How to Use the Vitals Cart Drawer App
The Cart Drawer app creates a seamless, interactive shopping experience by displaying the cart in a sleek slide-out panel from the right side of the page.
✅ What You Can Do With the Cart Drawer App
With the Cart Drawer app enabled, you can:
- 🎯 Have a dynamic cart drawer that slides out from the right side of the store
- ⚒️ Customize the different texts that appear in the cart drawer.
- 📝 Let customers leave order notes at checkout
- 🔄 Maintain a quick cart editing experience without leaving the page
🚧 Upcoming Features – We're Just Getting Started!
This app is still in its early stages, and we're actively working on exciting new features to enhance your store. Here’s a sneak peek at what’s coming soon:
🎯 Spending Goal Progress Bar
- Motivate customers to increase their order value with a dynamic progress bar.
🚚 Free Shipping Bar & Custom Cart Messages
- Highlight shipping perks and share tailored messages right in the cart.
🎁 Free Gift Incentives
- Automatically offer free gifts when customers hit key spending milestones.
Stay tuned — more updates are on the way!
🔧 How to Activate the Cart Drawer App
Go to your Vitals app.
- Click on Apps > Upsells > Cart Drawer.
- Click Activate app to enable the app on your store.
⚙️ Customizing the Cart Drawer App Settings
Although still in its early stages, the Cart Drawer app offers a solid set of customization options:
1. General Settings
Color Scheme
Choose between:
- Light
- Dark
- Custom (define your own background and text colors)
Show Order Note
Toggle this ON to allow customers to leave notes on their order directly from the cart drawer.
2. Checkout Buttons
- Modify the wording for:
- The main Checkout button
The Continue Shopping link
This is great for tone of voice consistency with your brand.
3. Show Disclaimer
Add a custom disclaimer message about shipping, handling, or legal info at the bottom of the drawer.
🧾 Empty Cart State
Even when the cart is empty, you can keep it branded and engaging:
- Customize the empty cart message (e.g., “Your cart is lonely. Add something great!”)
Ready to turn your cart into a conversion engine?
Enable the Cart Drawer app today and transform passive browsers into active buyers—right from the side of the screen.