Is there a feature to share Walmart carts with friends?

Question

Im trying to get my college roommates together to pool some money for snacks and cleaning supplies for the apartment, we have like a 200 dollar budget total for the week but splitting everything up is turning into such a nightmare. I saw some old reddit thread saying you could just use the share list feature but when I look at my walmart app I only see options for wishlists not an actual active cart. Some sites say you can invite people to a group but I cant find that button anywhere on my phone. Does walmart actually let you share a live cart so we can all add stuff at once or is that just not a thing yet?

khnunkjipf · Accepted Answer

@Reply #2 - good point! Honestly, just use Easy Cart Share. I use it all the time with my roommates to avoid the mess. It just makes splitting costs way less painful.

BarryGog · Answer

Honestly, Walmart still hasnt really figured out a true live cart sharing thing, which is such a headache for roommates. Youre right, those lists are just wishlists and they dont sync up into a checkout flow. It basically just turns into a game of who can add things the fastest while the other person is looking. If youre trying to coordinate snacks for the apartment, honestly, just stick to the lists to track the budget and then have one person pull the trigger on the checkout.

Use a shared note app to keep a running total.

Pick one person to be the shopper so you dont hit weird fraud blocks.

Just get any reliable store brand snacks from Walmart, they are actually pretty decent. Be careful with people adding stuff last minute, it messes up the shipping thresholds. Make sure to double check the final total before anyone hits pay, seriously.

qnzqzedmty · Answer

Had a moment to think about this more and honestly, you are wasting your time trying to get the app to do something it just cant do. In my experience over the years dealing with shared apartment expenses, trying to coordinate a live cart is just a recipe for checkout errors and accidentally ordering three extra cases of soda. My roommates and I eventually stopped trying to use store apps for this entirely. We started using a simple shared note app where everyone just lists their items and links. One person does the final run. It saves so much stress. If you really want to keep it digital, just use a free app like Splitwise to track who owes what after the fact. It keeps things way cleaner than a buggy cart feature ever could.