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How to Share Your Instacart Cart

Last Updated: February 27th, 2025

Instacart is a grocery delivery and pickup service that allows customers to order groceries online from local stores. It partners with major retailers like Costco, Safeway, and Walmart, delivering fresh produce, pantry staples, and even household essentials.

In this guide, we will walk you through every step needed to share your Instacart cart with anyone!

The following questions will be answered:

Step 1: Add items to your Instacart cart

Here is an example cart (Costco):
  1. Kirkland Signature Mini Chocolate Chip Cookies
  2. Premier 30g Protein PLUS Energy and Immune Support Shakes, Chocolate
  3. SunChips Whole Grain, Variety
  4. Dixie Ultra 8-1/2" Paper Plate
  5. All Free & Clear Plus+ HE Liquid Laundry Detergent

Step 2: Construct the share link

For each item in your cart, append this parameter to the URL below: ingredients[]=PRODUCT TITLE& ➡️ The PRODUCT TITLE can be located at the top of the product page.

https://www.instacart.com/store/partner_recipe?title=Cart%20generated%20with%20the%20Share%20Carts%20Extension&

Using the example cart from Step 1, the final share URL is:

https://www.instacart.com/store/partner_recipe?title=Cart%20generated%20with%20the%20Share%20Carts%20Extension&ingredients[]=Premier%2030g%20Protein%20PLUS%20Energy%20and%20Immune%20Support%20Shakes%2C%20Chocolate%2C%2011%20fl%20oz%2C%2018-pack&ingredients[]=All%20Free%20%26%20Clear%20Plus%2B%20HE%20Liquid%20Laundry%20Detergent%2C%20158%20loads%2C%20237%20fl%20oz&ingredients[]=Kirkland%20Signature%20Mini%20Chocolate%20Chip%20Cookies%2C%2060-count&ingredients[]=SunChips%20Whole%20Grain%2C%20Variety%2C%201.5%20oz%2C%2030-count&ingredients[]=Dixie%20Ultra%208-1%2F2%22%20Paper%20Plate%2C%20240-count

As you can see, this one link contains all the cart items.

Step 3: Send Instacart Cart

🔗 Send the link via SMS, email, social media, or anywhere you can paste a link! You could send this to a roommate letting them know what to buy for the weekly grocery trip.

👨‍👩‍👦 Anyone can receive the link, such as: friends, family, or co-workers.

✅ Rather than sharing product links separately, you can now you can share them together as a single collection.

Frequently Asked Questions

Why isn't the link working?

Occasionally, you may run into hiccups while trying to construct your link. Use this free tool ↗ to generate the correct cart link automatically.

How many items can I send?

There is no limit to how many total items you can send using the share link. It works on all desktop & mobile browsers. One limitation is you cannot specify a quantity for each item.

Which locales are supported?

Instacart operates in the United States and Canada, so both https://instacart.com ↗ and https://instacart.ca ↗ are supported for cart sharing.

Does my Instacart cart link stay updated?

No, links to your Instacart cart don't stay updated. If you change the items in your cart, you should use the same process in this guide to create a new cart link.

Conclusion

It is possible to share your Instacart cart. Either by manually constructing the URL or using an extension ↗ to save time. Start sharing today!

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