Introducing WooCommerce Side Cart by FunnelKit: Enable Faster Checkout & Drive More Sales

Tired of customers adding products to their cart only to leave because they have to go to the cart page just to see the total or apply a discount?

That frustration often leads to abandoned carts and lost sales!

Introducing FunnelKit’s WooCommerce Side Cart—designed to eliminate these roadblocks and make the shopping and checkout process smoother than ever!

With this side cart, when users click the cart icon, they’ll see their cart items, total, available rewards, and more—all without leaving the page!

This streamlined experience will not only reduce cart abandonment but also encourage higher order values and more completed purchases.

We’re excited to launch FunnelKit Cart and help you drive more sales than ever before!

Here's our video tutorial on setting up the WooCommerce side cart in your store:

Why We Built FunnelKit’s WooCommerce Side Cart?

In 2018, we launched our checkout page solution. The goal was simple - swap your default checkout page with beautifully designed, trustworthy, and modern checkouts by FunnelKit.

We've been continuously upping the game with our professional templates, such as Minimalist, Classic, and Shoppe.

But a lot of you asked us:

“Hey! You have amazing checkout pages and thank you pages. Is there any solution for WooCommerce cart pages as well?”

The truth is we could have built yet another cart page modification plugin and added one more to the already existing repository of such plugins.

But we decided to go beyond that. 

We studied some kickass, high-converting stores to see how they minimized friction and drove more sales.

Finally, we found a seamless add-to-cart experience for users, i.e., the slide-out cart for WooCommerce.

We were fascinated by the idea of having the cart accessible at the shoppers' fingertips at all times.

We knew that you didn't want yet another WooCommerce side cart plugin; you wanted the ultimate add-to-cart experience for your users.

You wanted a smart in-cart recommendation system to offer relevant product suggestions as your users went about their shopping.

You didn't want a run-of-the-mill thoughtless plugin. So didn't we!

That is what the FunnelKit Cart is all about!

How Does the FunnelKit Cart for WooCommerce Work?

FunnelKit Cart is a modern WooCommerce side cart plugin built to provide a seamless user experience.

If a user clicks on add to cart button, the cart will slide in from the side instead of redirecting them to the cart page. Users can modify the cart contents, go directly to the checkout page, and complete their purchase.

You will see five sections when you’re on the FunnelKit Cart dashboard.

The Cart Icon Display

Decide where you want the cart icon to show up - on the entire website, WooCommerce pages, or the icon can be hidden.

In case you want to hide the side cart icon for WooCommerce, you can append it to the header or footer menu. The related settings are in the Cart Menu section.

The cart menu section lets you add the cart to a menu or embed it on a page via the WooCommerce Ajax side cart shortcode.

You can configure the icon display settings when adding the WooCommerce Ajax mini cart in header menu or embedding it on a page on your website.

This way, it allows your cart to get the best display position in your store.

Customizable WooCommerce Side Cart

FunnelKit’s smart slide-out cart lets you set up and configure your WooCommerce shopping cart the way you want.

This means you’ll be able to customize your floating cart’s display, heading, position, coupon section, checkout button, and more - all with a single click.

It gives you all the standard functionalities that you want to show in your WooCommerce side cart.

Add Upsells and Cross-sells

Choose what upsells and cross-sells you'd like to display that users can add. Each item can have different recommendations.

Furthermore, if a product doesn’t have any associated upsell or cross-sell, FunnelKit Cart provides you with the option of Default Upsells.

WooCommerce lets you add upsells and cross-sells under the Linked Products section on individual product pages.

You can always add them on individual product pages, in fact, you may already have those defined in your store. If not, you don’t have to go to each page separately.

With FunnelKit Cart, you can now easily add them from a single interface.

We have covered it in detail later in this post.

Configure Rewards as Incentives

75% of customers are likely to make another purchase after receiving an incentive or reward. That’s why rewards encourage shoppers to buy and even build brand loyalty.

These can be like milestones. For hitting a certain milestone in customer spend, unlock a bonus.

For example - when your shopper spends $50, they get free shipping. But, if they spend $25 more, they will receive a free gift.

FunnelKit lets you set up a total of 3 different rewards:

• Free shipping
• Discount coupon
• Free gift

It gamifies your users’ shopping experience and nudges them to continue shopping. Here’s how to set it up here:

This is how it looks on the front end:

These kinds of rewards encourage shoppers to buy more than ever.

Cart Section Styling

Make your WooCommerce side cart and icon on-brand with FunnelKit’s myriad of styling options.

Use your brand colors to blend the cart and icon with your WooCommerce store. You can change the color of the text, the button, the upsell background, and more.

Multilingual Compatibility

Having a multilingual store and serving people across nations is quite common. Therefore, FunnelKit Cart is compatible with multilingual plugins such as WPML, Polylang, TranslatePress and Weglot.

You'll see an additional Language section here if your store has multiple languages.

Here, you can write the translation text for different languages you have in your store.

Just select the additional language in your store and write translations for different fields.

The user from the respective region will see their WooCommerce side cart in the translated text.

5 Ways to Boost Your Average Order Value (AOV) with WooCommerce Side Cart by FunnelKit

We at FunnelKit always stay true to our core values - help WooCommerce entrepreneurs to run their businesses profitably.

And with FunnelKit Cart, we want to help you boost the average order value in your store.

FunnelKit Cart is a smart WooCommerce side cart and a powerful addition to your eCommerce marketing arsenal that lets you make more money from each sale.

1. Relevant in-cart product recommendations

Making relevant product recommendations at the right time is the section to boost average order value. 

With FunnelKit Automations, you can offer in-cart product recommendations that users can add to their carts with a single click, making it super convenient for them. 

So, make sure to leverage this feature of in-cart product recommendation. The best part is with FunnelKit Cart, you don’t have to edit every single page separately to add upsells or cross-sells. You can add them using FunnelKit’s interface. 

2. Let customers add product variations from the cart itself

Imagine how convenient it would be to let shoppers add a specific product variant to their cart from the recommended items.

Well, you got it!

FunnelKit Cart lets you present your variable products right inside the floating cart. The shopper can change the variety in the cart itself — no need to visit the cart page or the product page.

The UI is user-friendly and makes it easy to pick variants and add them to the cart.

You can even add variable products as an upsell/cross-sell offer and let your users choose from available varieties - right inside your WooCommerce side cart.

The main goal here is to simplify the adding-to-cart experience and reduce the clicks it takes for the shopper to go to the checkout page.

Now, your buyers can choose variants right from their WooCommerce cart.

3. Gamify the shopping experience with rewards

Gamification refers to the use of elements, mechanics, and design from games in non-game settings. The main goal is to make the user experience more exciting and rewarding.

Retailers use gamification for a variety of reasons. Gamification typically increases engagement, paving the way for other goals.

With FunnelKit Cart, you can gamify your user’s shopping experience by adding a reward system.

So there are three types of rewards that you can offer through your WooCommerce side cart:

• Free Shipping: Encourage buyers to add more items to their cart to enable free shipping. To enable the free shipping reward, you need to set it from the WooCommerce shipping backend. Add the free shipping method to the zone you serve. Then, specify the minimum amount to set the value threshold for free shipping. Refer to this guide to set up free shipping.
  
• Discounts: Who doesn’t love discounts? Set discounts that auto-apply when the customer spends a certain amount
  
• Free Gifts: One of the most popular rewards customers love is a free gift with their purchase. Please note that you can offer a product in your store as a gift. Thus, it must be added to the product catalog.

We recommend you create an arcade-like shopping experience for your buyers using all three rewards.

These milestones will encourage the buyers to purchase more to unlock more rewards - eventually giving you higher profits.

4. Show the amount to add in the notice bar with auto-apply rewards

Keep customers engaged with a reward notice bar that shows how much more they need to add to their cart to avail of rewards like discounts and free gifts. Once users reach the target amount, they automatically add the discount coupon or free gift to their cart.

This way, shoppers will feel motivated to add more to their carts, boosting AOV while creating a seamless, rewarding experience.

5. Give quick access to the checkout

The ultimate goal of your store is to drive shoppers to the checkout and encourage them to complete their purchases. With the checkout button on the slide-out cart, you can make the page a click away!

That’s why FunnelKit Cart lets you add a cart icon at the bottom of your store. This side cart icon for WooCommerce stands out and features a count box showing how many items are in the cart.

When somebody clicks on the cart icon, the WooCommerce side cart slides in from the right, and the buyer can easily head to the checkout page and complete the purchase.

Get Started with WooCommerce Side Cart by FunnelKit!

FunnelKit Cart is a smart cart page solution for your WooCommerce store that lets you provide a frictionless user experience to your shoppers and cut down the number of clicks to go from product page to cart page.

With our advanced WooCommerce side cart, you can:

• Provide a seamless checkout experience with a slide-in cart
• Reward your customers for their purchases and motivate them to add more to their cart
• Direct your buyers to the checkout page right from the product page
• Add upsell and cross-sell offers to all of your WooCommerce products - right from one place
• Make your WooCommerce side cart on-brand with a myriad of styling options

So, what are you waiting for?

Get the complete funnel building and store checkout solution for WooCommerce 👇

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