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Commerce marketingReviewed September 7, 2026

What is Discount?

A discount reduces the amount a shopper pays when stated eligibility, product, order, or shipping conditions are met.

Who this applies to#

  • Use a discount only after defining which customers, products, orders, or shipping charges qualify

What Discount requires#

  • State the value, eligibility, timing, and combination rules before launch
Shopify

Shopify supports discount codes and automatic discounts with product, order, buy-X-get-Y, and free-shipping shapes

What this does not require#

  • A discount does not require changing the product's regular price permanently

Common mistakes#

  1. Using discount and markdown interchangeably
  2. Ignoring how discounts combine

Discount checklist#

  • Set eligibility
  • Set the benefit
  • Set dates
  • Test combinations
  • Check margin

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