Wix Stores: Customizing Your Customer's Journey to Checkout

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Important:
This article mentions the Side Cart, which is not yet available for all users. The Side Cart replaces the Mini-Cart. 
Choose the path customers take from viewing your products to completing an order.
This article will walk you through the choices you can make that determine which paths your customers can take from browsing to checkout.

Select buttons for the Product Page

You can display an "Add to Cart" button, a "Buy Now" button, or both on your Product Page.
Tip:
You can also add a Wishlist option.
Screenshot of the Product Page on a sample Wix site

Add to Cart button

By default, your store's Product Page comes with the "Add to Cart" button enabled. After you add a product to the cart, you'll see the number of products in the Cart Icon. 
Screenshot of the cart icon in a Wix store
Having an "Add to Cart" button makes it easy for customers to continue shopping after adding a product to the cart.

Buy Now button

"Buy Now" takes your customer directly to checkout. It doesn't allow customers to add multiple products to their cart and pay for them all together. If your customers often buy just one product, then displaying this button might make sense for your business.

Express payment buttons

You can add a number of express payment options, such as PayPal, Apple Pay, or Google Pay. Clicking them takes your customers directly to payment.

Choose what clicking the "Add to Cart" button does

When a customer adds a product to their cart, they need some sort of indication the action was successful.
You can select any of the following options:
Screenshot of Add to Cart settings
Show Success Pop-up
When customers click the "Add to Cart" button, a small popup appears with a message that the item was added to the cart. Only the one item appears in the Success Pop-up.
Screenshot of the success pop-up in a sample Wix site
Open Side Cart
When clicked, the Side Cart opens at the side of the screen. You can choose which buttons you want to display at the bottom.
Screenshot of side cart
Go to Cart Page
Your customer goes directly to the Cart Page and sees all the items they added to the cart. From here, customers can continue shopping or proceed to checkout.
Screenshot of the cart page in a sample Wix site
Stay on product page
When you select the "Stay on product page" option, the "Add to Cart" button texts briefly changes to a checkmark to indicate that the addition to the cart was successful. 
This may be a good option for your business if customers often buy multiples of the same item with different product options.
Screenshot of the Product Page with a checkmark on the Add to Cart button

Select what clicking the Cart Icon does

Customers may browse multiple pages on your site and add one or more items. When they're ready to complete their order, they'll click the Cart Icon. 
Screenshot of the cart icon in a Wix store
You can select what happens when it's clicked. Choose between opening the Side Cart or direct customers straight to the Cart Page.

Choose which buttons are in the Side Cart

In the side cart, you can display one or both of the following buttons:
  • Checkout: Takes customers directly to the Checkout Page to complete their order.
  • View Cart: Directs customers to the Cart Page. From there, they can make changes, keep shopping, or go to checkout.
Screenshot of the Side Cart in a Wix store

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