Is Abandoning Your Online Shopping Cart Really A Thing?

[ChoppinBroccoli]

I saw a tweet yesterday that said something about how we should all go to Trump's website, load as much Trump merch into the shopping cart as possible, and then just leave. It implied that the online seller takes some sort of financial hit or something when you abandon online shopping carts or something. Has anyone heard of this? Because if it's true, it might be the next thing we should all try out. Online gamesmanship worked pretty well last week in Tulsa.

[msongs]

1. it does not actually make a site lose money, it just cancels the sale nt

[cayugafalls]

2. Not really. Items are not reduced from inventory until checkout is confirmed.

If you dally to long, you can get an error on checkout if the item sold out in the meantime.

[soothsayer]

3. It's clicking on political ads that might cost them money

So I’ve read anyway

[keithbvadu2]

8. Clicking on ads earns money for websites, doesn't it?

[Sogo]

4. It will just cause a lot of work for the staff

having to put everything back on the shelves....

[live love laugh]

6. lol

[Croney]

5. When I do that, I get an email saying, we see your order is incomplete,

won't you come back and finish what you started? Or, don't let this item get away, you're so close! Etc. etc. I certainly wouldn't want that from Shithead's websites.

[FreeState]

7. Not really

Most modern shopping carts only subtract items when ordered. Some will hold them if they are in the cart. Trumps store does neither - the store they have set up is not inventory based as they just want your money and will send the items once they get them in stock if they are sold out.