Shopping Cart

 

Reviewing Shopping Cart functions and data.

Adding an Item to your Cart

If an item has a price, it can be added to the Shopping Cart. If an item does not have a price, it cannot be added to the cart.

The user must set the quantity and click "Add to Cart".

Cart Quick View

Hover your mouse over your shopping cart link to get a quick view of everything in your cart.

Examine Shopping Cart

  1. Click a Part # to view the part's Item Detail page.
  2. Verify quantities and stock.
  3. Verify price per item and extended price (price x quantity).
  4. Delete any items you no longer want.
  5. Select "Enable Line Notes" if you want to enter notes on the item.
  6. If your site has enabled "Requested Ship Date", the user can check this box to select their ship date. This value imports to your ERP system along with each line item.  You can enable or disable this setting and can add lead time to the date displayed.  These settings can be found in the Shopping > Cart settings under the Requested Shipping Date section.
  7. Click "Clear Cart" to empty your shopping cart and start over.
  8. If you would like to save the cart details to your "Saved Carts" list, choose "Save Cart For Later".  You can save several different carts for comparison or to keep carts separate. NOTE: click the arrow to see options to "Print Cart" or "Download Cart" as an Excel document.
  9. Choose "Checkout" to continue through the process, or "Express Checkout" (if enabled and your user defaults are configured) to skip to the Checkout Review step.  You can enable or disable Express Checkout using the "Express Checkout" setting. It can be found in the Shopping > Checkout settings.
  10. Apply a Coupon Code, if Coupons are enabled for the website.
  11. Select Estimate to enter your Zip Code and view available Shipping Methods and freight estimates (if enabled).

Invalid Items in the Shopping Cart

If a user places an item in their shopping cart, and then sometime between that time and the time they place the order, you remove the item from the website, it will be treated differently than other items in the shopping cart.  The goal is to alert the user that they have an invalid item in their cart and give them the opportunity to find a replacement if they want.

The deleted item will display a red "Item Not Available" badge under the item number to let the user know that the item is no longer for sale on the website.  If they try to check out with the deleted item in the cart, they will be alerted that they need to remove the invalid item(s) to proceed further.

Show Item Notes in the Shopping Cart

  1. "Enable Line Notes" will allow a user to attach a short note to each item. This option is unchecked by default.
  2. When the box is checked, a field will become available under each item in the cart in which the user can enter a note.
  3. Use these options to copy text from one line note to another, or to clear all line notes.

Note: Line Notes are limited to 50 characters, and can contain letters, numbers, spaces, commas, underscores, and hyphens.

Previous and Pending Order Display

This optional feature displays information about a users previous and pending orders on items in the cart. When this feature is enabled, all cart items will display:

  • The last time the item was ordered for that customer 
  • Any pending orders for that item that appear to have not yet been fulfilled

Clicking the link will take you to the purchase history for the selected item. 

This feature is set to enabled by default. If you want to change this setting, please contact Aldrich Web Solutions.

Allow Requested Ship Date

This allows your users to select a requested ship date. Their requested value imports along with each line item on the order. You can determine default "Requested Ship Date Lead Time" that will be pre-filled. Your users can overwrite that with today's date or any date in the future.

This value is set per-item, and is imported with the order only if the user checks the associated box.