Application AI · OpenCart

AI integration for OpenCart stores

We wire real AI into your OpenCart store: bulk product descriptions from your catalog, a support chatbot that knows your products, and admin automations. Built around your data, not a drop-in widget.

From: $690 · Turnaround: 1-2 weeks
Your catalog, not a demo Built on real product data
You own the keys Your OpenAI or Gemini account
Fixed scope Quoted before we build
We hand over the code No monthly lock-in

Search “OpenCart AI” and you get a wall of drop-in chatbot widgets. They are fine for a generic “how can I help” bubble, but they do not know your stock, your shipping rules, or last week’s price change. The work that actually moves numbers is wiring AI into the data your store already holds.

We build that integration. Product descriptions generated in bulk from your catalog fields. A support assistant grounded in your real products and policies. Back-office jobs like tagging and categorisation that used to eat an afternoon. You bring the store and an API key; we handle the rest.

Where AI earns its keep in OpenCart

Three ways we add AI

Product content

Bulk-generate product descriptions, meta titles, and alt text from your existing catalog fields. We pull from your real attributes so the copy is accurate, not invented, and you review before anything publishes.

Customer support

A chatbot grounded in your products, stock, and policies, not a generic FAQ bot. It answers from your live catalog and hands off to a human when it should.

Back-office automation

Category suggestions, tag cleanup, review summaries, and translating descriptions into your other store languages, run as jobs you trigger instead of a developer doing it by hand.

The marketplace modules and free widgets all do one slice of this, usually the chatbot, and stop at the demo. We connect AI to your actual OpenCart database and the model account you control, so it works on your catalog and you are not renting access to your own data.

What a build covers

Scoped to what you need

AI work is not one fixed package, so we scope it to the jobs that pay off for your store. A typical first build covers one or two of these well, rather than all of them badly.

Workshop to pick the AI jobs worth doing for your catalog and team
Connect OpenCart to the model you choose (OpenAI, Gemini, or a self-hosted Llama)
Bulk product-description generation mapped to your real attribute fields
A review-and-approve step so nothing publishes without a human check
Support chatbot grounded in your catalog, stock status, and store policies
Handoff rules so the bot passes hard questions to a person
Back-office jobs: category suggestions, tag cleanup, or description translation
Cost controls: token budgets, caching, and rate limits so the API bill stays predictable
Admin screens inside OpenCart so non-developers can run the jobs
Documentation and a short training session for your team
What you receive

AI that runs on your store

You get working integrations on your own OpenCart install, connected to your own model account, with the code handed over.

01

Working AI features

The one or two jobs we scoped, live on your store and tested against real products.

02

Admin controls

Buttons and settings inside OpenCart so your team runs the jobs without touching code.

03

Your model account

Everything wired to your OpenAI or Gemini key, so you control cost and data, not us.

04

Cost guardrails

Caching and token limits so a bulk run does not produce a surprise invoice.

05

Code and docs

The integration code, handed over, plus a short guide and a training call.

How it runs

Four steps, one to two weeks

We start with a short workshop so we build the jobs that matter, then ship and tune against your real catalog.

1

Scope workshop

We look at your catalog, your team's time sinks, and pick the AI jobs worth building first.

Day 1-2
2

Connect and prototype

We wire OpenCart to your chosen model and build a rough version of the first job against real products.

Day 2-5
3

Build and guardrail

We finish the features, add the review step, and set cost controls so the bill stays predictable.

Day 5-9
4

Test and hand over

We test against your catalog, train your team, and hand over the code and docs.

Day 9-10
Pricing

Priced by scope, quoted up front

A first AI build starts at $690 for a single job done properly, like bulk product descriptions wired to your catalog with a review step. A grounded support chatbot or a multi-job build runs higher. We quote the fixed scope after the workshop, so you know the number before we write code.

Model API costs are separate.

You pay OpenAI or Google directly for what the model uses, on your own account. We size those costs during scoping and build in caching and limits so a bulk run does not blow the budget. We never mark up token usage.

Single job

$690 from
  • One AI feature, built and tested
  • Wired to your model account
  • Admin controls and cost limits
  • Code handover and training
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Most popular

Store build

$1,900 from
  • Two or three AI jobs together
  • Grounded support chatbot included
  • Back-office automation jobs
  • 30 days of tuning after launch
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Tech we use

Tooling we lean on

OpenCart 3 and 4 OpenAI Google Gemini Llama 3 PHP OpenCart API vector search Redis
Where this fits

How this connects to the rest of your store

This is part of our AI integration services, which wire models into real business data rather than bolting on a widget. If the job is less about AI and more about connecting OpenCart to another system, our OpenCart integrations work covers that, and our OpenCart support page lists everything else we handle on the platform.

Running the same kind of build on Drupal instead of OpenCart? See our AI work for Drupal.

A common first job is bulk catalog copy. See how we run ChatGPT for product descriptions without the generic output.

AI for OpenCart maintenance, security & upgrades

Need ai for opencart maintenance, security & upgrades sorted?

We'll triage the same day. Send context, screenshots, error messages — whatever you have. No sales calls, no chatbots.

We read every message. We don't pass your details to anyone else, ever.