Important: The Floating Cart is not supported in Microsoft-based browsers (such as Edge) released before April, 2019.

Use of a floating cart is recommended for stores from which customers are likely to purchase more than one item per order, such as stores that sell apparel, craft supplies, sporting goods, food items, cosmetics, books, music, or DVDs, as a few examples.

By installing a floating cart, merchants create a shopping flow that keeps customers on store pages when they add an item to their cart, wish to modify their cart contents, calculate shipping costs, apply a coupon to their order, or see their order subtotal. By keeping customers on store pages while performing these actions, rather than taking them directly to checkout, customers may be encouraged to shop for additional items and increase their order value.

Stores that sell big-ticket items, such as appliances or furniture, do not typically display a floating cart to their customers. Since customers of these stores are mainly shopping for and purchasing one item only, a common shopping flow for these stores is to immediately take customers to checkout to complete their order.

All types of stores may wish to include a mini-cart within their store pages, to display a basic summary of selected cart information to customers, without affecting the shopping and checkout flow.