The quote cart is available in the Inquiry Catalog mode. Customers add products to an inquiry and send it to you instead of buying. See Choose a Catalog Mode to compare it with the other modes.
To enable it, go to Products > Settings > General Settings and select Inquiry Catalog in the Catalog Mode section:
After you enable it you will see a new Quote Cart screen in the General Settings menu:
The Inquiry Catalog mode will give you access to:
- Product Variations
- Modern Quote Checkout
- Quote Cart Widget
- Customizable Email Notifications
Product Quote Variations
You can add unlimited product variations to each product. You can use them to assign size, color and other product features. In this mode variations work as selectors only and don’t change the price.
The user can select the variations with the drop-downs on the product page and in the inquiry checkout.
Check how you can assign product variations.
Robust Inquiry Checkout
The user can make changes in the inquiry checkout without clicking any “save” button. Everything is saved automatically without a page refresh. You can modify the following in the checkout:
- The quantity for each product
- Product quote variations
- You can delete products
When any change is made, the inquiry summary is automatically updated without any page refresh or button click.
Inquiry Cart pages
You can select your inquiry cart pages for:
- quote checkout summary
- quote form
- thank you page
You can fully customize the pages. You can add any content there, and you can place the plugin output where you want it with the cart shortcodes, which show the quote cart in this mode.
How to assign quote cart pages.
Fully Customizable Email Notifications
You can set the email addresses to send and receive quote cart notifications.
Once the inquiry is set, you and your customer will receive an email notification with a quote summary.
The email templates are fully customizable on the Quote Cart settings screen. You can also use HTML and the checkout email notification shortcodes there.
Check how to customize your email notification.
Quote Cart widget
You can use the Quote Cart widget in your sidebar to show the quote cart button with the number of products in the inquiry. The count updates instantly when a product is added or removed, and the button takes the customer to the quote cart.
Quotes and customers
Submitted inquiries are saved in the admin as Quotes, unless you check Disable Quote Registration on the Quote Cart screen. When Remember fields by is set to User Account on the Quote Cart screen, customers get an account and can see their inquiry history in the customer panel. The Catalog Statistics screen shows how many inquiries you receive.
If you need a single-product inquiry form instead of a cart, see Product Catalog without Shopping Cart.