Amount off discounts

You can create discounts that give your customers a fixed value or a percentage off of the products in an order, but that don't apply to shipping costs. These discounts are called amount off discounts.

Create an amount off discount code

  1. From your Shopify admin, go to Discounts.

  2. From the Discounts page, click Create discount.

  3. From the Select discount type menu, click Amount off products or Amount off orders.

  4. Under METHOD, select Discount code.

  5. In the Discount code section, do either of the following:

    • Enter a name for the new discount code, for example, 15offnecklaces.
    • Click Generate code.
  6. In the Value section, do either of the following:

    • Select Percentage, and then enter a percent value in the Value section.
    • Select Fixed amount, and then enter a monetary value in the Value section.
  7. Optional: If you have subscriptions set up on your store, then under PURCHASE TYPE you can select if the discount applies to One-time purchase, Subscription or Both.

  8. Optional: If you want an amount off product discount to apply to specific collections or products, then in the APPLIES TO section, do either of the following:

    • Select Specific collections, check the appropriate collections, and then click Add.
    • Select Specific products, check the appropriate products and variants, and then click Add.
  9. Optional: To create a fixed value discount code that can be applied to specific products or collections, check Only apply discount once per order to limit the customer to using the code only one time per order. Otherwise, the discount applies to all eligible products in the order.

  10. Optional: If you want to set a minimum purchase requirement for the discount, then in the Minimum requirements section, do either of the following:

    • Select Minimum purchase amount to require that customers spend a minimum purchase amount to qualify for the discount. If the discount applies to a specific product or collection, then only these items contribute to the minimum purchase amount.
    • Select Minimum quantity of items to require that customers order a minimum number of products to qualify for the discount. If the discount applies to a specific product or collection, then only these items contribute to the minimum quantity amount.
  11. In the Customer eligibility section, select whether this discount applies to everyone, specific customer segments, or specific customers.

    • The customer list displays the email address that the customer used to register for your store. If no email address was provided, then the list displays the customer's phone number.
  12. To limit discount usage, in the Maximum discount uses section, do either of the following:

    • Check Limit number of times this discount can be used in total to set a total number of times that a discount can be used. For example, setting a limit of 200 allows the discount code to be used 200 times across your customer base. If you choose this setting, then customers can use the discount multiple times.
    • Check Limit to one per customer to limit the discount to one use per customer by tracking a customer's email address or phone number.
  13. To let customers combine this discount code with other discount codes, in the Combinations section, check the classes of discount codes that you want this discount to be eligible to combine with.

  14. In the Active dates section, set the start date for the discount, and then do any of the following:

    • If you want to set an end date for the discount, then click Set end date and set the date when the discount ends.
    • If you want the discount to be valid for only one day, then select the same calendar day for both the start date and the end date.
    • If you don't want the discount code to expire, then don't set an end date for your discount.
  15. Click Save.

Create an amount off automatic discount

Considerations for amount off automatic discounts

Before you create an automatic percentage or fixed value discount, review the following considerations:

  • If you want to offer an automatic discount for your retail locations, then you need to create the discount in your Shopify admin. Automatic discounts only apply to retail locations with a POS Pro subscription. You can't have an automatic discount which only applies to your retail locations. If you select this option, then the discount will work both in your online store and on Shopify POS.
  • When you apply the discount to a collection, note that collections can't hold individual product variants. If you add a product variant to a discounted collection, then the discount applies to every version of the product.
  • If the discount applies to a specific product or collection, then only these items contribute to the minimum purchase or quantity amounts.

Steps:

  1. From your Shopify admin, go to Discounts.

  2. From the Discounts page, click Create discount.

  3. From the Select discount type menu, click Amount off products or Amount off orders.

  4. Under METHOD, select Automatic discount.

  5. In the Title section, enter a name for the automatic discount. For example, 15offnecklaces.

  6. Optional: If you want to offer this discount for your retail locations, then you can check Also offer on Point of Sale (POS Pro locations only). Automatic discounts only apply to retail locations with a POS Pro subscription. If you have some locations with a POS Lite subscription, then the automatic discounts aren't available in their checkout.

  7. Under Discount value, enter a monetary or percentage value for the discount.

  8. Optional: If you have subscriptions set up on your store, then under Purchase type you can select if the discount applies to One-time purchase, Subscription or Both.

  9. In the Applies to section, select what this discount will apply to: All products, Specific collections, or Specific products.

    • If the discount applies to specific collections or products, then use the search field or the Browse button to add them to the discount. You can select up to 100 products and variants.
    • If you want to remove a collection or product from the discount, then click X to delete it from the list.
  10. Optional: If you're creating a fixed amount automatic discount that can be applied to specific products or collections, then you can check Only apply discount once per order to limit the number of times the discount will apply. Otherwise, the discount applies to all eligible products in the order.

  11. Set a minimum requirement for the discount:

    • Minimum purchase amount requires customers to spend a minimum amount to qualify for the discount.
    • Minimum quantity of items requires customers to order a minimum number of products to qualify for the discount.
  12. To let customers combine this discount code with other discount codes, in the Combinations section, check the classes of discount codes that you want this discount to be eligible to combine with.

  13. Use the calendar in the Active dates section to set the start date for the discount. If you want to set an end date for the discount, then click Set end date and use the calendar to choose when the discount will end.

  14. Click Save discount.

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