You can offer your customers discounts that apply automatically at checkout and on cart.
For an automatic discount to apply correctly, your customers need to add all eligible items
to their carts.
You can have only one active automatic discount at any given time.
Automatic discounts take precedence over discount codes, and customers can't apply multiple
discounts to a single order.
Customers who have an automatic discount applied to their checkout can’t use discount codes.
To create an automatic discount, start from your Shopify admin and click Discounts.
Click Create discount.
Then select Automatic Discount.
You can create three different types of automatic discounts:
* Percentage discount, like 25% off * Fixed amount discount such as $5 off
* Or Buy X get Y discount, such as buy one t-shirt get the second 50% off
Start by entering a name for the new discount.
Under Types, select the discount type that you want to create.
The options below this section change depending on what type of discount you choose to create.
This video discusses the specific steps for each discount type, then finishes with the
final step, which needs to be completed for all discount types.
To skip ahead for your specific discount type, use the timestamps below.
1.
Percentage discount In Discount value, enter the percentage amount
that is taken off when the discount is applied.
Then select whether the discount applies to an entire order, specific collections, or
only specific products.
Use the search tool to add items to the discount.
If you select products, you’re able to select specific variants to apply the discount to.
If you want to remove an item click the X to delete it.
Next, select either a minimum purchase amount or minimum quantity of items purchased before
the discount is applied.
If the discount applies to a specific product or collection, then only these items contribute
to the minimum requirements.
For example, if you create a discount for 15% off t-shirts, with a minimum purchase
amount of ten dollars, then ten dollars’ worth of t-shirts must be added to the cart
before the discount is applied.
To finish this automatic discount, skip ahead using the timestamps.
2.
Fixed amount discount
Under Discount value, enter the dollar amount that is taken off when the discount is applied.
Then select whether the discount applies to an entire order, specific collections, or
only specific products.
Use the search tool to add items to the discount.
If you select products, you’re able to select specific variants to apply the discount to.
If you want to remove an item click the X to delete it.
If you select collections or products, you have the option to click the checkbox only
apply discount once per order.
If you leave this unchecked, the discount will apply to each eligible product in an
order.
Next, select either a minimum purchase amount or minimum quantity of items purchased for
the discount to be applied.
If the discount applies to a specific product or collection, then only these items contribute
to the minimum requirements.
For example, if you create a discount for 15 dollars off the fitness tracker collection,
with a minimum quantity two items purchased, then two fitness trackers from this collection
need to be added to the cart before the discount is applied.
To finish this automatic discount, skip ahead using the timestamps.
3.
Buy X Get Y Discount
In the Customer buys section, select either products or collections from the dropdown
menu.
Then set the quantity of those items a customer needs to add to the cart before the discount
is applied.
Use the search tool to add items the discount.
If you select products, you’re able to select specific variants to apply the discount to.
If you want to remove an item click the X to delete it.
In the Customer gets section, select either products or collections from the dropdown
menu.
Then set the quantity of items that the discount applies to.
Use the search tool for the collection or products to add them to the discount.
If you select products, you’re able to select specific variants to apply the discount to.
Next, choose if the discount takes a percentage off each eligible item, or else make the item
free.
In this example, the customer buys one pair of yoga pants and gets the second 50% off.
Both pairs of Yoga Pants must be added to the cart before the discount is applied.
It’s optional to check the box Set the maximum number of uses per order.
If you check this, enter the maximum number of times that this promotion can be applied
to an order.
For example, you might only want to give a 50% off discount up to three yoga pants per
order.
Or you might let the customer order as many as they like by leaving the box unchecked.
After you complete the steps for the specific discount type, the final step for all automatic
discounts is active dates.
Set the start date when the discount is available.
If you want to set an end date for the discount, click Set end date and use the calendar to
choose when the discount will end.
If you don't choose an end date for your discount, then it has no expiry and will be active unless
you remove it from your available discounts.
Remember, Automatic Discounts can only have one discount active at a time.
Make sure the active dates do not overlap with another automatic discount’s active
dates.
When you’re finished, click Save.
Your new discount appears in the Discounts tab under Automatic discounts.
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