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This is the 2nd step of the online ordering process (browse categories/products, add to cart, checkout)
There were 9 questions found in this category:
  1. "How do I allow customers to add gift messages, and information about the gift recipient?"
    Short Answer There are a couple ways to do this. At the order level (meaning one message, and one recipient for the entire order) or at the item level (meaning each item can have a gift message). Doing it at the order level makes the most sense in most cases. It is much easier to manage, and much ea...

  2. "How do I remove the message 'So far you are saving a total of ___ off the regular price' ?"
    Short Answer:Update your cart setting "Show the Customer's Savings from Sales and Promos"Detailed Explanation: This setting can be found under:  SETTINGS > Cart

  3. "How do I view, or see my store once it is set-up?"
    Short Answer: It  is where your catalog page is located.Detailed Explanation: Go to the CODE  tab in the manager.
    If you have not completed the  steps on this page, then you will not be able to see your store. Under “Step 2”  you can see where your catalog (store) page is at.&...

  4. "I have updated the price of an Item in my store, but when I go and look at my shopping cart, I don't see that the new prices are there; I just see my old prices."
    Short Answer: This is by design to avoid confusing shoppers that are already shopping on  your site.  It is based on the shoppers session, and will correct itself  once the shopper's session ends (timeout, or purchase is made, or cookies reset).  Detailed Explanation: Why this wo...

  5. "When the shopper adds something to their cart, from the Catalog List, it takes them to the Item Detailed View instead of adding the item to the cart.
    Short Answer:Please see the related question.  Detailed Explanation:

  6. “How can I allow the shopper to buy several products without constantly going to the shopping cart page every time they add something?”
    Short Answer: You need to do three things:
    1.  Enable mini-cart
    2.  Make a link in your site navigation to allow them to get back to theshopping cart/checkout.
    3.  You might also consider changing the “cart settings” tostay on the same page when they add something to their sh...

  7. “How do I allow the shopper to select options for an Item, from the catalog LIST view?”
    Short Answer:In other words, when a shopper is browsing a category (items list), and they click  “Add to Cart,” it takes them to the detailed view of that product, instead of adding it to the cart.  This is by design  (explained below). You have to use the custom templates if you want...

  8. “I want to have a link/button at the bottom of my cart page that simply allows the shopper to return to the last Category/page they were shopping in; and perhaps remove the ‘continue shopping’ drop-do
    Short Answer: Usually, your catalog navigation should be present here, but if not, thereare a couple tricks you might consider using:  make a link back to your main Category page  Add a JavaScript, which goes back a page. To remove the “continue shopping below cart,” this can be found...

  9. “My merchant account company said that I in order to protect myself against charge-backs, that I need my customers to agree, or digitally sign something.”
    Short Answer: We have a feature in the checkout settings to let you do this.Detailed Explanation: But you can also consider an alternative which may be easier on the shopper (one less thing to click); and that is to simply add a message to the checkout (on the billing/shipping page) saying something...