One Ecommerce License, Multiple VPS Stores

A new GEO test shouldn't automatically mean a new SaaS bill. You rent the servers — the license should cover several live shops at once, without a separate subscription per copy. Full product details are on the NitroCart homepage.

What this is and who needs it

The NitroCart license is priced by the number of concurrently running server IPs, not by turnover and not by catalog size. Start covers 1 active install, Pro up to 5, Enterprise up to 15; each install is one running engine copy on its own VPS, with its own domain, its own data, and its own theme. This fits media buyers running parallel GEO or creative-angle tests, agencies juggling several client brands on rented servers, dropshippers who want a staging shop next to a production one, and teams testing several offers at once without the monthly bill scaling with the number of shops.

Criteria for choosing a licensing model for several stores

1. Tied to turnover or to infrastructure. Does the license cost grow with sales, or does it depend only on the number of installs.
2. Cost of an extra copy. What does deploying one more store beyond the ones already paid for cost — a separate subscription, or a free slot in the existing license.
3. Data independence between copies. Do all the stores on the license share one order database, or does each have its own, isolated one.
4. Moving a copy to another server. Can an install be moved to a new VPS without losing a license slot or repurchasing.
5. Visibility of free slots. Is it clear in real time how many more installs the current plan allows.
6. Plan upgrades. Is it easy to move to a higher plan as the number of shops grows, without downtime on the copies already running.
7. Economics vs a separate SaaS subscription per store. What's cheaper at 5–10 parallel shops — separate SaaS subscriptions, or one license with several IPs.

Comparison table: licensing several parallel stores

Model	Tied to turnover	Cost of an extra copy	Data across copies
A separate SaaS subscription per store	Usually yes, the plan scales with turnover	A whole new subscription	Isolated, but the bill grows
SaaS with one account across several storefronts	Partially, tiered by count	A markup for the next store in the tier	Shared account, single-vendor dependency
A custom multi-tenant build	No	Requires development	Shared database, risk of data mixing
NitroCart, one license up to 15 VPS	No	Free within the IP slots already bought	Fully independent, each copy on its own VPS

How this works in NitroCart

License status and the number of remaining IP slots show up in Engine settings → License — the section shows VALID or an error, plus how many more installs the current plan allows. Deploying a new copy on another VPS or the same host takes up one free license slot, while orders and media for each install physically live on that install's own VPS — the key doesn't centralize the business into one shared database. A plan upgrade is needed when more parallel GEOs or client brands are required, not when a single shop's turnover grows — license cost has no tie to sales volume. Moving a copy to a new server (redeploy or migration) frees the old slot once the previous install is stopped, letting a replacement deploy without buying an extra license.

The concrete piece: five shops on Pro vs five separate SaaS subscriptions

With five parallel shops across different GEOs, a typical SaaS platform at $29–79/month per shop runs $145–395/month, or $1,740–4,740/year, before counting a turnover commission on each of the five shops separately. NitroCart's Pro plan (up to 5 IPs) costs $1,790 billed yearly — roughly $149/month total across all five installs, with no percentage of sales on any of them. The gap widens with more copies: on Enterprise (up to 15 IPs) at $3,590/year, that's roughly $299/month for fifteen parallel shops — against an equivalent separate SaaS subscription at the upper end of $79/month per copy, that's $1,185/month, close to a 4x difference at the same install count, with no cut of turnover. VPS cost per copy on top usually runs $5–20/month depending on the server spec and region, still below growing SaaS plans at higher turnover.

When NitroCart is not a fit

If the need is a single admin panel that manages every store at once — a shared catalog, shared settings, switching between storefronts without logging into each one separately — NitroCart doesn't have that kind of multi-store-from-one-admin setup: each install on its own VPS has its own login URL and its own settings, managed individually. It also doesn't fit if more than 15 parallel copies are needed on one license — the current Enterprise ceiling is fifteen IPs, and a second license is required beyond that. An honest breakdown of the engine's limits is in when NitroCart is not a fit.

FAQ

Is there a fee or commission tied to growing sales? No, billing depends only on the number of concurrent IPs, not on the sales total from any of the shops.

Can a shop be moved to another server without losing the slot? Yes, through a redeploy or a migration — the slot frees up once the old copy is stopped and gets taken by the new install.

Does one admin panel manage every copy at once? No, each VPS has its own separate admin URL and its own isolated database — there's no shared panel managing several shops.

What does deploying a shop beyond the slots already used cost? Nothing, as long as there are free IP slots within the purchased plan; beyond the plan's limit, an upgrade to the next tier or a second license is needed.

How can the number of free slots be checked? The Engine settings → License section on each install shows license status and how many IPs remain on the license.

Is this cheaper than SaaS for a single shop? The economics are closer at one install — the per-IP license really pays off at 3+ parallel shops, where SaaS bills a separate subscription for every copy.

NitroCart pricing — Start 1 IP from $99/mo, Pro up to 5 IPs from $199/mo, Enterprise up to 15 IPs from $399/mo. Next: several small brands, one engine, one license, GEO test without a new stack, dropshipping on your own VPS, white label online store.