CloudCart

Grandranker publishes finished articles straight to your CloudCart store's blog. You connect once with your store URL and a CloudCart API key. After that, every article you approve is created in CloudCart automatically.

How to Connect

1. In Grandranker, go to Integrations and choose CloudCart from the platform list. If it is not in the first list, click Show all integrations.
2. Get your API key: log in to your CloudCart admin panel, go to Settings → API Keys, click Create new API key, and copy the generated key.
3. Back in Grandranker, fill in Store URL (your full store address, e.g. https://yourstore.cloudcart.net).
4. Paste the key into API Key.
5. Pick a Default Status: Published (posts go live immediately) or Draft (posts land in CloudCart unpublished so you can review them there first).
6. Click Test Connection. Grandranker calls your store with the credentials you entered and tells you whether they work.
7. Click Save & Connect.

Publishing & Verifying

When an article is ready, you publish it manually from the editor or automatically via your content plan. Grandranker creates the post in your CloudCart blog with the article's title, content, and metadata.

To verify the connection is doing its job:

• Publish one article from Grandranker. Then open your CloudCart admin and check the blog section for the new post.
• If your Default Status is Draft, the post will not appear on your storefront until you publish it inside CloudCart. Check the drafts list instead.
• The article's status in Grandranker updates once publishing succeeds. The Articles list shows you what has gone out.

Troubleshooting

"Connection failed" when testing

Double-check the Store URL. It must be the full URL including https://, matching your CloudCart domain. Then confirm the API key was copied completely, with no leading or trailing spaces. If in doubt, create a fresh key in Settings → API Keys and paste it again.

Articles publish but don't appear on the storefront

Check your Default Status in the Grandranker CloudCart settings. If it is set to Draft, posts are created hidden and you need to publish them from the CloudCart admin. Switch to Published if you want articles live immediately.

The connection worked before but now fails

API keys can be revoked or regenerated in CloudCart. If a key was deleted or replaced, Grandranker's saved key no longer works. Create a new key in your CloudCart admin. Open the CloudCart integration screen in Grandranker, paste the new key, test, and save again.

"Your session has expired" message

This is a Grandranker session issue, not a CloudCart problem. Refresh the page, log in again if prompted, and retry.

Questions? Contact us at [email protected].