Switching guide · Dubsado

Moving from Dubsado to Showpiece

Dubsado is famously deep and famously effortful — the good news is that moving out is mostly about the people and the words, not the plumbing. Your workflows get rebuilt simpler in Showpiece's automations.

Part 1 — Get your data out of Dubsado

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   Get your client list out

   Dubsado doesn't make bulk export prominent — check the Address Book for an export option, and if you can't find one, request a data export from Dubsado support (they'll provide your data; it's yours). Worst case, a manual spreadsheet of active clients takes 20 minutes.

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   Save signed documents

   Download PDFs of executed contracts and important invoices from each project for your own records.

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   Copy templates and canned emails

   Copy your form, contract, and email text into Showpiece's editors. Resist recreating your 14-step Dubsado workflow verbatim — start with Showpiece's booking-confirmed automation and add steps only when you miss them.

Good to know: Dubsado's per-project view is the reliable source for who's active right now — migrate active clients first, archive-dwellers later or never.

Part 2 — Bring it into Showpiece

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   Organize into one folder

   Unzip everything into a single parent folder on your computer, with one subfolder per gallery (most exports already arrive this way). Subfolder names become your album names, so rename them now if you want tidier titles.

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   Run the Showpiece importer

   Log into Showpiece and open showpiece.studio/import. Click the picker, select the PARENT folder, and let it run — each subfolder becomes an album, full-resolution originals upload with automatic retries, and web previews generate as they land. Big libraries take a while (it's your upload speed, not us); keep the tab open and it will tell you if anything needs retrying.

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   Bring your client list

   On showpiece.studio/clients, use Import CSV. Name, email, phone, and notes columns are detected automatically and your people land in the CRM, deduplicated.

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   Verify, then flip the switch

   Spot-check a few albums (counts and full-res downloads), publish your portfolio, set your services and availability, connect Stripe — and only then cancel the old subscription. Overlap for a billing cycle if you want a safety net; your old account stays untouched by any of this.

The client CSV (exported or hand-built) imports on showpiece.studio/clients.

Other platforms: Pixieset · ShootProof · Pic-Time · CloudSpot · HoneyBook

Platform interfaces change — steps reflect Dubsado as of July 2026. If a menu has moved, their help center's "download" or "export" article will have the current path. Dubsado is a trademark of its owner; no affiliation.