Snipcart
Snipcart is a shopping cart and checkout that developers add to any website with a snippet of HTML and JavaScript.
Snipcart is a shopping cart and checkout that developers add to any website with a snippet of HTML and JavaScript. It works with static sites, Jamstack frameworks and content management systems, and keeps the cart inside the site rather than redirecting shoppers. It supports physical products, digital goods and subscriptions, with inventory management, discounts, abandoned cart recovery, custom shipping methods and real-time shipping estimates, multi-currency, invoices, tax handling with TaxCloud and TaxJar, and APIs and webhooks. Payments run through supported gateways such as Stripe and PayPal Express Checkout. The company is based in Canada. Snipcart is for selling on your own website. It does not connect to eBay, Amazon or other marketplaces.
Key features
- Drop-in cart and checkout for any website
- Physical, digital and subscription products
- Inventory, discounts and abandoned cart recovery
- Custom shipping methods and real-time shipping estimates
- Multi-currency and tax integrations with TaxCloud and TaxJar
- Full REST API and webhooks
FAQ
Snipcart charges 2% of each transaction, plus the fees of your payment gateway such as Stripe. If your store sells less than $1,000 per month, Snipcart charges a flat $20 per month instead of the 2%. All prices are in USD. There are no plan tiers, and all features are included for every account.
Yes. Snipcart's test mode is free forever and does not require a credit card, so developers can build and test a store before going live. Billing only starts when you use live mode and process real transactions. This lets you check checkout, shipping and tax settings on your site at no cost.
Email geeks@snipcart.com and ask to cancel and terminate your account. Snipcart then sends a final invoice, and fees already paid are not refunded. If you want to pause rather than close the account, you can invalidate your Live API key, which stops live transactions and suspends billing until you turn it back on.
No. Snipcart adds a cart and checkout to your own website, whether it is built with a static site generator, a Jamstack framework or a CMS. It does not list products on eBay, Amazon or other marketplaces or import marketplace orders. Sellers who need marketplace sales must use separate multichannel software.
Snipcart works with almost any website where you can add HTML and JavaScript. It is popular with Jamstack and static sites, headless CMS setups and custom-built sites. Products are defined in your HTML with data attributes, and the cart runs on your pages without redirecting shoppers to another domain.
Snipcart offers technical support by email at geeks@snipcart.com, a support forum at support.snipcart.com, documentation at docs.snipcart.com and a status page. Its pricing page describes responsive technical support included with all accounts. Contact and About pages are linked in the site footer.
Alternatives for adding commerce to an existing website include Shopify Buy Button, Ecwid, Foxy.io, Commerce Layer, Swell and Stripe Checkout. Full platforms such as Shopify, BigCommerce and WooCommerce are options if you want hosted store features. For marketplace selling on eBay, look at multichannel tools that sync inventory between your store and eBay.
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