Shopping Cart

In addition to listing your products, ERPNext also allows you to sell them via the Shopping Cart.

To enable Shopping Cart, go to:

Home > Website > Portal > Shopping Cart Settings

Shopping Cart Settings Shopping Cart Settings

Here are some configuration options:

  1. Show Price: Show Item Price on the product page.
  2. Show Stock Availability: Show whether the Item is in stock.
  3. Show Stock Quantity: Show available stock on the product page.
  4. Show Configure Button: Show a configure button if the Item has variants. It can be used to narrow down the specific item based on Attributes.
  5. Show Contact Us Button: Show a contact us button which customers can use to enquire about the Item. It will create a Lead in the system.

1. Item Types

Shopping Cart works differently for Items with and without variants.

1.1 Items without variants

Items without variants have their dedicated product page and an Add to Cart button. The stock information is also shown if they are enabled in Shopping Cart Settings.

Item without Variants Item without Variants

1.2 Items with variants

Since Item Templates can't be bought directly, there is a Configure button to choose the specific variant and add it to cart.

Item with Variants Item with Variants

2. Cart Quotation

If checkout is disabled, when your customers add an item to cart, they can click on the Request for Quotation button to get a quote for it. A Quotation is generated in the system.

Cart Quotation Cart Quotation

3. Cart Checkout

You can enable checkout from Checkout Settings section in Shopping Cart Settings. You must have PayPal Integration or Razorpay Integration for enabling payments.

Cart Checkout Settings Cart Checkout Settings

Cart Checkout Cart Checkout