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Usage Guide

This guide covers all features and functionality of BuildIT Share Cart.

Storefront Features

Sharing a Cart

What It Does

Your customers can share their current cart with others through various channels. A shareable link is created that contains all products and quantities.

How Your Customers Use It

  1. The customer adds products to the cart
  2. On the cart page, a Share Cart button appears
  3. A modal opens with the available sharing methods (depending on your configuration)
  4. The customer selects a sharing method (Link, Email, WhatsApp, or Facebook)
  5. Optional: The customer enters a title and personal message
  6. The customer clicks Submit

Location: Storefront -> Cart page -> Below the product list

Sharing Methods in Detail

Copy link: - A unique link is generated - The link is displayed in a text field - The customer clicks the copy button to copy the link to the clipboard

Share via email: - The customer's default email client opens - Subject and message are pre-filled with the customer's title and message - The cart link is automatically included

Share via WhatsApp: - On mobile: The WhatsApp app opens directly - On desktop: WhatsApp Web opens - The message contains the title, message, and cart link

Share via Facebook: - The Facebook send dialog opens in a new tab - The recipient receives the cart link as a Facebook message

Receiving a Shared Cart

What It Does

Recipients of a shared cart see a landing page with all products and can add them to their own cart.

What the Recipient Sees

  1. The recipient clicks the shared link
  2. A landing page displays all products with:
  3. Product image and name
  4. Quantity per product
  5. Unit price
  6. An Add All button adds all products to their own cart at once
  7. Alternatively, each product can be added individually via the Buy button

Location: Storefront -> /share-cart/{id} (automatically generated URL)

Tips

  • If a product is no longer available, it will be shown as unavailable on the landing page
  • The recipient does not need a customer account to view the shared cart

Admin Panel Features

Plugin Configuration

Location: Extensions -> My Extensions -> BuildIT Share Cart -> Configure

Here you enable and disable individual sharing methods and configure cleanup times. See Configuration Settings for a complete description of all options.

Automatic Cleanup

The plugin includes a scheduled task (buildit.share-cart.cleanup) that runs every 5 minutes and automatically deletes old shared carts:

  • Opened carts: Deleted after the configured number of days (default: 5 days)
  • Unopened carts: Deleted after the configured number of days (default: 30 days)

The scheduled task is automatically registered when the plugin is activated. You can check its status in Settings -> System -> Scheduled Tasks.

Troubleshooting

The "Share Cart" button doesn't appear

Symptom: No sharing button is visible on the cart page.

Cause: No sharing method is enabled.

Solution: Enable at least one sharing method in Extensions -> My Extensions -> BuildIT Share Cart -> Configure.

Facebook sharing doesn't work

Symptom: Nothing happens when clicking Facebook, or an error message appears.

Cause: No or invalid Facebook App ID configured.

Solution: Create a Facebook app at developers.facebook.com and enter the App ID in the plugin settings.

Symptom: The recipient sees a "Not found" message instead of the product list.

Cause: The shared cart was deleted by automatic cleanup.

Solution: Increase the cleanup times in the plugin settings or ask the sender to share the cart again.