ARQR360 vs Threekit: What a Shoe Store Actually Gets from Each

Picture a shoe store owner in Manchester. He runs one shop and a website that ships across the UK. Sneakers, boots, a few loafers. When online orders come back, they are usually fit questions. Too narrow. Looked bigger in the photos. He starts looking into AR for shoes, and one name is everywhere: Threekit. Then he finds ARQR360, and he wonders which one is actually meant for a store like his.

This is the honest version.

What Threekit is

Threekit is an enterprise platform for 3D product configurators and AR visualization. Big brands and manufacturers use it so customers can configure products online and see them in AR. It is built for companies with product teams and catalogues that change by option and configuration.

The platform starts with 3D assets. Your products arrive as 3D files built by your team, by a design agency, or by a modeling service to Threekit spec. That is the starting point everything else is built on.

What ARQR360 is

ARQR360 is a done-for-you AR (Augmented Reality) catalogue for independent shoe stores. You send photos of your bestselling shoes and we build true-to-size AR (Augmented Reality) views from them, host them, and hand you links and QR codes that open the try-on in your customer's phone browser. No app. No platform to learn. No 3D team on your side.

The audience is different. ARQR360 is built for stores that sell finished shoes off the shelf, not brands running configurator projects across a catalogue.

Price: quote-based platform vs one public flat rate

Threekit does not publish pricing on its website. You contact them, describe your project, and get a quote. That is normal for a platform built for enterprise brands, and the final figure depends on catalogue size and which parts of the platform you use.

ARQR360 publishes its price: $249 one-time setup and $29 a month. The AR (Augmented Reality) views are included. There is no per-view fee and no creation surcharge sitting on top.

Setup effort: an asset project vs sending photos

A Threekit project means you need 3D assets first. If you are a shoe retailer holding nothing but product photos, someone has to build those assets before the platform can do anything for you. Then comes the configurator setup and the integration with your store. That is the right shape for a brand with a digital team. It is a heavy shape for a shop with a few staff and a website.

With ARQR360 the project is: send photos, get a working AR try-on back in about seven days. The links go on your product pages. The QR codes go in the shop. There is nothing to integrate and nothing to maintain.

What the customer sees

Both routes end with a customer checking a shoe in AR. The honest difference is who the tool is designed for and what it takes to get there. Threekit shines when the product needs configuration. Shoes on a shelf need sizing, not configuration. Your customer wants to know how the shoe looks on their foot, not how it looks in another colorway. An AR (Augmented Reality) view that ships this month beats a configurator project that ships next quarter.

Shopify's own reported data says products with 3D or AR views convert about 94% better than products without. That number belongs to Shopify, not to us. It still explains why the shoe stores that let customers try before they buy pull ahead of the ones still showing five photos and a size chart.

Who each one fits

Threekit fits if you are a brand selling configurable products with a team behind the catalogue. ARQR360 fits if you sell finished shoes and want customers trying them on at home this month, with no platform project between you and the sale.

We compared a similar try-on route in detail in ARQR360 vs Seek.

The cheapest way to check if AR works for your store

You do not have to commit to anything to find out. Send a photo of your bestselling shoe and we will build you one true-to-size AR (Augmented Reality) view free. Point your own phone at your own foot and check it against the real shoe. If it does not convince you, you have spent nothing. Try the live footwear demo first: it opens in your phone browser, no install.

Before the platform question there is the size question: most shoe returns are a wrong size judgement, not a wrong shoe. How shoe stores cut size returns with true-to-size AR walks through it.