Getting started with PitchPrint

This article will give you an overview of PitchPrint, outlining its features, user cases, workflows and general best practices. We advise every new customer to take some time and briefly read through this to get a hang of the product.

Why, What, How

If you sell customizable products or want your customers to personalize their orders or to make digital designs on your website or online store, PitchPrint is your solution. You may have an existing website or not, the thing is standard websites don't provide that capability to design products online and that's where PitchPrint comes in.

It's basically a " light-photoshop" you install on your store that will allow your customers to create personalized designs like Business Cards with their unique details, Mugs, TShirts, Phone Casings and what not, all in the convenience of their web browser.

It seamlessly plugs into your web-store and kicks in where customers need to personalize any of your products.

Key terms & what they refer to

Design - This is a pre-made design template that your users can easily and quickly edit. As a rule, each product you want customized should point to one or more designs. We'll show you how.

Project - A design that has been personalized by one of your customers, like their edited Business Card.

Framework - The cart engine that powers your website, like Wordpress, OpenCart, Magento, Prestashop etc

APIKey - This is a unique identifier we issue to you that makes us identify every requests coming from your store.

Secret Key - A companion to the APIKey that should be kept secret, as it allows any bearer to edit your PitchPrint account details.

Setting things up

If you've decided to go with PitchPrint, you will need to take certain steps to set things up. We have outlined these in more detailed articles and we'll basically link them here:

Register on PitchPrint and generate a domain. Click here to register if you do not have an account with us or go straight and login to your PitchPrint admin.
Install PitchPrint plugin on your website. Here are links to Install the plugin on your store based on the Framework you have on your current site: WordPress + WooCommerce, OpenCart, PrestaShop, Shopify, Magento, 3DCart or a Custom Site
If you do not have a site yet, you can read this article to make a decision on which to pick.
Create or Import a Design. You have to create a design for each product you need your customers to personalize. You can create from scratch or import from our store. For expediency and to quickly test things, you can import right away into your own domain. To do this, navigate to your Designs Page in PitchPrint Admin
Assign Design to a Product. Next, you need to link the design to one of the products on your page. Having install our plugin, some sections of your store is linked to our PitchPrint. So go to any of your products or create one on your store admin. And you will find PitchPrint depending on your store framework. A preview is shown below

Test your product

Once you have assigned a design to one of your products, you should find the Customize Button on your product page

Clicking this should load the PitchPrint editor displaying your design template, ready for customization. Go ahead and customize the design to your taste.

Getting your print files

Once you have submitted your customized design, a project is generated, which PDF you can download from your admin page. Check the order page of your store admin. Against the new order, you will find option to download the PDF file for that product order. If you are on Shopify or 3DCart, you will need to check our projects page to get the PDF file as these platforms do not allow app developers to place codes into the order page.