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The Ultimate 2026 Guide to Sharing Online Shopping Carts
Shared on 6 March 2026, by Ed
Online shopping has become nearly frictionless. Sharing a shopping cart, however, is still surprisingly difficult. In 2026, the most reliable and universal solution for sharing online shopping carts is Share-A-Cart — a platform designed specifically to transfer carts between users without rebuilding them manually.
Introducing Multi-Layer Approvals: Smarter, More Flexible Purchasing for Your Organization
Shared on 14 January 2026, by Ed
At Share-A-Cart, we're always looking for ways to make collaborative purchasing easier and more efficient — especially for schools, companies, and nonprofits. That's why we're excited to announce a powerful new enhancement to Share-A-Cart for Organizations: multiple layers of approvals.
How Share-A-Cart Makes Sharing Christmas Wish Lists Easier Than Ever
Shared on 4 December 2025, by Ed
The holidays should feel joyful — not stressful. Share-A-Cart makes it incredibly simple for families to create, share, and shop Christmas wish lists from any online store. No copying links, no screenshots, no confusion—just a clean, organized way to make holiday gifting easier for everyone.
Introducing Share-A-Cart for Android Devices!
Shared on 22 October 2025, by Ed
We just released our first Share-A-Cart Android app. With this app, you can load a cart that someone has shared with you and make carts from selected retailers in the app. We've also improved the usability of our iOS app with the ability to search for products and add them to carts.
The Ultimate Guide to Multi-Store Online Shopping
Shared on 18 September 2025, by Deanna
Shoppers want the best combination of price and selection and no single retailer can offer it all. Why stick to one store for all your shopping needs, when you can save money by comparing prices across multiple online stores? Multi-store shopping ultimately is a better choice than single-store shopping if you are looking for the best deals.
Share-A-Cart for Organizations
Shared on 27 August 2025, by Ed
Managing internal purchases doesn’t have to be complicated. Share-A-Cart for Organizations gives your team a simple, transparent way to request, approve, and track supply orders — all in one place.
In the News: How Share-A-Cart Helps Educators
Shared on 16 August 2025, by Ed
Share-A-Cart continues to make headlines as educators showcase how our platform transforms classroom procurement. Recent press coverage features Dr. Werner Absenger using Share-A-Cart to help healthcare workers learn efficient meal prep, and Matt Edwards explaining how decentralizing supply decisions with our tools streamlined procurement for his school district. Plus, discover our free Google Classroom integration that over 600 teachers are already using to share supply lists with students and parents.
Exciting News: Share-A-Cart Featured in EdTech Digest
Shared on 22 July 2025, by Ed
We're excited to announce that Share-A-Cart has been featured in EdTech Digest for helping educators streamline classroom supply shopping. The article highlights how teachers, administrators, and parents use our platform to save time and reduce friction when coordinating purchases—eliminating the need for spreadsheets, screenshots, and confusion. From building supply lists to managing bulk orders and classroom wish lists, Share-A-Cart makes educational shopping collaboration simple and transparent.
New Feature Alert!
Shared on 26 June 2025, by Ed
Share-A-Cart just got smarter. We’ll quietly check for better prices while you build your cart—and let you know when it’s time to save. No extra effort needed!
Share‑A‑Cart+ Moves Out of Beta - Now a Paid Plan
Shared on 13 June 2025, by Ed
We are now moving out of our beta phase and are introducing a paid subscription plan. We will still support a free version (and always will!), and all existing subscribers will be migrated to this plan. To show our thanks to existing users, we are offering 40% off the list price for the Personal plan for 3 months, using the code...
Have You Heard of Amazon Local Markets?
Shared on 15 May 2025, by Felix
Amazon has an entire host of ALMs hidden in their website. We do not work for Amazon, so what ALM may mean is likely to remain a mystery, but we do have a strong indication that its the name used for "Amazon Local Brand" which is Amazon's own naming for a brands selling locally with a delivery option. Most well known ALM is Amazon Fresh, but more and more have been spawning and we have additionally observed international ALMs start to crop up. Read on to see the know list of ALMs...
Share-A-Cart Supports Google Classroom Integration
Shared on 27 February 2025, by Julie
We’re pleased to announce that now Share-A-Cart supports Google Classroom integration to make collaborating with parents for student success even easier! With the Share-A-Cart Classroom app, you can easily share classroom supply lists with students and parents with just a few clicks.
Share-A-Cart Wins Tech & Learning Awards of Excellence: Best of 2024!
Shared on 7 February 2025, by Julie
We are so pleased to announce that Share-A-Cart has won two Tech & Learning Awards of Excellence: Best of 2024!
Santa's Secret Weapon: Share-A-Cart+
Shared on 19 December 2024, by Julie
We all know about Santa’s elves, but his greatest helper might just be Share-A-Cart+! While the kids may still believe in Santa, adults know it can take a village to pull together a successful Christmas morning and ensure that everything the kids want is under the tree. And that’s where Share-A-Cart+ comes in!
Remodel Your Home Easily With Share-A-Cart+
Shared on 8 November 2024, by Julie
If you’ve been using Share-A-Cart, you no doubt understand the level of convenience we bring to your shopping trips. But it goes beyond your regular grocery shopping trip or restocking office supplies at work. If you’re currently considering a remodel project to freshen up your kitchen, bathroom, or even your entire home, you may not realize how much easier using Share-A-Cart+ can make the whole process.
Give Easier With Share-A-Cart+
Shared on 7 November 2024, by Julie
With the holidays right around the corner, nonprofits will be seeking donations and there will be plenty of people wishing to help those less fortunate. Whether you need cash for operations or products for specific events and the typical day-to-day, Share-A-Cart+ can make the entire process easy for organizations and donors alike.
Off to College: Share-A-Cart Edition
Shared on 2 August 2024, by Julie
Heading off to college for the first time can be overwhelming in many ways. It’s the first time many students are on their own and suddenly they may be facing issues of living with unfamiliar roommates, along with handling chores and a heavier workload from school.
Make Back to School a Breeze
Shared on 31 July 2024, by Julie
Back to school season can be stressful for teachers, parents, and students alike, but there are ways to smooth out the process for all involved. Shop smart with Share-A-Cart and cut down on the need for multiple trips by filling your cart with everything you need the first time.
Which Share-A-Cart Extension Is Right for You?
Shared on 12 July 2024, by Julie
Share-A-Cart has different kinds of plugins for different browsers, which begs the question: which is right for you? We break down the differences below, and present examples that can help you decide which one to install.
Prime Day Shopping With Share-A-Cart
Shared on 11 July 2024, by Julie
Prime Day 2024 is basically here, and that means one of the best opportunities of the year to shop for a variety of products at deep discounts. Due to its popularity, plenty of these limited-time offers will sell out in mere minutes, so it’s best to be prepared ahead of time. Here’s how Share-A-Cart can make sure you get everything you want on Prime Day.
Simplify 4th of July Shopping With Share-A-Cart
Shared on 2 July 2024, by Julie
For many, Independence Day brings the middle of summer with celebrations revolving around backyard BBQs, pool parties, beach days, and of course, fireworks shows. But it’s also one of the bigger holidays for shopping – to the point where stores are more often participating than not. But with so many stores offering up “best of the season” offers or “lowest prices of the year” it can quickly become an overwhelming endeavor. Share-A-Cart can simplify that process, and give you time to get back to the fun with friends and family instead of huddling over a screen all day...
Black Friday and Cyber Monday: Amazon vs the World - Share-A-Cart Data & Research
Shared on 18 December 2023, by Ed
It’s no secret that two of the biggest shopping days of the year are Black Friday and Cyber Monday.
We looked at data on shopping carts shared for the week of 11/21/2023-11/27/2023, and, unsurprisingly, we saw big shopping upticks on both Black Friday and Cyber Monday. While Black Friday has traditionally been a day where shoppers do most of their purchasing in-store, these days a lot of that commerce has moved online...
What do consumers spend per item in different shopping categories? - Share-A-Cart Data & Research
Shared on 10 November 2023, by Ed
Share-A-Cart sees a lot of shopping activity. Every month, our users share millions of items with purchasers across more than 37,000 shopping carts. Further, many of these carts are viewed and ordered, for example when the list is something that needs to be purchased at regular intervals or by several purchasers.
There is a lot of research around how much people spend per shopping trip or per month across different categories, but we haven’t found many sites that show how much people are spending per item by category.
From our dataset - Share-A-Cart Data & Research presents. Want more? Please see our business solutions and reach out.
Coming soon: Share-A-Cart+
Shared on 6 June 2023, by Mike
We are proud to unveil Share-A-Cart+, a convenient, subscription-based solution that outperforms conventional cart management and organization. This innovative platform doesn't merely manage your online shopping; it enhances the entire experience by adding a wealth of features meticulously designed to simplify and enrich your e-commerce activities.
Introducing List Export
Shared on 11 March 2023, by Mike
Share-A-Cart is all about sharing store carts and shopping lists. You can already share a shopping list created from vendor with a single click with our extension or by using the product search feature on our website. We also have integration with Shopify which adds a button straight to the check out flow for you to share your haul with friends.
Today we're adding an often-requested sharing feature – cart export to Excel. To export a list load it on the website, for example: AKGUX. Scroll to the bottom and click on the "List Actions" button. This will expand into several items including "Export". Click export and you'll get an Excel spreadsheet with the contents of the cart including information about the items in it. The exported file will contain the vendor item id, item title, quantity and price. There will also be a link to the item on the vendor site.
Share-A-Cart for Your Store, a Shopify App for Shopify Store Owners
Shared on 31 January 2023, by Mike
Share-A-Cart has been the leading solution for shopping sharing and recommendation for several years. Today we extend out market reach to include Shopify integration via our new Shopify app — Share-A-Cart for Your Store 
. Since inception Share-A-Cart has focused on making it easy for parents, teachers, experts, influencers and just friends share lists of products they recommend to be purchased as a set. We help people start a hobby, build a project, dress to impress and shop with purpose. One of many uses of Share-A-Cart includes charitable organizations, like soup kitchens, creating grocery lists that donors then purchase for them. The list of supported vendors has been growing apace from just Amazon to over a hundred today. We've seen explosive growth last year and with it many requests from users, vendors, and partners.
With that, we're now fully integrated with Shopify storefronts opening the ease of sharing complete lists quickly and accurately to thousands of small business and individual creators.
Thank You!
Shared on 2 January 2023, by Ed
The last time we published a year-end review was in 2020. We have seen tremendous growth since then and could not have achieved this without your continued support. Thank you!
Share-A-Cart - Helping Teachers #ClearTheList
Shared on 24 June 2022, by Rowan
Summer is finally here! Students are heading out of schools and looking out to months of hot weather, no impending tests or homework, and what feels to many like endless time off to hang out with their friends. Right now, teachers all around the country are excited too, but many are getting hyped up for some slightly different reasons. Any and every educational professional can enjoy the glorious appeal of summer, but now that the spring semester is officially wrapped up, it is time to start preparing for the next school semester of 2022! A huge part of this, beyond the lesson planning and building curriculums, is classroom preparation. So right now, teachers around the country are prepping long lists of school supplies and materials for their classrooms.
Teachers have such a powerful impact on our students, and that’s why it’s so important we support them with the Clear the List movement. It can help take the strain off teachers, and allow them to focus on getting as much as possible of what they need for their classes.
Share-A-Cart is a great extension to make clearing the list for teachers a little easier. If you’re a teacher or educational professional trying to share items from a website without a wishlist function, or you are sending your school supplies list to local supporters of education, then extensions like Share-A-Cart can help you!
What You Need to Paint with Watercolor: Best Watercolor Supplies for Beginners
Shared on 14 June 2022, by Rowan
If you don’t know exactly what watercolor is, often known as aquarelle, it is a painting technique in which pigments are suspended in a water-based solution. Watercolor refers to both the material and the finished piece of art. Watercolor works well with colored pencils, watercolor pencils, and ink for creating mixed media pieces. Watercolor is primarily used on paper. Watercolor paints are generally one of the better mediums for beginning painters because they are less expensive than other mediums, and easier to prepare and work with.
Painting with watercolors, on the other hand, might be challenging. It is a difficult medium to master, owing to its merciless and unpredictable nature. It can be very tough to repair mistakes because you cannot erase watercolors, and they are not opaque so painting over them is out of the question. If you layer too much, you might destroy your paper. In addition to this, its fluid nature makes it difficult to regulate.
However, it is exactly these characteristics that help make watercolor such an appealing medium to artists. Watercolor painting can be difficult to learn, but that is part of why it is such an intriguing medium. It is beautiful when layered correctly, and it has a stunning effect when you master it.
Top 3 Crochet Amigurumi Projects for Beginners
Shared on 05 June 2022, by Rowan
Amigurumi are great projects for crochet beginners. On top of being straightforward to make and needing only super basic stitches, they’re also fairly similar to construction with one another. This allows for an easy assembly, no matter how new you are to crocheting. Amigurumi are also just cute in general, they’re visually appealing with their colorful nature, and they are super fun to cuddle and hold. Amigurumi crochet projects have been gaining popularity across the west over the past few years for all of the above reasons. They’re a wonderful way to start your beginner journey to crochet!
If you don’t know what amigurumi is, it is the Japanese Japanese technique of knitting or crocheting miniature, filled yarn creatures. The term is a combination of the Japanese words ami, which means "crocheted or knitted," and kurumi, which means "wrapped," as in nuigurumi, "stuffed doll." Amigurumi come in a variety of sizes, and there are no constraints on size or appearance. This makes it a fun, creative project for beginners just getting into crochet.
So, why choose crochet over knitting? Well, Crocheting gives you a knobby, thick texture, whereas knitting produces a finer, smoother fabric. The most significant difference, though, is in the fabric's stretch quality. Crochet produces a great tight weave for amigurumi, but there is very little elasticity, so you’re not at risk of overstretching your new project very easily.
What's the Best Gouache Paint?
Shared on 27 May 2022, by Rowan
If you're unfamiliar with gouache, sometimes known as opaque watercolor, it is a water-based paint that has a texture somewhere between acrylic and watercolor. However, unlike acrylic paint, which frequently dries glossy and textured (requiring a matte finish in certain circumstances to get the desired appearance), gouache dries matte and flat. When it dries, it retains its soluble nature and can be moved around or thinned out.
Depending on how much water is added to the gouache paint, it can create complete or sheer coverage. Because it is so easy to get full coverage, it is ideal for painting light over dark. It also dries quite rapidly. This makes gouache paint an incredibly popular medium choice for everyone from beginner to experienced artists.
There are plenty of brands on the market, from super cheap to fairly expensive. However, it can be difficult to decide what type of gouache paint to use. This is where we come in: I plan to provide a detailed review of some of the most well-known gouache paint brands on Amazon. All of these brands, however, have incredibly positive reviews overall so it can be difficult to tell the differences between them.
What You Need to Paint with Gouache
Shared on 20 May 2022, by Rowan
If you don’t know what gouache, also known as opaque watercolor, is, it is a water-medium paint that is kind of in between the texture of acrylic and watercolor. Gouache paint can provide full or sheer coverage depending on how much water is added to it. Since it can so easily be full coverage, like acrylic, it’s great for painting light over dark. It also dries incredibly quickly. However, unlike acrylic paint, which often dries glossy and textured (therefore requiring a matte topcoat in some cases for the desired effect), gouache dries matte and flat. Once it dries, it remains soluble and therefore it can be adjusted, which makes it much easier to use in certain cases.
Gouache is a great medium for beginner artists, but it’s also fantastic for experienced artists! Gouache can help you expand your artistic skill-set, or just let you play around with a new medium. Since it has different properties than acrylic and watercolor paints, it is a fun challenge for anyone regardless of their level of experience. Guache is particularly good for artists learning to paint quickly or how to portray shadows/lights using paint. If you’re an artist who enjoys mixed mediums, then gouache is also great for that (I particularly enjoy using these watercolor markers with it).
Must-Have Tools You'll Need as a Lifestyle Creator and Lifestyle Influencer
Shared on 13 May 2022, by Rowan
Lifestyle videos particularly are a very popular category across basically social media, or so they definitely thought. You can guarantee that almost every kind of top creator on Youtube has, at some point, made a video concerning their lifestyle in some form or another. Some specifically have even literally gained their audience and popularity as Youtubers solely through creating lifestyle content!
You may have considered becoming a lifestyle video creator and lifestyle influencer at some point. But, it can be tricky to know how to approach it and frame your videos around your daily life! It is important to remember if you want to become a lifestyle creator that there can be a difference between your actual daily life, and the life you show. Maybe you want to portray a person who does two hours of yoga a day and reads three books, instead of a workaholic or a couch potato. Maybe you want to show off how to make a three-hour dinner recipe when the reality is that most days, you just want to make pizza rolls. Whatever it is, it’s okay: getting into the lifestyle space can be intimidating. It’s important to remember you don’t have to be exactly the type of person your videos portray, but it’s also okay to sometimes show some vulnerability to your audience on a bad day. You can definitely show your audience there is a human being in these videos who is not completely perfect, who does have bad days.
Twitch Streaming Equipment for Beginners
Shared on 05 May 2022, by Rowan
So, you’re interested in becoming a streamer… Twitch has become incredibly popular over the past few years. From Youtubers moving platforms onto Twitch and focusing solely on streaming, to streamers like CorpseHusband, Dream, and Sykkuno becoming recognizable names even to people who haven’t watched a single Twitch stream, the proof is in the pudding. Twitch streaming can also seem a lot less intimidating than creating edited gameplay videos, and it can feel a lot more interactive to creators.
Whether you just want to chat with an audience, show off your gameplay skills, or expand your own content platform, you may be struggling to know where to start with equipment. Streaming on any platform can be really fun, but it can also be difficult to know where to start (especially without breaking the bank)! If you want to up your game and start streaming confidently, we have put together a list of the basic equipment you will need to start.
5 Items to Film Time-lapse/Speed Paint Art Videos on Your Phone with Ease
Shared on 26 April 2022, by Rowan
Timelapse videos are an amazing way to let audiences, customers, and fans really see your paintings start to come to life before the finished full piece is uploaded. Engagement on social media platforms is reflective of this. From Youtube to Tiktok, we’re seeing a massive uptick in video creation is one of the main ways for artists to expand their fanbase. We’re even starting to see Instagram put less focus on photos and heavily push for Instagram Reels being used by creators. if you’re an artist online, you’ve definitely considered posting videos of your creative process.
One of the main aspects of creating speed painting/timelapse videos that can be intimidating to artists is buying a camera to record. Artists already spend so much money and time on marketing themselves, art supplies, and video creation needs a lot more supplies on top of a camera (which is often a big purchase). It’s hard to convince yourself that it’s worth it, on top of saving up for it. That’s why we’ll be providing you with the exact tools you need to just film your art videos on your phone!
Top 5 Free Tools for Youtube Creators
Shared on 17 April 2022, by Rowan
There's no denying the effect of visual content. It’s much more effectively engaging with your audience, and the effects are enhanced when the content is in the form of video. Video allows emotions to be conveyed easily, so your audience will find you more relatable.
Even as the biggest online video platform in the world, Youtube still continues to rise. Whether you’re a brand new video creator or you’ve been making content for the past decade, it can still be a tricky path to navigate. Youtube changes with the internet, and the internet’s interests seem to change every five minutes. It can be hard enough keeping track of what these interests are, much less constantly trying to think of new content that still matches your style.
Being a Youtuber, regardless of your channel’s size, can often feel like a full-time job. You not only have to think of new content and create it, but you’re also in charge of marketing your channel, working with brands, editing your content, scripting it, etc. You work as a creator, a writer, an editor, and so much more. When you’re a new creator looking for ways to make a video and start your Youtube channel, the process can seem especially daunting when you realize all of the parts that come into play. It can be really intimidating!
First Aid Kits for Kids: 10 Items You Should Keep in Your Kids’ Medical Kit, from School Nurses
Shared on 11 April 2022, by Rowan
School nurses are a pillar in the educational community, and also a great resource for parents on kids' health. Providing first aid and taking care of your kids during minor emergencies is the main role of a school nurse. A school nurse’s daily work ranges with almost anything – whether they are checking for a concussion, providing allergy medication such as Epi-Pens, or simply getting some Neosporin and a bandaid on a scraped knee. They also help determine if your child is so ill that they need emergency medical attention, or maybe just the rest of the day at home.
School nurses are truly one of the best resources out there to help parents be aware of what the best medical supplies for kids are. It can be tricky to navigate what medical supplies for kids you should have at home constantly, to avoid having to pick them up when your child actually needs them. It can also be used as a guide for parents on medical supplies to bring with them when traveling with children.
Read more for a list of the medical supplies we have put together from school nurse recommendations on kids’ health kits! School nurses can even use this as a guide on what items to order during the back-to-school season.
Projects on Robots for Kids - From Teachers to Parents
Shared on 06 April 2022, by Rowan
Robots have always been interesting to humans of all ages. But, more than ever before, kids are absolutely fascinated with the concept of robots – this is because nowadays, robotics is everywhere. From “robot cheetahs” to medical robots that save lives, we’ve made some incredible progress over the past few years. You can find awesome robots in almost every industry in the world! Robots for kids are more accessible than ever before, too. There’s no better time to help your kids explore their interests by starting to experiment with building robots at home. With a massive boost in STEM funding for schools across the country, robotics for kids clubs are becoming more widespread. Robotics is a good way to have your kids develop an interest in STEM too. You can find a robotics club at many elementary schools now, whereas it used to be reserved for older students like high schoolers. There are even more tools than ever before to help your kids learn to build robots at home!
Teachers who host robotics clubs highly recommend practicing at home. Building simple robotics projects in their own bedroom is a great way to further your children’s interest in robotics and STEM. It also lets you spend time bonding with your kids, help them begin to find their hobbies, and improve their engineering skills. It’s a ton of fun to create something out of their own hands! Building robots for kids is an awesome way to help your kids explore tactile engineering, and it’s an awesome, educational activity for the whole family. We’ve put together a list of the top 5 robotics projects for kids as recommended by teachers to parents. As a great tip for new robotics teachers as well, we recommend using Share-A-Cart to send lists of project supplies to parents! This will help them avoid any confusion regarding what to buy.
Practical Tips for New Teachers, from Veteran Teachers
Shared on 29 March 2022, by Rowan
One of the most common concerns for new teachers is managing their classrooms. This concern comes hand-in-hand with worries about building relationships with their students, keeping on top of a busy schedule, and making sure they encourage a cooperative learning environment. After all, it’s a big responsibility – school is one of the most important formative places in children’s lives. Whether you’re a teacher for high school, middle school, elementary school, or kindergarten, this is a common concern for teachers everywhere.
According to many veteran teachers, classroom management strategies have to go beyond just educational concerns though. When you manage a classroom, the cooperative learning environment you create is affected by relationships with your students’ parents and your relationships with your students themselves. Your impact on this formative space is also affected by how you manage your time, and it really depends on making sure you are able to balance your personal life with your work.
This guide is designed with teaching tips in mind that not only directly encourage a cooperative learning environment, but also help make this formative time for new teachers easier too!
Art Projects for Elementary School Students and Kindergarteners
Shared on 23 March 2022, by Rowan
And the Supplies You’ll Need for Them – Art Teachers
Art can have such a big impact on young kids; whether art is practiced at an after-school club, at home, or in school. It’s a tool for self-expression, a tool to develop and fine-tune their motor skills, a tool to inspire their creativity, but perhaps most importantly of all: it’s just plain fun! Art lets kids explore their creative kids and really lets their imaginations run wild. Even when younger kids are doing the same projects as each other in a group, they’re able to differentiate each of their individual pieces with their own unique styles. The art projects listed below are recommended by experienced art teachers!
It’s important, with any art project, to remember that there isn’t any ‘right’ way to make art. This is really important, especially for younger kids who can use art to explore their creative sides. There are so many areas, even in a child’s life, where their choices can be described as right and wrong, like math or sports. Art can give them a chance to be free and express themselves without judgment.
Art teachers can make a meaningful impact, especially on younger kids, like elementary school students and kindergartners. As an art teacher, an art project for kids might be helping them to explore their creative side, or you may have influenced them to pursue a future career! But while being an art teacher can be just as fun for you as it is for your students, it can also be really hard.
It’s important to plan out your lessons in advance just in case, and having backup ideas never hurts. There are tons of art projects for kids out there online, and it can be hard to pick between them. It can also be hard to come up with your own. So we put together these top 3 art projects for kids that are directly recommended by art teachers from their own art classes. They can help your younger art students explore their creativity, and they can even be recommended to parents as at-home projects!
A Guide to Sharing Your Cart with Share-A-Cart as an Influencer or Creator
Shared on 20 March 2022, by Felix
As a creator, you’re often managing your entire brand, content, and effectively everything else all on your own. Videos can take endless hours editing, creating, and recording. Share-A-Cart is here to try to make at least the small things a little more simple for creators and influencers.
Share-A-Cart isn’t just for when you want to share your Target birthday wishlist with your loved ones, your Instacart grocery list with your roommate, or an IKEA furniture list with your partner. We’ve found that some of our best uses are specifically for influencers and creators!
Maybe you’re looking to share the materials for your latest DIY project on a retro kitchen floor, a beginner’s crochet guide on frogs, or your grocery list for your favorite fancy dinner recipe. Or, maybe you’re looking to share the items from your everyday makeup routine, your favorite Spring outfits, or your at-home gel nail favorites. These are all real ways in which we’ve had creators use Share-A-Cart, just over the past few months!
Supporting more than a million websites.
Shared on 6 January 2022, by Felix
Since it's humble and Amazon-centric beginnings over 6 years ago, Share-A-Cart has grown significantly in terms of usage. We attribute this exclusively to offering a product that is easy to use and offers a consistent experience across a large number of vendors. In addition to a comprehensive list of global retailers, over time Share-A-Cart gained support for national and regional stores. In recent months we've quietly expanded support for many international stores even though we are US-based. Most of the interfaces we added came via questions from our users. People wanted to see Lazada, Shopee, and many other non-US centric online retailers added to Share-A-Cart and we got it done.
Finally, iOS availability for Share-A-Cart!
Shared on 25 October 2021, by Felix
We're happy to announce that the Share-A-Cart experience is now available on iOS. With Apple's latest innovation in iOS 15 we are now able to deliver cart creation and sharing in Mobile Safari on both iPhone and iPad devices. This is especially exciting since so many users have been asking us for just this functionality. In short, anything that you can do with the Share-A-Cart add-on for Chrome and other desktop browsers can now be done in Mobile Safari thanks to extension support.
Let's review what the flow is like using shein.com as an example. First, download the extension from the App Store — you can search for "Share-A-Cart", or click this link. Then, say you found a bunch of nice pieces to make up an outfit and you'd like to share it with your friends. Just make a cart with those items as you normally would while shopping. Once you're done, scroll down on the page slightly to bring up the Safari address bar and click on the left side where you see a puzzle piece icon. (If you don't see the icon, fear not. Tap on the "aA" which will bring up a menu with an item that reads "Manage Extensions". Tap on that and toggle Share-A-Cart on.) This will slide up a menu which will have a button for "Share-A-Cart". Once you tap it, another menu will slide up with two options, "Create Cart ID" and "Receive Cart". Tap on the first one and give the extension half a second to do its thing. At the end of that process you'll get a 5-character code which now represents your cart. No logins, no email or phone number to enter. Just your cart so you can share it. You can tap to "Copy Code" and send it in your favorite chat app or via email.
Share the Whole Look, or 5!
Shared on 30 July 2021, by Felix
SHEIN exploded onto the Western fashion retail in the last few years after being in operation in China for some time. You know that because SHEIN is the absolute place for trendy, affordable women's fashion pieces. While there is a heavy debate over how to actually pronounce the name of the company (although there shouldn't be, it is literally just "she + in") there is a new technology coupled with this website that has made it convenient and easy to share an up-to-date wardrobe. Introducing Share-A-Cart embeddable widgets!
Share-A-Cart adds support for Kroger grocery list creation
Shared on 7 April 2021, by Felix
Today we want to announce expanded support for Kroger shopping on Share-A-Cart. The Share-A-Cart extension has had support for this larger grocer for some time. Today we're adding functionality on the website to allow you to create and edit shopping carts directly on share-a-cart.com.
It's easy to get lost in the list of supported vendors. Between various Share-A-Cart products there are more than 50 on-line stores already functional, 14 of which are grocery stores. Adding Kroger lets us address a frequent user request. On-line grocery shopping has exploded in popularity over the last year. While we had support for several grocers already, adding Kroger allows us to serve several regions of the US where this company has greater presence compared to some of their competition.
Year end results for 2020
Shared on 25 February 2021, by Felix
We follow and embrace the spirit of open stats here at Share-A-Cart and with that in mind, we wanted to drop a few words about our performance for the year 2020. We’ve made great many improvements to the website and expanded our coverage of the online retailers in the past year. So, let’s go over some of the statistics we have collected about usage of Share-A-Cart.
Announcing Share-A-Cart for Instacart
Shared on 14 February 2021, by Felix
We’ve always been fascinated by and hopeful that grocery shopping can and should be successfully accomplished online. Instacart delivers on this promise and then some, the next step for us was obvious, that is offering a dedicated plugin for it! We’re thrilled to introduce Share-A-Cart for Instacart.
Share-A-Cart for Instacart comes with the same powerful one-click cart sharing that every other plugin we make does. Simply install the extension, collect products into the cart, click “Create Cart ID” and your cart is packaged and ready to be handed off to your friend, family member, or admin assistant via a simple cart code or a cart link. Receiving is just as simple: press “Receive Cart”, enter code, and voila, every item is now in your Instacart with the correct store and quantity already set for you.
Sharing Flipkart shopping carts with friends
Shared on 1 November 2020
Flipkart is a great online retailer with selection rivaling that of Amazon and AliBaba. Share-A-Cart supports sending and receiving carts for Flipkart store via the extension. Flipkart is often the best shopping option depending on the region. They also have a unique selection in some categories. Say you made a great shopping list and now you’d like to share it with friends who could benefit from your product research and buy the things you recommend for themselves. Below is a small tutorial that shows you how to share your flipkart.com shopping cart with anyone else.
How to share Best Buy shopping carts
Shared on 2 October 2020
Google has just announced a bunch of new smart home devices and we thought it would a be a great opportunity to demonstrate how useful the Share-A-Cart extension is.
Home automation has lots of benefits — remote monitoring for peace of mind, security, safety, comfort. We have some of these devices and some friends who relocated recently have asked for a list of thing we’d recommend. Let’s use this as an example of how to share a cart from Best Buy.
