Purpose
The ARTSABERS shopping cart — Variant C: “The Bench”. One of three variants. This one takes aggressive minimalism: line items are horizontal compact rows with progressive disclosure for full detail, split shipping shown as per-item info bars (not full section groups), minimal options footprint, no cross-sell strip. Cart feels lean and close to done.
Question this variant asks: does aggressive compactness let the customer feel closer to done, or does the reduced surface leave them feeling under-informed?
Direction
Kyber Hull — apply the direction from SAS1. Reuse the CSS gradient + panel-joint hairline background pattern from MAS51/MAS52. Real ARTSABERS product photography. Zero border-radius sitewide.
Sections (top to bottom)
1. Compact page header
- ~200–260px — even more compact than Variants A/B. Panel-joint background.
- Breadcrumb:
Home / Cart.
- Title in ember accent: Cart.
- Sub-line: “3 items · 2 dispatches · Ships direct from workshop”.
- Base trust chip strip: 24-hour UK dispatch · Factory-direct workshop · 1-year duelling warranty · 2,400+ five-star reviews.
2. Free gift band — unlocked state
Compact horizontal band. Not full ember gradient — more restrained: dark carbon with an ember hairline top border + smaller gift icon.
- Left: gift icon + one-line copy Free gift unlocked · Choose one for Dispatch 1.
- Right: 3 gift tiles smaller than Variants A/B (~120×120). One SELECTED. Same URLs:
- Silver Coupler ($19.99) —
https://nerdworks.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Silver-coupler-2-1-768x768.jpg — SELECTED
- Grey Coupler ($19.99) —
https://nerdworks.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Grey-coupler-2-1-768x768.jpg
- Black Covertec ($19.99) —
https://nerdworks.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Black-Covertec-Wheel-Adapter-for-S-RGB-SNV4-PRO-and-Proffie-2.2-Lightsabers-768x768.jpg
3. Main cart — line items as compact horizontal rows
NO shipment groups. Items sit in a flat vertical list. Each item carries a compact dispatch tag as part of its own row (e.g. small ember badge “DISPATCH 1 · 12–14 AUG”).
Line-item row shape (each ~120px tall by default, expandable):
- Left: 100×100 product image.
- Middle: dispatch tag (small ember pill) · product name (heading font) · one-line blade summary (see composite display below) · quantity stepper.
- Right: unit price + line total in ember.
- Bottom row of actions: Save for later · Remove · Show configuration (expander).
Expanded state — when “Show configuration” is clicked, a small inline drawer below the row reveals: full blade spec (colour + type + length + duelling grade), sound fonts count, features (Bluetooth · Smooth swing · Flash on clash · Removable blade), and an “Edit configuration →” link. Mockup should render ONE item in the expanded state so the pattern reads.
Line items:
- Carbon Strike Lightsaber – Xenopixel V3 · dispatch tag “DISPATCH 1 · 12–14 AUG” · Blade summary:
[○ ember] Ember-orange · Neopixel · 36" · qty 1 · unit $459.99 · https://artsabers.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/Carbon_Strike_1-768x768.jpg
- Starkiller SE Lightsaber – Proffie 2.2 · “DISPATCH 1 · 12–14 AUG” ·
[○ red] Red · Neopixel · 32" · Duelling · qty 1 · $299.99 · https://artsabers.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/Starkiller1_SE_1-768x768.jpg · RENDER THIS ONE EXPANDED — the configuration drawer shows: Neopixel Duelling blade, 32″, 34 stock sound fonts + custom, Bluetooth · Smooth swing · Flash on clash · Removable blade, “Edit configuration →” link.
- Mace Windu SE Duelling Lightsaber – S-RGB · “DISPATCH 2 · 25 AUG – 2 SEP” ·
[○ purple] Purple · Baselit · 32" · qty 1 · $164.99 · https://artsabers.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/Mace_Windu_SE_1-768x768.jpg
Dispatch summary strip — after the line items list, a single compact row summarising both dispatches with delivery upgrade options as a link that expands rather than a full radio group:
- Dispatch 1 · 12–14 Aug · FREE Standard · small “Change delivery →” ember link.
- Dispatch 2 · 25 Aug – 2 Sep · FREE Standard · small “Change delivery →” ember link.
- Below both: small explainer body — “Ships direct from our workshop after final assembly + hand-testing. Every hilt is played, tuned, and tested before dispatch.”
4. Options footer row — icon-based, compact
Directly below the line-items area, a horizontal row of small icon-based option toggles. Each icon is a small square with an ember hairline, opens to inline modal-lite on click. Render each icon plus one expanded example.
- Icon 1: Discount code — icon + label. Small applied chip visible next to it: “SAVE10 · -$92.50 · ×”.
- Icon 2: Gift wrap — icon + label. Shown in ON state with small ember dot indicator. Inline expanded panel below the icon row shows: kraft-paper description + textarea with sample gift message + counter.
- Icon 3: Loyalty points — icon + label. Shown OFF state with sub-line “2,400 pts available ($24 off)”.
5. Order summary — right column, ultra-minimal
The most stripped-back summary of the three variants. Just enough to make the CTA a confident action.
- Legend heading: Total.
- Subtotal · $924.97
- Discount · -$92.50
- Gift wrap · $4.99
- Shipping · FREE
- Tax · at checkout
- Hairline
- Total (big ember, largest scale on the page) · $837.46
- BNPL preview: Or 4 × $210 with Klarna · COMING SOON · Under review with our shipping partners.
- Small loyalty earn: +240 pts
- Primary CTA: Checkout → ember gradient full-width
- Trust badges row: SSL padlock + 30-day returns badge + payment icons + Klarna with “SOON”
6. NO cross-sell strip
Deliberately absent per this variant’s philosophy. Cross-selling belongs on shop / product / thank-you pages; the cart is commit-mode.
7. Post-cart reinforcement band
Same as MAS51. Compact.
8. Site footer
Composite line-item display — Variant C treatment
Two-tier display:
- Default (compact): single line under the product name — colour swatch + blade colour + type + length. Example:
[○ ember] Ember-orange · Neopixel · 36"
- Expanded (progressive disclosure): inline drawer with full config table: blade colour, blade type + grade, blade length, sound fonts count, features list, “Edit configuration →” link back to product page.
Render the Starkiller SE row expanded to demonstrate the drawer pattern.
Reuse from prior mockups
- Compact page header + trust chip strip — MAS51 (even more compact for this variant)
- Panel-joint hairline background — MAS51
- Form primitives (quantity stepper, primary/secondary CTA, textarea, character counter) — MAS52
- Post-cart reinforcement band + site footer — MAS51
Kyber Hull styling
- Compact everything — smaller type on secondary content, tighter vertical rhythm
- Ember accent on prices, “FREE” labels, dispatch tags, primary CTA
- Zero border-radius sitewide
- MAS52
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Copy locks (verbatim)
- Title: Cart (minimal)
- Sub-line: “3 items · 2 dispatches · Ships direct from workshop”
- Trust chip strip: 24-hour UK dispatch · Factory-direct workshop · 1-year duelling warranty · 2,400+ five-star reviews
- Free gift band: Free gift unlocked · Choose one for Dispatch 1
- Dispatch summary explainer: “Ships direct from our workshop after final assembly + hand-testing. Every hilt is played, tuned, and tested before dispatch.”
- BNPL: Or 4 × $210 with Klarna · COMING SOON · Under review with our shipping partners.
- Primary CTA: Checkout →