Quick cart

The Quick cart displays a slide-out drawer to allow customers to view and edit the items added to their cart. It can be opened on any page by clicking on the cart icon in the header.

In the Quick cart settings, you can choose to disable the quick cart, show currency codes in prices, and enable the Empty cart promotion.

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Watch our video to optimize your quick cart for conversions, with instructions for setting up an Empty cart promotion, Cross sells, Free shipping bar, and Low inventory warning.

Enable cart features

You can enable several features to promote your products and create a sense of urgency to prompt customers to follow through with their purchase. See the guides below to learn more.

Empty cart promotion

In the Quick cart, the Empty cart promotion displays selected collections to help customers to start shopping when they haven't yet added products to their cart.

STEPS

In your theme editor (Customize):

  1. Under “Overlay”, click the Quick cart section to open the settings.

  2. Enter Text to display above the promoted collection links.

  3. Click Select collections.

  4. Click the collections you want to promote, then click Select.

  5. (Optional.) Use the drag-and-drop icons to re-order the collections.

  6. Select a Collection button style: either Outline or Solid.

  7. Click Save.

Change cart item aspect ratio

You can choose to crop all cart item images to be a uniform shape: Landscape, Portrait, or Square. Note that this settings applies to item images both in the quick cart and on the cart page.

STEPS

In your theme editor (Customize):

  1. Under “Overlays”, click the Quick cart section to open the settings.

  2. Select a Cart item image aspect ratio: Landscape, Portrait, or Square.

    Select Natural to display the original shape of each image.

  3. Click Save.

Disable order notes

You can let customers add additional information to their order. Text entered into the order notes field will be included in your order details. Order notes are enabled by default. Follow the steps below to disable order notes.

STEPS

In your theme editor (Customize):

  1. Under “Overlays”, click the Quick cart section to open the settings.

  2. Click to uncheck the Show order notes option.

  3. Click Save.

Disable quick cart

You can turn off the quick cart in the Quick cart section settings. If disabled, clicking the cart icon will direct visitors to the cart page instead of opening the quick cart.

STEPS

In your theme editor (Customize):

  1. Under “Overlays”, click the Quick cart section to open the settings.

  2. Click to uncheck the Enable quick cart option.

  3. Click Save.

Settings reference

Click the Quick cart section to find the following settings:

Setting
Description

Enable quick cart

Choose whether to show quick cart drawer. If disabled, clicking the cart icon will take customers to the cart page.

Include currency code in price

Choose whether to display the currency symbol next to the price.

In Theme settings, click Cart to find the following settings:

Setting
Description

Enable purchase confirmation popup

Display a ‘added to cart’ notification when customers add an item to their cart.

Show order notes

Let customers add instructions or notes to their order when viewing the cart drawer. Text entered into the order notes field will be included in your order details. Order notes are enabled by default.

Cart item aspect ratio

Change the shape of images in the cart to Landscape, Portrait, or Square. The Natural setting will display the original shape of each image.

Related links

Purchase confirmation popup Cross sells Free shipping bar Low inventory warning Cart page

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