New Users - Setting up InspiredByYou
Digital Delivery
Last Updated: July 15, 2026The new InspiredByYou.com has the ability to allow clients to automatically download their images directly from the site, and you control what can be downloaded! If you offer this, you need to sync both HiRes and Preview images. There are three different ways you can allow clients to download their images: Single Session Record –...
Step 3: InspiredByYou.com Preferences
Last Updated: July 15, 2026This Preferences Menu holds the basic settings for your InspiredByYou.com features. Go to Maintenance > Preferences > InspiredByYou.com Preferences Company Tab Clients Tab Images Tab Orders Tab Payments Tab Sales Tax Tab Shipping Tab Tasks Tab Here’s what’s on the Company tab: Online Yearbook Selections: From the drop down choices, decide if you want to...
Step 5: InspiredByYou Price List
Last Updated: July 15, 2026Item Group Price List Items To set up your price lists for clients to purchase items, go to Maintenance > Price List > Price Lists Expand the Price List and double click an Item Group to edit its online presence. Check the box Show Item Group Online Enter the item’s Marketing Description – Single line...
Step 2: Online Portal Preferences
Last Updated: July 15, 2026This Preferences Menu holds the basic settings for ALL online features in Stratus: InspiredByYou, Online Booking, Web Forms, and Client Referrals . If you already use our Online Booking, Web Forms, or Client Referral Program tools, this menu will already be mostly set up. General Tab Images Tab Help Tab Customization Tab Maintenance > Preferences >...
Checklist for Setting up InspiredByYou
Last Updated: July 15, 2026Use this checklist to successfully set up InspiredByYou for your studio. For complete details of each sheet go here. 1. Statuses and other miscellaneous items: Client Statuses Lead Source Session Types Session Statuses Invoice Statuses 2. Online Portal Preferences: General Tab Images Tab Help Tab Customization tab 3. InspiredByYou Preferences Company Tab Clients Tab Images...
Step 1: New Users Basic Setup
Last Updated: July 15, 2026Watch the training video for a full set up overview and scroll below for full written instructions. Initial Set-up Below are the most important settings you need to set up beforehand to ensure a smooth transition to InspiredByYou for your clients. Some settings can be done after the upgrade process. Link Below! If you’d like...
Product Tier Shipping Method
Last Updated: July 15, 2026Very few clients will want, or need, to use this Shipping Method. The setup is much more advanced. This method does take each line item’s Product Shipping Tier, finds the highest shipping fee, and applies that to the order. This feature is disabled but if you chose to use it, just email [email protected] and ask...
Step 4: Shipping Methods
Last Updated: July 15, 2026There are a few new methods to process shipping fees for your customers, both Online and In-House. For InspiredByYou we recommend that you use the Simple method. Simple Shipping Subtotal Shipping Product Tiers Shipping None: Select None if you don’t want to charge your clients shipping. Simple Shipping (recommended): Similar to standard retailers, this method has...
Step 6: Syncing Sessions to show online
Last Updated: July 15, 2026We display images on InspiredByYou based on whether they’ve been setup to Show Online in the Session Status itself OR manually via the Sessions Online tab / Show Online box being flagged and those images synced to the Stratus Drive. We recommended you use the Session Statuses and Control Center. Important Note: if the images are stored on a NAS Drive,...