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Set up manual upsell rules in the cart drawer

Choose which products to suggest when the cart holds a product or collection, or when it's empty.

Updated November 4, 2026

Set Recommend by to Manual rules in the Products upsell card. Add a rule, say what must be in the cart, and pick the products to recommend. The first rule that matches wins.

Set it up

In Shopify admin, open Apps → Section Store → Cart Drawer.
Click Edit on your cart.
Under Body, open the Products upsell card. Its switch must be on.
Set Recommend by to Manual rules.
Click Add rule.
Set When cart contains:
- Any product
- Selected products
- Products from selected collections
- No products (Empty cart)
If you chose products or collections, click Add product or Add collection and pick them.
Under Recommend these products, click Add product.
Pick your products in Shopify's picker. To offer only some variants, tick only those variants.
Click Save.
Add a matching product on your storefront. Your picks appear.

How rules work

Rules run in order, from the top. The first match wins and the others are skipped.
Put narrow rules first and Any product last. Drag a rule to move it.
A rule with Selected products matches if any one of those products is in the cart.
Free gifts and order addons don't trigger rules.
Rules look at what is in the cart. They can't use cart value, country or customer.
Products show in the order you list them. Drag to change it.
A rule recommends up to 5 products. When cart contains holds up to 20 products or 20 collections.

An upsell in the empty cart

A No products (Empty cart) rule fills the empty cart with your picks. It replaces the best sellers there.

Good to know

Tick Hide products already in cart so shoppers don't see what they already have.
A sold-out product doesn't show. The block uses the first variant in stock.
A rule needs its products. Saving a rule with none shows an error.
Long rule lists use up cart settings space.

If it doesn't work

No picks show: no rule matches this cart, or every pick is sold out. See the article below.
The wrong picks show: an earlier rule matched first. Move your narrow rule up.
"Cart Drawer settings are too large to save": remove some rules.

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