How to Create Cart-Level Discounts in Bigcommerce?

Bigcommerce allows cart-level discounts depending on certain criteria of customer’s shopping cart like if the customer is first–time buyer, met a certain order amount or if he/she has selected a particular brand.

Types of Cart-Level Discounts:

Free Shipping Discount

If a customer purchase “x” units of product “Y”, he gets free shipping to specific shipping zones.
On an order of X USD, get free shipping to specific shipping zones.

Product Discount

If a customer buys one item he gets another similar item free.
If a customer buys one item he gets some other item free.
If a customer buys “X” units of Product A, he gets “Y” units of product B.

Order discounts

If a customer applies certain amount or % discount to the order subtotal, on orders of X USD or more
If a customer applies certain amount or % discount to the order subtotal, based on the order value
A tiered discount can be applied to the products based on the quantity of items ordered within one or more categories.
It can be like order at least X USD, get one unit of Product Y for some amount or % off.
Or, Order at least X USD, get Y% off (one or all) unit(s) of the (least or most) expensive item(s) in the cart (e.g. Order at least $100, get 20% off the least expensive item in the cart).

Category Discounts

In this category, you get amount or % off all items in one or more category.
If a customer buys “x” Units in category A, he gets Y additional units’ in the same category free.

Customer Discounts

“X” USD or x% of discount for repeat customers (only for those who have registered accounts)

Brand discounts

Sellers can apply certain amount of discounts or % discount to each item in one or more brands (can exclude certain brands).

Cart-level discounts creations:

Click on Create a discount rule.
Enter a Rule Name – This is for seller’s own record.

Select a Rule type – This is to mention which category does your discount rule will be applicable. You can also mention discount on products with options/SKUs

Select All customers or group of customers – this will specify which group of customer can avail the discount rule.

Choose the rule’s Duration -this to specify a start and end date and time for your discount to run.

Limit the discount usage to a certain number of customers. Make this discount rule inactive after X uses — refers to total uses, not uses per customer.

Hit this to make your discount rule work.

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