Getting started
The app works with any Online Store 2.0 theme, including Dawn and Shopify's other free themes. You don't need to edit code: every feature is added from your theme editor, and the app gives you buttons that open the editor with the block already in place.
When you open the app, the Home page shows a Setup guide with four steps. Here's the same path in full.
- Install the app
Install Lyravant: Free Shipping Bar from the Shopify App Store and approve the permissions. The app opens inside your Shopify admin; you'll find it later under Apps in the left sidebar.
- Set up your free shipping bar
On Home, click Set up the bar (or open Free shipping bar in the app menu). Pick a style, then enter Free shipping from: use the same amount as your free shipping rate under Settings › Shipping and delivery. Make sure Show on my store is switched on, then click Save in the bar at the top of the page.
- Add the bar to your theme
Back on Home, click Add to theme. Your theme editor opens in a new tab with the Free shipping bar (top) block already placed in the header area. Drag it above or below the header if you like, then click Save in the theme editor. That's the step that publishes it.
- Turn on the cart drawer bar (optional)
If your theme opens a slide-out cart, click Add to the cart drawer. This opens App embeds in the theme editor with Free shipping bar in cart drawer switched on. Click Save.
- Add blocks to product and cart pages (optional)
Each feature's page in the app has an Add it to your theme section with one button per place it can go: Add block for product and cart pages, Turn on for app embeds. Each opens the theme editor ready to save.
- Try Pro (optional)
Click See Pro, then Start 14-day free trial and approve the charge on Shopify's page. Quantity breaks work best right above Add to cart; Home has a button that places them there.
Adding blocks by hand. You can also add any block yourself: go to Online Store › Themes › Customize, choose the page type at the top (for example Products › Default product), click Add block in the section you want, and pick one of the app's blocks from the Apps tab. App embeds live under the App embeds icon in the editor's left sidebar.
Free shipping bar Free
Shows shoppers how far they are from free shipping, and celebrates when they get there. Everything below is free except where marked Pro.
Style and icon
Choose Soft, Minimal, Bold, Dark, Your theme (follows your theme's colors on the live store) or Custom colors for your own background, text and progress colors. The app warns you if custom colors are hard to read. Pick an icon: truck, gift, box, sparkle or none.
Threshold and messages
There are three messages: When the cart is empty, While shopping and When free shipping is unlocked. Write {{amount}} where the amount should go: in the empty message it becomes your threshold, and while shopping it becomes what's still missing. Use the Try a cart total box and the Empty, On the way and Unlocked buttons to preview each state.
Where it shows
- Top of every page: a full-width strip in your header area. Tick Keep the top bar visible while scrolling to pin it (best with themes whose header doesn't already stick to the top).
- Product pages and cart page: an inline bar inside the section you add it to.
- Cart drawer: an app embed that places the bar inside your theme's slide-out cart.
Reward tiers Pro
After free shipping, add up to 3 more goals, like “Spend $100 for a free gift”. Each needs a higher amount than the one before. The bar only shows the messages: set up the reward itself (an automatic discount or a free gift) in Shopify under Discounts.
Different thresholds per country Pro
Click Add a country, enter the two-letter country code (for example CA), the currency, and the amount. Enter it in the currency shoppers there pay in for an exact figure, or in your store currency to have it converted.
Quantity breaks Pro
“Buy 2, save 10%” options on product pages, with a real discount applied at checkout.
- Open Quantity breaks. Under Offer, set up to 5 tiers: a quantity, a discount, a label and an optional badge such as “Most popular”. Each tier needs a higher quantity and at least the same discount as the one before.
- Choose which tier is Selected when the page opens, and a style.
- Under Products, choose Offer it on: all products, specific products, or products in specific collections.
- Set the Discount name at checkout. Shoppers see it next to the discount in the cart and at checkout.
- Save, then click Add block and place the block just above Add to cart.
The app creates one automatic discount in your store; you'll see it under Discounts. Quantities of the same product add up across sizes and colors. It combines with order and shipping discounts, but not with other product discounts.
Frequently bought together Pro
On product pages it shows a one-click bundle; on the cart page, add-ons for what's already in the cart. Choose a heading, how many suggestions to show (1 to 4) and the button text.
Suggestions come from Shopify's own product recommendations. Shopify needs a little sales history before those appear, so for new products add Your own picks: choose a product and the products to suggest with it. Your picks work right away. Sold-out products and products already in the cart are never suggested, and shoppers can untick anything before adding the bundle.
Countdown Pro
Honest timers only. Under Count down to, choose one:
- Daily order cutoff (ships today): set the Order cutoff time in your store's time zone and the Days you ship. Before the cutoff, shoppers see your message with
{{time}}replaced by the time left (e.g. 2h 14m). After it, and on days you don't ship, they see your second message, where{{day}}becomes “tomorrow” or the next shipping day. - The end of a sale: set the date and time the sale ends. When it ends, the timer disappears by itself. It never loops or resets.
Switch the countdown off for holidays when you won't ship.
Trust badges Pro
Pick icons (lock, truck, returns arrow, shield, chat, leaf, star, card) and write your own short text for each. Tick Show my payment method icons to add the payment icons your store has enabled. Three or four badges read best; under the Add to cart button is the classic spot. Only promise what you really offer.
Sticky add to cart Pro
An Add to cart bar that appears once a shopper scrolls past your product's own button. It's an app embed: click Turn on once and it works on every product page. Options: Phones and small tablets only and Show the product image. If your theme already has its own sticky button, use one or the other.
Your results
The Your results card on Home shows what the app helped sell in the last 30 days. An order counts once, at its subtotal, if a shopper used quantity breaks, added a bundle, used the sticky button, or reached free shipping while the bar was showing. Very large stores see their most recent 3,000 orders.
The figure needs Shopify's permission to read orders. Until that's granted, the card shows how many orders used quantity breaks instead.
Troubleshooting
The bar (or another block) isn't showing
- Is the feature switched on? On Home, its switch should be on, and its page should show an On badge. Remember to click Save in the app after changes.
- Did you save in the theme editor? The Add to theme and Add block buttons place the block, but nothing is published until you click Save in the theme editor.
- Is it on your live theme? The buttons open your current (published) theme. If you added the block to a draft theme, publish that theme or add the block to the live one.
- Is it a Pro feature? Pro features can be set up and previewed on any plan, but they only appear on your store while Pro is active.
- Still nothing? Reload the page with your browser's cache bypassed, then email us your store address and the page you're looking at.
The amount or currency looks wrong
- Check the threshold. Free shipping from is in your store's currency and should match your free shipping rate in Settings › Shipping and delivery.
- Shoppers in other currencies see the threshold converted at your store's exchange rate, so the figure may not be round (for example CHF 46.53). For an exact amount in a country, add a per-country threshold (Pro) in that country's currency.
- Different free shipping rules per market? If your free shipping starts at a different amount in some countries, set those countries as per-country thresholds so the bar matches checkout.
- Formatting (symbols, decimals) always follows your store's own money format, so it matches the rest of your store.
My theme's cart drawer doesn't support app blocks
That's normal: most cart drawers don't accept app blocks. That's why the drawer bar is an app embed instead: it finds your theme's drawer and places the bar inside it. Turn it on with Add to the cart drawer (or under App embeds in the theme editor) and save.
It recognizes Dawn and the drawers used by most popular themes. If your theme's drawer isn't picked up, use the top strip or the cart page block for now, and email us your theme's name: we'll add support for it.
On an older (vintage, pre-2.0) theme, app blocks aren't available at all. The cart drawer bar and sticky add to cart still work because they're app embeds.
The quantity discount isn't applying
- Is Pro active? The discount pauses when Pro ends, and comes back when you restart it.
- Is the product included? Check Offer it on: if you chose specific products or collections, the product must be in that list.
- Is another product discount applying? Quantity breaks don't stack with other product discounts. When two can't combine, Shopify applies the one that saves the shopper more. They do combine with order and shipping discounts.
- Check Discounts in your admin. The automatic discount (named with your Discount name at checkout) should be active. If you saw “Saved, but the checkout discount couldn't be updated”, save the Quantity breaks page again.
- Quantities of the same product add up across variants, so 1 small + 1 large counts as 2.
No “frequently bought together” suggestions appear
Shopify's automatic recommendations need some sales history. Add your own picks for the products you care about; they work immediately. Also check that the suggested products are in stock and not already in the cart.
Billing and plans
| Free | $0, forever. The whole free shipping bar, every style and placement, no limits on orders, visitors or views. |
|---|---|
| Pro | $9.99 a month, flat. Every other feature and every Pro option. Never metered by orders or sales. |
| Founding price | The first 100 stores on Pro pay $4.99 a month, for as long as they keep the app. |
How am I billed?
Through your regular Shopify bill, every 30 days, in US dollars. You approve the charge on Shopify's own page; we never see your payment details.
Is there a free trial?
Yes, 14 days the first time you start Pro. Cancel before it ends and you pay nothing. The trial is once per store.
How do I upgrade or cancel?
Open Plan in the app menu. Click Start 14-day free trial (or Upgrade to Pro) to subscribe, or Cancel Pro to stop. Uninstalling the app also cancels it. Shopify credits you for the unused part of the month.
What happens to my settings if I cancel?
Pro features stop showing on your store and the quantity discount pauses. The free shipping bar keeps working, and all your settings are kept, so switching back on takes a click.
Do I keep the founding price if I cancel and come back?
Yes. Once your store has had the founding price, it's yours whenever you're on Pro.
I see “Upgrades aren't open yet”
That means Shopify isn't accepting the charge for this store yet. Nothing was charged. Please email us and we'll sort it out.
Uninstalling
- In your Shopify admin, go to Settings › Apps.
- Find Lyravant: Free Shipping Bar, open the … menu and choose Uninstall.
Every block and embed disappears from your theme automatically; no code is left behind. Any Pro subscription ends, and Shopify credits the unused part of the month. Your store's data is deleted from our systems shortly after (see the privacy policy). If you reinstall later, you'll start fresh.
We'd love to know why you're leaving, if you're willing to tell us: support@lyravant.com. Every note is read.