Self-Hosted
$1599 One-Time
0% Commissions
No Transaction Fees
Unlimited Images
Unlimited Galleries
All Features
Includes 1-Year of Upgrades & Support
This path is for those that want to run RedCart on their own hosting provider for a one-time fee. If you don’t mind managing your own server and all of the technical responsibilities that come along with that, this option might be the most cost-effective for you. Please review the Self-Hosted FAQ for details.
$1599 One-Time
0% Commissions
No Transaction Fees
Unlimited Images
Unlimited Galleries
All Features
Includes 1-Year of Upgrades & Support
$99 / Year
Includes the latest Upgrades
Minor & Major Releases Included
Email & Ticket Based Support
Cancel Anytime
Does not include a la carte support services
This is the easiest and the quickest path to get up and running. You simply point your sub-domain to our servers then we host the cart and fully manage everything technical for a low monthly or annual fee with all support and upgrades included. If you’re more of the hands off type, want to ensure your cart is always in good hands, and never want to worry about hosting issues, this path is for you. Our servers are designed specifically for running RedCart. In the rare case a server issue does crop up, you can be rest assured that our team will be on top of it right away. We never overload our servers with more accounts then they can handle, so you get consistent and fast performance. Please review the FAQ for All Plans for details.
$9 / Month
Billed annually or $12 monthly
0% Commissions
No Transaction Fees
Upgrades Included
Cloud Storage Included
Hi-Res File Downloads Included
All Features
1,750 Images
14 Day Free Trial
$20 / Month
Billed annually or $24 monthly
0% Commissions
No Transaction Fees
Upgrades Included
Cloud Storage Included
Hi-Res File Downloads Included
All Features
5,000 Images
14 Day Free Trial
$36 / Month
Billed annually or $40 monthly
0% Commissions
No Transaction Fees
Upgrades Included
Cloud Storage Included
Hi-Res File Downloads Included
All Features
25,000 Images
14 Day Free Trial
$50 / Month
Billed annually or $60 monthly
0% Commissions
No Transaction Fees
Upgrades Included
Cloud Storage Included
Hi-Res File Downloads Included
All Features
* UNLIMITED Images
14 Day Free Trial
* Unlimited plan in accordance with our Fair Usage Policy. If you need a custom plan, please Contact us!
We recommend using a sub domain such as shop.yourdomain.com with your account. If you would like to use a sub domain, please make sure to enter the sub domain in the “Domain Name” box when signing up (example: shop.yourdomain.com). You can also register a new domain to use with your cart through a domain registrar such as GoDaddy.com.
Also, you can restrict the number of times discounts can be used, set minimum dollar amounts, and set expiration dates on discounts!
Similar to a gift certificate, you can also create Print Credits and restrict the print credit to specific products if you like.
For smaller image lists, we recommend using the built-in Image Collection feature for store products. This allows you to easily capture a list of images from your customer for any store product.
Example: With a calendar product, you might want your customer to choose one image for each month of the year. When creating the calendar product, you would define an image collection for that product with 12 image collection items. After your customer adds the product to their cart, they will be able to easily add their image selections for that product.
The RedCart Order Fulfillment Script
RedCart comes bundled with a Photoshop script that you can use to quickly and easily fulfill orders after you receive them. The script will find the images on your hard drive, resize and crop the images to your customer’s order specifications, auto-convert to sepia or black and white using your own Photoshop actions, and will also call any other actions that you wish to call (ex. for sharpening purposes).
The Order Fulfillment script is completely optional to use; however, to use it you must have Photoshop CS3 or later. Here’s a video of the Order Fulfillment Script in action!
If your country is not listed then please contact us at info@redcart.com to get your country on the RedCart map! RedCart is currently available in English only, however, all labels in customer facing front-end of the system can be customized and translated by the photographer to other languages.
Or take orders without charging directly online (Pay in Studio, Mail a Check, Bank Transfer). You can also present multiple payment options while checking out! The system can be configured to use one or any combination of the options above.
Please contact your hosting provider and ask them if they meet these requirements. If your web host doesn’t meet the minimum requirements then we suggest opening an account with one of our recommended hosting providers listed below.
If your web hosting provider is not compatible, we recommend picking up a new domain name (eg. http://www.shopxyzphotography.com) and hosting account from one of our recommended hosting providers below. There are advantages to having a separate hosting account just for your cart (eg. Not having to move your cart if you ever decide to move your website to a different company).
Recommended Hosting Companies: (in order of our personal preference)
Cloudways – www.cloudways.com
Cloudways provides fully managed cloud hosting services. They seem to be marketed more towards application developers but make it really easy to use other hosting services that don’t typically come with managed support such as Digital Ocean, Linode, AWS…etc. If you need to scale your site up or down based on traffic and performance, they make it really easy to do so. We recommend their cheaper option using Digital Ocean.
Site Ground – www.siteground.com
If you’re on a budget, a shared hosting account might be the way to go. “Shared Hosting” basically means that you’re sharing server resources with many, sometimes hundreds, of other businesses running on the same server. With shared hosting, you’re typically limited and restricted to certain server configurations, but for many this is still a great option. We recommend Site Ground for shared hosting.
These work:
http://yourdomain.com/RedCartFolderName
http://subdomain.yourdomain.com/RedCartFolderName
These do not:
http://yourdomain.com
http://subdomain.yourdomain.com
You cannot install the cart into the root of a domain or sub domain, however, you can add a simple redirect to the root of your domain or sub domain which will automatically redirect you into the RedCart folder.