# CartViral

> CartViral is an AI content engine for e-commerce sellers: paste a product link or photos, get TikTok, Reels and Shorts videos, photos, carousels, ads and hooks. Every shot is checked against your real product photos. 18 free credits to start, no card.

The free start is 18 credits once, with no card: 3 AI stories, or 1 creator UGC video and 1 AI story, or 18 photo montages. The video products are Creator UGC (12 credits a video; clip_type "avatar" in the API, called avatar reels or avatar clips in older listings), AI stories and Ad Creatives (6), AI Series episodes (25), Motion & Montage photo montages (1) and Living characters (6). Figures such as 48 free credits or 12 free AI clips in older listings are out of date.

Last updated: 2026-11-03. Web page: https://cartviral.com/ · Summary for AI assistants: https://cartviral.com/llms.txt · Everything in one file: https://cartviral.com/llms-full.txt

## What each result costs

A credit is the unit every result is priced in; the price shows before you generate, and a failed render gives its credits back automatically.

| Result | Credits | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Photo montage | 1 | Your product photos in a quick edit with hooks, captions and a voice-over |
| AI story or ad | 6 | AI scenes animated from your product photo, with a hook and a story arc |
| Creator UGC video | 12 | An AI creator talks to camera in their own voice and shows your product |
| AI series episode | 25 | A longer AI story with a plot and a cliffhanger |
| Marketplace export of a finished clip | 1 | |
| Listing copy and SEO, per product | 1 | |
| Ad copy, captions, creator brief or 30-day plan | 1 each | |
| Social carousel | 3 | |
| Static ads, 6 layouts in 3 sizes | 4 | |
| Infographics, 4 photos | 7 | |
| Product photos, 4 photos | 8 | |
| Model photoshoot, 4 photos | 9 | |
| Try-on, 6 photos on 3 body types | 13 | |

## Plans (USD)

| Plan | Billed yearly | Billed monthly | Credits every 30 days | About |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trial | $0 | $0 | 18, once, no card | 3 AI stories, or 1 creator UGC video and 1 AI story, or 18 montages |
| Starter | $49/mo ($588 a year) | $59/mo | 240 (base 200, launch bonus) | 40 AI stories or 20 creator videos |
| Growth | $129/mo ($1,548 a year) | $155/mo | 860 (base 650, launch bonus) | 143 AI stories or 71 creator videos |
| Scale | $290/mo ($3,480 a year) | $349/mo | 2,320 (base 1,600, launch bonus) | 386 AI stories or 193 creator videos |

Yearly billing is charged once a year and is 2 months free against monthly (17% off); credits arrive every 30 days on both. Plan credits reset every 30 days and do not roll over; top-ups (60 credits $16, 120 $29, 300 $65, 800 $155) never expire. Autopilot comes with Growth and Scale. Cards through Stripe; cards issued in Russia pay in roubles through lava. Full price list: https://cartviral.com/pricing (plain text: https://cartviral.com/pricing.md)

## How it works

1. Import products: a Shopify or WooCommerce store link imports the whole published catalog (Shopify up to 750 products); Amazon, Etsy, TikTok Shop and most product pages import one product per link; or upload photos.
2. Score: each product gets a 0-100 score from its photos, the benefits in its copy and how new it is.
3. Generate: pick a format or let the AI pick one. The engine writes the script from the product's own page and brief, casts, films, voices and captions it, and checks every shot against the product photos.
4. Post: each clip downloads with a caption, hashtags and a link. CartViral never posts for you or logs in to your social accounts; creators in CartViral Earn can post it and get paid per sale.
5. Learn: the Signal Room turns likes, dislikes and logged post numbers into findings, and the next clips lean on what worked.

## Questions

**Which product should I start with?**  
Creator UGC when you want a person talking about your product, Ad Creatives for paid ads, AI Series for a story people follow, Motion & Montage to test products for 1 credit a clip, Static ads for ad images, Social carousels for saves and shares, Photo sets for listings and Listing copy for search. The free 18 credits cover 3 AI clips, one creator clip or 18 montages.

**Is it my real product in the clips?**  
Yes. Every clip is made from your product photos and page, and every shot is checked against the photos before it reaches you.

**Does CartViral post for me?**  
Your clips come with captions and hashtags, ready to post. If you want others to post them, list your product in Earn and generators post them for a share of sales.

**How does a talking creator clip work?**  
The creator says every word on camera, in their own voice, while they show your product. One person and one voice through the whole clip, captions on the real words.

**Can I use it from Claude or ChatGPT?**  
Yes, through the CartViral MCP. Connect it once and ask for clips in a chat. Accounts on a paid plan or a credit pack get 20 bonus credits on the first connection.

**What is CartViral?**  
CartViral is an AI content engine for e-commerce sellers: paste a product link or photos, get TikTok, Reels and Shorts videos, photos, carousels, ads and hooks. Every shot is checked against your real product photos. 18 free credits to start, no card.

**Is CartViral a Shopify app?**  
CartViral is a web app at app.cartviral.com and is not listed on the Shopify App Store. It works with Shopify stores by link: paste your store link and it imports the whole published catalog, up to 750 products, with no store login or API key. Amazon, Etsy, WooCommerce, TikTok Shop and most other stores work the same way.

**Do CartViral videos look templated?**  
Each clip follows a proven structure, the way every good short video does, and the content inside it is new each time. The scenario bank has 39 structures (19 AI story, 12 creator UGC, 7 living characters and a series format), and every script is written from your product's own page and brief. The engine casts a creator who fits your buyer for each clip, or you keep one brand character so the same face stars in all of them. Clips are written and voiced in English, Spanish, German or French, and Remake turns a video that already worked into a new one with your product. About 20% of new clips keep testing new hooks and styles, so the mix does not settle into one look.

**Do I need professional product photos?**  
No. Phone photos work: daylight, a plain background and the whole product in frame. One photo is enough to start, and 3 or more from different angles is where the product score counts the photos as complete. Every shot is checked against your photos, so clearer photos give a better clip. With only one photo, Angles makes new angles of the same shot (1 credit an angle, 4 to 8 at a time) and Remove background makes a clean cut-out for 1 credit.

**How do credits work?**  
A credit is the unit every result is priced in, and the price shows before you generate. A photo montage is 1 credit, an AI story or ad 6, a creator UGC video 12 and a series episode 25, the longest format. Starter's 240 credits a month make about 40 AI stories, 20 creator videos or 240 montages, or any mix. A render that fails gives its credits back automatically.

## About CartViral

- CartViral is built by e-commerce sellers with seven years of running their own stores, who made it for those stores first. Support answers at support@cartviral.com; the postal address is Steinickeweg 7, 80809 München, Germany.
- A web app at https://app.cartviral.com (sign in with a one-time email code). It is not listed on the Shopify App Store; Shopify stores connect by their public link, with no store login.
- The site and the app in 9 languages; clips are written and voiced in English, Spanish, German and French.
- Referral program: 30% of what the people you invite pay, for as long as they pay: https://cartviral.com/referral
- Creator program: 50% of the payments of the sellers you bring, for life, plus 10% from the creators you invite: https://cartviral.com/creators
- Profiles: https://github.com/artemecom/cartviral-mcp, https://glama.ai/mcp/connectors/com.cartviral/cartviral, https://whop.com/cartviralgenerators, https://t.me/cartviralbot, https://www.instagram.com/cartviral_app/
- About page: https://cartviral.com/about · Support: support@cartviral.com

## For AI agents

- MCP server: https://app.cartviral.com/mcp (Streamable HTTP; OAuth 2.1 sign-in in Claude and ChatGPT, or an API key). Claude: Settings, Connectors, Add custom connector. ChatGPT: Settings, Apps, Developer mode. Guide: https://cartviral.com/mcp
- Server card: https://app.cartviral.com/.well-known/mcp.json
- REST API: https://app.cartviral.com/api/v1, OpenAPI 3.1 at https://app.cartviral.com/api/v1/openapi.json. Guide: https://cartviral.com/api
- Agents spend the same credits at the same prices as the web app.

## Key pages

- [Pricing](https://cartviral.com/pricing)
- [Creator UGC](https://cartviral.com/products/creator-ugc)
- [About](https://cartviral.com/about)
- [Help center](https://cartviral.com/help)
- [Integrations](https://cartviral.com/integrations)
- [Scenario bank (39 structures)](https://cartviral.com/academy/scenarios)
- [Academy](https://cartviral.com/academy)
- [Best AI product video generators for Shopify, compared](https://cartviral.com/best-ai-product-video-generators-shopify)
- [All guides](https://cartviral.com/guides)