How to build a shopping cart with m-Power

This deep dive into m-Power's build process creates a working online shopping cart from scratch. Customers can browse a product catalog, add items to a cart, and check out securely, then receive an email confirmation and receipt. The whole build takes about an hour. Watch the full walkthrough below.

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The m-Power Demo Video Series: shopping cart

The m-Power Demo Video Series takes you on a deep dive into m-Power's build process, walking you through a start-to-finish development project. In every video, we tackle a project that would require days or weeks of manual coding, and complete the whole thing in under two hours.

In this project, we build a custom shopping cart. Customers can securely browse a product catalog, add items to their cart, and check out. Once they submit an order, they receive an email confirmation and a receipt. Each step is explained as we go.

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There are very few instances I've run into with m-Power where I'm hitting a brick wall and the software itself is a limiter. There's very little we can't do with it. Our imagination is the only limiter.

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Page updated July 2026

How long does it take to build a shopping cart like this?

The full walkthrough runs about an hour, from an empty data dictionary to a working cart with a catalog, checkout, receipts, and confirmation emails. Your own timeline depends on scope and customization, but the build steps are the same ones shown here.

The project places the cart behind a login, so only registered users can browse the catalog and place orders. m-Power supports both application-level and row-level security, which you can add to any application you build.

No. The build process is template-driven, so people who know their data can build the catalog, cart, and checkout without writing code. Developers can go further and edit the generated code directly when they want to.
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