Overview
The price summary is the breakdown panel customers see alongside your calculator on the storefront. It shows how the final price is composed — options, fees, discounts, and total. You control which fields appear and how the summary is displayed. Configuration has two parts: choosing which fields to show (in the Calculator AI app) and enabling the summary on your storefront (in the Shopify Theme Customizer).
Steps
- Open your calculator in the editor and go to Calculator Editor → Optional Features → Price Summary.
- Toggle each field on or off using the checkboxes.
- The live preview updates immediately so you can see how the summary looks.
- For the Options field, you can further customize which individual options and variables are listed, reorder them, and rename their labels.
- If you have languages enabled, click the translate icon next to any field to manage its translations.
2. Enable the summary on your storefront
The price summary does not appear on your storefront until you enable it in the Shopify Theme Customizer. There are two ways to display it:
Option A: Built-in to the calculator block — Open the Shopify Theme Customizer, select the CalcAI Calculator block, and check Show price summary in the block settings. You can then choose where the summary appears relative to the calculator (above, below, left, or right) and adjust the spacing and width.
Option B: Separate theme block — Add the CalcAI Price Summary block to your page template in the Theme Customizer. This places the summary independently from the calculator, so you can position it anywhere on the page — for example, in a sticky sidebar.
Details
Available Fields
| Field |
What it shows |
| Options |
Individual option prices and their labels. |
| Quantity |
The selected quantity. |
| Subtotal |
Price before discounts. |
| Quantity Discount |
The active quantity-tier discount when a threshold is met. |
| Discounts |
Calculator-level discounts applied to the subtotal. |
| Fixed Fees |
Individual fixed fee line items and their amounts. Each fee is shown separately. |
| Total |
The final price after all discounts. |
| Unit Price |
Price per unit — most useful with per-unit granularity calculators. |
Options Detail
When "Options" is enabled, you can fine-tune which specific options and pricing variables appear in the summary. Use the Add item dropdown to include options or variables, drag to reorder, and edit the display label for each.
You can also enable Show price difference text to display how each option choice affects the price relative to the base selection.
CalcAI Calculator Block Summary Settings
When you enable Show price summary in the CalcAI Calculator block, these additional settings appear:
| Setting |
Description |
| Summary position |
Where the summary appears relative to the calculator: Above, Below, Left, or Right. |
| Summary spacing |
The gap between the calculator and the summary (0–60 px). |
| Summary width |
How wide the summary panel is when positioned left or right (20–80%). |
Examples
- Simple calculator — You enable only the Total field and check Show price summary in the CalcAI Calculator block. The customer sees one clean price number below the calculator.
- Detailed quote with sidebar summary — You enable Options, Subtotal, Quantity Discount, Discounts, Fixed Fees, and Total. In the Theme Customizer, you set the summary position to Right with 40% width, giving the customer a full cost breakdown alongside the calculator.
- Sticky sidebar summary — You add the CalcAI Price Summary block to a sticky sidebar section in your theme, separate from the calculator. The summary stays visible as the customer scrolls through a long calculator form.
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