# Set up the empty cart

> Turn an empty cart into a way back into your store, with your own message, collections to browse, offers and reward progress.

Source: https://help.attravo.com/drawer-cart/articles/set-up-the-empty-cart
Updated: 2026-10-06

A shopper who opens an empty cart is still looking for something. Instead of a blank panel, the cart can show your message, a few collections to browse, offers and what they could unlock.

## Write the empty-cart message

1. On **Cart settings**, open **General**.
2. Change **Empty-cart text**. Wrap a phrase in stars, like `*free shipping*`, to make it bold. Emoji work too.
3. Set **Continue shopping button** to the button's wording, or leave it blank to hide the button.
4. Set **Continue shopping link** to where it goes: a collection such as `/collections/all`, or any page on your store.

![Cart title, Empty-cart text, Continue shopping button and Continue shopping link](https://xprvgpfulbcxrftgyppu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/help-media/5d8df30e-32a3-4311-b03c-158adc08841b/6e0999c8-ff71-451c-8d4a-827bb772b773/empty-1-text-6ce701861b.webp#w=1172&h=512)

In the cart, the message and button sit under the header and the reward bar:

![An empty cart with the reward bar, Your cart is empty. and a Continue shopping button](https://xprvgpfulbcxrftgyppu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/help-media/5d8df30e-32a3-4311-b03c-158adc08841b/6e0999c8-ff71-451c-8d4a-827bb772b773/empty-5-message-b328ef6c9e.webp#w=1172&h=748)

## Show offers and collections

1. Leave **Show offers on an empty cart** on to show your offers before anything is added. With **Frequently bought together** as the source, an empty cart shows your fallback collection, since there is nothing in it to pair with.
2. Under **Empty-cart category style**, choose **Carousel (scrolls sideways)** to keep the collections short, or **Grid (two per row, framed)**. The full cart page always uses a grid.

![Show offers on an empty cart and Empty-cart category style](https://xprvgpfulbcxrftgyppu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/help-media/5d8df30e-32a3-4311-b03c-158adc08841b/6e0999c8-ff71-451c-8d4a-827bb772b773/empty-2-offers-and-style-7cb4023cc9.webp#w=1172&h=456)

The offers then appear on the empty cart, under their heading:

![Two offer cards on an empty cart, under Pairs well with your cart](https://xprvgpfulbcxrftgyppu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/help-media/5d8df30e-32a3-4311-b03c-158adc08841b/6e0999c8-ff71-451c-8d4a-827bb772b773/empty-7-offers-7eace9fd70.webp#w=1172&h=746)

3. Set **Empty-cart collections heading**, or leave it blank to hide the heading.
4. Select **Browse** to pick collections, or type a collection's handle, the last part of its address, into **Or add a collection by handle** and select **Add**. You can show up to six.

![Empty-cart collections heading and Or add a collection by handle, with three collections added](https://xprvgpfulbcxrftgyppu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/help-media/5d8df30e-32a3-4311-b03c-158adc08841b/6e0999c8-ff71-451c-8d4a-827bb772b773/empty-4-collections-e4e7d3352d.webp#w=1172&h=488)

To take a collection off, select the **X** on its tag. In the cart, the collections sit under the message, as a carousel here:

![Shop by category with the Kitchen and Candles collections, and a third one to scroll to](https://xprvgpfulbcxrftgyppu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/help-media/5d8df30e-32a3-4311-b03c-158adc08841b/6e0999c8-ff71-451c-8d4a-827bb772b773/empty-6-categories-5b0803e419.webp#w=1172&h=456)

## Choose what else stays on screen

- **Show the total and checkout button on an empty cart**: off by default, so an empty cart hides both. On, they stay on screen, dimmed, and the button cannot be pressed.
- **Show reward progress on an empty cart**: on by default, so a shopper sees what they could unlock before adding anything. Off keeps the empty cart bare.

![Show the total and checkout button on an empty cart, and Show reward progress on an empty cart](https://xprvgpfulbcxrftgyppu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/help-media/5d8df30e-32a3-4311-b03c-158adc08841b/6e0999c8-ff71-451c-8d4a-827bb772b773/empty-3-footer-and-progress-daad514be6.webp#w=1172&h=400)

Select **Save** when you are done.