Setting up your cart

The cart in eCom allows customers to review their order. It helps customers calculate the total cost after shipping and discounts are selected. The cart is designed to be functional using its default settings. You can customize your cart to suit the needs of your eCom store. You can:

• Show taxes
• Combine taxes once enabled
• Provide explanations or details on the cart page
• Upsell products
• Hide related products
• Hide the shipping calculator
• Hide the discount code field
• Hide the progress bar
• Keep users on the product page when clicking Add to cart

Show taxes

When customers add products to the cart, the tax breakdown is not visible. 

1. Setup your taxes. Follow these instructions:
   • United States or Canada
   • Europe or Australia
2. Enable taxes for your cart.
   1. Login to your eCom Back Office and click Settings.
   2. Click Taxes located in the column labeled Payment Settings.
   3. Enable the switch labeled Show tax in cart.
   4. Click Save.

Tax exclusive example
Taxes hidden (Default)	Taxes visible

Tax inclusive example
Taxes hidden (Default)	Taxes visible

Combine taxes once enabled

For eCom stores North America, there can be multiple taxes per municipality, state and country. For these stores, taxes are displayed one per line. This feature is unavailable for eCom stores in the European continent or Australia. This feature also affects your checkout. For more information, click here.

1. Setup your taxes.
2. Combine taxes for the cart and checkout.
   1. Login to your eCom Back Office and click Settings.
   2. Click Taxes located in the column labeled Payment Settings.
   3. Enable the switch labeled Combine tax rates at checkout.
   4. Click Save.

Taxes separated (Default)	Taxes combined

Add explanations or details on the cart page

Content you could add includes text, images and videos.

1. Login to your eCom Back Office and click Content.
2. Click on the My cart link.
3. Add content to the page and click Save.

For more information about adding custom content, click here.

Video: extra content

Language	Summary	Video
English	Learn how to extra content to your cart page.

Comparison: Extra content

No content (Default)	Custom content added

Upsell products

The cart has no upselling feature by default. For more information about adding upselling to the cart, click here.

Hide related products

Related products appear in the cart only when they've been configured.

1. Login to your eCom Back Office and click Settings.
2. Click Advanced located in the General Settings column.
3. Scroll to the STORE section and disable the switch labeled Related products.
4. Click Save.

For instructions on configuring related products, click here.

Hide the shipping calculator

1. Login to your eCom Back Office and click Settings.
2. Click Advanced located in the General Settings column.
3. Scroll to the STORE section and disable the switch labeled Calculate shipping costs.
4. Click Save.

Hide the discount code field

1. Login to your eCom Back Office and click Settings.
2. Click Advanced located in the General Settings column.
3. Scroll to the STORE section and disable the switch labeled Discount codes.
4. Click Save.

Hide the progress bar

1. Login to your eCom Back Office and click Settings.
2. Click Advanced located in the General Settings column.
3. Scroll to the STORE section and disable the switch labeled Show progress.
4. Click Save.

Disabling this switch also affects your checkout. See Setting up your checkout for more information.

Keep users on the product page when clicking Add to cart

1. Login to your eCom Back Office and click Settings.
2. Click Advanced located in the General Settings column.
3. Scroll to the STORE section and enable the switch labeled Stay on page.
4. Click Save.