Screen: ShopSite > Commerce Setup > Order System > Shopping Cart

Shopping Cart Screen

The Shopping Cart screen shows customers the products that they’ve ordered and the product subtotal. It also includes fields for coupons, gift certificates, surcharges, tax and shipping charges, and shows customers the total cost of the order.

Combine Same Products
Check this box to have ShopSite increment the quantity when a shopper adds a product to the cart that already exists in the cart instead of adding another line item of the same product.
Display Remove Buttons
Check this box to have ShopSite display a "Remove" button next to every product in the shopping cart. Without this button, customers can delete products by setting the Quantity to zero or by clicking the Empty Cart button.
Display Update Buttons
Check this box to have ShopSite display an "Update" button next to every product in the shopping cart.
Product Name
Select if you want the product name to appear as a link to the page the order came from, and whether that link should open in a new window.
Default for the "Show me my shopping cart" checkbox
Near the top of the shopping cart page is a checkbox labeled "Show me my shopping cart every time I order something." If a customer unchecks this box, they can only get to the shopping cart page by clicking a View Cart button. Also, they will not see any change when they click an Add to Cart button unless you have enabled the mini shopping cart. This setting will be ignored if Do Not Display the "Show me my shopping cart" checkbox is checked.
Do Not Display the "Show me my shopping cart" checkbox
Check this box to not show the "Show me my shopping cart" option at the top of the shopping cart screen. Customers will see the shopping cart each time they add a product to the cart.
Text at the Top of the Shopping Cart Screen
You can customize the text that appears on your customer's shopping cart page in this field. You can use this field to create a header for the shopping cart. You may want to give them brief instructions on how to proceed through the shopping cart as well as remind them to specify size and color for some items, or provide an explanation of tax or shipping costs (this will be where they choose which type of shipping they want.)

This field supports use of the HTML Editor.

Create an Ordering Instructions Box
If this box is checked, there will be a box on the shopping cart page for customers to enter comments about the items they are ordering. You can ask for specific information or give instructions by entering text into the "Text at the top of the Shopping Cart Screen" field. Remember that this field is not for specific instruction about a particular product, such as size or color, but for the whole group of products. Individual product options should be specified under Ordering Options in the Products section.
Return to Shopping Button
Specify what function the Return to Shopping button should have. Choose between returning the customer to the last page that they ordered from, or specify the full URL of another page within your store for all customers to return to from the shopping cart screen.
Text at the Bottom of the Shopping Cart Screen
You can customize the bottom of the screen with your store's footer or include final reminders before the customer places an order

This field supports use of the HTML Editor.

Minimum amount an order can be
If you want to require orders to be over a certain amount, enter that value here. Enter just the amount, with no currency symbol or non-numeric characters. Use zero to indicate no minimum value required. Also select whether the minimum should be enforced for the product subtotal or whether it should be calculated on the order total, which includes tax, shipping, and surchages.
Text displayed to the shopper when using minimum order amount
If you are requiring a minimum order amount, enter the text here that will be displayed to customers who try to finalize an order that is less than the minimum amount.
Empty cart button return to cart
If the check box is selected, clicking on the "Empty Cart" button in the shopping cart will remove all cart content and return the shopper to the shopping cart. The shopper will need to click the "Continue Shopping" button to get back to store pages. If the check box is cleared, clicking the "Empty Cart" button will remove all cart content and return the shopper to the store pages.
Keep unfinished shopping carts
Customers in online stores often put products in a shopping cart and then go to other sites before completing the purchase. When they return to your store, they like to find that their shopping cart still contains the items that they had selected. Set this value for the number of days that you want your store to retain the old unfinished shopping carts. (Note that each old unfinished cart does take up a little disk space, so you may not want to set this value to its maximum, which is 99 days. Do not set this value to less than 1.)
Note:

ShopSite stores unfinished shopping carts on the ShopSite server. These unfinished carts are linked to the customer using a cookie, or if the customer's browser has cookies disabled, using the customer's IP address. ShopSite will be able to link a customer with an unfinished shopping cart only if the customer is using the same computer, and the computer has either a shopping cart cookie, or the same IP address.


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Last updated: March 01, 2020
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