The Rewards bar is a visual progress tracker designed to boost your average order value (AOV). It motivates customers by showing them exactly how much more they need to spend to unlock a reward, such as free shipping or a gift.
How it works
The bar sits in your slide cart and updates in real time as customers add or remove items. You can move it within the cart body in Slide cart > Layout.
Important: The Rewards bar is a visual motivational tool. It doesn’t apply discounts, free shipping or add products to the cart by itself. Set up the actual reward (e.g. a free shipping rate) in your Shopify Shipping or Discount settings, and make sure the thresholds match your Rewards bar exactly, including any per-market amounts.
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.
Configuration
Go to Slide cart > Features > Reward bar.
Minimum purchase amount: the spend needed to unlock the reward, in your store currency.
Text before reward is reached: shown while the customer is still shopping. Use
{{amount}}to show the remaining amount, e.g. "You're {{amount}} away from free shipping."Text when reward is reached: your success message, e.g. "Congratulations, you've got free shipping!"
Both texts support bold, italic, underline and links, up to 70 characters.
Markets
Selling in several countries? The Rewards bar adapts to each Shopify market:
Default: markets in your store currency use your minimum purchase amount.
Converted: markets in other currencies get the amount converted automatically using Shopify's exchange rates.
Custom amount: you can set your own amount for any market.
To set a custom amount:
In the Markets section, click the arrow to expand the list of markets.
Click Edit amount next to the market you want to change.
Enter your amount and save.
Tip: use custom amounts to keep thresholds nice and round, e.g. €25 instead of a converted €23.47. Round numbers are easier for customers to remember and aim for.
Make sure each market's threshold matches your Shopify shipping or discount rules for that market.
Appearance
Font size
Background color and Text color
Progress color: the filled part of the bar.
Bar color: the empty part of the bar.
Sticky reward bar: keeps the bar visible at the top while customers scroll through a long cart.
Best practices
Free shipping: the most effective way to use the Rewards bar. Set your threshold slightly above your average order value so it feels reachable.
Free gifts: you can use the bar to promote a gift (e.g. "Spend $100 for a free gift!"). Customers have to add the gift to the cart themselves, unless you use Gift Box to add it automatically.
Our tip: For managing free gifts, 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.
Need help?
If you have any questions, please contact us at [email protected] or use the in-app chat.