Cart countdown overview

Put a timer on the cart so shoppers finish checking out instead of drifting away.

A cart countdown is a timer that appears in the shopper's cart, counting down the minutes their items are "held". It's aimed squarely at cart abandonment: a shopper with items sitting in the cart and a clock running is more likely to finish than one with neither.

A new cart countdown reads:

🔥 Hurry up! Your cart will be lost in {timer} !!

A cart countdown at the top of the cart.

What makes it different

	Cart countdown	The other three types
Where it shows	Cart page and cart drawer, automatically	Product pages, or anywhere via shortcode
Timing	A duration in minutes, per shopper	A date, a per-visitor window, or inventory
Appears when	The cart has at least one item	Whenever conditions match
Builder tabs	Settings · Display	Timers and delivery dates also get Design
At zero	Runs an action you choose	Stays, hides, or repeats

It places itself

You don't tick Product page or paste a shortcode for a cart countdown. When the shopper's cart has items in it, the app puts the timer at the top of the cart form — on the cart page and in the cart drawer, if your theme has one.

Because of that, the Display tab for a cart countdown doesn't offer page placement or device targeting. What it offers instead is the Action after time expired setting — see When the cart timer expires.

Where to start

Create a cart countdown

The full setup, from template to a live cart page.

When the cart timer expires

The three things that can happen at zero — and which to pick.

The app does not reserve stock. The timer is a prompt, not a hold on inventory — nothing stops another shopper buying the last unit while the clock runs. Word the message so it doesn't promise more than that.

Next steps

• Create a cart countdown

• When the cart timer expires

• Countdown types

• Countdown not showing