Is it possible to share the cart between two different Shopify store backends?

Has anyone got any ideas about the possibilty of unifying the cart between two different Shopify stores? Our aim is for something like https://www.mcdavidusa.com. Here they have 4 distinct brands which you switch by clicking on the logos above the nav bar. But the cart is not shared between each of the brands.

We want a similar expereince with distinct home pages and designs between the different stores but the cart to be shared between the stores.

For example taking two stores A and B. If customer comes and adds a product to the cart from A and then proceeds to go to store B to add another product from store B, then when going to the checkout page both the products (one from store A and another from store B) should be in the cart.

Are there any apps we can use for a shared cart or is this possible using a custom theme?

Best Regards,
Ananthapadmanabha Kurup

Hey, @ananthu-lys

At this point, a single cart cannot be utilized across two separate Shopify stores. Each Shopify store acts as its own unique account with their own checkouts. This can’t be deleted and replaced with an existing one.

Your only option would be to take your stores and edit the checkout buttons on the cart page to redirect to the product page on a different website. For example: you have Website A, Website B, Website C. You could edit the checkout buttons on website B and C to redirect to the same product page on website A. That way all of the checkouts go through website A.

If there is anything else I can help you with, please let me know.

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Hey @ananthu-lys ,

I found the solution to this issue. Are you still interested in a solution?

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I’m interested. I have the same questions. 2 websites need to share an ecommerce interface. I’m not on Shopify yet. Both sites are on Joomla and I’m thinking of migrating them but they need to be able to share the ā€œStoreā€ part of purchasing products. Thanks for any ideas you have.

Can you share the solution please? Thanks

Interested to learn more.

Hi @Darius90

I am interested in your solution please let me know my requirements are similar I want multiple store that share the cart and checkout system each other.

For example customer add the one product in cart on website A and add the two products in cart on website B when he/she want to cart page of any website either it is website A or website B he/she show see the number of 3 products in cart and similar on checkout.

Can you do this any one can help me. ?

Hi,

you can check functionallity in worldcondoms.com → worldcondoms.de

how much products do you have in your store?

please share your store

Best Regards,
Darius Slubelis
Shopify developer

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Pagarbiai,
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  • Hi Dirk, I’d like to attempt redirecting checkout from one Shopify store to another if you’re able to provide the coding?

Hey Darius,

I checked out your stores…but didn’t see products products move from one cart to the other. What am I missing? Thanks for your help.

Hey, @Basiap

I’m not formally trained in code to provide you with an exact solution to edit ā€˜add to cart’ buttons on one websites product page to redirect to the checkout of a different website. However, I’m confident one of our Shopify experts would be able to help you out with any potential solutions to your needs.

If there is anything else I can help you with, please let me know.

Thanks for the response!

Hello Dirk,

Is there an update to this?

I have two stores, but need only 1 shopping cart.

two different brands, but with crossover customer base.

Look forward to reply.

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Hey, I want to know the solution for this.

Hello @ananthu-lys @sanjaymathew @CandTel88 @Basiap
We have built this solution for one of the brands. It requires all of the stores to share same domain but they can have different subdomains. For example, if you want store A, B and C to share same cart/checkout, then their domain can be like a.domain.com, b.domain.com, c.domain.com.
We are building the ability to share cart across different domains, it’s still in development.
Please reach out if you are interested to see a demo - simranjeetsingh6076@gmail.com

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Hi Darius, I am interested in this solution, my email is emma@stellenow.com

Unless your Yankee Candle they have perfected having 3 different sites and only one cart that is shared between them all. Shopify is stuck in the past, I will likely have to move off the platform with many others. They just are not keeping up with the tech!

Its called call Yankee Candle for their web developers number LOL

Call Yankee Candle they have done it well and they will direct you to there developer who can build your sites, sadly they are costly