Product Designer

Adding a Design to the Cart

2 min readUpdated 2026-09-16

When a design is finished, the Add to Cart window is your final checkpoint. It gathers everything about the item — the print locations, the artwork used, the sizes and quantities, and a preview — so you can confirm the order is exactly right before it's placed.

Open the add-to-cart window

  1. Click Add to Cart in the Design Studio.
  2. The window opens with a summary of your designed item and an enhanced preview.

Review the details

Work through each section:

  1. Print Locations — every view you decorated (front, back, sleeves) is listed so you can confirm each placement is intended.
  2. Artwork Size — the physical dimensions of each placement and its DPI. It does not show color counts or file details.
  3. Order Summary — the running price and line items for the design.
  4. A composite mockup of the artwork on the product.

Check Quality Before You Confirm

  1. Quantities are not editable in this window. The size and colour breakdown shown here is read-only — set quantities in the Products panel, or in the roster table for a names-and-numbers order, before you open Add to Cart.
  2. Watch for a DPI warning — if any placed artwork is too low-resolution for a crisp print at its current size, the studio flags it before you continue.
  3. If you see a warning, close the window, scale the artwork down or swap in a higher-resolution file, then reopen it.
  4. The only thing you can type in this window is Order Notes.

Confirm and add

  1. When the locations, artwork, quantities, and preview all look right, confirm to add the item to the cart.
  2. The studio generates the mockup and print-ready files behind the scenes and attaches them to the item.

Tips

  • Resolve every DPI warning before adding — it's much cheaper to fix here than after production.
  • Double-check quantities per size, especially for team and event orders.
  • The preview is what your customer expects to receive, so make sure it matches your intent.

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