Cart and Checkout
How buyers add products to a cart, complete checkout, and receive their purchases. Covers the multi-item cart, payment providers, and free products.
Cart and Checkout
This guide explains how buyers add products to a cart, complete checkout, and receive their purchases. It covers the multi-item cart, payment providers, and free products.
Where to find this
| Page | Path |
|---|---|
| Public shop | your public shop |
| Public product | the product's public page |
| Checkout | the checkout page |
The cart
Buyers can add multiple products to a single cart.
Add a product to the cart
- Visit the product's public page or your public shop.
- Click Add to Cart.
- The cart sidebar or overlay opens.
- Continue shopping or proceed to checkout.
The cart shows:
- Product name and image
- Price in the buyer's detected currency
- Quantity
- Remove option
- Running total
Checkout flow
- Click Checkout from the cart.
- You are taken to the checkout page.
- Enter the required buyer information, usually name and email.
- Review the order summary.
- Select a payment method.
- Complete payment.
What happens next: After successful payment, the buyer sees a confirmation and receives download links by email. For events, the confirmation contains ticket details.
Payment providers
Trankets supports these payment providers:
| Provider | Methods |
|---|---|
| Flutterwave | Cards, bank transfers, mobile money |
| Paystack | Cards, bank transfers, USSD |
The available provider depends on what the seller has connected in their settings.
Free products
Products with all prices set to zero skip payment.
- The buyer clicks Get It.
- The platform creates a purchase record.
- A secure download link is generated immediately.
- The buyer is taken to the download page.
What happens next: The buyer can download files right away.
Order statuses
After checkout, an order has one of these statuses:
| Status | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Pending | Awaiting payment confirmation |
| Paid | Payment successful, product delivered |
| Failed | Payment did not go through |
| Refunded | Full refund issued |
| Partially refunded | Partial refund issued |
You can view orders in the dashboard under Purchases.
Common issues
| Issue | Cause | Fix |
|---|---|---|
| Checkout fails | Payment provider not connected | Seller must connect Flutterwave or Paystack |
| Buyer cannot pay in their currency | No native price and conversion unavailable | Add a price in the buyer's currency |
| Free product not downloading | Secure download link not generated | Check purchase record in dashboard |
| Cart total looks wrong | Currency conversion applied | Confirm native prices are set |
