Shopify App · Persistent Cart
For logged-in customers, it no longer does. Persistent Cart keeps their cart alive across every device they own. When they open their laptop after browsing on their phone, their cart is there. The only thing they need to do is check out.
Free plan available · No credit card · Works for registered customers
How it works
Persistent Cart is enabled entirely from your Shopify Admin. No custom code, no developer needed. Enable the Theme Extension once, and every logged-in customer's cart starts following them across devices from that session onward.
Cart continuation works for logged-in customers. Share a Cart works for everyone - logged in or not.
01 - Install
Online Store → Themes → Customize → App Embeds → Persistent Cart. Enabled once from your theme settings. Works on every customer session after that. Required for all features.
02 - Continue
When a registered customer logs in on any device, their cart is there - same items, same quantities, exactly as they left it. No action needed from them. No re-adding items for you to worry about.
03 - Share
Shoppers generate a link to their exact cart and send it to a partner, save it for later, or pass it to family as a gift list. The person who clicks the link goes straight to a loaded checkout. They did not browse your store. They arrived ready to buy.
Features
Cart Continuation
A customer who switches devices and finds an empty cart either re-adds everything from memory or does not come back at all. With Persistent Cart, logged-in customers pick up exactly where they left off on any device they own. Same items. Same quantities. Ready to check out. No save button, no reminder email.
Requires customer login · Mobile, tablet, and desktop
Share a Cart
Customers generate a link to their exact cart and send it to a partner, a friend, or anyone who asked what they want as a gift. The person who clicks that link does not browse your store. They arrive with items already loaded, one step from placing an order. This is not a wishlist. It is a different kind of customer arriving at a different point in the purchase. The share button matches your theme - pick the icon style, or hook it into your own CSS on Pro.
Free: 50 links/month · Basic: 250 links/month · Pro and Advanced: unlimited
Smart Merge
When a shared cart lands on top of an existing one, a simple conflict dialog lets the customer decide what to keep. No items overwritten silently. No confusion.
Customer stays in control throughout
Privacy First
No names, no emails, no personal data. Only anonymous cart tokens and product variant IDs, deleted per your retention settings.
Encrypted in transit and at rest
Who it is for
Real scenarios
These are the moments Persistent Cart catches. Each one is an order that would otherwise not complete.
Commute to checkout
A customer browses on their phone during the morning commute and adds three items. That evening at home, they open their laptop to finish the purchase. Without Persistent Cart, the cart is empty and the purchase does not happen. With it, the cart is waiting. They check out.
The partner approval
A customer fills their cart, then shares the link before committing to the purchase. Their partner opens the link on a different device, agrees, and places the order. One cart link produced a sale from someone who had never visited your store.
The payday saver
A customer builds a cart they want but cannot buy today. They save the link and come back on payday - cart intact, items still selected, one step from checkout. No re-browsing, no second-guessing.
Office to home
A corporate buyer selects products at their desk. That evening they want to complete the purchase on their home computer. The cart is there. The order goes through.
The gift list
A customer fills a cart with items they want as gifts and sends the link to family before a birthday or holiday. Recipients open it, see exactly what was selected, and can order without guessing at variants or quantities.
The interrupted session
A customer adds items on their tablet, gets pulled away, and comes back two days later on their phone. The cart is still there. The purchase completes on the second visit instead of never.
Shopify Admin
Pro and Advanced plans show you real numbers inside Shopify Admin: how many carts were restored across devices, how many Share a Cart links were clicked, and how many of those clicks became actual orders. Not projections. Not estimates. The orders your store recovered, counted.
Install and explore
Savings calculator
Return on your monthly plan cost
Projection based on the numbers you enter and a conservative recovery-rate estimate, not measured results. Actual outcomes depend on your store's traffic and checkout flow. Share a Cart orders assume 8% of links sent lead to a purchase - your actual rate is visible in the Shopify admin on Pro and Advanced. Pro and Advanced plans show your real recovered-cart and Share a Cart order figures in the Shopify admin.
Pricing
Free
Forever free
2-day cart retention
See your session and link counts grow on the Free plan. Upgrade when you want to see which of those became actual orders.
Basic
per month
Extended retention
For growing stores. Adds icon customization and redirect to checkout on shared links.
Pro
per month
30+ day retention
For stores where cart recovery matters. Real recovered-cart and Share a Cart order counts in Shopify Admin.
Advanced
per month
Maximum retention
No session cap. No link cap. Built for high-volume stores. VIP support and priority onboarding.
Two things to know before you install
FAQ
Does this work for guest customers?
Guest customers can save their cart locally and use the Share link, but cross-device sync requires a registered account. This is a Shopify platform constraint, not something we can work around.
Do I need to install anything in my theme?
Yes. Enable the Persistent Cart Theme Extension from Admin → Online Store → Themes → Customize → App Embeds. Required for all features. Takes under 60 seconds.
How long are carts stored?
Free plan carts are deleted after 2 days of inactivity. Paid plans offer extended retention configurable from your settings. Deletion is silent - no warning to customers before purge.
Is customer data secure?
We store zero personally identifiable information - only anonymous cart tokens, product variant IDs, and quantities. GDPR compliant, encrypted in transit and at rest.
Can I share carts on the Free plan?
Yes. Free plan includes up to 50 shareable cart links per month. Pro and Advanced offer unlimited links.
Ready to start?
Free plan. No credit card. Enable from your theme settings once and it works for every customer session after that.
Requires Theme Extension · Works for registered customers on any device
Not ready yet?
Leave your email and we will let you know as soon as Persistent Cart is ready to install, plus occasional updates after that.