The Power of InspiredByYou.com: Automated Online Photo Sales for Your Studio

InspiredByYou.com is the online e-commerce sales platform built into Stratus, StudioPlus’s all-in-one business management software. It lets your clients view, share, and purchase their images online 24/7 — and because it’s fully integrated with Stratus, almost everything happens automatically. From gallery upload to order creation to digital delivery, a single status change can run your entire online sales process while you focus on shooting.

How does the automation actually work?

Here’s the part studios love. After you import a photo session’s images into Stratus, changing the session to a single status can set the whole chain in motion:

1. The gallery builds itself. Stratus automatically uploads the session and creates your client’s online image gallery on InspiredByYou.com.
2. The client is notified instantly. An automatic email sends your client their gallery link and login details — no copying, pasting, or manual messages.
3. Clients shop on their own time. Your client can view their images, share them with family and friends, and purchase prints and products right from the gallery.
4. Orders flow straight into Stratus. When a client places an order, Stratus automatically generates the internal order — no re-keying, no missed sales.
5. Digital images deliver themselves. For digital products, the order can even kick off a rendering routine that prepares the files and delivers them automatically to your customer’s inbox.

One import, one status change — and your business is selling while you sleep.

What can clients do in their online gallery?

InspiredByYou.com gives your clients a polished shopping experience under your studio’s brand. With a single login for all of their sessions, clients can zoom in on images, watch slideshows, compare poses side by side, preview images in black & white or sepia, mark favorites, select yearbook poses, and e-sign contracts. Family sharing and secure guest accounts let grandparents and friends view and buy too — every visitor is a potential order.

What selling tools are included?

The platform is built to recover and grow revenue, not just display images:

• Abandoned cart emails – automatic triggered emails bring back shoppers who didn’t finish checking out.
• Automatic follow-ups – keep galleries top of mind before they expire.
• Surveys – gather feedback right after the experience.
• Watermarking — text or graphic, with control over size and position — protects your images while they’re online.
• Studio-level controls – gallery expiration dates, hidden images, and social sharing.

How does digital delivery work?

You stay in complete control of what clients can download and how they get it — whether digital images are included with a session, offered as a purchase, or delivered automatically after an order. Resolution, watermarking, and even an included copyright release are all up to you. Let StudioPlus Finale (our powerful image rendering server) handle the delivery for you.

What does InspiredByYou.com cost?

There’s no monthly fee and no setup cost — studios pay a 5% service fee on online orders. InspiredByYou.com is included with both Stratus Standard and Stratus Professional plans. Automation tools such as triggers and automatic image rendering require the Professional version.

How do I get started?

If you’re already using Stratus, the InspiredByYou.com product overview in our help docs is a great way to get started. New to Stratus? Start a 30-day free trial and see how much of your sales process you can put on autopilot!