This example table lamp is small: a glossy moulded dome sitting on a cylindrical base. Pick from four gloss colours, then say which country the plug is for.
Small, colourful lamps are often bought on impulse, as a gift or in pairs for either side of a bed. The colour decision is quick and emotional, which is exactly why it needs to be right on screen. Wine red that arrives looking brown is a return. The plug is less obvious, because a lamp bought in one country is often used in another.
Lighting Configurator demo
Small Dome Lamp
- Product
- Small Dome Lamp
- Colour
- Wine Red
- Plug
- UK
Illustrative product. The design and images are generated examples, not a real model for sale.
What you can configure
Every image is lit the same way, so the gloss on the dome and the seam where it meets the base stay consistent between colours. Wine red, gloss white, burnt orange and mustard are shown. Smoke grey and black are in the full six. Plug type, UK, EU or US, sits beside the swatches and is recorded in the summary, while the image stays unchanged.
- Colour: Wine Red, Gloss White, Burnt Orange, Mustard
- Plug: UK, EU, US
Why a configurator suits table lamps
Gloss colours are hard to photograph honestly. Reflections lighten parts of the dome and deepen others, so wine red and burnt orange can look closer together than they are. A configurator holds lighting and angle constant, which is the only fair way to compare them, and a lit view shows how each colour glows at night.
The plug option says something about who buys this lamp. Gift buyers send to friends abroad, students take lamps home, and people living overseas order from a shop in their home country. When the plug is a clear choice, labelled by country rather than by plug standard, fewer lamps arrive that cannot be used without an adaptor.
Pairs are common for bedside lamps, and so are deliberately mismatched pairs. Letting buyers add two lamps in different colours raises the order value without a hard sell. With six colours and three plugs there are eighteen variants, so clean variant data matters to keep stock counts right.
How a production version would be built
With a fixed shape and gloss colours, rendering is the most consistent route. That means one render per colour from a fixed camera, a lit night view, and a small close-up of each plug. The retailer supplies colours, plug SKUs for each colour, lamp holder and bulb details, and any gift options such as wrapping or a message. On WooCommerce each colour and plug combination maps to a variation with its own stock, so a sold-out US version does not block UK orders.
Build sheet for this range
- Colours in the full range: 6 (4 shown in this demo)
- Plug choices: 3
- Combinations to support: 6 × 3 = 18
- Images for one photograph per combination at 3 angles: 54
- Images if plug types can be shown as separate layers, at 3 angles: 27
- Data each of the 18 combinations needs: a SKU or variant ID, price, stock or lead time, and any dimensions or specification that change
Questions about table lamp configurators
Can a customer buy a lamp with a foreign plug as a gift for someone abroad?
Yes. The plug is chosen for where the lamp will be used, not where the buyer lives, and the configurator can ask that directly. It can also default to the delivery country when that differs from the billing address. Labelling plugs by country rather than by technical name avoids confusion.
How do you show gloss colours without misleading reflections?
Use the same lighting setup and camera position for every colour, with soft, broad reflections that show the dome's curve. Avoid harsh highlights that wash out the colour. A second view of the lamp switched on is useful, since many buyers judge a bedside lamp by its glow.
Can buyers add two lamps in different colours in one go?
Yes. An add-a-pair option can let them choose a second colour before both go to the basket. It suits bedside lamps, and it is a straightforward way to increase order value without discounting. Each lamp stays a separate line, so returns and stock still work normally.
Is a configurator worth building for a small, low-priced lamp?
It can be if the lamp sells in volume or in many colours, since the main job is reducing colour-related returns. For a single lamp, a simple swatch picker on the product page may be enough. A configurator makes more sense across a range of lamps that share the same colours.
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