diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index 5e2ba1f..a5aaaaa 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ DB_USERNAME=root
 DB_PASSWORD=password
 JWT_SECRET=your_secret_key
 DATABASE_URL="URI"
+SENDGRID_API_KEY="API_KEY"
diff --git a/src/controllers/CartController.ts b/src/controllers/CartController.ts
index 86186ec..0b8464f 100644
--- a/src/controllers/CartController.ts
+++ b/src/controllers/CartController.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { Request, Response } from 'express';
-import { Cart, ICart } from '../mongoose/Schema';
+import { Cart, ICart, Product, Order, IOrder } from '../mongoose/Schema';
+import { sendEmailasync } from '../services/sendGrid';
 
 export async function addToCart(req: Request, res: Response) {
   try {
@@ -21,7 +22,7 @@ export async function addToCart(req: Request, res: Response) {
       } else {
         cart.products[productId] += 1;
       }
-      cart.markModified('products'); // Mark 'products' field as modified
+      cart.markModified('products');
     }
 
     await cart.save();
@@ -32,8 +33,6 @@ export async function addToCart(req: Request, res: Response) {
   }
 }
 
-
-
 export async function listCart(req: Request, res: Response) {
   try {
     const { userId } = req.body;
@@ -48,3 +47,30 @@ export async function listCart(req: Request, res: Response) {
     res.status(500).json({ error: 'An error occurred while listing the cart.' });
   }
 }
+
+export async function checkout(req: Request, res: Response) {
+
+  const { userId } = req.body;
+  const usersCart = await Cart.findOne({ userId });
+  console.log(usersCart)
+  if (!usersCart) {
+    res.status(404).json({ error: 'Cart not found.' });
+    return;
+  }
+
+  const order = await Order.create({
+    userId,
+    products: usersCart.products,
+  });
+
+  console.log(`order: ${order}`)
+  await removeCart(userId);
+  console.log(`cart removed`)
+  sendEmailasync(userId);
+
+  res.status(200).json(order);
+}
+
+async function removeCart(userId: string) {
+  await Cart.deleteOne({ userId });
+}
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diff --git a/src/mongoose/Schema.ts b/src/mongoose/Schema.ts
index c225ee3..5e0ffb0 100644
--- a/src/mongoose/Schema.ts
+++ b/src/mongoose/Schema.ts
@@ -26,6 +26,14 @@ export interface ICart extends Document {
   updatedAt: Date;
 }
 
+export interface IOrder extends Document {
+  userId: string;
+  products: { [itemId: string]: number };
+  emailSent: boolean;
+  createdAt: Date;
+  updatedAt: Date;
+}
+
 const UserSchema: Schema = new Schema({
   firstName: { type: String, required: true },
   lastName: { type: String, required: true },
@@ -52,10 +60,19 @@ const CartSchema: Schema = new Schema({
   updatedAt: { type: Date, default: Date.now },
 });
 
+const OrderSchema: Schema = new Schema({
+  userId: { type: Schema.Types.ObjectId, ref: 'User', required: true },
+  products: { type: Schema.Types.Mixed, default: {} },
+  emailSent: { type: Boolean, default: false },
+  createdAt: { type: Date, default: Date.now },
+  updatedAt: { type: Date, default: Date.now },
+});
+
 ProductSchema.index({ name: 1, userId: 1 }, { unique: true });
 
 const User = mongoose.model<IUser>('User', UserSchema);
 const Product = mongoose.model<IProduct>('Product', ProductSchema);
 const Cart = mongoose.model<ICart>('Cart', CartSchema);
+const Order = mongoose.model<IOrder>('Order', OrderSchema);
 
-export { User, Product, Cart };
+export { User, Product, Cart, Order };
diff --git a/src/routes/cart.ts b/src/routes/cart.ts
index c307fde..5d5644c 100644
--- a/src/routes/cart.ts
+++ b/src/routes/cart.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import express, { Request } from 'express';
 import { authenticateToken } from '../middlewares/checkAuth';
-import { addToCart, listCart } from '../controllers/CartController';
+import { addToCart, listCart, checkout } from '../controllers/CartController';
 
 
 
@@ -9,4 +9,6 @@ const cartRouter = express.Router();
 cartRouter.post('/', authenticateToken, addToCart);
 cartRouter.get('/', authenticateToken, listCart);
 
+cartRouter.post('/checkout', authenticateToken, checkout);
+
 export default cartRouter;
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diff --git a/src/services/sendGrid.ts b/src/services/sendGrid.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a92969a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/services/sendGrid.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+import { config } from "dotenv";
+import { User, Order } from "../mongoose/Schema";
+config();
+
+export async function sendEmailasync (userId: string) {
+  const msg = {
+    to: await User.findOne({ _id: userId }).select('email'),
+    from: 'Ecom',
+    subject: 'Order Confirmation',
+    text: 'Your order has been placed',
+    html: '<strong>Thank you for shopping with us!</strong>'
+  };
+};
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