Replace Add to Cart Button with Get a Quote in Shopify and WooCommerce

The Add to Cart button is a fundamental part of every e-commerce website. It’s a call to action that is crucial in finalizing e-commerce transactions. This is definitely true if the price of an item is specified and remains mostly unchanged. However, there are businesses that don’t need the Add to Cart to display on their product pages. The reason being, the price that is customizable depending on product configuration. In this case the Get a Quote button is the most important call to action for monetization. 

In this article we will explore the businesses that should use the quote button and how to add it when you have a website on Shopify or WooCommerce platforms.

Businesses that should replace Add to Cart with Get a Quote Button

The e-commerce businesses that sell the below products or services should think about replacing Add to Cart with Get a Quote Button:

• Customizable or made-to-order products – here the price depends on customer requirements and specific product configurations. When clicking the quote button, the customer completes a form. It should include all the necessary questions that will allow Vendor to learn the customers’ preferences. Only then the Vendor can estimate a price and send an offer to the customer. 

Examples are:  businesses that sell furniture, custom apparel, B2B services.

• Unique and high-value items – the button gives an opportunity to negotiate pricing, terms, and other details with the Vendor before committing to a purchase. It helps to build trust and can mitigate the risk of misunderstandings or dissatisfaction with the final product or pricing. 

These can be stores that sell items for collectors like stamps, coins, gems, paintings, books. There is also industrial equipment like agricultural machines, textile machinery, and various machines used in mass-production.

• Products with variable pricing – the pricing of such products is influenced by a wide range of factors, and Vendors may adjust prices dynamically to reflect changing market conditions and customer preferences. 

These can be antiques, real estate, some artwork, travel services and many more.

Wholesalers can also provide different pricing depending on the order quantity. Some items ordered in bulk may have much lower unit price.

How to replace Add to Cart with Get a Quote Button on Shopify and WooCommerce

According to BuiltWith, Shopify is the most popular e-commerce platform in the US. It’s easy to use and you can get your new store ready in a few hours depending on how many products you have for sale. You don’t need to spend so much time on setting up the store to just start selling.

On the other hand, WooCommerce has the biggest market share among e-commerce platforms in the world, according to the report called “Market share of leading e-commerce software platforms and technologies worldwide as of 2023” by Statista. It’s free to use and is fairly easy to set up.

There are some applications that can add a quote button to your e-commerce website, but almost none of these apps allows you to assign custom forms per product. There is also no negotiation platform and no built-in transactions. 

In Dealia, you can create and assign a unique form per product. What sets it really apart from other software’s is that you can negotiate the price with your customer through the Dealia negotiation platform. Then when you are both happy with the price and conditions, customer will be able to pay with PayPal. It’s a well-organized Quote Management System where all happens in one place, so you can keep track of all quote requests.

Add Get a Quote button with Dealia

The getting started with Dealia is quick and simple.

1. Add a custom code to the head tag of your website. This code is responsible for adding a quote button.
2. Create a form in the Dealia form builder. You can create as many forms as needed.
3. Integrate Dealia with Shopify or WooCommerce by adding another piece of code to the head tag of your website. This code will automatically download all the items you have on Shopify or WooCommerce to Dealia.
4. In Dealia admin, search and select your items (products / services) in bulk and assign a chosen form to them in one click. Once you do it, the Get a Quote button will display on your Shopify or WooCommerce website for these products.

If you would like to hide the Add to Cart button, there is a setting that will allow you to do that in the “Quote button settings” section of the admin panel.

Receiving quote requests, negotiation and transaction

As you can see, there are only a few steps to complete in order to see the Get a Quote Button on your Shopify or WooCommerce website. Now you can start receiving quote requests from your customers. You will be automatically notified via email and in the Dealia admin panel every time the new quote request arrives. 

You can then create a quick quote for the requested items and send it together with a message to the customer. The customer will receive a unique link to the quote. There will be able to negotiate the price and conditions with you via reply buttons: “Accept”, “Reject” or “Make your Offer” –  where they can send a counteroffer.

Once you or your customer accepts the quote, the deal is made and the customer may receive a PayPal link. There your customer can complete the transaction in just one click. Alternatively, you can set up the payment instructions that the customer will see in their negotiation panel.

Summary

The Get a Quote button is vital to many businesses and can help generate leads and boost sales. It helps to sell customizable, high value and variable pricing products or services and allows for personalized shopping experience. It builds trust in your brand and with negotiation possibilities, allows you and your customer to get the best deal.