ArtDrop Web or ArtDrop Mac: pick the one that fits you

What this does

Web and Mac are separate entitlements. A Mac purchase does not include Hosted Web. The native Mac app is separate, and a Web license cannot activate it. The direct checkout advertises $39 per month for Web and $399 once for Mac, and uses those amounts when no Stripe Price ID is configured. When a Price ID is configured, the external Stripe Price object controls the amount, so confirm the final charge in Checkout. A new Mac license defaults to two machine slots. The server-wide default is environment-configurable and each license row stores its own maximum, so an individual key can differ from two. The free demo is Web-only.

Before you begin

• Decide whether you want a hosted workflow for supported modern browsers, or a native Mac app you buy once and own.
• Both plans support configured artwork drops, optional generated or seller-written copy, product creation, and supported listing routes. Their access and execution surfaces are not identical.

Steps

1. 01

   Pick Web to work in a supported modern browser

   ArtDrop Web is a hosted app you open in a supported modern browser at app.getartdrop.com. Updates arrive without installing the Mac app. The signed-in Copy settings show the available method and any usage limits or billing.

2. 02

   Pick Mac to own the app outright

   Mac is a one-time native-app purchase and requires a personal Anthropic key for generated copy. It does not include Hosted Web. A new Mac license defaults to two machine slots. The server-wide default is environment-configurable and each license row stores its own maximum, so an individual key can differ from two.

3. 03

   Compare the batch tools

   Both apps expose the paced-batch UI. On Hosted Web, the server sweeper advances due paced and per-store releases without an active login or open dashboard and persists worker admission for retry. On Mac, the app must remain running. A Mac purchase does not include Hosted Web. The hosted service disables in-process full-folder catalog runs, while the desktop build permits them.

4. 04

   Compare stores and billing

   The first store is included. Direct Web prices later stores at $10 per month for positions 2 and 3, $6 for 4 through 6, $3 for 7 through 10, and $2 from 11 onward. Direct Mac prices those positions at $75, $45, $25, and $15 once. Earlier stores keep the rate assigned to their position. The Web extra-store checkout stops at 25 total stores. Mac does not enforce the same ceiling: its checkout has no 25-store check, the license server can store an entitlement up to 100, and the saved payload can admit 25 additional stores plus the synthetic default, for 26 effective stores. Treat the Mac cap as contradictory until the backend is corrected. Each store supports up to 50 product lines. The Shopify-installed billing code reads an environment-configurable recurring amount with a $39 default, so source alone proves neither public listing availability nor the deployed amount.

5. 05

   Try it before you decide

   The Web demo uses a 3-drop counter. After a request saves at least one artwork file, the route rechecks demo mode and, if it is still active, attempts one increment. A failed counter update does not fail the accepted upload response, so the counter is not a hard maximum. Web demo requests use the real route with a watermark. The demo is not available in the Mac app. Demo processing uses watermarked copies and can create external records. The 14-day money-back guarantee remains the stated policy, but the backend does not enforce its eligibility window.

Expected result

Choose Web for Hosted Web access or Mac for the native app. They remain separate entitlements. A Web license cannot activate the Mac app. A new Mac license defaults to two machine slots. The server-wide default is environment-configurable and each license row stores its own maximum, so an individual key can differ from two. The free demo is Web-only.

Good to know

• The direct checkout advertises $39 per month for Web and $399 once for Mac, and uses those amounts when no Stripe Price ID is configured. When a Price ID is configured, the external Stripe Price object controls the amount, so confirm the final charge in Checkout. A Mac purchase does not include Hosted Web. A new Mac license defaults to two machine slots. The server-wide default is environment-configurable and each license row stores its own maximum, so an individual key can differ from two.
• The first store is included. Direct Web prices later stores at $10 per month for positions 2 and 3, $6 for 4 through 6, $3 for 7 through 10, and $2 from 11 onward. Direct Mac prices those positions at $75, $45, $25, and $15 once. Earlier stores keep the rate assigned to their position. The Web extra-store checkout stops at 25 total stores. Mac does not enforce the same ceiling: its checkout has no 25-store check, the license server can store an entitlement up to 100, and the saved payload can admit 25 additional stores plus the synthetic default, for 26 effective stores. Treat the Mac cap as contradictory until the backend is corrected.
• The hosted service disables in-process full-folder catalog runs, while the desktop build permits them.
• The 14-day money-back guarantee is retained as the stated policy. The backend contains refund-side affiliate handling but no eligibility window or access-refund workflow.
• The Web demo uses a 3-drop counter. After a request saves at least one artwork file, the route rechecks demo mode and, if it is still active, attempts one increment. A failed counter update does not fail the accepted upload response, so the counter is not a hard maximum. Web demo requests use the real route with a watermark. The demo is not available in the Mac app.

Troubleshooting

• If a purchase landed on the wrong email or the wrong plan (a Web subscription when you wanted Mac, or the reverse), stop before buying again and reach out to support with your receipt so it can be moved instead of duplicated.
• Moving a Mac license to a new machine? Release an activation first. Check that key's recorded machine maximum instead of assuming it is always two.

How to undo or clean up

Cancel a Web subscription in its billing settings and release a Mac activation before retiring a machine. The stated 14-day refund policy needs operational confirmation because the backend does not enforce it.