Allocations / Cart page in Settings

The Enable “Purchase Allocation” Button and Enable “Purchase Allocation” Button for Welcome Offer check boxes are only associated with Figure accounts that have the Allocation sales module activated. It allows clients to click one button and have their entire allocation automatically populated into their cart.

Minimum Checkout Quantity puts a limit to the cart, requiring a client to load at least a specified amount of bottles to proceed with the order.

Custom Cart Expiration Length is **Very Important** to understand:

Carts and how they work:

The inventory and allocation model in Figure is setup so that once a client puts a wine into their cart it is secured instantly from the available inventory. Therefore, if your winery only has 60 magnums in Figure inventory, and a client puts 1 into their cart, all other clients will only have access to 59 magnums

Keep this in mind...carts remove bottles from your available inventory to sell.

The reason Figure does this is so that clients will not lose out on a purchase during the checkout process. If inventory is available the instant your client makes an attempt to put a wine in their cart, then it should remain theirs through the check out process. Just like going into a grocery store, putting an item into your cart, and wheeling to the checkout stand. How irate would you be in a store if you had an item physically in your cart and the person at the checkout stand said, “I’m sorry, this is no longer available.” 

What!? It was sitting right there in my cart! I could see it!

During the time it takes to complete a transaction, if entering new credit card or shipping information, the wine remains in the possession of your client. Once they move to complete the purchase, the wine remains theirs even as multiple transactions could be happening for other clients at the same time.

In your Figure account, under Settings>Allocations / Cart you can set the cart time-out threshold. Usually 10 or 15 minutes (600-900 seconds) is a proper, standard time frame. If the client’s 10 or 15 minute time frame passes, the stock is removed from their cart and returned to available inventory. This feature makes sure that clients don’t load up a cart and just leave those quantities locked down for hours on end. The goal here is to get people to load up their cart and complete the purchase.