Cart styles

Story includes a set of modern cart designs which have powerful functionality

Story's high functionality cart designs include features like a free shipping progress bar to encourage shoppers to add more items to the cart, an upsell promotion, available stock messaging, clean and easy-to-use quantity options, and removing items from the cart.

Explore the different styles and features included with Story:

Drawer style

Drawer and Popup carts

Supported:

  • Free shipping message with dynamic value and progress bar

  • Upsell promotions

  • Dynamic values for quantity changes and item removal

  • Estimate shipping calculator

  • Cart notes, message to seller

  • Activated when each item is added to the cart (slideout or popup)

Not suitable for:

  • When using third-party cart-related apps that conflict with functionality

  • Displaying quick checkout buttons like Apple Pay, Amazon Pay, PayPal (these buttons by default appear in the next screen, the main checkout)

Page style

The page style cart is ideal for a full-screen cart and is not automatically activated when items are added to the cart. This can be useful for customers who are adding multiple items to the cart without the distraction of the cart appearing each time.

Page style cart

Supported:

  • Free shipping message with dynamic value (located above subtotal)

  • Dynamic values for quantity changes and item removal

  • Estimate shipping calculator

  • Cart notes, message to seller

  • Can display quick checkout buttons like Apple Pay, Amazon Pay, PayPal (removes from the next Checkout screen)

Not supported:

  • Upsell promotions

Cart is manually activated by clicking the cart icon. Does not automatically activate each time an item is added to the cart. A checkmark is used to inform the customer that an item has been successfully added to the cart.

App compatible page

This option is designed to be used with other third-party apps that take control of the cart or have special code used in the cart and cannot use dynamic features of the Story cart. Use this cart style for the most compatibility with apps or custom coding done by developers.

App compatible cart

Supported:

  • Cart notes, message to seller

  • The best option for stores that use cart-related apps or custom code

Not supported

  • Free shipping message with dynamic value and progress bar

  • Upsell promotions

  • Estimate shipping calculator

  • Uses an Update cart link to refresh quantity and removal of items in the cart

  • Cart is manually activated by clicking the cart icon. Does not automatically activate each time an item is added to the cart. A checkmark is used to inform the customer that an item has been successfully added to the cart.

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