A better way to manage a CafePress shop.

Been thinking recently of a better way to manage a POD shop.

What is the point in manually adding products to sections?
What is the point in a section?
Why do all this when we have the ability to tag?
Why can’t sections be made up automatically based on tags?

I’m in the process of  building my own system that won’t be reliant on CafePress’ shop structure.  Basically, all I care about is the product itself, I can do the arranging.  I can put it where I want.

My requirement is:

When the user creates a products it must automatically be placed in a category based on a rule.  This will thus also enable any products designed online by my customers to automatically slot where they should be, without lingering around in no mans land like they do now.  This will create a self organising shop much like a email client with the ability to filter mail into folders.

That’s the plan anyway, and I’m pleased to say it’s almost there.