Caution This is an advanced tutorial and is not supported by Shopify . Knowledge of HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and Liquid is required. Consider hiring a Shopify Expert if you aren’t comfortable doing the steps in the tutorial. What is a cart permalink? A cart permalink takes your customers directly to …

This is great, thanks! I’ve actually implemented a share cart feature so that users can share this via Whatsapp. Now I just need to integrate a URL shortener as otherwise the share links are massive! Any thoughts / recos for that?

Hey @ngoenka , are you using any public app to share cart via Whatsapp or it’s a custom implementation? App you are using would need to integrate with URL shortener APIs (Ex. Bitly) in that case if you wish to shorten a URL further.

Hi there @ngoenka . Just FYI. ZipLinks has been updated to allow for the optional emptying of a customer’s cart prior to adding the configured items on a link. Check it out: https://apps.shopify.com/permalinks Enjoy and share! :slightly_smiling_face:

@ngoenka @Jesse_Meyers You can clear the cart and do a parameter based redirect with return_to try this https://soylent.com/cart/clear ?return_to=/cart/update?updates[8114434703466]=2

Hi I want to pre fill state field in checkout, how it can be done?

Yes, your second parameter need to have a & not ? /cart/{variant_id}:{quantity},{variant_id}:{quantity}?discount=discountName&ref=email@domain.com

@cosmon - take a look at the app we recently developed called ZipLinks. It will build permalinks for you and will remove the hassle of building permalinks. Here’s a link to the app page to install: https://apps.shopify.com/permalinks Hope this helps!

Hi - did you ever get an answer to this one? i managed to generate a link that took me to the preloaded cart with product and quantity but it always shows produce as OUT OF STOCK, even though it’s not. thanks.

@mikeyB999 - double-check and make sure the products are available on the “online store” sales channel. If they’re not, Shopify will return an out of stock message

Cart - Use permalinks to pre-load the cart

Store Design

Vishakha August 5, 2020, 10:36am 36

its not working, cannot pre fill state

Topic		Replies	Views
Pre-load cart with subscription/plan products using permalinks Store Design	53	1527	December 1, 2025
Tool for Easily Creating Cart Permalinks Productivity shopify-themes , campaign-strategy	1	99	January 7, 2026
Discounts and Cart - Use permalinks to apply a discount and pre-load the cart Custom Storefronts	1	57	March 29, 2024
Cart Permalink send line item properties along with access_token Shopify Plus checkout-page	0	28	November 21, 2023
Shopify URL for discount, adding a product, and redirect Technical Q&A	6	1074	February 8, 2025

Cart - Use permalinks to pre-load the cart

Related topics