Slide cart is Candy Rack's customizable cart drawer that can replace your store's default cart. It's designed to look native to your theme and is regularly updated with new capabilities.
Why use slide cart
Slide cart turns your cart drawer into a revenue surface, not just a list of items. If you're already running Candy Rack offers, it's the most natural place to put them — and it comes with a few things your theme's default cart drawer doesn't have:
Built-in upsell slots. Drop Candy Rack offers directly into the cart using the Cart block and Line item placements. Upsells appear right where customers are already deciding whether to check out.
Rewards bar for AOV. Show a progress tracker toward a free-shipping or free-gift threshold that updates in real time as items are added. A proven way to nudge order value upward.
Designed to feel native. Adjust colors, typography, corner radius, image ratio, button styles, and every piece of copy — or drop in custom CSS for full control. Slide cart should look like part of your theme, not a bolt-on.
How to enable slide cart
In your Shopify admin, go to Candy Rack > Slide cart.
Set up the cart content, layout and design in the menu on the left. The live preview on the right updates as you go.
Click Preview (top right) to check how it looks on your store.
Click Activate. Slide cart will replace your theme’s default cart drawer on the storefront.
Don’t see it on your storefront? Turn off any cart drawer from your theme or another app, since they can block each other.
With slide cart activated, you can adjust styling, localization, the Rewards bar, and upsell placements using the sections below.
Upsell offers in slide cart
Upsell and cross-sell offers presented in the slide cart block are one of the best-performing placements, and we highly recommend using them. They represent the last chance for customers to edit their order before entering the checkout, and they feel completely native and unintrusive.
Slide cart has two offer placements:
Cart block: a dedicated offers section in the cart, e.g. “Get extras for your product”.
Line item: offers shown directly under the cart item they relate to. Perfect for accessories, refills or add-ons for a specific product.
How to add upsell offers to your slide cart:
In the Candy Rack dashboard, click Create offer and set it up as needed.
Choose a placement: Cart block or Line item.
Go to Slide cart > Offers and open Cart block or Line item to adjust the design. For the Cart block, you can choose:
List layout: offers stacked vertically.
Carousel layout: offers in a swipeable row, so more offers fit without making the cart longer.
Offer card style: Standard or Card (each offer on its own card with a background and border).
All eligible offers will appear in the slide cart according to your targeting rules.
Tip: a green dot next to Cart block or Line item in the menu means the placement has at least one active offer.
Note: These placements only work inside the Candy Rack slide cart. They won’t show up in cart drawers from your theme or other apps. See Offer placements for the full list of placements available in Candy Rack.
Rewards bar
The Rewards bar is a progress tracker that sits in your slide cart, showing customers how much more they need to spend to unlock a reward, typically free shipping or a gift. It updates in real time as items are added to the cart and is designed to nudge average order value upward.
Selling in multiple markets? Markets in your store currency use your minimum purchase amount. Other markets get it converted automatically using Shopify’s exchange rates, or you can set a custom amount for any market.
Important: The Rewards bar is a visual motivational tool. It does not automatically apply discounts, free shipping, or add products to the cart. You need to configure those rules in your Shopify Shipping or Discount settings, and make sure the thresholds you enter in Candy Rack match the ones in Shopify exactly, including any per-market amounts. If they don’t match, customers will see misleading messaging.
To automatically add free gifts to the cart, we recommend our Gift Box app, which integrates seamlessly with Candy Rack and its slide cart. Install it using this link to get 25% off your monthly subscription.
For full setup details, see the dedicated Rewards bar article.
Announcement bar
Show a short message at the very top of your slide cart. Use it for promos, trust messages or delivery cutoffs (e.g. “Order by 2 PM for same-day shipping”).
You can format the text (bold, italic, links), set the font size and colors, and make the bar sticky so it stays visible while customers scroll.
Find it in Slide cart > Features > Announcement bar.
Discount code field
Let customers apply a discount code right in the slide cart, without waiting until checkout. Valid codes update the total instantly; invalid ones show an error message you can customize.
Turn on Collapsible discount field to keep the cart clean. The field then stays hidden under a small “Discount +” title until a customer clicks it.
Find it in Slide cart > Essentials > Discounts.
Custom text
Add a short line right above the checkout button, e.g. “Taxes and shipping calculated at checkout” or a note about your return policy. A small reassurance at the right moment helps customers check out with confidence.
Find it in Slide cart > Features > Custom text.
Custom block
Custom blocks let you add elements to your slide cart that aren’t already built in, like payment method logos, social proof badges, countdown timers, shipping notices, USP icons, and more. Write them in HTML and CSS, drop them into your slide cart, and position them exactly where you want.
You get two custom blocks: one in the body (alongside cart items) and one in the footer (near the checkout button).
For full setup details, see the dedicated Custom block article.
Terms & conditions checkbox
Slide cart lets you collect consent from your customers before they go to checkout.
Turn it on in Slide cart > Features > Terms and conditions.
Text: your consent message, with a link to your T&Cs.
Required consent: when on, customers must tick a checkbox before they can check out. When off, the text is shown without a checkbox.
Error message: appears if a customer clicks Checkout without ticking the box (only when Required consent is on).
Localization
Translate slide cart into any language. Click More actions → Manage translations. Candy Rack integrates with Shopify's Translate & Adapt.
Preview
You can test slide cart in your store without publishing it in two ways:
Click Preview in the top right of the slide cart admin page.
Or append
?candyrack-slider-cart-preview=trueto any storefront URL. This is useful for sharing a live preview link with teammates before you activate slide cart.
Need help? If anything isn't working as expected, reach us via the in-app chat or at [email protected].