Minimum order subtotal for checkout / set shopping cart limitation with a warning message

Hi, can anyone help me with this? I looked all over and couldn't find plugins or codes that would solve this problem. I just want to set a minimum subtotal of $10 in the cart for checkout, so you can checkout if you have a subtotal of less than $10. Thank you!

4 hours ago, paul2009 said:

You cannot enforce minimum order quantities on Squarespace. 

Not quantities, I meant the order subtotal.

4 hours ago, paul2009 said:

You cannot enforce minimum order quantities on Squarespace. 

can it be done with javascript similar to this?
https://cregox.net/talk/t/adding-a-shopping-cart-limitation-with-a-warning-message/7504.html

You cannot set minimum order values reliably.
To be clear, you could add code to the cart to set a minimum cart subtotal but, whatever you do, when customers go to the checkout, they can remove items and reduce the value of their order below the minimum you have set. You cannot set a minimum value in the checkout because it is locked down. Code cannot be added to it.

On 1/29/2020 at 3:12 AM, paul2009 said:

You cannot set minimum order values reliably.
To be clear, you could add code to the cart to set a minimum cart subtotal but, whatever you do, when customers go to the checkout, they can remove items and reduce the value of their order below the minimum you have set. You cannot set a minimum value in the checkout because it is locked down. Code cannot be added to it.

Ok, so is it possible to display custom message next to the subtotal number in cart when the number is less than 10? Can you help me with this?

<input type="number"  name="qty" id="qty" 
value="<?...

On 1/31/2020 at 3:52 AM, siweisong said:

Ok, so is it possible to display custom message next to the subtotal number in cart

Yes indeed, that's possible. It's just frustrating that they will be able to remove them again at the checkout.

I really wish Squarespace would listen to the feedback, and prevent users from editing the 'Order Summary' portion of the checkout.

On 3/21/2020 at 8:02 PM, paul2009 said:

Yes indeed, that's possible. It's just frustrating that they will be able to remove them again at the checkout.

I really wish Squarespace would listen to the feedback, and prevent users from editing the 'Order Summary' portion of the checkout.

 

What was the fix here, I need anything that is close to a solution....??

Thanks in advance

I have created a plugin that prevents users from leaving the cart and checking out unless they have met a certain total.

As Paul mentioned, there is no way to prevent people from changing the order total on the checkout page itself, but this represents the best way out there to prevent people from getting to the checkout page unless they have a certain total in their cart.

https://schwartz-edmisten.com/shop/squarespace-minimum-cart-subtotal-for-checkout

Schoey , could you share the code you usewd to you c

Just chiming in that this is a very important (and urgent) feature for us now. We've recently started offering online orders via Squarespace for our restaurant - we've always used Squarespace for our website but as we are a brick & mortar spot we never did online ordering and delivery on our own. With the Covid-19 impact we have quickly gotten our food online for delivery orders - however without a minimum order we face situations where our delivery costs end up being more than the profit we would get from selling the food (as we absorb a chunk of the delivery fee). Hopefully Squarespace can get this minimum order / minimum amount feature done quickly.

Thanks for the minimum order suggestion. I've gone ahead escalated it to our development team on your behalf. We know this is an unprecedented time, and while we can't guarantee the implementation of every suggestion, we do appreciate the details and feedback here.

On 4/14/2020 at 11:31 AM, talk19 said:

without a minimum order we face situations where our delivery costs end up being more than the profit

57 minutes ago, JoGutierrez said:

I've gone ahead escalated it to our development team on your behalf.

Jo, I'm really encouraged by your post.  👏 👏 👏 👏. Please help us to help clients 🙏

If there's one tiny change would help small businesses across the world who are relying on Squarespace to keep their bricks and mortar stores afloat, it's to allow a minimum order value so that businesses can afford to offer local delivery. 

We have been able to enforce a minimum order value in the cart for some time (a number of us make this available) but we cannot enforce it at the checkout because Squarespace allow customers to edit the quantity or remove items altogether. Please disable this so that customers must make changes in the cart, before they reach the checkout. 

This would make a huge difference for many businesses. This is not new feedback - we've been asking for years - but it has a new importance during the COVID-19 pandemic that our clients currently face.

-Paul

It is so frustrating - people will place silly order values that no business can sustain to send.

Any fix would be an amazing help 

This seems like an absolutely obvious and a must-have feature for small online retailers. How do you guys not have it? It should be so easy to implement. 🤦‍♂️I hate to abandon all the store set up I have done on Squarespace and pay for Shopify just for this simple feature.

Same here. I'm working with a new Ice Cream company that is in the early launch phase and Covid has interrupted our distribution plan for the time being and we are working on the final logistics to just have people order online be we really need to be able to have a cart amount minimum before people can place an order. For instance saying they have to order 4 pints or the sale wont go through or even an minimum about spent in the subtotal of the cart before it will let them proceed with placing the order. 

Obviously we would have plenty of copy on the website and item description stating that and could possibly just police it ourselves but that would be a pain in the ass and a waste of man power. I have been using SS for years personally and I have four other companies that I work with and consult who use square space that are looking to implement something similar so I'd hate to have to have them migrate off of SquareSpace just because of that. 

In a time when everyone is having to go online for business to stay alive, this really should be a top list thing to add to your commerce plans. Would also be a GIANT selling point to others looking to come into this space as well.

Hi everyone, 

Having the same problem, is there a solution (even if not reliable)? We're also a small food delivery business and need a minimum order amount to make it worth our while 😞

Sorry if this has been answered but I can't seem to find it.

Hi guys!

Same here... very frustrating to see that feature not available. Could we have some feedback @SQUARESPACE

Yeah, this is causing a big issue for me too. My restaurant client wants to start doing delivery, and we’ve set up his Squarespace site to launch this offering, and now we realise you can set a minimum order value.

Hugely frustrating. We can’t launch this while it’s possible for customers to place a delivery order for £1.50. 

Yep, up vote here for this feature.  just helping set up an order and delivery site for restaurant and couriering a coffee across town will be expensive for both parties. 

Another up vote here too, Jo! 

Another Up Vote!

I'm also learning that it seems impossible to integrate a UPS issued API Key into squarespace to get real-time shipping calculations and billing directly connected to a UPS account?  Is this true?  Is it true that anything that may change the order summary screen is completely impossible to access?  If not, someone please help me - otherwise it seems the only option is to pay for the ShipStation plug-in (which has compliance complications with my business) or pay for the Commerce Advanced Squarespace UPS API, but that does nothing but offer shipping quotes - i still have to process that info manually for each orders shipping processing/label-printing/etc on my UPS account.  Anyone have a magic bullet here?  @paul2009 maybe?

Thanks all

7 hours ago, Leif_Sund said:

Is it true that anything that may change the order summary screen is completely impossible to access?

That’s correct.

Just chiming in. This is a very important feature request from my team as well!

A minimum subtotal or minimum quantity is crucial.

@SQUARESPACE

Also pushing for this to be integrated ASAP @SQUARESPACE thanks.

This is not related, but it's also important to be able to create quantity based discounts/sets & bundles. Anything... any tool that helps businesses sell their products is especially crucial right now.