The cart is the best place in your store to suggest one more thing. The shopper has already decided to buy – adding a matching item is a much smaller decision than the one they've just made.

## Turn it on

Open **Settings → Modules** and enable **Cart Recommendations**. Suggestions then appear in your cart drawer, based on what's already in the cart.

## Choose a layout

| Layout | How it looks |
|--------|--------------|
| **Inline** | A horizontal scrollable strip inside the cart, between the items and the checkout button. Works on desktop and mobile. |
| **Side panel** | A vertical panel to the left of the cart drawer with product cards stacked top to bottom. Desktop only – falls back to inline on mobile. |

> **Tip:** Inline is the safer default. Most stores see more than half their traffic on phones, and that's where the side panel falls back anyway.

## Make the suggestions worth it

Recommendations work when the suggested item obviously belongs with what's in the cart – the refill for the bottle, the case for the phone, the socks with the shoes. Grouping your catalog well is what makes that possible, so keep your [categories and collections](/help/products/categories-and-collections) tidy.

Keep an eye on your average order value in [Analytics](/help/orders/analytics) after switching this on. That's the number this feature exists to move.

## FAQ

### Does this slow down checkout?

It shouldn't. Recommendations sit above the checkout button, so the path to paying is unchanged – the suggestion is an option, not a step.

### Can I choose exactly which products get recommended?

Suggestions are drawn from your catalog using what's in the cart as context. To steer them, organize your products well and use [bundles](/help/products/bundles) when you want a specific pairing sold together.

### Bundles or cart recommendations?

Bundles sell a fixed set at one price, decided by you. Cart recommendations react to what the shopper has chosen. They work well together – the bundle for the pairing you're confident about, recommendations for everything else.

## What's next

- Sell fixed pairings with [Create product bundles](/help/products/bundles).
- Group products sensibly in [Organize with categories & collections](/help/products/categories-and-collections).
- Track the effect in [Understand your analytics](/help/orders/analytics).