# Pop up blocker blocks my shopping cart
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-up-blocker-blocks-my-shopping-cart/248093
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [June 1, 2004, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-up-blocker-blocks-my-shopping-cart/248093 "2004-06-01T16:40:00Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@chuckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chuckster)
#### Post date: [June 1, 2004, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-up-blocker-blocks-my-shopping-cart/248093/1 "2004-06-01T16:40:00Z")
I’m integrating a pay-pal shopping cart onto a web site I’m designing. I spent a lot of time trying to get it to work, then realized there was no problem with the code. The shopping cart appears as a window on the website, and it was being blocked by the pop-up blocker. I was able to fix the problem easily by disabling the blocker for this domain, but I don’t think a lot of customers would think to do the same. I could put a message on the web page saying something like ‘hey, you, the shopping cart will not work unless you disable the pop up blocker!’, but there must be a better way. Have any of you guys out there had the same problem, and if so, how did you deal with it?
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### Author:  [@Bruce\_Daddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bruce_Daddy)
#### Post date: [June 1, 2004, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-up-blocker-blocks-my-shopping-cart/248093/2 "2004-06-01T17:26:04Z")
Most popup blockers will allow the popup if the user holds the ‘shift’ key down. You could put some text beside the button to indicate that.
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### Author:  [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)
#### Post date: [June 1, 2004, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-up-blocker-blocks-my-shopping-cart/248093/3 "2004-06-01T18:16:23Z")
Just to make sure the obvious is covered, can you make the shopping cart not be a pop-up, and be integrated into the page?