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This is Colm and Simon from CommerceGurus, with a handpicked weekly roundup of eCommerce articles.
If you're aiming to boost conversions, increase cross-sells, and enhance your store’s user experience, implementing a sliding eCommerce cart drawer can be an effective solution.
These drawers allow customers to review and modify their cart without being redirected from the current page. This streamlined experience reduces friction and keeps shoppers engaged.
Additionally, cart drawers can be used to display personalized product recommendations and promotional content, further encouraging customers to complete their purchase.
The latest article on our CommerceGurus blog showcases 17 real-world examples of well-designed eCommerce cart drawers.
The best implementations often include cross-sell suggestions, promotional messaging (like free shipping thresholds), trust signals (such as secure payment icons and guarantees), and the ability to add products with a single click.
Discover 17+ Best eCommerce Cart Drawers (and What Makes Them Convert)
Rémi Corson’s guide on WooCommerce 10’s shareable checkout URLs explains how this new feature helps store owners create direct links that take customers straight to the checkout page with specific products and quantities already in the cart.
This makes the buying process faster and simpler, as shoppers don’t need to manually add items or review the cart before checking out.
It’s especially useful for email campaigns, social media promotions, and ads where merchants want to reduce the steps between interest and purchase.
To make the experience more flexible, merchants can use plugins that allow short links, role-based offers, or editable carts.
Learn about Shareable Checkout URLs in WooCommerce 10
OpenCut (formerly known as AppCut) is a free, open-source video editor positioned as a privacy-focused and cost-free alternative to CapCut.
It offers cross-platform compatibility without requiring subscriptions, ads, or watermarks.
Built primarily in TypeScript, OpenCut will provide a timeline-based editing interface, multi-track support, real-time previews, and essential features such as clip opacity, blur, playback speed controls, and mute/unmute.
You can sign up for the Waitlist on the OpenCut site and get an alert when the first version is ready.
Check out the OpenCut Video Editor
Season 9, Episode 9 of Crossword features Zach Stepek hosting Luke and Jonathan for a thoughtful conversation about WooCommerce, WordPress, and the challenges of balancing open-source ideals with business realities.
They reflect on the history of WooCommerce, from its early days as a Jigoshop fork to its evolution into a major eCommerce platform.
Zach shares insights from his work at agencies and hosting companies, discussing both the technical hurdles and the business pressures that come with scaling WooCommerce sites.
They touch on topics like caching, high-performance order storage, dark patterns in onboarding, and the tension between monetization and community values.
The episode also explores how the WordPress ecosystem has shifted over time - from its blogging roots to its current identity crisis between being a content platform, a web app framework, and a block editor.
Listen to Crossword with Zach Stepek
Dann Petty has shared a short video showcasing a design workflow that begins with Midjourney for generating initial visuals, then enhances them using Topaz Labs, and finally brings everything together in Figma.
He includes the exact prompt he used for Midjourney and even provides a free Figma file for others to explore and reuse.
This process provides lots of interesting creative opportunities for designers and store owners alike.
See the eCommerce Video Hero Result
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