What are cart discounts?
Cart discounts give campaigners the ability to encourage backers to add more to their cart during checkout in order to get higher discounts. This makes it easy for campaigners to increase total order size while giving backers more bang for their buck.
How do cart discounts work?
Cart discounts are shown on the campaign page and during checkout. When a backer’s cart total reaches a dollar amount threshold, a cart discount is applied automatically to the total amount in the cart. This total is calculated off the amount the backer is contributing, not the retail price of the perk(s).
If there is another higher threshold that can be reached, that threshold is displayed (along with the discount the backer will receive).
At checkout, backers will see their total savings, including the retail price discount and cart discount.
How do I set up cart discounts?
Cart discounts can be configured in the discounts section of create-edit. We recommend choosing either % discounts or dollar amount discounts for all cart discounts to keep things clear for backers.
Start by adding a new discount and configuring:
- A name to help campaigners to stay organized. It is not shown to backers
- Whether the discount should be given as a % of the cart total or as a fixed dollar amount
- The discount value (% of the discount or fixed dollar amount)
- The minimum qualifying cart value at which the discount should apply.
- Whether the discount should be active
Discounts can be optionally set to activate and deactivate on specific days and times
How do I deactivate cart discounts?
Deactivating a discount hides it from the campaign page and prevents future campaigners from receiving the discount when they checkout.
Cart discounts can be deactivated by unchecking the “Discount Active?” checkbox when editing a discount.
Why can’t I delete/edit fields for my cart discount?
If a discount has been applied to at least one contribution, the fields cannot be changed. If you would like to prevent a discount from being applied to future contributions, you can deactivate the discount.