Build a cart drawer with an AI assistant

Tell your assistant what the cart should do, like free shipping over $50. It builds the cart in your store's colors and language. On a Plus store with no carts yet, that first cart goes live at once, and its rewards apply at checkout. Every other new cart starts off. Confirm the reward amounts before the assistant builds.

Before you start

• Connect your assistant first. The first time, it may ask you to accept a permission request in the app.
• Building is free on any plan. Switching a cart on needs Section Store Plus.

On a Plus store, your first cart skips the off stage. If you'd rather check it first, ask the assistant to switch it off right after. Or start your first cart in the app, where nothing goes live until you click Save.

Build it

1. Tell your assistant what you want. For example: "Set up a cart drawer with free shipping over $50 and a 10% discount over $100."
2. Confirm the rewards. Reward tiers change what checkout charges, so the assistant should check the amounts with you first. On a Plus store's first cart, they apply as soon as it's built.
3. It creates the cart. On a Plus store with no carts yet, the cart and its rewards are now live. You get a link to open it in the app.
4. Ask: "Show me a picture of it." You see the drawer with a sample cart. The sample holds two lines, so the reward bar shows part-way. Ask for the empty cart to see that view. If no picture shows, ask for the preview link.
5. Ask for changes. A cart that is off saves at once.
6. Ask: "Switch it on." This replaces your live cart, because one cart is live at a time.
7. If the theme doesn't show the drawer yet, the assistant gives you a link. Open it and click Save in the theme editor.

What a new cart holds

• A free-shipping reward tier, at 50 in your store's currency. The reward bar's switch starts off, so this tier gives nothing until the bar is on.
• Three trust badges. They state your store's facts where we can read them.
• A shipping-protection order addon.

Ask for your own rewards, badges or addons in the same request, and yours replace these starters.

Rewards

• Types: free shipping, an order discount or a free gift.
• Unlock by: cart total in your store's currency, or number of items.
• Other markets: set the amount per country and currency, like 45 euros in Germany.
• At checkout: rewards apply through one Shopify automatic discount, Section Store Cart, once the cart is live. On a Plus store's first cart, that's at once, even before the drawer shows in your theme.

After each change, the assistant gets a summary of each reward, its amount and whether checkout applies it yet. It's told to pass that on to you.

Good to know

• A cart holds up to 10 reward tiers, 10 trust badges, 20 upsell rules and 10 order addons.
• An upsell rule shows up to 5 products.
• The width can be 320 to 720 px. New carts start at 450.
• An assistant can add up to 50 carts per store. You can add more in the app.
• Custom HTML blocks and uploaded pictures stay in the app. Assistants can write custom CSS.
• Picking specific shipping methods on a tier stays in the app.

If it doesn't work

• "Switching a cart on needs the Section Store Plus plan": start Plus. The cart stays saved and off.
• "a free_gift tier needs free_gifts": tell the assistant which product and variant to give.
• "Section Store needs the merchant's permission": accept the request in the app.
• Shoppers still see the theme's cart: the Cart drawer app embed is off. Open the link from the assistant and click Save.

Related

• What to ask your AI assistant in Section Store
• Copy a cart or bundle from a screenshot or link with an AI assistant
• Switch a bundle or cart on or off with an AI assistant
• Why don't shoppers see what my AI assistant built?
• Cart drawer guide

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