Starter
$39USD / 30 days
10,000storefront visits included
$5.50 per 1,000 extra visitsWith optional paid overage
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Friction RestoreANONYMOUS CART PERSISTENCE FOR SHOPIFY
Anonymous carts disappear.
Bring them back.
Keep guest carts saved beyond the browser session. Friction Restore stores a separate copy and brings available items back when a recognized guest returns to an empty cart, so they can continue the purchase without rebuilding it.
No popups. No email capture. No visible storefront changes.
WHEN THE NATIVE CART IS GONE
Your cart is emptyThe shopper’s next visit starts from scratch.
Find it. Choose it. Add it again.
WITH FRICTION RESTORE
Saved cart, brought back.
- Camera$800
- Memory card$40
- Spare battery$60
- Camera strap$30
4 available items$930
Pick up where they left off
Illustrative cart. Restoration requires a recognized guest, an empty current cart, and available saved items.
The problem
They came back to buy. Their cart didn’t.
A guest chooses products, leaves to think, and returns ready to continue. An empty cart means finding those products again, choosing variants again, and starting over. Some shoppers do the work. Others leave the purchase behind.
A GUEST CHOOSES PRODUCTSThen comes back another day.
Without persistent guest cart storageAn empty cart. A fresh start.When the native cart is gone, the shopper has to rebuild their choices. The extra work can interrupt a purchase they were ready to continue.
With Friction RestoreTheir saved cart is ready to review.On an eligible return, available items come back to the existing cart. The shopper can continue, edit their selections, and check out.
The forgotten extras
The main item is memorable. The extras are easier to miss.
A shopper may remember the camera. The spare battery, memory card, and strap are easier to leave behind. When they rebuild from memory, the main purchase may still happen with fewer extras.
ILLUSTRATIVE $930 CART$800 camera + $130 in extras
If they rebuild from memory“I came back for the camera.”The $800 main item may still make the order. The $130 in selected extras may be forgotten or skipped.
When their saved cart returnsThe whole kit is there to consider.Available extras return alongside the main item. The shopper can review the cart and decide what to buy.
Keep the main purchase and the chosen add-ons together. Cameras and accessories. Furniture and finishing touches. Equipment and the kit that goes with it.
Why carts disappear
The browser and Shopify run on different clocks.
An anonymous cart relies on stored cart data and a way to reconnect the returning browser to it. Cookies can expire, browser storage can be cleared, and the underlying cart can reach its own limit. A saved selection today is not a promise that the native cart will still be there later.
7 days
Browser storage limits
WebKit describes deleting affected script-written storage after seven days without site interaction. This can remove the browser data used to remember a visit.2 weeks
The cart cookie
Shopify lists its storefront cart cookie at two weeks. The cookie helps connect a browser to its cart; its lifespan is separate from the stored cart itself.30 days
The stored cart
Shopify documents unused Storefront API carts expiring within 30 days of creation. This API limit describes the cart record, not a universal timer for every storefront.A separate copy gives the cart another way back.
Restore saves cart contents on our servers and checks for an eligible returning guest. If the current cart is empty, available saved items can return even when the native cart is gone. A recognized guest can pick up saved selections weeks or months later. Recognition, saved-cart availability, and item availability still determine whether a cart can be restored.
How Restore works
Save the cart. Restore their progress.
Restore saves the guest’s items, variants, and quantities on our servers. When an eligible guest returns to an empty cart, available items come back at current Shopify prices. They can pick up the purchase, with the accessories and add-ons they had already selected.
01
Save
The guest’s cart is saved on our servers, including items, selected variants, and quantities.
02
Recognize
Device fingerprinting helps match an eligible return on the same browser or device.
03
Restore
If the current cart is empty, available items return at current Shopify prices.
Returning weeks or months later? Shoppers can still pick up their saved selections when Restore recognizes them and those items remain available.
Only when the current cart is emptyAvailable items at current Shopify pricesNo cross-device account syncUnsafe matches are left alone
The storefront experience
Your storefront stays yours.
Restore works in the background of your existing cart. Shoppers see the available products and extras they selected, without a popup, email form, or extra checkout step.
YOUR STOREExisting theme
Camera$800.00
Memory card · Spare battery · Strap$130.00
No popup No email capture No restore button Existing cart Quiet background service Invisible infrastructure No new checkout step
Setup & reporting
Install once. Let Restore work in the background.
Install, enable the app embed, and check your existing cart or cart drawer. Then see which carts and item value were restored. These reports show what returned to the cart; compare completed orders separately to assess the purchase and add-on value.
- 1Install and choose a plan
Start with the onboarding allowance on your own store.
- 2Enable the theme app embed
Turn Restore on in Shopify’s theme editor. No theme code edits.
- 3Run a return test
Build a guest cart, return with an empty cart, and verify your theme or cart drawer.
EXAMPLE REPORT · FRICTION RESTORELast 30 days
Restored carts184Eligible returns
Value of restored items$13,824Not completed revenue
Visits used18,406Of 25,000 included
Restored item value shows what is back in the cart. Completed sales are a separate outcome.
Plans, pricing & your estimate
Choose a plan for your store’s traffic.
Every Restore paid plan includes the same core product. The allowance changes with your monthly traffic.
Growth
Recommended$99USD / 30 days
25,000storefront visits included
$5.00 per 1,000 extra visitsWith optional paid overage
Add to ShopifyScale
$199USD / 30 days
50,000storefront visits included
$4.50 per 1,000 extra visitsWith optional paid overage
Add to ShopifyScale Plus
$349USD / 30 days
100,000storefront visits included
$4.50 per 1,000 extra visitsWith optional paid overage
Add to ShopifyFree
Try Restore on your store
$0onboarding plan
1,000 visitsPer billing cycle, for two onboarding cycles
Test eligible cart restorationNo paid overage. Move to a paid plan when you’re ready.
Enterprise
For stores with more traffic
Customan agreed rate
Above 100,000 visitsMonthly storefront traffic
Pricing tailored to your volumeTalk through your traffic, rollout, and overage needs.
Included with every paid planServer-side guest cart storageAutomatic eligible restorationRestoration reportingOptional paid overage
Pricing calculator
What will Restore cost your store?
Set your monthly visits. We compare plans that cover all your traffic with smaller plans plus overage, then show the lowest estimated fee automatically.
A visit is a 30-minute visitor window, not a unique shopper.
Lowest estimated total
Growth
$99.00/ 30 days estimated total
- Base fee
- $99
- Extra visits
- $0.00
25,000 visits included · $5.00 per 1,000 extra visits
ROI calculator
A cart brought back. Two ways it can pay off.
An empty cart can cost you a whole purchase, or just the smaller items in it. Estimate each outcome separately, then see the potential contribution after the app fee.
A shopper returns to an empty cart and gives up on rebuilding it. When Restore brings their selections back, they may continue to checkout. Count the full order value for purchases you believe restoration enabled.
Another shopper would buy the main product even if their cart disappeared. But while rebuilding it, they might forget the accessories or add-ons they chose earlier. Restoring those selections can keep the extras in the eventual order. Count only their extra value here.
Your traffic
01 / Purchases kept
02 / Extras kept
For example: 20 orders that keep $20 of otherwise forgotten extras = $400 in add-on sales per month. Exclude extras from the additional purchases above—their full order value is already counted. Set this slider to $0 to leave extras out.
YOUR MONTHLY ESTIMATE
Sales from extra purchases
5 × $250$1,250.00
5 × $250$1,250.00
Add-on sales kept
Extras retained when the main product would still be bought$400.00
Extras retained when the main product would still be bought$400.00
Potential gross profit
Combined sales × 50% margin$825.00
Combined sales × 50% margin$825.00
App fee · Growth$99.00
Potential contribution after app fee$726.00
25,000 visits · Lowest estimated cost across our listed paid plans. We compare included allowances and paid overage automatically.
$99.00 base fee. All these visits fit within the plan’s allowance.
Your assumptions, not measured uplift. Extra purchases include their full order value. The add-on estimate counts only extras on purchases where the shopper would still buy the main product without Restore. Returns and other costs are not included.
Billing: USD. Recurring and usage charges are billed every 30 days. Paid overage must be enabled to continue beyond the plan allowance.
Need more volume? Enterprise plans are tailored to your traffic and rollout. Talk to us
Built for the return visit
Good purchases don’t always happen in one visit.
Some shoppers need time. Others need to get the details right. Keep their selections ready when they come back to continue.
Let them think it over.
A sofa, a camera, a piece of equipment. When they return after comparing options, their available saved items are ready to review.
Useful for considered purchasesKeep the choices together.
The right variant, the matching accessories, the quantities they worked out. Restore brings the available selection back as a cart they can edit.
Useful for carts with several itemsMake picking it up easier.
They paused to check a measurement, ask someone, or make time. When a recognized guest returns to an empty cart, they can continue from their saved choices.
Useful when buying takes more than one visitProduct questions
Your questions about Restore, answered.
What is anonymous cart persistence?
A guest can add products without logging in, then return after the native cart or its browser data is gone. Restore keeps a separate server-side copy and brings available items back when that guest is safely recognized and their current cart is empty. They can resume the purchase without rebuilding their selections or sharing an email.
How can bringing a cart back help the purchase?
An empty cart adds work between a returning shopper and checkout. Bringing saved items back makes it easier to continue. Some purchases that would have been abandoned may go ahead; shoppers who would buy anyway can also keep the accessories and add-ons they might otherwise forget. Restore brings back items already selected rather than creating new upsells.
How does the ROI calculator work?
Use the ROI calculator’s own monthly visits slider; it automatically compares the listed paid plans, including plans with enough allowance and plans with overage, to find the lowest estimated app fee. Estimate purchases that would otherwise be lost, at their full order value. Separately estimate forgotten add-ons retained on orders where the main product would still be bought: for example, 20 orders keeping $20 of extras means $400 per month. Exclude add-ons from the additional purchases, since those orders are already counted in full. Apply your gross margin and subtract the app fee. The pricing calculator has separate inputs. These are your assumptions, not measured revenue or AOV uplift; restored-cart reports alone do not establish what shoppers would have bought without restoration.
Does a Shopify cart always last 7 or 30 days?
There is no single browser-wide rule. Shopify's Storefront API documentation says unused and abandoned carts expire within 30 days of creation; its cookie policy separately lists the storefront cart cookie at two weeks. WebKit describes a seven-day limit on affected browser storage without site interaction. These cover different mechanisms, so do not assume each edit gives every cart another 30 days. The Restore product page links to these sources in its cart-expiry explanation.
Does Restore work without a customer account or email?
Yes. Restore is built for anonymous guest shoppers. It saves their cart and brings eligible items back when they return to an empty cart and can be safely matched. They do not need to log in, share an email, or click a restore button.
Will shoppers see a popup or a new cart interface?
No. Restore works in the background. Eligible items return to the store's existing cart, with no popup, email capture, promotional message, or additional shopper step.
Does Restore change my theme or checkout?
Turn on Restore in your Shopify theme editor; you don't need to edit theme code. Saved items return to your existing cart. Checkout, payments, shipping, and taxes stay with Shopify. Test your cart during setup, especially if you use a custom theme or cart drawer.
Does it restore every cart?
No. Restore needs to recognize the guest, find an available saved cart, and confirm the current cart is empty. Only available items can return, at current Shopify prices. A safe match can allow restoration weeks or months later.
Friction Restore · Live on Shopify
Let their next visit start where they left off.
Bring back their saved cart so the purchase can continue, with their chosen accessories and add-ons still in view.