Managing discount rules

A discount is a reduction to a basic price of goods or services. Whether you have an abundance of a certain type of product, and you need to "get it off your shelves", or you want to increase short-term sales, you can do it by offering a discount.

What is a discount?
Discount is a deduction from the face amount of an invoice, made in advance of its payment.

There are many purposes for discounting. Discounts can be a form of sales promotion. You can reward valuable customers by offering them discounts that target this specific group.

Discounts can also be in a form of price discrimination, like offering discounts to students or the elderly.

Discount types

There are essentially 3 types of discounts in ReadyCMS:

Rules based on orders
rules that apply to customer's single checkout

Set up the discount rules that apply to orders that reach a certain amount of products or a certain cost.
Rules based on customers
rules that apply to specific users or user groups

Set up discount rules that apply to valuable customers to reward them.
Rules based on products
rules that apply to specific products or product categories

Set up discount rules that apply to products which short-term sale you want to boost, or that belong to out-of-date stock.

How to add new discount rules

Sign in to your ReadyCMS account
Go to the Settings dropdown menu
Click on Shop > Discounts
On the Discount rules page click the Add new discount rule button
Select the type of discount rule you want to create
Additional settings will appear depending on the type you chose
For example, let us choose discounts for products or product categories
Enter the name of the discount in the Title field
Choose a product or product category from the corresponding combo box
In the Discount section, define the discount price (whether it's a fixed amount or percentage-based)
Tip:
If you are creating a Free shipping discount rule, select the free shipping option. If you want to learn more, refer to Free shipping.
Define the number of times discount can be used in the Use section
Set the time period in which the discount will be valid
(Optional) In the Other section, you can define the sorting mechanism
Click the toggle switch button Activate rule to activate this discount
Click the Save button to confirm changes