Wondering if this is a good idea or not.

Could CIC be used to set up a site for a print shop?

Users upload image/file
Select what they want, size, quantity ect...
Pay based on the criteria selected.

I would like the user to have their own "portal" so to speak, which CIC would be idea for.

Creating node/record for the image and using custom fields for the print criteria seems straight forward. It's the paying bit based on something the user creates I am not sure is possible.

Any ideas?
JM

Just to be clear, this isn't a how question.... but an is it possible question.

Could you use the API to build a pay now type button using commerce based on the fields. After it was submitted I suppose.

The how part can come later, just curious if it is possible.

Thanks,
JM

You could use commerce alone for this. Create a product, and create custom fields for it. One of those custom fields would be an upload field, and be a required field. You could add sizes etc on there too.

On 7/10/2026 at 3:33 AM, Marc said:

You could use commerce alone for this. Create a product, and create custom fields for it. One of those custom fields would be an upload field, and be a required field. You could add sizes etc on there too.

Thanks Marc.

I guess what I was thinking with respect to a user 'portal', was having a print job there to reorder. So more like a purchasable record with the file stored. I have not tried a custom order in Commerce... does it retain something like an uploaded file under the users profile? I'll experiment with that today.

Perhaps Downloads could be made to do this and permissions restrict the access.

Thanks
JM

It wouldnt really. They would need to reupload it each time. I understand what you were trying to get to with that part, but you would hit a limit on that unfortunately.