How to Share Your Shopify Powered Cart

Shopify powers over 4.4 million businesses worldwide, making it one of the largest e-commerce platforms.

Some Examples of Popular Brands Powered by Shopify:

• Allbirds – Known for their eco-friendly shoes and apparel
• Gymshark – A popular fitness apparel brand
• ColourPop – A cosmetics brand with a loyal customer base
• Heinz – The ketchup and condiment company uses Shopify for its direct-to-consumer sales
• Kylie Cosmetics – Founded by Kylie Jenner,this beauty brand uses Shopify for its e-commerce operations.

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

The following questions will be answered:

• Is there a way to share my Shopify cart?
• How to share Shopify cart with someone else?
• How can I share my entire Shopify cart?

Step 1: Add items to your Shopify cart

Here is an example cart (ColourPop):

1. Toy Story and ColourPop Collection
2. The Toys Are Here
3. The Chosen One
4. Squad Dreams
5. Pallet Town

Step 2: Construct the share link

For each item in your cart, append this parameter to the URL below: SKU:QUANTITY, ➡️ The SKU can be located in the product URL. ➡️ The QUANTITY is the quantity of the product ex. 1.

Using the example cart above, the final share URL is:

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

Step 3: Send Shopify Cart

🔗 Send the link via SMS, email, social media, or anywhere you can paste a link! You could send friends a group buying shopping list.

👨‍👩‍👦 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.

Which locales are supported?

Shopify is available in over 175 countries worldwide. This cart sharing method works for all of them.

Does my Shopify cart link stay updated?

No, links to your Shopify 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 Shopify cart. Either by manually constructing the URL or using an extension ↗ to save time. Start sharing today!