# Audience for users with a specific product type in the cart?

Asked by Ilse Hoffmann on 2026-02-18. Tags: cql, audiences, ecommerce.

I want to show a cross-sell banner only when the cart contains a t-shirt. I know
the basic cart conditions like `cart is empty` and `cart's stage is "checkout"`,
but I can't figure out how to look inside the items list.

Something like "cart contains a t-shirt" does not parse. Is there a way to
iterate over cart items in an audience condition, or do I need to track a custom
event every time a t-shirt is added

## 2 answers

### Answer from Tomas Rios (2026-02-18)

You want a quantifier. CQL lets you test whether some element of a list
satisfies a condition:

```cql
some item in cart's items satisfies item's name matches "t-shirt"
```

`matches` does substring matching, so "Basic T-Shirt Black" would still match
as long as the casing lines up (literals are case-sensitive). No custom event
needed, the cart context is already there.

You can combine it with the conditions you already know, for example only
nudging smaller carts:

```cql
some item in cart's items satisfies item's name matches "t-shirt"
and cart's subtotal is less than 100
```

### Answer from katie_w (2026-02-19)

Adding to the answer above, the cart variable exposes more than items: stage,
total, subtotal, coupon, discount, and currency are all queryable. So depending
on what the banner is for you can get fairly specific, e.g. only during
checkout with `cart's stage is "checkout"`, or only when no coupon is applied
yet. Worth skimming the full attribute list once so you know what is available
before reaching for custom events.