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Enable and verify Quick Order and Shopping Lists so B2B customers can build
carts faster, save recurring product sets, and reorder more efficiently.
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# Quick Order and Shopping Lists
- Understand why known-item B2B ordering needs faster ways to build carts and repeat orders.
- Distinguish Quick Order from Shopping Lists based on the customer's ordering pattern.
- Verify how customers use Quick Order and Shopping Lists in the storefront.
- Recommend the appropriate module for one-time fast entry, recurring purchases, or both.
# Quick Order and Shopping Lists
Many B2B customers do not browse like consumers. They already know which products they need, often by product number, and they may order the same items repeatedly. For these customers, clicking through category pages is friction, not service.
Quick Order and Shopping Lists remove that friction from different angles. Quick Order helps customers build a cart quickly in one session. Shopping Lists help them save product sets for recurring orders.
This learning unit shows you how both modules work, how customers use them in the storefront, and when each module fits best.
Shopping Lists are available from Shopware 6.6.3.0. If a customer cannot find Shopping Lists, confirm the Shopware version and that the module is activated for them.
## Continue in Your Learning Environment
Use the learning environment from the previous learning units to follow the ordering workflow. If you have not opened it yet, open it here before you continue.
For this learning unit, use a B2B-enabled customer account where Quick Order and Shopping Lists are active. You also need products with known product numbers.
If you want to test file import, prepare a small file with product numbers and quantities.
## The Problem: Repetitive, Known-Item Ordering
B2C shopping is often about discovery. B2B reordering is usually about efficiency.
A workshop that orders the same parts every week does not want to search for each item again. A purchasing team that already has product numbers in a spreadsheet does not want to rebuild the same cart manually. These customers want to enter what they already know and continue to checkout.
> Quick Order and Shopping Lists optimize for B2B customers who already know what they want and order it repeatedly, rather than B2C shopping patterns where customers browse to discover products.
Both modules address the same goal: faster known-item ordering. Quick Order is about entering items quickly in one session. Shopping Lists are about saving items for repeated use. Many customers use both together.
## Quick Order
Quick Order lets a B2B customer build a cart without browsing. Instead of finding each product on its product detail page, the B2B customer works directly with **product numbers and quantities**.
There are two ways to do this:
- A simple **input mask**, where the customer enters product numbers and quantities directly.
- A **file import**, where the customer uploads a file with product numbers and quantities.
B2B customers access **Quick Order** through the account overview in the storefront once the module is active for them.
**Add Products and Quantities:** The customer can search for products by product number or product name and add them to the Quick Order list. After a product is added, the customer sets the required quantity directly in the list.
If the same product is added again, Shopware increases the quantity instead of creating a duplicate entry. This keeps the list clean and prevents the customer from ordering the same product in multiple separate lines by accident.
**Add Products to the Cart:** After the customer has selected the products and quantities, they can add them to the cart. Before the products are added, a confirmation modal appears. The customer can confirm the Quick Order or cancel the action.
This makes Quick Order fast, but still gives the customer a final check before the cart is changed.
**Save Products to a Shopping List:** Quick Order can also be used together with Shopping Lists. Instead of adding the selected products directly to the cart, the customer can add them to a Shopping List.
This is useful when the customer has selected a set of products that should be reused later. Shopping Lists are explained in the next section.
**Import Products From a File:** File import is especially valuable for larger orders. A customer who maintains their needs in a spreadsheet can upload a file with product numbers and quantities and fill the Quick Order list in seconds.
For procurement teams, this can be one of the most useful B2B features because they do not need to add many products manually.
**Clear the Quick Order List:** Before adding products to the cart or to a Shopping List, the customer can remove entries from the Quick Order list. This is helpful when they made a mistake or want to restart the quick entry process.
Quick Order only changes how products enter the cart. Prices, availability, budgets, and approval rules still apply later in the normal cart and checkout flow.
## Shopping Lists
Shopping Lists let a B2B customer **save products for later reuse**. They work similarly to wishlists that B2B customers may know from B2C shopping, but with a stronger B2B focus: Recurring purchasing.
A customer can create a list once and reuse it whenever the same products are needed again. This is useful for monthly restocks, standard equipment sets, or regular consumables for a department or location.
Where Quick Order speeds up one ordering session, Shopping Lists save known product sets for repeated use.
### Storefront: Manage Shopping Lists
B2B customers manage their Shopping Lists from the account overview in the storefront.
From this overview, customers can create new lists and manage existing ones. Depending on the available actions, they can edit, rename, duplicate, or delete a list. They can also open a list to review the saved products and quantities.
A Shopping List is not an order yet. It is a reusable product set. The customer can check the list, adjust quantities if needed, and use it when they want to build a cart again.
### Storefront: Add Products to a Shopping List
Customers can add products to a Shopping List in different ways.
They can use **Quick Order** to collect products by product number and then save the selected products to a list. This is useful when the customer already knows the items they need.
They can also add products from a product detail page while browsing the storefront.
This makes Shopping Lists flexible. A customer can build a list from quick entry, from normal browsing, or from a mix of both.
### Administration: Manage Shopping Lists
Shop administrators can also find the B2B customer's Shopping Lists in the customer's **Company** tab in the administration.
This is useful for support and onboarding. From the administration, you can view the customer's lists and manage them when needed, for example by creating, editing, duplicating, or deleting a list.
When you open a Shopping List, you can review and adjust the products in that list, including their quantities.
For the customer, the main value remains in the storefront: Recurring product sets can be saved once and reused whenever the same buying pattern appears again.
## Match the Modules to the Customer
Both modules are activated like the other B2B Components: Per B2B customer in the customer profile, or preset through a customer group. Once active, each module appears as its own area in the storefront account.
Choosing which module to enable depends on how the customer usually orders.
| Customer Behavior | Fitting Module |
|-----------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------|
| Knows product numbers and orders varied items quickly | Quick Order |
| Maintains product numbers and quantities in a spreadsheet | Quick Order with file import |
| Reorders the same set of products regularly | Shopping Lists |
| Needs fast entry and recurring product sets | Both modules |
Quick Order and Shopping Lists are easy-to-adopt B2B modules because they do not add approval steps or spending limits. They make day-to-day buying faster.
For many B2B customers, these modules are useful early in the setup: After the company account is active, but before more restrictive workflows such as Order Approval, Budget Management, or Individual Pricing are introduced.
## Example: A Workshop's Weekly Restock
A vehicle workshop reorders the same consumables most weeks and occasionally adds parts for specific jobs.
For the regular weekly restock, the workshop creates a Shopping List with standard consumables such as cleaning material, gloves, and frequently used parts. Every Monday, the responsible employee opens the list, checks the quantities, and adds the products to the cart.
When a special repair job comes up, the employee uses Quick Order instead. They enter the extra product numbers from the job sheet or upload a small file, and the products are added to the Quick Order list without browsing through categories.
This is the difference in practice: Shopping Lists make recurring orders reusable, while Quick Order handles fast one-time entry. Together, they reduce browsing without changing the normal cart and checkout rules.
## Common Pitfalls
### Pitfall 1: Enabling Complex Modules but Missing Simple Efficiency Gains
Shop administrators sometimes focus on approval, quotes, budgets, or pricing while overlooking Quick Order and Shopping Lists. For many B2B customers, faster day-to-day ordering is the most visible benefit. Consider these modules early when the customer already knows what they want to buy.
### Pitfall 2: Assuming Quick Order Replaces Shopping Lists
Quick Order speeds up one ordering session. Shopping Lists save product sets for repeated use. They solve related but different problems, and customers often benefit from using both.
### Pitfall 3: Not Mentioning File Import
Customers who would benefit most from file import are often the ones who do not browse and may never discover the option by accident. Make sure such customers know that Quick Order accepts an uploaded file with product numbers and quantities.
### Pitfall 4: Treating Shopping Lists Like Completed Orders
A Shopping List is only a reusable product set. The customer still needs to add the products to the cart and continue through checkout. Prices, availability, budgets, and approval rules can still affect the final order.
## Summary
In this learning unit, you learned:
- Why known-item B2B ordering needs faster ways to build carts and repeat orders.
- How Quick Order builds a cart from product numbers and quantities, either through direct entry or file import.
- How Shopping Lists save product sets for repeated use.
- How customers can add products to Shopping Lists from Quick Order, product detail pages, or the Shopping Lists area.
- How shop administrators can support Shopping Lists from the customer's Company tab in the administration.
- How to choose Quick Order, Shopping Lists, or both based on the customer's ordering pattern.
With Quick Order and Shopping Lists, B2B customers can reduce repetitive browsing and complete recurring purchases more efficiently.
This completes the ordering workflows. In the final course, you will work with Budget Management and Individual Pricing to control financial rules for B2B customers.