Cart

Setting	What it controls	Default
Free shipping threshold	The amount a cart must reach for free shipping. Drives the progress bar.	Empty — bar hidden
Gift wrap product	A product used as the gift wrap option in the cart.	None
Gift wrap label	What the gift wrap option is called.	Gift wrap
Allow a gift message	Lets shoppers add a message with their order.	Off

Free shipping progress

Set a threshold and the cart shows how far a shopper is from free shipping, updating as they add items. Leave it empty and the bar never appears.

The bar is hidden on an empty cart — “£150 away from free shipping” with nothing in the bag is noise, not encouragement.

This is a plain number, not a price

It does not convert between currencies. If you set 150 and sell in several markets, every market reads it as 150 in its own currency. Worth knowing if you sell internationally — the bar may promise free shipping at an amount your actual shipping rules do not honour.

Set it to match your real shipping rules. The bar is a promise; Shopify’s shipping settings are what keeps it.

Gift wrap

Create an ordinary Shopify product for your wrap — give it a price, and turn off shipping if it is not a physical item — then select it here. A gift wrap option appears in the cart, and choosing it adds that product.

Because it is a real product, it goes through inventory, taxes and reporting like anything else you sell.

Gift messages

Adds a message field in the cart. The message travels with the order and shows in your admin, so you can print or write it out when packing.

If it looks wrong

The progress bar never appears. No threshold set, or the cart is empty.

It says free shipping but checkout charges. The threshold here does not change your shipping rates — set a matching rule in Shopify’s shipping settings.

Gift wrap does not appear. No product selected, or the selected product is unavailable or out of stock.

Related

• Cart and Cart drawer
• Gift wrap