Cart settings - All
The Cart theme settings are crucial for shaping the shopping cart experience across the shop, providing a consistent look and feel. These settings can be universally applied or customized at the section or block level to suit specific needs. Key components include options for the cart's behavior, such as redirecting users to the cart page, displaying a mini cart overlay, or simply updating the cart icon.
The Mini cart settings allow customization of buttons, offering choices like directing users to checkout or viewing the full cart. The Empty cart settings provide tools to entice users to add items by customizing the empty cart page with icons, headings, and buttons.
The Cart announcement section is designed to reassure customers with messages like security guarantees, while the Free shipping information settings encourage larger purchases by displaying free shipping thresholds. Usage examples include customizing the cart experience, encouraging larger purchases, and enhancing checkout security perception. These settings ensure a seamless and engaging shopping experience for customers.
Overview
The Cart theme settings are essential for defining the overall look and feel of the shopping cart experience across the shop. These settings are applied universally but can be customized at the section or block level to meet specific needs.
Key components and functionality
Cart settings
The cart settings control how the cart behaves and appears to users, ensuring a seamless and customizable shopping experience.
Add to cart style
This setting determines the behavior when a product is added to the cart. Options include:
- Redirect to cart: Takes the user directly to the cart page.
- Show mini cart: Displays a mini cart overlay.
- Update icon only: Updates the cart icon without any additional display.
Default: Show mini cart
Show dynamic checkout buttons
This option allows the display of alternative payment buttons, enabling customers to quickly purchase the product they are viewing.
Default: Enabled
Show order notes
Enables a field for customers to add notes to their orders during checkout.
Default: Enabled
Mini cart settings
These settings customize the buttons available in the mini cart.
Mini cart buttons
Choose which buttons to display in the mini cart:
- Checkout: Directs users to the checkout page.
- View cart: Opens the full cart page.
- Both: Displays both options.
Default: Checkout
Empty cart settings
These settings help entice users to add items to their cart by customizing the empty cart page.
Icon
Allows you to set an icon for the empty cart page.
Heading and subheading
Customize the text displayed when the cart is empty to encourage users to continue shopping.
Button icon and text
Set the icon and text for the button that encourages users to browse products.
Button link
Specify the URL the button should link to, guiding users to continue shopping.
Open link in a new tab
Choose whether the button link opens in a new tab.
Default: Disabled
Button style and layout
Customize the appearance and layout of the button with options like primary, secondary, extra large, plain, small, and small secondary styles, as well as icon positions.
Cart announcement
This section is used to provide reassurance to customers, such as a security guarantee or free returns policy.
Announcement icon and text
Set an icon and text for the announcement to be displayed in the cart.
Default icon: Lock Default text: Secured checkout
Free shipping information
These settings display information about free shipping thresholds to encourage larger purchases.
Show free shipping information
Enable or disable the display of free shipping information.
Default: Enabled
Threshold
Set the minimum purchase amount required for free shipping, displayed in the user's local currency.
Default: 40
Usage examples
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Customizing the cart experience: Use the Add to cart style setting to choose whether users are redirected to the cart page or shown a mini cart overlay, enhancing the shopping experience based on your store's needs.
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Encouraging larger purchases: Enable Show free shipping information and set a Threshold to inform customers about free shipping eligibility, motivating them to add more items to their cart.
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Enhancing checkout security perception: Use the Cart announcement settings to display a lock icon and reassuring text like "Secured checkout," increasing customer confidence during the purchase process.