Collection Of 100+ Shopping Cart Icons

Published: December 13, 2008

Updated: August 8th, 2020

shopping cart icons collection

Shopping Cart, Shopping Bag, or Basket? How should one name this page/section of the ecommerce store?

I analyzed 109 shopping cart CTAs of the top online retailers to find out some interesting facts:

1. The icon is designed either as CART or BAG:

  • 64/109 online retailers display the cart symbol – 59%
  • 23 display no symbol at all – 21%
  • 21 display the bag symbol – 19
  • 1 displayed an arrow icon -1%

2. There are more than 20 different names given to this section (basket, cart, items, my bag, my brown bag, my cart, my shopping bag, mycart, saks bag, shopping bag, shopping basket, shopping cart, total, view bag, view basket, view cart, view my bag, view shopping bag, your bag, your cart, your shopping cart, your shopping carts) however:

  • 70/109 used the word CART to describe the section- 64%
  • 27 used BAG to describe it
  • 6 used BASKET
  • 6 used a different designation or none at all

Notice: the names used to describe the shopping cart seems to be correlated with the brick and mortar stores. For example, apparel and fashion websites are more likely to use the word BAG instead of CART. This follows the real life, where you’ll carry a BAG and not a CART inside an AE store. Further research is required for you to decide how you should name this element: check your competitors, and your store location rules to decide which one is the best for you.

3. Icon and Text Usage:

  • 84/109 displayed icon and text
  • 23 display just a descriptive text without any other graphic symbols
  • 1 (art.com) used just the icon without text
  • 1 (proflowers.com) doesn’t have a shopping cart section at all

The collection

shopping cart button 1800 Contactsshopping cart button 1800 Flowersshopping cart button 1800 Pet Meds
shopping cart button AbeBooksshopping cart button Abercrombie Fitchshopping cart button American Eagle
shopping cart button Alibrisshopping cart button Amazonshopping cart button Apple
shopping cart button Art.comshopping cart button Avonshopping cart button Bass Pro
shopping cart button Bath and Body Worksshopping cart button Bed Bath and Beyondshopping cart button Bath and Body Works
shopping cart button Blairshopping cart button Bloomingdale-sshopping cart button Blue Nile
shopping cart button Barnes and Nobleshopping cart button Buy.comshopping cart button Cabelas
shopping cart button Cafe Pressshopping cart button CDW Corporationshopping cart button Chadwicks
shopping cart button Circuit Cityshopping cart button Cold Water Creekshopping cart button Comp U Plus
shopping cart button Comp USAshopping cart button Costcoshopping cart button Crate and Barrel
shopping cart button Crutchfieldshopping cart button CVS Pharmacyshopping cart button Delias
shopping cart button Dellshopping cart button Disney Shoppingshopping cart button Domestications
shopping cart button Drs Foster and Smithshopping cart button Drug Storeshopping cart button eBags
shopping cart button eCostshopping cart button Eddie Bauershopping cart button eFollet
shopping cart button eTronicsshopping cart button Foot Lockershopping cart button FTD Group
shopping cart button Furniture.comshopping cart button The Gapshopping cart button Harry and David
shopping cart button Hickory Farmsshopping cart button Hallmark.comshopping cart button Homeclick
shopping cart button Home Depotshopping cart button Hewlett Packardshopping cart button I Buy Digital
shopping cart button JC Penneyshopping cart button J Crewshopping cart button JC Whitney
shopping cart button J Jillshopping cart button Lands Endshopping cart button Lillian Vernon
shopping cart button Liz Claiborneshopping cart button LL Bean.comshopping cart button LL Bean.com
shopping cart button Lowesshopping cart button Macy'sshopping cart button Major League Baseball
shopping cart button Musician's Friendshopping cart button New Eggshopping cart button Nieman Marcus
shopping cart button Nordstromshopping cart button Northern Toolshopping cart button Office Depot
shopping cart button Office Maxshopping cart button Omaha Steaksshopping cart button Oriental
shopping cart button Overstockshopping cart button Palm.comshopping cart button PC Connection
shopping cart button PC Mallshopping cart button Peapodshopping cart button Pet Smart
shopping cart button Ralph and Lorenshopping cart button QVCshopping cart button Radio Shack
shopping cart button REI (Recreational Equipment Inc.)shopping cart button Ritz Camera.comshopping cart button Saks
shopping cart button Scholastic.comshopping cart button Schwansshopping cart button Sears
shopping cart button Sephorashopping cart button NBCshopping cart button Smart Bargains
shopping cart button Sony Styleshopping cart button Spiegelshopping cart button Sportsman's Guide
shopping cart button Staplesshopping cart button Talbotsshopping cart button Target.com
shopping cart button Tiger Directshopping cart button Toys'R'Usshopping cart button Urban Outfitters
shopping cart button Victoria's Secretshopping cart button Vista Printshopping cart button Walgreens
shopping cart button Walmartshopping cart button Williams Sonomashopping cart button Zappos

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