How to switch to Image Depot

Moving your photography business from ShootProof, SmugMug, Zenfolio, Pixieset, Pic-Time, or CloudSpot? Here's the real process -- no automated import tool exists yet, so this is the honest, manual path, and what actually makes it easier once you're here.

Being direct up front: Image Depot doesn't have a one-click import from any other platform today. What follows is the real, practical process photographers actually use when switching gallery software -- and the reason it should be the last time you have to.

1. Download your originals from your current platform

Start with whatever's most at risk of getting lost -- active clients, recent shoots, anything without a local backup. Most gallery platforms let you bulk-download a gallery's full-resolution originals as a ZIP from that gallery's own settings; check your current platform's export or download option per gallery.

2. Recreate your galleries in Image Depot

There's no photo-count ceiling on any Image Depot plan -- a real storage quota instead (12GB on Starter, up to 1TB on Agency), so a big back-catalog never hits an arbitrary photo limit. See creating a gallery. If you shoot high-volume sports or events, Tournaments bulk-creates a whole batch of galleries from one form instead of one at a time.

3. Upload -- in parallel, with no cap

Drag and drop directly into each gallery. Uploads run in parallel with live progress, and every photo is verified on the way in against upload corruption. See uploading photos.

4. Rebuild your price sheet and reconnect payments

Recreate your digital and print products, then connect your own Square or Stripe account so client purchases settle directly to your bank -- Image Depot never holds the money. See building a price sheet and connecting Square.

5. Point clients at your new links

A new gallery gets its own real link immediately. If continuity matters for existing clients, a portfolio website on your own custom domain (Solo plan and up) means the same web address can carry over even though the platform behind it changed.

Why this should be the last time

Every Image Depot plan, including Free, carries a guaranteed full-library export -- in writing, not a support-ticket favor. Whatever happens with pricing, features, or your own business down the road, moving your data back out is never something you have to negotiate for.

See photography gallery software alternatives for a fuller, sourced look at how each specific platform compares on commission and storage.

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