PixCustom Quickstart Guide

Welcome to PixCustom! This guide will walk you through the essential steps to set up your first customizable product and enable personalization on your Shopify store.

Step 1: Add Your Customizable Products

From the PixCustom dashboard, click Settings.

Select Add Products and choose the products you want customers to personalize.

Examples include:

• T-shirts
• Mugs
• Caps
• Tote Bags
• Stickers
• Phone Cases

Click Select to add them to PixCustom.

Tip: Products that have not yet been configured will display a warning icon. Customers can only customize products that have been fully configured.

Step 2: Upload Product Images in Shopify

Before configuring a product in PixCustom, make sure the product already has images uploaded in Shopify.

Go to:

Shopify Admin → Products → Select Product

Upload product images for each side you want customers to customize.

For example:

• Front side image
• Back side image
• Left side image
• Right side image

These images will later be selected inside PixCustom during product configuration.

Important: The product image should show a blank printable area where customer artwork will be placed. Avoid using product images that already contain designs in the print area.

Step 3: Configure Your Product

Return to PixCustom → Settings.

Click Configure next to the product.

During configuration, select the appropriate product image for each side.

For example:

• Front Side → Front product image
• Back Side → Back product image

PixCustom uses these images as the design canvas that customers will see when customizing the product.

Step 4: Create Printable Areas

For each side of the product, define the printable area.

The printable area determines where customers can place:

• Images
• Text
• Logos
• Artwork

Resize and position the printable area so it matches the actual printable region of your product.

Repeat this process for all sides you want to make customizable.

Choose an image for each side.  Each image you choose will be the default for all variants.  If you want to select a different image for each variant, make sure you select images in Variant Image Overrides.

Step 5: Save and Publish Your Configuration

After configuring all printable areas, click Save.

Your product is now ready to accept customer designs.

Step 6: Enable PixCustom in Your Theme

Before customers can customize products on your storefront, you must enable the PixCustom theme extensions.

Enable Cart Extensions

From Shopify Admin, go to:

Online Store → Edit Theme

Click App Embeds in the top header menu.

Enable:

PixCustom Cart

Click Save.

Add PixCustom to the Product Page

While still inside the Theme Editor:

1. Open any product template.
2. Under Product Information, click Add Block.
3. Select the Apps tab.
4. Choose PixCustom.
5. Click Save.

This adds the Customize Product button and personalization experience to your Product Detail Pages.

Step 7: Configure Checkout Extensions

Exit the Theme Editor.

Go to:

Settings → Checkout → Configurations →  Edit

Click Apps in the header menu.

Add:

PixCustom Checkout Line Item

to:

• Thank You Page
• Order Status Page

If you're on Shopify Plus, you can also add it directly to:

• Checkout

Click Save.

This ensures customer customizations are visible throughout the order journey.

Step 8: Test the Customer Experience

Visit your storefront and open one of your configured products.

Verify that:

• The Customize Product button appears.
• Images can be uploaded.
• Text can be added.
• Designs stay within the printable area.
• Customized products can be added to cart.
• Customizations appear correctly after checkout.

You're Ready to Start Selling Personalized Products

Congratulations! Your store is now configured for product personalization.

Customers can upload images, add text, preview their designs, and place orders directly through your Shopify storefront using PixCustom.