Getting started

CS Advanced Discounts helps you create advanced product discounts in Shopify using a set of focused templates. You can use it for automatic discounts or code-based promotions, depending on how you want shoppers to receive the offer.

What you can create with this app

The app currently supports five discount templates:

1. Discount first items
2. Cheapest item deal
3. Quantity savings
4. VIP customer discount
5. Product combo offer

You can create both:

• Code discounts
• Automatic discounts

Across these templates, you can configure:

• Percentage discounts
• Fixed amount discounts
• Cheapest item free for the cheapest-item template
• Product targeting by all products, specific products, or specific collections
• Purchase-type targeting for one-time purchases, subscription purchases, or both
• Minimum purchase amount and minimum purchase quantity rules
• Start and end scheduling
• Active and inactive discount status
• Generated discount codes on supported plans
• Shopify discount combination settings

Pick the right template

Template	Best used for
Discount first items	Discount only the first few eligible items in the cart
Cheapest item deal	Discount one cheapest eligible item
Quantity savings	Reward larger quantities with stronger pricing
VIP customer discount	Offer pricing only to customers with selected Shopify tags
Product combo offer	Discount carts that contain a required set of products together

Choose how shoppers will receive the discount

Code discount

Use a code discount when you want:

• Coupon-style promotions
• Multiple generated codes
• Per-customer usage restrictions
• Usage limit restrictions

Good to know:

• The first code is created with the discount
• Additional codes are added after that
• Code quantity is limited by plan

Automatic discount

Use an automatic discount when you want:

• No code entry required
• Seamless cart or checkout discounting

Good to know:

• Automatic discounts do not use code generation
• Code-count settings are not relevant for automatic discounts

Important things to know before you start

The app has a few important behavior rules:

• Only the five listed templates are available
• VIP eligibility is based on Shopify customer tags, not full customer segmentation
• Product combo requires every configured required product to be present
• Cheapest item deal discounts one cheapest eligible item only
• The app focuses on product discounts, not shipping-only or order-total-only custom discounts

Before you publish your first discount

Review this checklist:

1. You picked the right template for the promotion.
2. Product targeting is broad enough for the intended cart.
3. Purchase type matches one-time, subscription, or both.
4. Minimum amount or quantity rules match the intended threshold.
5. Start and end scheduling reflect the shop timezone.
6. Your plan supports the number of active discounts and generated codes you need.

Next steps

Once the basics are clear, continue with:

• Review template behavior in Discount templates
• Review configuration controls in Managing discounts
• Use Troubleshooting when a discount does not apply as expected