Urgency Strips & Recent-Sales Toasts¶
Two lightweight social-proof / scarcity features built into eShopping. The numbers are generated client-side from ranges you configure — they're a friendly UX nudge, not real-time analytics.
Urgency strips¶
A pair of short message strips above the Add-to-Cart button that build urgency. They appear on the product page and in the Quick View modal:
- "23 viewing now" — a number picked from the viewing-count range you set
- "Bought 14h ago" — a time picked from the last-order range you set (e.g.
35m ago,2d ago)
On out-of-stock products the "last order" strip is hidden automatically; the view-count strip still shows.
Configure¶
Turn both strips off to hide them entirely.
Recent-sales toasts¶
Small pop-up toasts at the bottom of the screen showing recent purchase activity, for social proof. They never appear on the cart or checkout pages. Once a visitor closes a toast, no more toasts are shown for the rest of that browsing session.
Configure¶
Set Show on pages to "Off — don't show" to disable.
How the data is sourced¶
Each toast shows a product you list in the Products setting, using the location and time you enter for that entry (for example 77|California|2 hours ago). If the Products field is empty — or none of the listed products can be found — the theme falls back to your catalog automatically, in order: best sellers → featured products → new arrivals (the first that returns products wins). Fallback items show a generated time and no location (just "Someone just purchased …"); locations only appear for products you enter yourself.
There's no order tracking — the toasts are designed for social-proof UX, not analytics. If you want to swap to real-order data, that's a customization beyond the built-in scope; email contact@papathemes.com.
How the demo stores are configured¶
All four demo stores (Industrial, AutoParts, Packaging, Electronics) use the same setup:
| Setting | Value (all four stores) |
|---|---|
| Show live view count | On |
| Show last order time | On |
| View count range | 3–25 viewers (default) |
| Last order time range | 1–48 hours (default) |
| Recent-sales toasts | On — All pages |
Merchant tip: these urgency tactics suit consumer-facing catalogs best. For a strictly B2B catalog you may prefer to turn the view-count and last-order strips off, since B2B buyers tend to be driven more by spec, price, and account terms.
Notes & gotchas¶
- Both features pause when the browser tab is hidden or backgrounded, and resume when it's visible again.
- A visitor can dismiss a toast with its close button; the dismissal is remembered for the rest of the session.
- All toast and strip text is translatable through your store's language settings.