Key Takeaways
- The best way to add a blog to your SamCart site is with DropInBlog!
- The free trial and quick setup let you test it in a few minutes.
- DropInBlog has different pricing plans for individuals and teams.
SamCart is built for high-converting checkout pages, not for content, so it has no native blog engine. In this guide, we'll show you how to add a blog to your SamCart site in minutes.
The benefits of blogging are widely known, so there’s virtually no need to talk about them this time around. Instead, we’ll just say that creating a blog has become a no-brainer and common practice for the bulk of businesses today.
So, let’s see how to create a blog on SamCart using DropInBlog.
Table of Contents
What Is SamCart?
SamCart is a no-code e-commerce platform that allows users to sell online services, such as coaching and consulting, and digital products like e-books and online courses. SamCart is unique in the sense that it enables users to create a separate landing page with a checkout form for each of their products.
SamCart offers a host of templates to choose from when creating pages. All of the templates are responsive and customizable, and the visual page builder/editor allows you to customize them how you want. The page builder belongs to the category of drag-and-drop editors that are so popular these days. SamCart makes the process of building high-converting pages for your products very easy.
In addition to the templates and visual editor, the platform is focused on getting you more conversions. SamCart offers the following features:
Upsells
Upgrades
Automated abandoned cart recovery
Split-testing
Order bumps, and more
With the platform’s acquisition of Typeset and the launch of SamCart Pages, SamCart users can now create and design landing, checkout, and lead capture pages even more easily. However, despite its latest addition, SamCart isn’t built for blogging. That said, it’s not impossible to add a blog to SamCart and start working on your content marketing strategy. Here, we’ll show you exactly how to do that.
Does SamCart Have a Blog?
From what we said earlier, you might have guessed that SamCart does not include blogging functionality. However, that’s not as big of a drawback as you might think.
More often than not, if a platform has a built-in blog feature, but the main focus of the platform is not blogging, we find this function to have subpar performance. Moreover, they tend to be unsuitable for implementing full-fledged and long-term content marketing strategies.
SamCart is such a useful platform for e-commerce ventures that it would have been a real shame if there wasn’t any way to add a blog to SamCart. Luckily, there is a way with DropInBlog, so there’s no need to worry. Now let’s see what the prerequisites are to get started creating a fully-featured blog on SamCart.
Why SamCart Users Need a Blog
SamCart is optimized for converting traffic that's already arrived. A blog is how you get that traffic. For coaches, course creators, and digital product sellers, blog content does three things SamCart's checkout pages can't:
Pre-sell your offer: blog posts answering "is X right for me?" pre-qualify buyers before they hit your SamCart checkout
Rank for evergreen queries: SamCart pages don't get organic traffic; blog content does, and a single ranking post can drive enrollments for years
Build email list before launches: blog content with content upgrades (templates, checklists) feeds your launch list
How to Add a Blog to Your SamCart Site
In 2026, the platform retired the legacy Launch/Grow/Scale tiers and replaced them with Core, Pro, and Enterprise plans. New customers will see the current pricing inside their SamCart account.
If you're on a legacy Launch/Grow/Scale plan (existing customers can stay on them), the integration steps haven't changed, only the plan names. The Embed block needed for this integration is available on all current plans.
You'll also need a DropInBlog account. The free trial is enough to test the integration before subscribing.
Step 1. Create a Page for Your Blog
To start the integration process, you’ll need to create a new page for your blog. Select the Sites tab from the top menu in your SamCart account, then click on Landing Page from the Create New dropdown.
A slide-out menu will appear, where you should add the name of your page. We’ll name ours “Blog.”
To proceed to the editor, click on the Create Page button in the bottom-right corner.
On the following page, select Blank Template on the left, then click on Next to proceed to template sections.
We suggest adding the pre-built Navigation section and customizing it with links to other pages on your site so your blog visitors can easily access them.
You’ll find more about customizing SamCart’s navigation menu in our integration support doc.
Step 2: Add the Embed Element
Now, let’s create a new section. Simply click on the plus icon under the previous section.
Next, click the plus sign in your new section, then select Embed from the menu that appears.
Everything you’ve done so far was happening in SamCart. For the next step, you’ll need to go to your DropInBlog account, where you’ll find the blog code to add to the Embed element.
Step 3: Copy Your Blog Code from DropInBlog
In your DropInBlog account, navigate to the Code & Layout page, and click on the Copy button under Blog Script.
Return to SamCart and make sure the Embed element’s type is set to Code Snippet. Then paste the code you copied from DropInBlog into the Code Snippet box.
Return to DropInBlog again, and this time, copy the code under Blog Container.
You’ll paste that code into the Embed element in SamCart, right after the code you’ve previously added.
Click on Done near the bottom of the page, and you’ll see a preview of your blog on the right side of the editor.
At this point, you need to publish your site to save the changes. Click the Publish button in the top-right corner, and your blog page will go live.
To view your blog, click on the See Live Page button in the popup that appears after you’ve published a page.
This is how it turned out for us.
Step 4: Verify the Integration
To double-check the DropInBlog-SamCart integration, go to the Code & Layout page in your DropInBlog account and click on the Verify Integration button.
You may be prompted to paste the link to your blog page. If that happens, paste your blog’s link into DropInBlog. If you followed all the steps for this guide, you’ll see a message that your blog is live.
Add New Content to Your SamCart Blog
When you add a DropInBlog blog to your SamCart site, you’ll also add new blog posts from DropInBlog. To start a new post, simply click on the Add Blog Post button from the Posts page of your DropInBlog account.
If you don’t have a content strategy planned, use Blog Pilot™ to generate blog post title ideas and craft outlines in minutes. The tool will analyze your site to identify topic ideas relevant to your niche, and help you move from a blank page to a list of topics you can start writing about right away.
To start the analysis, click on Blog Pilot™ from the menu on the left.
Next, click on the Build My Roadmap button and wait for the tool to retrieve topic suggestions. Once that’s done, you’ll be able to:
Select a blog topic
Generate blog post title ideas
Create blog post outlines
Regardless of how you add your content in your DropInBlog account, it will automatically appear on your SamCart site.
Other Notable DropInBlog Features
Apart from a user-friendly editor and an AI-powered content-planning tool, DropInBlog supports a host of features that help you run an SEO-friendly blog. With DropInBlog, you can:
Optimize your blog for search engines using the built-in SEO analysis tool.
Prepare your content for AI searches by following suggestions from Mention Boost™.
Easily add authors, categories, and related content to your blog posts.
Create reusable content that you can update in a single location.
Automatically generate audio from your written content and increase your blog’s engagement rates.
FAQs
Can you create a blog on SamCart?
Not directly. While SamCart offers many great features, it lacks a built-in blogging functionality. However, that’s not a drawback – it’s possible to integrate a variety of specialized blogging apps, like DropInBlog. That way, you can get the best of SamCart and the content marketing boost you seek.
Is SamCart good for blogging?
Since it doesn’t have a built-in blogging tool, SamCart isn’t a go-to source for blogging sites. Still, it integrates with blogging platforms like DropInBlog, so if you want to add a blog to your SamCart store, you can do that easily.
How can I set up DropInBlog on my SamCart site?
It’s very easy to set up a blog with DropInBlog on your SamCart site. You can do so with two short embed codes. You’ll have a fully functional, professional blog connected to your SamCart e-commerce store in mere minutes.
Does SamCart have good SEO for blogs?
Not really. While it supports some basic SEO features for non-blog pages, it doesn’t have a native blog engine, meaning you can’t create or optimize your blog content in SamCart. If you use a third-party blogging tool for your SamCart website, make sure it comes with built-in SEO.
Happy Blogging!
That’s it! Now you’re all set to start blogging. See how easy it is to create a blog on SamCart? With DropInBlog, it really is a quick and simple process.
Regardless, if you have any questions about the integration process or, for that matter, anything related to blogging on SamCart, write to us – we’d be more than happy to help. Until next time, happy blogging!
