Can I convert a filled cart into a draft order on my website?

[Giants_Fan]

Is there a way to fill a cart on my website, and then convert that into a draft order?  I use a custom product options app on my store which makes shopify variants kind of obsolete for me.  So when creating draft orders, shopify doesn't offer the options or the associated pricing from the options app.  I take a lot of orders over the phone and email in my brick and mortar, and am hoping to run all my orders (website/brick & mortar) through shopify, so all orders are accessed and processed in one space.  

I'm thinking if I could add a button to my cart page "convert to draft order" that is hidden unless you have an "admin" tag on your account.  Then when I'm logged into the site, I can fill a cart with custom items, click the button that only I can see, and then a draft order will appear in the shopify backend.  I can then open the draft order, and send the invoice to a customer or email address. 

Is something like this possible?

[soulchild37]

Hi @Giants_Fan ,

Would you be open to a workaround using Abandoned Cart? As in you add items from the store to the cart (as you have mentioned), then proceed to checkout, but don't complete the checkout (fill in address but dont complete payment), then the checkout data will be saved into your Shopify Admin -> Abandoned Checkout.

Then you can install the Draft Order Helper app (https://apps.shopify.com/draft-helper) ( I am the developer of this app)

After installation, go to the abandoned checkout created, then click "More actions" > "Create draft order".

This way a draft order will be created from the checkout, and you can invoice it to your customer.

Would this work for your scenario?

Regards,

Axel Kee (developer of the Draft Order Helper app)

[Striker818]

Axel,

I have tried doing this, but when the draft order is made from the abandoned cart, it still keeps the  in the abandoned cart, versus transferring it to draft order.  I would like it to only be seen in the draft order.

[soulchild37]

Hi @Striker818 ,
Do you mean keeps the data in the abandoned cart? Sorry about this, as Shopify currently doesn't provide apps a way to delete abandoned checkout / cart (you also can't delete it in the Shopify Admin UI).

[Cart_Whisper-AB]

Hi @Giants_Fan 

I am happy to introduce our app called Cart Whisper, which let's you just do that and much more, you can see live cart, each cart has a unique cart ID, and show a widget for the customer on the cart page with their unique  Cart ID and even more you have the option to convert the cart to a draft order and much more, have a look below.

Let me know if you have any questions

Ab

[Joanet1]

You can use Cartlytics app to achieve all that.

Simply install the app, wait until a new cart has been created, go to cart activity page and click View Cart. 

Finally, click on Convert to Draft Order:

Hope that helps!