
Who uses Essent Cart Drawer Cart Upsell?
Essent Cart Drawer Cart Upsell is a slide-out cart drawer for Shopify with upsells and offers, made by Essential Apps. It is rated 5.0 stars across 1,156 App Store reviews. This profile shows who actually runs it, based on Alert's scan of Shopify storefronts: the size and location of a typical Essent Cart Drawer store, what those stores sell, the apps they pair it with, what it costs, and how it compares with the other cart apps merchants consider.
The typical Essent Cart Drawer Cart Upsell store
The typical Essent Cart Drawer store is a small brand. Its median catalog is 43 products and it runs a median of 11 detected apps. That is close to Upcart stores (38 products, 12 apps) and well above Kaching CartDrawer stores, which list a median of just 15. Essential Free Shipping Bar and EG Auto Add to Cart stores carry larger catalogs, at about 80 products.
Essent Cart Drawer serves the broad base of smaller Shopify stores. About 3.5% of its stores run Shopify Plus, a little below the Shopify-wide rate of about 4.4%. RT Terms and Conditions Box is at the same level and Kaching CartDrawer is lower at 2.7%, while Upcart is at about 11% and EG Auto Add to Cart at about 30%. In practice it is a low-cost way for a growing store to get a modern cart drawer without moving to a larger suite.
Where Essent Cart Drawer Cart Upsell stores are based
What Essent Cart Drawer Cart Upsell stores sell
Essent Cart Drawer is one of the most international cart apps: 73% of its stores are outside the United States. The US accounts for 26.6%, then the United Kingdom at 11.3% and India at 10.5%. Australia (8.9%), the Netherlands (7.3%) and Germany (4.0%) complete the top six. India in the top three is distinctive. None of the other cart apps in this comparison has India in its top three markets.
By category, Fashion leads at about 26% of stores, followed by Business and industrial at about 20%. Technology (11.1%), Food and drink (10.1%) and Home and garden (7.1%) round out the top five. The Technology and Home shares are higher than for most cart apps, which fits stores selling accessories and add-on items that are easy to suggest in the cart.
Apps Essent Cart Drawer Cart Upsell stores run alongside it
How much more often a Essent Cart Drawer Cart Upsell store runs each app than the average Shopify store.
The apps next to Essent Cart Drawer come mostly from the same developer. Its stores run Essent Estimated Delivery Date 22.7x more often than the average Shopify store, Essential Upsell & Cross Sell 16.5x more often and Essential Free Shipping Bar 14.0x more often. Essent Preorder Back in Stock (9.9x), Essential Trust Badges & Icons (9.8x) and Essential Announcement Bar (6.8x) complete the list.
Put together, that is a merchant who assembles the storefront from a family of small, single-purpose apps from one vendor: a cart drawer, delivery dates, trust badges, a free shipping bar, upsells and preorders. For anyone selling to Shopify brands, an Essent Cart Drawer store is usually a smaller, hands-on brand that tunes its own conversion tools rather than hiring an agency.
Essent Cart Drawer Cart Upsell alternatives
Essent Cart Drawer Cart Upsell next to the other cart customization apps Alert profiles, on the same measures. Ratings and plans from the Shopify App Store, November 2026; store shares from Alert's scan.
| App | App Store rating | First paid plan | On Shopify Plus | Median catalog | Outside the US |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.0 (1,156) | n/a | ~4% | 43 | 73% | |
| 5.0 (1,583) | $9.99/mo | ~3% | 15 | 69% | |
| 4.9 (1,148) | n/a | ~30% | 83 | 62% | |
| 5.0 (989) | n/a | ~6% | 80 | 72% | |
| – | n/a | ~10% | 38 | 57% | |
| 4.6 (384) | n/a | ~4% | 84 | 74% |
Essent Cart Drawer vs Kaching CartDrawer
Kaching CartDrawer Cart Upsell has the most App Store reviews in the category, at 1,583, and the same 5.0 rating. It is priced by orders, from $9.99 a month for up to 99 orders. Its stores have much smaller catalogs (15 products) and very often run Kaching Bundles too. Choose Kaching CartDrawer if you sell a few hero products and use Kaching for bundles, Essent Cart Drawer if you already use other Essential Apps tools or carry a wider catalog.
Essent Cart Drawer vs Upcart
Upcart is a widely used cart drawer with 956 App Store reviews. Its stores are similar in catalog size (38 products) but more US-weighted (43.1% against 26.6%) and much more often on Shopify Plus (about 11%). Choose Upcart if you are a larger or US-focused store, Essent Cart Drawer for a low-cost drawer that fits an international, smaller store.
Other options
EG Auto Add to Cart Free Gift handles gift-with-purchase offers and has the highest Plus share in the group, at about 30%. Essential Free Shipping Bar, from the same developer, adds a threshold bar and is often installed alongside the drawer. AOV.ai Cart Drawer and Amp Slide Cart Drawer are other cart apps in the same App Store category.
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Essent Cart Drawer Cart Upsell FAQ
Is Essent Cart Drawer free?
Essent Cart Drawer has a free plan. Paid plans start at $8.99 a month, as listed on the Shopify App Store in November 2026.
What are the best Essent Cart Drawer alternatives?
The most common alternatives are Kaching CartDrawer and Upcart, both cart drawers with upsells. EG Auto Add to Cart covers free gift offers. The comparison table on this page shows how their stores differ.
Which Shopify stores use Essent Cart Drawer?
Mostly small, international brands: the median store lists 43 products and about 3.5% run Shopify Plus. 73% are outside the United States, led by the United Kingdom, India and Australia.
Is Essent Cart Drawer or Kaching CartDrawer better?
Both are rated 5.0 and start paid plans under $10 a month. Kaching CartDrawer fits stores with very small catalogs that use Kaching Bundles. Essent Cart Drawer fits stores that use other Essential Apps tools and carry somewhat wider catalogs.
What apps do Essent Cart Drawer stores also use?
Mostly other Essential Apps tools: Estimated Delivery Date, Upsell & Cross Sell, Free Shipping Bar, Preorder Back in Stock, Trust Badges & Icons and Announcement Bar.
How does Alert know a store runs Essent Cart Drawer Cart Upsell?
We read each store's public storefront and look for the app's own install traces, such as its theme blocks and scripts. Code left behind after an app is uninstalled is not counted.
How fresh is this page?
The figures on this page refresh monthly. Inside Alert, installs and uninstalls update as stores are rescanned.
Why are there no store counts here?
This page shows shares of the stores we detected running Essent Cart Drawer Cart Upsell, which stay stable as our scan grows. The full store list lives inside Alert.
Shares of Shopify stores Alert detected running Essent Cart Drawer Cart Upsell, as of November 2026. Essent Cart Drawer Cart Upsell is a trademark of its owner. Alert is not affiliated with Essential Apps.