Add Automatic Discounts on Shopify in a Few Short Steps

Adding automatic discounts to your Shopify store gives business owners an excellent way to increase average order values and accelerate sales. You can use automatic discounts to promote sales and special offers or to give rewards to loyal customers. Alternatively, you might automatically add a discount when a customer's basket adds up to a specific value or with certain product bundling.

How to Add an Automatic Discount on Shopify

There are various Shopify store discounts e-commerce business leaders can use to delight their customers. Discount classes available range from order and product discounts to shipping discounts.

To add an automatic discount to Shopify, you'll need to go to the Shopify admin page and click on the "Discounts" menu item. This will take you to the "Discount codes" tab.

At the top of the page, click on "Automatic discounts" and select "Create automatic discount." Now, choose a title for your discount your customer can easily understand.

Next, under the "Customer buys" section, decide the triggers that need to be in place for your discount to apply. For instance, you might want to use a Shopify buy one get one free discount to automatically remove the price of one item when a customer adds two to their basket.

Can You Stack Multiple Automatic Discounts on Shopify?

Currently, it's only possible to have one active discount (automated) on your Shopify store at any given time. Automatic discounts will also overwrite other codes, and customers will only be able to apply a single discount to each order.

Can Collections Be Discounted on Shopify?

Once you've added your Shopify products to a collection, it's possible to add an automatic discount to the entire collection. This means you can add a specific discount when a customer buys a shirt from a specific t-shirt collection. You can also apply the same discount to multiple collections.