Sunshine Photo Cart: Free Client Galleries for Photographers

Sunshine Photo Cart is a free client photo gallery plugin for WordPress that let’s you sell photos securely with professional features, no limits or commisions, and 100+ 5-star reviews. Quickly create galleries, sell photos to clients, and make more money than ever.

“I would say my sales went up at least 300% since installing Sunshine Photo Cart.”
– Edward Amos

“Sunshine elevated my small photography business and I know it can elevate yours as well.”
– Kendra Heller

Sunshine Photo Cart is used by thousands of wedding photographers, portrait photographers, school/sports photographers, and fine art photographers around the world. Check out all our testimonials, detailed case studies, and example sites to see how Sunshine has helped other photographers just like you.

“Sunshine Photo Cart has allowed me to deliver proof galleries quickly, efficiently, and effortlessly. This plugin has really taken out the aggravation of setting up galleries, allowed me to work more efficiently, and gives my clients such an easy-to-use interface for viewing. I am grateful I found it and highly recommend it to other photographers!””
– Drew Johnston

This free version is fully functional and has the following features:

• Cart system for letting users choose photo, select product and add to cart for purchase
• Accept offline payments (check) or online payments (PayPal, Stripe*, Square*)
• Unlimited galleries, images, and products!
• No commissions!
• Integrates directly into your theme automatically (or use one of our layouts)
• Upload images via FTP or browser in WordPress admin
• Galleries can be password protected, require email, require user account or be completely private for specified users
• Gallery expiration dates – great for pressuring clients to buy and not wait forever without purchasing
• Sub galleries – great for weddings or large events
• Favorites – Let users select their favorites, view any user’s favorites in the admin
• Social sharing – Get friends and family to see photos, increase exposure and possible sales!
• Watermarking – Automatically have a watermark added to all your images when uploaded to a gallery
• Multiple shipping methods (Flat rate, local delivery, pickup)
• Easy order management
• Printable invoices
• International ready – Works with all currencies and translated into German, French, Spanish, Dutch, Finnish, Portuguese, British English, Norwegian, and more! Learn more about translations

Upgrade for more features

The free, core plugin offers an amazing set of features but you can upgrade to take your client photo galleries to the next level by using many of our add-ons. Learn more about our pricing plans

Our full-list of available add-ons that are available individually or as part of our money-saving pricing plans:

• Digital downloads – Allow users to purchase digital download files at any size and have instant access to files securely
• Discount codes – Boost sales with flexible discount codes, enticing customers to purchase more
• Lightbox – Deliver a seamless browsing experience with user-friendly lightboxes and slideshows for your clients
• Advanced Analytics – Gain key insights from gallery analytics, best sellers, and precise profit figures to guide your sales approach
• Price Levels (price sheets) – Set unique prices for your products across your galleries giving you more control, flexibility, and profits
• Packages – Bundle products to offer clients more prints at a discounted price, encouraging larger purchases in a single transaction
• Product Options – Increase sales by empowering customers with customizable options for anything from frames to paper types
• Multi Image Products – Products, like picture boxes or albums, that let customers select many photos
• Exports – Simplify financial reporting and order fulfillment with effortless CSV exports of order data
• Automated Emails – Empower your outreach with automated emails, tailored to your clients’ gallery interactions for a personalized touch
• Client messaging – Simplify the task of inviting clients to galleries with message templates
• Minimum Order – Boost your sales by setting a minimum order requirement for checkout
• Quantity Discounts – Stimulate larger purchases with quantity-based discounts for your clients
• Price List – Effortlessly display product pricing on your page with our simple short code
• Advanced Shipping – Set more complex rules for when specific shipping options are available
• Exports – Simplify financial reporting and order fulfillment with effortless CSV exports of order data
• Light Blue – Integrate with this popular photography CRM

Also available are these additional payment gateways with no added fees!

• Stripe payment gateway (removes platform fees)
• Square payment gateway (removes platform fees)
• Authorize.net payment gateway
• Mollie (with iDEAL support) payment gateway

Integrate with these email newsletter platforms to grow your customer base

• MailChimp integration
• Campaign Monitor integration

…and so many more to come! Feel free to request new features

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