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Cart recommendation

Use Cart recommendation to surface the right product inside the cart drawer, so shoppers reach the next discount tier without leaving the page.

How it works

Cart recommendation reads the campaigns a shopper's cart items belong to, then suggests the product most likely to unlock the next discount tier. The logic is campaign-aware, not generic cross-sell.

Campaign type	What gets recommended
Quantity Breaks, One Discount, Buy X Get Y (quantity-based)	Products that push the cart toward the next tier. No discount yet, suggest tier 1. Tier 1 reached, suggest tier 2.
Order Discount (value-based)	A product whose price is closest to the remaining amount needed to unlock the next tier.
Product Bundle, Bought Together	The missing product(s) needed to complete the bundle. If the cart has none of the bundle items, the full bundle is suggested.

If multiple products in the cart belong to different campaigns, the widget cycles through recommendations so the shopper always sees something actionable.

Before you begin

Create at least one active campaign in Campaigns. Cart recommendation only works with live campaigns.
Stores on the Basic plan or higher can run more than one campaign at once. For best results, keep 3 to 4 campaigns active so the engine has enough variety to work with.

Enable Cart recommendation

Go to Boost Conversion.
Find the Cart recommendation card and click Customize.
Turn on Show product recommendations in cart.
Copy the snippet:

   <div class="pareto-cart_rcm"></div>

Paste the snippet into your cart drawer where you want the widget to appear. This works with any Shopify theme and any cart drawer app.
Click Save.

Configure Cart recommendation

Campaign settings

Use Search campaign to pick which campaigns feed the recommendation engine. You can select up to 10 active campaigns.

Rule settings

Choose how products are selected:

Rule	Description
AI Recommendation	Pareto's engine picks the number of recommendation cards based on tier logic (recommended).
Fixed number of products	Show a set maximum number of products you define. Set No. of related products shown (default `3`).

Display settings

Setting	Description
Section title	Heading above the widget. Default: `Special deals for you`
Button text	CTA label on each recommendation card. Default: `Add`
Button radius size	Corner radius in pixels. Default: `8`
Section title color	Color of the heading
Button color	Background color of the Add button
Button text color	Text color on the Add button

Advanced settings

Customize the offer badge shown on each recommended product. Each campaign type has its own badge group.

Quantity breaks, Bundles, Frequently bought together, Add-ons

Setting	Description
Badge label	Text shown on the badge. Supports `{{discount}}` variable. Default: `Get {{discount}} off`
Background color	Badge background. Default: `#DBEAFE`
Text color	Badge text color. Default: `#000000`

Buy X Get Y

Two badges: one for the gift, one for the discounted product.

Setting	Description
Badge for gift	Default: `Get a free gift`
Badge for discounted product	Default: `Get these products discounted`
Background color	Default: `#DBEAFE`
Text color	Default: `#000000`

Order discount

Shown as a progress bar instead of a badge.

Setting	Description
Badge label	Supports `{{value_to_go}}` and `{{discount}}` variables. Default: `{{value_to_go}} away from {{discount}} off`
Text color	Default: `#565656`
Background progress color	Default: `#E8E8E8`
Main progress color	Default: `#1F41AF`

One discount

Shows a preview section listing all included rewards (free gifts, discounted items, order discount, free shipping).

Setting	Description
Section label	Heading above the reward list. Default: `Also includes`
Background color	Section background. Default: `#FFFFFF`
Gift label	Default: `Free gift`. Text color default: `#017B56`
Cross-sale label	Default: `{{discount}} Off`. Text color default: `#016AA8`
Order discount label	Default: `{{discount}} entire order`. Text color default: `#7109E7`
Free shipping label	Default: `Free shipping`. Text color default: `#BB4E01`

Variables like {{discount}} and {{value_to_go}} are automatically replaced with live campaign values at runtime.

Limitations

The widget only appears when the cart contains at least one product tied to a selected campaign.
Maximum 10 active campaigns can feed the widget at once.
Free plan stores can only run one campaign at a time, which limits how much the AI engine can recommend.

Updated on: 21/04/2026

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