

PromoStores is the part of Elite Core that will turn ‘let’s just launch a store for that’ from a big project into a normal request.

If your world includes:

• HR programs and employee rewards
• Branch and franchise ordering
• Event and campaign activations
• Brand protected swag and merch

PromoStores is being shaped for you.

The AI powered layer is coming soon. The foundation is already running. And the next generation of company stores will not feel like static websites. They will feel like living programs you can start, adjust, and wrap up as easily as starting a new campaign.

Keep an eye on this space. The next store you launch might be the first one you did not have to hand build.