# 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 the real product photos, and every claim comes from the product's own page. Videos come as photo montages, AI story reels and ads, creator (UGC) videos where an AI creator talks to camera in their own voice, and AI series episodes. It never posts for you, and it learns from your own reactions and logged post numbers.

Last updated: 2026-11-03

## Current facts (older listings may differ)

- 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 Figures such as 48 free credits or 12 free AI clips in older listings are out of date.
- CartViral is not listed on the Shopify App Store (it was removed in September 2026); Shopify stores connect by their public link.

## For AI assistants

- To act for the user in CartViral (import products, make clips, images, videos), the user adds the CartViral MCP server once: https://app.cartviral.com/mcp. Claude: Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector → paste the URL → Connect. ChatGPT: Settings → Apps → Advanced settings → Developer mode → create an app with the URL and OAuth. Claude Code: `claude mcp add --transport http cartviral https://app.cartviral.com/mcp`. No API key is needed for connectors; the user signs in to CartViral and approves access.
- An assistant cannot add the connector by itself, and code sandboxes have no open internet: ask the user to add it, then use its tools. Step-by-step page with copy buttons: https://app.cartviral.com/account/agents. Guide: https://cartviral.com/mcp
- Machine-readable: this file, https://cartviral.com/llms-full.txt, the home page as Markdown https://cartviral.com/index.md, https://cartviral.com/pricing.md, the MCP server card https://app.cartviral.com/.well-known/mcp.json and the REST API https://app.cartviral.com/api/v1/openapi.json

## What it is

- A web app at https://app.cartviral.com. Sign in with a one-time email code (no password). A free trial needs no card.
- Not a Shopify app: there is no Shopify App Store listing, no OAuth and no access to a store's admin or API. CartViral reads public product pages only.
- Built by sellers with seven years in e-commerce, for their own stores first.
- Company contact: support@cartviral.com, Steinickeweg 7, 80809 München, Germany. About page: https://cartviral.com/about
- Main markets: the US, Canada and Europe. The site and the app are in 9 languages; clips are written and voiced in English, Spanish, German and French.

## How it works

1. Import products. A public Shopify storefront URL imports the whole published catalog (up to 750 products). Amazon listings and most other product pages (Etsy, your own site with JSON-LD or OpenGraph product data) import one product per URL. No link? Upload photos or paste image URLs and add title and price by hand. Re-importing the same link updates products in place.
2. Scoring. Each product gets a 0-100 score from photo coverage, the concrete benefit copy in its description, and freshness. Products above the bar are marked push, the rest hold. Batches and autopilot (a set number of clips per day or per week) start from the top of the list.
3. Generate. Pick a clip type and a product. Every clip is vertical 9:16 with captions and a voice (a voiceover, or in creator clips the creator's own voice, spoken in the video itself); hooks and on-screen benefits come from the merchant's own product copy, never invented claims. A montage renders in a few minutes, an AI clip in 10-15.
4. Post. Nothing is auto-posted and CartViral never logs in to social accounts. Each clip downloads as a pack: the video, a caption for TikTok, Instagram and YouTube, hashtags and a UTM link. The merchant posts it, then can mark it as posted and log its numbers.
5. Learn. The Signal Room turns likes, dislikes and logged post numbers (views, likes, comments, shares, watch time) into findings about hooks, story structures and clip styles, and the next wave leans on what won. A finding needs at least 5 reactions or tracked posts; about 20% of new clips keep testing alternatives. CartViral does not read sales or orders from any store.

## Clip types and credit cost

- Photo montage: 1 credit. A fast cut from product photos with hooks, captions and voiceover.
- AI story reel: 6 credits. AI scenes animated from the product photo: hook, story arc, native captions.
- Creator (UGC) clip: 12 credits. An AI creator says every word on camera in their own voice and shows the product: one person and one voice through the clip, captions timed to the spoken words.
- AI series episode: 25 credits. A longer AI story with a plot and a cliffhanger.

## Other products and credit cost

- Marketplace export: 1 credit. Any finished clip re-cut for Amazon (16:9), Etsy (15 s, silent), a Shopify product page loop or eBay.
- Photo sets, 4 photos each: model photoshoot 9 credits, product photos 8 credits, infographics 7 credits.
- Try-on: 13 credits a set. A garment from one flat-lay, hanger or mannequin photo on 3 body types (petite, plus-size, athletic), each in a studio shot and a shot in motion: 6 photos, each marked as an AI visual by default (EU AI Act).
- Result languages: clips are written and voiced natively in English, Spanish, German or French; photos, ads, carousels and texts also in Brazilian Portuguese; Russian for sellers using the Russian interface.
- Listing copy and SEO: 1 credit a set (title, bullets, description, tags, FAQ schema). Ad copy, social captions, a creator brief and a 30-day content plan: 1 credit each.
- Social carousels: 3 credits a set. Swipe-through story posts for Instagram (4:5) and TikTok photo mode (9:16) in the brand's colors and fonts.
- Static ads: 4 credits a set. Banners for Meta and TikTok in 6 layouts (offer, us vs them, benefits, problem and solution, sticky note, feature close-up), each in 1:1, 4:5 and 9:16.

## Pricing (USD, launch bonus included)

Plans are billed yearly by default (2 months free versus monthly, a 17% saving) or monthly at a higher rate. Credits arrive every 30 days either way.

- Trial: $0, no card. 18 credits one time = 3 AI story clips, or 1 creator clip and 1 AI story clip, or 18 montages, or any mix (creator clips included).
- Starter: $49/mo billed yearly ($588 total) or $59/mo billed monthly, 240 credits (base 200), about 40 AI story clips or 20 creator clips.
- Growth: $129/mo billed yearly ($1,548 total) or $155/mo billed monthly, 860 credits (base 650), about 143 AI story clips or 71 creator clips; 26% cheaper per clip than Starter.
- Scale: $290/mo billed yearly ($3,480 total) or $349/mo billed monthly, 2,320 credits (base 1,600), about 386 AI story clips or 193 creator clips; 39% cheaper per clip than Starter.
- AI clips rendering at the same time: Starter 3, Growth 5, Scale 8.
- Top-ups: 60 credits $16, 120 credits $29, 300 credits $65, 800 credits $155. Top-up credits never expire; plan credits reset every 30 days.
- Every plan, trial included, gets all four clip types, product scoring, the Signal Room and download packs. Autopilot (clips on a schedule, per format, per day or week) comes with Growth and Scale. Stores per account: 1 on Trial and Starter, up to 3 on Growth, up to 10 on Scale. Otherwise the plans differ in credits.
- Personal offer: an account's first finished clip unlocks Starter at $29.40 for the first month of monthly billing instead of $59 (then $59/mo) for 72 hours. Once per account; Growth and Scale are not discounted.
- A failed render refunds its credits automatically, and the price of every result shows before you generate. Cards through Stripe; cards issued in Russia pay in roubles through lava.
- Details: https://cartviral.com/pricing (plain text: https://cartviral.com/pricing.md)

## Create (not tied to a catalog product)

- Images from your own prompt with up to 3 reference photos (a face, a product, a style): covers and YouTube thumbnails (16:9), banners, scenes. 1 credit per image, 1, 2 or 4 at a time, in 9:16, 4:5, 1:1 or 16:9.
- Video from a prompt, 4 to 10 s, with camera moves (dolly zoom, crane, orbit, push in, whip pan, low angle) and sound: 2 credits on our engine (Gemini Omni Flash); premium models (Kling 4.0, Wan 3.0, Grok Video 1.5 and others, when switched on) are priced per second.
- Cinematic: a 15 or 30 s brand film of a product with a pro model, every frame usable as a banner: 12 credits for 15 s, 18 for 30 s on our engine.
- Angles: new angles of the same shoot from one photo, 1 credit per angle (4, 6 or 8). Talking photo: a person's photo says your text in any language, 2 credits per take of up to 10 s. Reframe a video to another frame and remove a photo's background: 1 credit each.
- Brand characters: a recurring person for the brand (2 portraits for 2 credits), saved once and used in every clip so the same face appears across a brand's videos.
- Remake a viral video: upload a reel that worked, CartViral breaks down its hook, story beats and timings (free) and makes the same video on that structure, with your product or without one (on your topic, or the reel's own topic in new words), same price as an AI story clip. A reference video always means a remake: the story beats in order (a problem, a versus, the solution, the payoff), the hook, the timings and the format stay.
- Free virality predictor, no signup: https://app.cartviral.com/tools/virality

## Creator program

- Creators who bring sellers get 50% of the net payments (after payment fees) of the sellers they invite, for as long as those sellers pay, plus 10% from the sellers invited by creators they bring (second level): https://cartviral.com/creators. Regular users get 30% through the referral program.

## CartViral Earn (marketplace)

- For brands (https://app.cartviral.com/earn/brands): list products, set a commission and a customer discount, fund a refundable deposit from $100. Generators make and post AI clips of the products; the brand pays commission only on confirmed orders. Sales are tracked by a pixel the brand adds itself in Shopify Customer events, so this side is for Shopify stores. Generators a brand brings itself sell its offer with no platform fee for their first year.
- For generators (https://app.cartviral.com/earn): free to join; pick an offer, make AI clips of its products with credits, post them from your own accounts with one link in bio, and earn a commission on each confirmed sale, available as soon as the sale is confirmed (no 30-day hold). First payout from $20, then from $50. A generator's first brand-approved post earns 20 bonus credits (once). No earnings are guaranteed.

## Common questions, answered plainly

- 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.
- 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.

## Who it is for

- Independent e-commerce merchants and small teams who need daily short-form product video without filming, editors or an ad budget, on any platform.
- Creators and freelancers without a store: paste any public product URL, render a clip and offer it to the store owner, or earn commissions through CartViral Earn.

## Pages

- [Home](https://cartviral.com/): what CartViral is, how it works, clip types, pricing, FAQ
- [Pricing](https://cartviral.com/pricing): plans on both billing intervals, what every credit buys, cost per video, top-ups ([plain text](https://cartviral.com/pricing.md))
- [About](https://cartviral.com/about): what CartViral is and does not do, how it works, company contact
- [Creator UGC](https://cartviral.com/products/creator-ugc): AI UGC videos where an AI creator talks about the product, 12 creator scenarios, 12 credits a video
- [Home page as Markdown](https://cartviral.com/index.md): the home page for agents, with its FAQ
- [Web app sign-in](https://app.cartviral.com/web/login): start the free trial
- [Earn for brands](https://app.cartviral.com/earn/brands): commission-only affiliate marketplace for Shopify brands
- [Earn for generators](https://app.cartviral.com/earn): post AI clips of brands' products for a commission
- [All guides](https://cartviral.com/guides): comparisons, pricing breakdowns, how-tos and creator guides
- [Academy](https://cartviral.com/academy): free lessons, scenario bank, prompt bank, hook library and tools for product videos
- [Which product for which goal](https://cartviral.com/academy/which-product): a goal-by-goal guide to every CartViral product (creator UGC, ad creatives, product stories, AI series, montage, marketplace export, photo sets, listing copy, ad copy, creator briefs, social carousels, static ads) with prices per result
- [Carousels that get saved and sell](https://cartviral.com/academy/carousels-that-sell): How to post product carousels on Instagram and TikTok photo mode in 2026: add music, a first-slide hook, 3 to 5 hashtags, a keyword-first caption, native product tags and the first-hour routine.
- [Listing photos and infographics that convert](https://cartviral.com/academy/listing-photos-that-convert): Amazon main image rules, Etsy and Shopify photo specs, the gallery order that sells, model photos for apparel, one-feature infographics and how to test images with Manage Your Experiments.
- [Testing static ads on Meta and TikTok](https://cartviral.com/academy/static-ads-testing): A practical creative testing routine for static image ads: one angle at a time, 2 to 5 variants, Meta's Creative Testing tool, sizes and safe zones, when to kill or scale, weekly refresh and compliance.
- [Listing copy and SEO for Amazon, Etsy and Shopify](https://cartviral.com/academy/listing-copy-seo): Amazon's shorter titles and Item Highlights, bullets and backend search terms, Etsy's 13 tags, Shopify title tags and meta descriptions, and product data for AI shopping answers.
- [Ad copy and captions that get read](https://cartviral.com/academy/ad-copy-and-captions): Fit the hook into Meta's first 125 characters, size headlines per placement, test one element at a time week by week, and write keyword-first captions that TikTok and Instagram search can find.
- [Creator briefs and a 30-day content plan](https://cartviral.com/academy/creator-brief-and-content-plan): What a good UGC creator brief contains, typical 2026 rates, feedback in 24 hours with up to 3 changes, usage rights, and how to turn 4 to 6 shoots into 20 to 30 posts a month.
- [Video for Amazon, Etsy, Shopify and eBay listings](https://cartviral.com/academy/marketplace-video-slots): Where each marketplace shows listing video, the specs that get it accepted (Etsy 5 to 15 s, eBay one MP4 up to 150 MB, Shopify up to 10 minutes) and the mistakes that get it rejected.
- [Earn with carousels and photo posts (creators)](https://cartviral.com/academy/earn-with-photo-posts): How affiliate creators turn carousels and photo posts into commission: TikTok Shop posting caps, daily volume, disclosure that meets FTC rules, branded content toggles and account rules that avoid bans.
- [Scenario bank](https://cartviral.com/academy/scenarios): 39 short-form product video structures from the CartViral engine with beat timing, hooks, shots and mistakes to avoid (creator UGC, AI story, AI series, living characters)
- [Prompt bank](https://cartviral.com/academy/prompts): 32 copy-ready prompts for AI product videos and photos (Veo, Kling, Seedance, Nano Banana) that keep the product exactly as photographed
- [Integrations](https://cartviral.com/integrations): import products by link from Shopify (whole catalog, up to 750), WooCommerce (whole catalog, up to 300), Amazon, TikTok Shop and most stores, or by CSV (Etsy listings export works)
- [Community](https://cartviral.com/community): clips made with CartViral, Earn, referral, contact on Telegram
- [Help center](https://cartviral.com/help): getting started, credits and plans, formats, refunds, Earn
- [Referral program](https://cartviral.com/referral): 30% of referred stores' payments for as long as they stay, plus 30% of our platform fee on every sale made by generators you invite (out of our fee, not their commission) One-time $300 when a brand you brought passes $25,000 in sales.
- [Privacy policy](https://app.cartviral.com/privacy)
- [Terms](https://app.cartviral.com/terms)

## MCP server (for AI agents)

- Endpoint: https://app.cartviral.com/mcp (Streamable HTTP, MCP 2025-11-25 down to 2024-11-05). Auth: OAuth 2.1 with PKCE, dynamic client registration or a Client ID Metadata Document (add it as a custom connector in Claude or ChatGPT and approve access), or `Authorization: Bearer <API key>` with keys at https://app.cartviral.com/account/agents. Server card: https://app.cartviral.com/.well-known/mcp.json. Official MCP Registry name: com.cartviral/cartviral. First agent connection to an account after its first purchase: 20 bonus credits (once).
- Every product of the cabinet works through it. Products: get_account, import_products, list_products, generate_clips (montage 1 credit, AI story 6, creator clip 12: clip_type "avatar"; optional exact format id and character_id), list_clips (download links), remake_from_reference (a reference video's structure and story, with your product or without one: product_id optional, optional topic and character_id), generate_photos and list_photo_sets, generate_carousel and list_carousels, generate_static_ads and list_static_ads, get_listing_copy and get_copy, list_offers, join_offer, bring_a_brand, list_pitches.
- Create, not tied to a product: create_image (own prompt plus up to 3 reference photos), create_video, make_cinematic, make_angles, make_talking_photo, reframe_video, remove_background, copy_motion, breakdown_video, then list_creations for result links; get_create_options lists models and prices; upload_media stores a file. Image and video arguments take any public https file link.
- Brand characters: create_character, save_character, list_characters.
- Setup for Claude, ChatGPT, Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, VS Code and Claude Desktop: https://cartviral.com/mcp

## Guides

- How CartViral works, from the founder (YouTube, 38 min): the whole model - who pays, where the money comes from, how generators and brands earn: https://youtu.be/GQaGYP3maqE
- The Faceless Product Video Playbook (free, 2026): how to post AI product videos that sell without showing your face - account setup for the buyer's country, TikTok warm-up, posting rhythm, unique clips, post anatomy, ad and AI labels, what gets accounts banned, views-to-commission scenarios, 12 myths, sources. Web: https://cartviral.com/playbook · PDF: https://cartviral.com/playbook.pdf
- Best AI product video generators for Shopify (2026), 7 tools compared with prices: https://cartviral.com/best-ai-product-video-generators-shopify
- Creatify alternatives for e-commerce: https://cartviral.com/creatify-alternatives
- Arcads pricing (no public price list; credits per video; trial terms): https://cartviral.com/arcads-pricing
- Creatify pricing explained (plans, credits, cost per 15s and 30s video): https://cartviral.com/creatify-pricing
- Creatify vs Arcads for product videos: https://cartviral.com/creatify-vs-arcads
- Higgsfield alternatives for e-commerce product videos: https://cartviral.com/higgsfield-alternatives
- Content Rewards alternative for e-commerce (pay per sale, not per view): https://cartviral.com/content-rewards-alternative
- Trybe alternatives (2026): Trybe (creator videos run as the brand's Meta ads, fee at most 1.5%) vs CartViral Earn, TikTok Shop affiliate and per-view clipping, with a side-by-side table: https://cartviral.com/trybe-alternatives
- Topview alternatives (2026): Topview Basic is $18/mo billed annually for 50 credits (about 33 s of Seedance 2.5 720p a month), compared with CartViral, Creatify, Pippit, Revid, Higgsfield and Arcads: https://cartviral.com/topview-alternatives
- Revid AI alternatives (2026): Revid Growth is $39/mo for 2,000 AI credits; alternatives for product videos and for faceless creators who want to be paid per sale: https://cartviral.com/revid-alternatives
- Faceless product video niches ranked (2026): seven niches by the share of formats you can make from product photos or AI without filming, with the median affiliate commission and number of brand programs per niche: https://cartviral.com/faceless-product-videos
- How to turn a Shopify product link into TikTok videos with AI: https://cartviral.com/shopify-product-link-to-tiktok-video
- How to make product videos from photos, with official video specs for Etsy, Shopify, TikTok Shop, eBay, Amazon, TikTok, Reels and Shorts: https://cartviral.com/product-videos-from-photos
- Etsy listing videos (3-15 s, up to 2, 100 MB, no sound): https://cartviral.com/etsy-product-videos
- Adding a product video to a Shopify product page (specs, placement): https://cartviral.com/shopify-product-page-video
- TikTok Shop product videos: listing specs and AI rules: https://cartviral.com/tiktok-shop-product-videos
- How to earn with AI product videos (pay per sale): https://cartviral.com/earn-with-ai-product-videos
- Connect CartViral to Claude, Codex and Cursor (MCP): https://cartviral.com/mcp
- AI video tool affiliate programs compared (commission, duration, cookie, rules; checked 24 Sep 2026): https://cartviral.com/ai-video-affiliate-programs
- Faceless affiliate marketing with AI product videos: TikTok Shop AI rules vs brand programs: https://cartviral.com/faceless-affiliate-marketing-ai-videos
- Clipping jobs: per-view vs per-sale pay, with the math (Content Rewards, Whop Clips, TikTok Shop, CartViral Earn): https://cartviral.com/clipping-jobs-per-view-vs-per-sale
- TikTok Shop affiliate without followers (US rule: 1,000 followers, 18+, ID; 4 ways to start below it): https://cartviral.com/tiktok-shop-affiliate-without-followers
- Get paid to post product videos: per-view campaigns vs per-sale programs, rates from each platform: https://cartviral.com/get-paid-to-post-product-videos
- How to find clipping jobs (campaign boards, Discord, red flags): https://cartviral.com/how-to-find-clipping-jobs
- Faceless product videos by niche: which formats can be made from product photos or AI vs which need real footage (skincare, gadgets, home decor, pets, fitness): https://cartviral.com/faceless-product-videos/skincare

## Contact

- support@cartviral.com

## Affiliate program directory

- 400+ Shopify brand affiliate programs with commission, cookie length and official signup links, checked from each brand's public signup page: https://cartviral.com/affiliate-programs

## Free tools

- Product video score (free, no signup): paste a product link, get a video-readiness score, the formats that work in its niche and 5 hooks: https://app.cartviral.com/tools/video-score
- TikTok hook generator (free, no signup): 10 hooks for any product: https://app.cartviral.com/tools/hook-generator
- TikTok hook analyzer (free, no signup): paste an opening line, get a 0-100 checklist score (length, opening, call to action, specificity, hook pattern), policy warnings and 3 rewrites: https://app.cartviral.com/tools/hook-analyzer
- TikTok / UGC script generator (free, no signup): second-by-second product video script with shots, on-screen text and voiceover: https://app.cartviral.com/tools/script-generator

## REST API

- REST API for the same operations as the MCP server: https://app.cartviral.com/api/v1 (OpenAPI 3.1: https://app.cartviral.com/api/v1/openapi.json). Docs: https://cartviral.com/api

## TikTok playbooks by product category

- Hook templates with first frames, formats, second-by-second structures, what to film and mistakes to avoid, for skincare, fashion, home decor, kitchen, gadgets, pets, fitness and supplements: https://cartviral.com/tiktok-playbooks

## Hook library and video templates

- 89 TikTok hook templates for products, universal and by category, with first frames: https://cartviral.com/tiktok-hooks
- TikTok hooks by niche (skincare, makeup, haircare, fashion, jewelry, gadgets, home decor, kitchen, cleaning, pets, fitness, supplements, food, baby, candles and gifts), grouped by pattern with first frames and why each works: https://cartviral.com/tiktok-hooks/skincare (and /tiktok-hooks/<niche>)
- 11 product video templates with second-by-second beats: https://cartviral.com/video-templates
- Calculators: creator affiliate earnings https://cartviral.com/creator-earnings-calculator ; pay-per-sale vs UGC for brands https://cartviral.com/pay-per-sale-vs-ugc-calculator

## Data

- Shopify affiliate commission benchmarks (400 brand programs, median commission 10%, IQR 10-15%, 30-day cookie standard), by niche, with methodology: https://cartviral.com/shopify-affiliate-commission-benchmarks

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# Full price list (https://cartviral.com/pricing.md)

## Pricing - 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.

Last updated: 2026-11-03. Prices in USD. Card billing via Stripe; cards issued in Russia pay in roubles through lava. The same prices as a web page: https://cartviral.com/pricing. Credits arrive every 30 days on both yearly and monthly billing; cancel any time. Owner decision 2026-11-02: plans are billed yearly by default (2 months free versus paying monthly, a 17% saving) or monthly at a higher rate.

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.

## How credits work

A credit is the unit every result is priced in. Four kinds of video cover most needs: a photo montage is 1 credit, an AI story or ad 6, a creator UGC video 12 and an AI 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.

| Clip type | Credits | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Photo montage | 1 | Fast cut from your product photos, hooks, captions, voiceover |
| AI story reel | 6 | AI scenes animated from your product photo, with a story arc |
| Creator (UGC) clip | 12 | An AI creator talks to camera in their own voice and shows your product, captions on the spoken words |
| AI series episode | 25 | A longer AI story with a plot and a cliffhanger |

| Other product | Credits | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplace export | 1 | A finished clip re-cut for Amazon, Etsy, a Shopify product page or eBay |
| Model photoshoot | 9 | 4 photos of a model with your product |
| Try-on | 13 | 6 photos of your garment on 3 body types (petite, plus-size, athletic), from one flat-lay, hanger or mannequin photo; marked as AI visuals by default |
| Product photos | 8 | 4 studio shots sized for marketplaces |
| Infographics | 7 | 4 feature photos with callouts |
| Listing copy and SEO | 1 | Title, bullets, description, tags, FAQ schema |
| Ad copy, captions, creator brief, 30-day plan | 1 each | Texts written from your product's facts |
| Social carousel | 3 | A swipe-through story post for Instagram and TikTok |
| Static ads | 4 | Banners in 6 layouts, each in 1:1, 4:5 and 9:16 |

The cost of a clip in credits is shown before you generate. Failed renders are refunded.

The MCP server and the REST API (for AI agents and automations) make montages, AI story clips, creator clips, photos, carousels, static ads and copy at the same prices; AI series episodes are made in the web app. A montage renders in a few minutes, an AI clip in 10-15.

## Plans

| Plan | Price billed yearly | Price billed monthly | Credits | AI story clips | Creator clips | Price per AI story clip (yearly rate) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trial | $0, no card, one time | $0, no card, one time | 18 | 3 | 1 (plus 1 AI story clip) | free |
| Starter | $49/mo ($588 billed once a year) | $59/mo | 240 (base 200, +20% launch bonus) | about 40 | about 20 | about $1.23 |
| Growth (most popular) | $129/mo ($1,548 billed once a year) | $155/mo | 860 (base 650, +32% launch bonus) | about 143 | about 71 | about $0.90 |
| Scale | $290/mo ($3,480 billed once a year) | $349/mo | 2,320 (base 1,600, +45% launch bonus) | about 386 | about 193 | about $0.75 |

- Yearly billing is a 17% saving versus monthly, shown on the site as "2 months free." The yearly total is billed once a year; credits still arrive every 30 days.
- Growth is 26% cheaper per clip than Starter; Scale is 39% cheaper (figures at the yearly rate; the ratio is the same on monthly billing).
- Every plan, the trial included, gets all four clip types (creator clips too), product scoring, the Signal Room and download packs. Autopilot (clips on a schedule, per format, per day or week) comes with Growth and Scale. Stores per account: 1 on Trial and Starter, up to 3 on Growth, up to 10 on Scale. Otherwise the plans differ in credits.
- Plan credits reset every 30 days and do not roll over, on either billing cycle.
- AI clips rendering at the same time: Starter 3, Growth 5, Scale 8.
- Launch offer: while CartViral is new, every plan carries bonus credits at the same price. Limited time.
- Personal offer: an account's first finished clip unlocks Starter at $29.40 for the first month of monthly billing instead of $59 (then $59/mo), valid for 72 hours, once per account. Growth and Scale are not discounted.

## Top-ups

| Pack | Price | AI story clips | Saving vs 60-credit pack |
|---|---|---|---|
| 60 credits | $16 | about 10 | - |
| 120 credits | $29 | about 20 | 9% |
| 300 credits | $65 | about 50 | 19% |
| 800 credits | $155 | about 133 | 27% |

Top-up credits never expire.

## How to start

1. Sign up at https://app.cartviral.com/web/login with a one-time email code.
2. Paste a product or store link, or upload photos.
3. Generate. The trial's 18 credits cover 3 AI story clips, or 1 creator clip and 1 AI story clip, or 18 montages, or any mix.

## CartViral Earn (marketplace)

- Brands (https://app.cartviral.com/earn/brands): no subscription for the offer. You set the commission and pay it only on confirmed orders, from a refundable deposit that starts at $100. CartViral adds a platform fee of 20% of the commission on top (10% for the first 50 brands, for good); the generator keeps the full commission. Generators a brand brings itself (its customers, ambassadors, affiliates) sell its offer with no platform fee for their first year. Optional: fund a clip pool so your generators make clips of your products for free. Tracking is a pixel you add yourself in Shopify Customer events.
- Generators (https://app.cartviral.com/earn): free to join. Clips cost credits, same as above. Commission becomes available as soon as the sale is confirmed (by the brand, or automatically after 72 hours without a dispute), with no 30-day hold. First payout from $20, then from $50, or turn earnings into credits with a 10% bonus. No earnings are guaranteed.

## Referral

30% of every payment from stores and brands you refer (subscriptions, top-ups and the platform fee on their marketplace sales), for as long as they stay, plus 30% of our platform fee on every sale made by generators you invite (out of our fee, never their commission; 6% of their commission at the standard 20% fee, 3% with founding brands, which pay 10%), plus a one-time $300 when a brand you brought passes $25,000 in sales on CartViral: https://cartviral.com/referral

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# MCP tools, live list

Endpoint https://app.cartviral.com/mcp (streamable-http), sign-in: OAuth 2.1 (no key) or Authorization: Bearer <API key>.
Setup:
- claude: Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector → paste https://app.cartviral.com/mcp → Connect
- chatgpt: Settings → Apps → Advanced settings → Developer mode → Create app with https://app.cartviral.com/mcp, OAuth
- claudeCode: claude mcp add --transport http cartviral https://app.cartviral.com/mcp

- get_account (Account and credits): The CartViral account behind this API key: plan and how it is billed (monthly or yearly), credit balance, credit price of each clip type, the price of every plan on both billing intervals, and the Earn (creator marketplace) profile if any. Call this first.
- import_products (Import products from a link): Import products into the account's catalog from a public link: a Shopify storefront link imports the whole published catalog (up to 750 products); a WooCommerce store link imports its catalog; a product page on Shopify, Amazon, TikTok Shop, Etsy or most other sites imports that product. Re-importing the same link updates products in place.
- list_products (List catalog products): Products in the account's catalog with their id, price, photo count and CartViral score (0-100; 'push' products are the best candidates for clips). Use the id with generate_clips.
- get_listing_copy (Marketplace listing copy and SEO): Marketplace-ready copy for one catalog product, written only from its real facts (never invented specs, claims or reviews) - the same claims as its clips. Amazon title/Item Highlights/5 bullets/backend search terms, a Shopify SEO title/meta description/image alt text/description, 13 Etsy tags, and GEO (AI search): FAQ pairs, an attributes table and Product + FAQPage JSON-LD. Cached per product until it changes: a first write costs 1 credit, calling it again for the same, unchanged product is free.
- get_copy (Text & SEO: ad copy, social captions, a creator brief, a 30-day content plan): One of Text & SEO's 4 more tools for a catalog product, written only from its real facts (never invented specs, claims, discounts or reviews). tool=ad_copy: 5 Meta primary texts, 5 headlines, 5 descriptions, 3 TikTok ad texts, following the paid-ad rules (no absolutes, no fake discounts or reviews). tool=social_captions: 3 captions, a hashtag set and alt text for each of TikTok, Instagram Reels, YouTube Shorts and Pinterest. tool=creator_brief: a one-page brief for a human UGC creator or a CartViral Earn generator - facts, audience, 3 key messages, 3 hooks, shots to get, do's/don'ts, the #ad disclosure rule. tool=content_plan: a 30-day content calendar built from CartViral's own Video/Photos/Carousels formats. Cached per product and per tool until the product changes: a first write costs 1 credit, calling it again for the same, unchanged product is free.
- generate_clips (Generate video clips of a product): Queue vertical 9:16 clips (TikTok, Reels, Shorts) of one catalog product. Types and credit cost: montage (1, fast photo montage, ready in a few minutes), ai_story (6, an AI story written and shot by CartViral's AI engine), avatar (12, a creator on camera talks about the product), ad (6, kept for older integrations: the same AI clip as ai_story, the engine makes native clips without price tags). AI clips take 10-15 minutes. Optional format: an exact engine format id instead of letting the brain pick one (e.g. ugc_dupe for a dupe-style creator clip); its family must match clip_type, ai_story and ad need a story format, avatar needs a creator/UGC format, montage has no formats. Credits are charged from the account; a failed render refunds automatically. Poll list_clips for download links.
- remake_from_reference (Remake a reference video with your product): Turn a proven video into a new clip starring one of your catalog products: CartViral's engine watches the reference end to end (its hook, beats and pacing), then writes and shoots a new script around your product, never the reference's people or brand. The reference must be a direct https link to a video file, or a link already uploaded through the CartViral Studio's Customize panel (a /u/... link); TikTok, Instagram, YouTube and other social post pages cannot be read yet, so a plain post link is refused before anything is charged. Same price and refund-on-failure as an ai_story clip (see generate_clips). AI clips take 10-15 minutes. Poll list_clips for download links.
- list_clips (List clips and download links): Recent clips of the account's catalog, newest first, with render status and, when done, a download link and a stream link (both valid for 24 hours).
- generate_photos (Generate AI product photos): Queue a set of AI photos for one catalog product. Formats and credit cost: photo_model (9, a photoshoot with an AI model wearing or using the product), photo_product (8, clean studio and lifestyle product shots), photo_infographic (7, a labelled infographic built only from the product's real facts, needs enough facts on the product page). A set renders in a few minutes; every image comes in a square (2000x2000) and a portrait (1080x1350) size, plus a zip of the whole set. Credits are charged from the account; a failed set refunds automatically. Poll list_photo_sets for download links.
- list_photo_sets (List photo sets and download links): Recent AI photo sets of the account's catalog, newest first, with render status and, when done, a zip download link and each image's view/download links (square 2000x2000 and portrait 1080x1350).
- generate_carousel (Generate a product carousel): Queue a multi-slide carousel (Instagram and TikTok slides) for one catalog product, built only from its real facts: 3 credits per set, a few minutes to render. format picks the content idea (e.g. a save-this cheat sheet or a myth vs fact), style picks the visual look; leave either out and CartViral rotates to a format/style combo it hasn't tried recently for this account. Credits are charged from the account; a failed set refunds automatically. Poll list_carousels for download links.
- list_carousels (List carousels and download links): Recent carousels of the account's catalog, newest first, with render status, the hook and caption CartViral wrote and, when done, a zip download link and each slide's Instagram/TikTok image links.
- generate_static_ads (Generate static ad images): Queue a set of static ad images (Meta, TikTok) for one catalog product, built from its own photos with exact text, never an invented claim, fake discount or review: 4 credits per set no matter how many templates are picked, each template rendered at 3 sizes (1:1, 4:5, 9:16). Templates: price_offer (Leads with the real price - a discount only when you enter one.); benefit_callouts (Three benefits straight from your product facts, nothing invented.); us_vs_them (A side-by-side comparison - never names a competitor.); problem_solution (Names the buyer's problem, then the product as the fix.); sticky_note (A handwritten-style native note over your product photo.); feature_closeup (A zoomed-in detail with labelled pointers to what matters.). Leave templates out to get all 6 of them. Credits are charged from the account; a failed set refunds automatically. Poll list_static_ads for download links.
- list_static_ads (List static ad sets and download links): Recent static ad sets of the account's catalog, newest first, with render status, the ad copy CartViral wrote and, when done, a zip download link and each image's view/download link.
- list_offers (Brand offers (CartViral Earn)): For creators: live brand offers in the CartViral Earn marketplace, with commission, ships-to countries, the clip formats the brand prefers, whether the brand's deposit is funded, and your personal link for offers you joined. Requires an Earn profile (create it once at app.cartviral.com/earn/start).
- join_offer (Join a brand offer): For creators: join a live brand offer and get your personal tracking link. Free.
- bring_a_brand (Make a pitch for a brand): Paste a brand's store or product link: CartViral imports it, makes 3 AI clips of its best product (18 credits) and returns a public page to send the brand, with a "Launch your offer" button that carries this account's referral code (30% of what the brand pays CartViral, for life). Max 10 a day. Offers track sales in Shopify, so pitch Shopify brands.
- list_pitches (Brand pitches and their stats): Pitches made with bring_a_brand: page link, render progress, how many times the brand opened it and clicked "Launch your offer".
- get_create_options (Create: models, formats and prices): What the Create tools accept and cost: video models (our engine Gemini Omni Flash, plus premium models when switched on) with credits per length, frames, camera moves, brand film moods, and the price of every Create tool. Free.
- upload_media (Upload an image or video): Store an image (JPG, PNG, WebP, up to 8 MB) or a video (MP4, MOV, WebM, up to 60 MB) in CartViral and get its /u/ link for the Create tools. Pass a public https file link or the file as base64. You rarely need this: every Create tool also takes a public link directly. Free.
- create_image (Create images from a prompt): Images from your own prompt, optionally guided by up to 3 reference photos (a face, a product, a style, a layout): covers and YouTube thumbnails (use 16:9), banners, product scenes, posters. Not tied to the catalog. 1 credit per image, 1, 2 or 4 images. Poll list_creations.
- create_video (Create a video from a prompt): A short video (4-10 s) from your own prompt, optionally starting from or guided by up to 3 reference photos, with a camera move (dolly_zoom, crane, orbit, push_in, whip_pan, low_angle) and sound. Our engine costs 2 credits per video; premium models cost more (see get_create_options). Poll list_creations.
- make_angles (New angles of one photo): New angles of the same shoot from one photo (three-quarter, side, top, macro, low, front, wide, detail): 4 angles 4 credits, 6 angles 6 credits, 8 angles 8 credits. Poll list_creations.
- make_talking_photo (Make a photo talk): A person's photo says your text on camera, in any language (up to 700 characters). 2 credits per take of up to 10 s (about 26 words); model avatar (Kling Avatar, when available) costs more. Needs consent=true for a real person. Poll list_creations.
- make_cinematic (Make a brand film): A 15 or 30 s image film of a product with a pro model, every frame usable as a banner: for a site, ads and banners. Pass a catalog product_id or up to 3 product photos. 12 credits for 15 s and 18 for 30 s on our engine; premium models cost more (get_create_options). Poll list_creations.
- reframe_video (Change a video's frame): Re-cut a video (up to 2 minutes) to another frame: 9:16, 4:5, 1:1 or 16:9, filling the frame or on a blurred background. 1 credit. Poll list_creations.
- remove_background (Remove a photo's background): A cut-out PNG with a transparent background plus a white-background JPG. 1 credit. Poll list_creations.
- copy_motion (Copy a video's movement onto a character): The person from a photo repeats the movement of a reference video (dance, gesture, walk), up to 15 s. Premium, priced by length; only when premium video is switched on. Needs consent=true for a real person. Poll list_creations.
- breakdown_video (Break down a viral video): Why a video works: hook and its mechanism, beats with timings, what is said and shown, on-screen text style, measured cuts. Free. To make the same structure with your product, use remake_from_reference. Poll list_creations (the result is data).
- create_character (Create a brand character): Two portraits of a recurring person for the brand (who, age, look, or from a real person's photo with consent), 2 credits. Then save_character with the portrait you like; generate_clips and remake_from_reference take its character_id so the same face stars in every clip.
- save_character (Save a brand character): Keep one of the create_character portraits (or any portrait link) as the brand's character. Returns its character_id. Free.
- list_characters (List brand characters): The brand's saved characters with their character_id, look and portrait. Free.
- list_creations (Create jobs and their results): Status and result links of Create jobs (images, videos, angles, talking photos, brand films, reframes, cut-outs, motion copies, breakdowns, character portraits). Pass job_id for one job. status: queued, rendering, done or error (a failed job refunds its credits). Free.

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# MCP questions

Q: Does CartViral have an MCP server?
A: Yes: https://app.cartviral.com/mcp, Streamable HTTP, with OAuth sign-in for connectors or an API key. It is listed in the official MCP Registry as com.cartviral/cartviral, and its server card is at https://app.cartviral.com/.well-known/mcp.json.

Q: Which agents work with it?
A: Claude (custom connector), ChatGPT (developer mode app), Claude Code, Codex CLI, Cursor, VS Code, Claude Desktop and any MCP client that supports Streamable HTTP with OAuth or a bearer token.

Q: Can the agent make an image from my own prompt, like a YouTube cover with my face?
A: Yes: create_image takes your prompt and up to 3 reference photos (a face, a product, a style) and makes 1, 2 or 4 images in 9:16, 4:5, 1:1 or 16:9, 1 credit each. It is not tied to a catalog product.

Q: Does it cost extra?
A: No. Tools that only read data are free; everything else is paid from your account's credits at the cabinet's prices (for example 1 for a montage, 6 for an AI story reel, 12 for a creator (UGC) clip, 1 per image). After your first purchase, the first time an agent connects to your account you get 20 bonus credits, once per account.

Q: My assistant says it has no access to CartViral. What do I do?
A: Add CartViral once as a connector in the assistant's settings (Claude: Settings → Connectors; ChatGPT: Settings → Apps, developer mode) with https://app.cartviral.com/mcp. Assistants can't add connectors themselves, and their code sandboxes have no open internet.

Q: Can the agent publish to TikTok?
A: No. It makes clips and returns download links; you post them yourself.

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# Questions about CartViral

Q: Which product should I start with?
A: 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.

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

Q: Does CartViral post for me?
A: 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.

Q: How does a talking creator clip work?
A: 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.

Q: Can I use it from Claude or ChatGPT?
A: 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.

Q: What is CartViral?
A: 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.

Q: Is CartViral a Shopify app?
A: 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.

Q: Do CartViral videos look templated?
A: 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.

Q: Do I need professional product photos?
A: 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.

Q: How do credits work?
A: 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.