--- title: "Storefront: Shopping Cart vs. Quote Cart Settings" description: Learn how HeadQ Storefront lets you sell products directly, require a quote request, or both — configured at the store, storefront, category, and product level. --- [Skip to content](https://support.headq.io/knowledge-base/storefront-shopping-cart-vs.-quote-cart-settings#main-content) ![HeadQ-Png-11](https://support.headq.io/hs-fs/hubfs/HeadQ-Png-11.png?width=100&height=30&name=HeadQ-Png-11.png) Open main navigation Close main navigation Hello. How can we help you? - There are no suggestions because the search field is empty. 1. [Support](https://support.headq.io/knowledge-base?hsLang=en) 2. [Storefront](https://support.headq.io/knowledge-base/storefront?hsLang=en) # Storefront: Shopping Cart vs. Quote Cart Settings ## The Storefront can sell products two different ways at the same time: products can be purchasable directly through a shopping cart, or placed behind a quote request, where the customer submits a request instead of buying on the spot. Both methods can also be enabled on the same product, letting the customer choose either option. Which method applies to a given product is controlled by a setting called **Default Cart**. This setting exists at four different levels of the store, and each level can override the one above it. ### How the Settings Hierarchy Works The Default Cart setting cascades down through four levels, from the most general to the most specific: 1. Store settings 2. Storefront settings 3. Category settings 4. Product settings Each level, starting from Storefront settings downward, can either **inherit** the setting from the level above it, or **override** it with its own choice.  **Example:** If a Category's Default Cart is set to Quote Cart, every product in that category uses Quote Cart by default. If one specific product in that category should instead be purchasable directly, set that product's own Default Cart to Shopping Cart. Only that product switches to Shopping Cart — the rest of the category keeps using Quote Cart. **Note:** The "Both carts" option can be set at any level and makes the product both purchasable and available for a quote request at the same time. ### Quote Cart Price Display Quote Cart now lets you choose whether the product's price is shown or hidden, without changing how the product is sold. Either way, the product is still handled as a quote request — the customer cannot buy it directly, only submit a request. - **Quote cart (Without prices):** No price is shown for the product anywhere in the Storefront. - **Quote cart (Display prices):** The price is shown on the product page only. It does not appear in the cart, at checkout, or in the quote confirmation email — the request still goes through the normal quote review process. This choice is available wherever Quote Cart can be selected — Store, Storefront, Category, and Product settings. ### 1. Store Settings Sets the default cart type for the entire store. This is the base that every Storefront, category, and product falls back to unless overridden further down the hierarchy. **Where:** Settings → Model → Default Cart **Options:** Shopping Cart, Quote Cart (Without prices), Quote Cart (Display prices), Both carts ![Näyttökuva 2026-09-22 kello 9.36.51](https://support.headq.io/hs-fs/hubfs/Knowledge%20base/N%C3%A4ytt%C3%B6kuva%202026-09-22%20kello%209.36.51.png?width=380&height=220&name=N%C3%A4ytt%C3%B6kuva%202026-09-22%20kello%209.36.51.png) ### 2. Storefront Settings Overrides the store default for a specific Storefront market. **Where:** Settings → Storefront → Markets → Default Cart **Options:** Use store settings (Default), Shopping Cart, Quote Cart (Without prices), Quote Cart (Display prices), Both carts ![Näyttökuva 2026-09-22 kello 9.34.49](https://support.headq.io/hs-fs/hubfs/Knowledge%20base/N%C3%A4ytt%C3%B6kuva%202026-09-22%20kello%209.34.49.png?width=622&height=129&name=N%C3%A4ytt%C3%B6kuva%202026-09-22%20kello%209.34.49.png) ### 3. Category Settings Overrides the Storefront (or Store) setting for every product inside a category. **Where:** Products → Categories → select the three-dot menu (⋮) next to a category → Edit **Options:** Use Storefront or Store settings, Shopping Cart, Quote Cart (Without prices), Quote Cart (Display prices), Both carts ![Näyttökuva 2026-08-31 kello 13.07.02](https://support.headq.io/hs-fs/hubfs/Knowledge%20base/N%C3%A4ytt%C3%B6kuva%202026-08-31%20kello%2013.07.02.png?width=670&height=95&name=N%C3%A4ytt%C3%B6kuva%202026-08-31%20kello%2013.07.02.png)![Näyttökuva 2026-09-22 kello 9.34.06](https://support.headq.io/hs-fs/hubfs/Knowledge%20base/N%C3%A4ytt%C3%B6kuva%202026-09-22%20kello%209.34.06.png?width=389&height=220&name=N%C3%A4ytt%C3%B6kuva%202026-09-22%20kello%209.34.06.png) ### 4. Product Settings Overrides the Category (or Storefront/Store) setting for one individual product. **Where:** Products → open the product → Catalog and manufacturer details **Options:** Use Category, Storefront or Store settings, Shopping Cart, Quote Cart (Without prices), Quote Cart (Display prices), Both carts ![Näyttökuva 2026-09-22 kello 9.39.20](https://support.headq.io/hs-fs/hubfs/Knowledge%20base/N%C3%A4ytt%C3%B6kuva%202026-09-22%20kello%209.39.20.png?width=670&height=117&name=N%C3%A4ytt%C3%B6kuva%202026-09-22%20kello%209.39.20.png) ### Summary Because each level can override the one above it, you can mix and match freely: sell most of your catalog directly while keeping specific categories or individual products behind a quote request, or the other way around. 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