Back in March of 2010, Yahoo! Store officials announced that a new “Floating Cart Manager” could be installed within Yahoo! Stores. FastPivot responded immediately by offering merchants a Yahoo! Store floating shopping cart feature option.
Just the other day a new update made the Yahoo! Store Floating Mini-Cart available in Chrome. Prior to this , a default “View Cart” button had to be displayed for Chrome users.
With this new cart, store owners have the option to set up and customize their cart. These features are designed to keep customers in the shopping flow until they’re ready to complete the order. Naturally, this helps optimize the shopping experience and encourages increased order values.
When the floating cart is enabled, you can offer the following checkout features to customers without causing them to exit store pages to a separate checkout flow:
* Display the items currently in the shopper’s cart, along with the quantity of each item added.
* Display the order subtotal.
* Allow customers to increase or decrease the quantity of each item ordered, and to remove items.
* Offer customers the ability to calculate shipping costs to US and Canada destinations.
* Let customers to apply a coupon to their order.
* Offer a free shipping promotion, and display messages both before and after an order qualifies for free shipping.
A mini-cart shows customers a summary of their order information, including the number of items and order subtotal, even if the floating cart is closed or not enabled. When the floating cart is enabled for a store, but is closed, customers can click on the mini-cart to re-open the floating cart.
The floating cart and mini cart can be styled to match the look at feel of your store.
Interested? Contact FastPivot to install one today.
