Bulk generating discount codes allows you to create multiple discount codes at once instead of creating them individually.
In order to create bulk discounts, first go to the ‘Discounts’ tab in your dashboard pop-out menu.
In the top right hand corner, you will need to select ‘Bulk Discounts.’
Click “Create discount” in the upper right or middle of the page.
- Discount Type: To generate a bulk discount, select "Bulk Discount Codes" under discount type
- Description: This is the description that will be shown when the discount is applied at checkout (for example, you could put "Black Friday sale")
- Discount Prefix: Adds a specific prefix to each code (for example, "SALE" being the prefix. The discount codes would then be something like SALE-XCLADS, SALE-95D373 ...)
- Total amount of codes: How many codes you would like to generate
- Discount Amount: Enter the percent or fixed dollar amount the discount will be for. Note that amount off individual items is only available for a fixed dollar amount.
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- Amount Off: Select either "Entire order" or "Individual item."
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- Amount Off Entire Order: This means that the discount will apply to all the items in the basket. Select an option (All items, Certain Items of this type, Everything except certain items of this type) and an item type (Events, Memberships, Products). You may also switch item types on and off when necessary.
- Amount Off Individual Items: This means that the discount will apply individually to each item in the basket. Select an option (All items, Certain Items of this type, Everything except certain items of this type) and an item type (Events, Memberships, Products). You may also switch item types on and off when necessary.
- Amount Off Entire Order: This means that the discount will apply to all the items in the basket. Select an option (All items, Certain Items of this type, Everything except certain items of this type) and an item type (Events, Memberships, Products). You may also switch item types on and off when necessary.
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- Limits: Set optional limits (Usage limits per customer, item limit per customer, overall usage limits). Though these limits are customizable, with bulk discounts it makes sense to set “Overall usage limit” and “Usage limit per customer” to (1), as each bulk discount codes are typically intended to be used only once.
- Activation Dates: Set discount activation start and end, date and time. If no dates and times are set, the default is an immediate start date, with no end date
- Acceptable Locations: Choose where the discount code can be used, (box office and/or online)
Once the above has been filled in, select ‘Save’ and the desired number of discount codes will be generated in the Bulk Discounts tab.
Your Bulk Discounts can be managed on the Bulk Discount page.
To edit, duplicate, deactivate or download a CSV of your generated code, navigate back to the “bulk discounts” tab and hover your cursor over the code. This will show three dots to click on on the far right of the row. Click that and menu options will appear.
While deactivating your code, a popup like the one below will appear. Please note that this action cannot be undone and it will delete all generated barcodes.
While downloading your CSV, it’s important to note that generating, especially a mass number of codes, will take some time (about 5 minutes for 5000 codes). The ‘Download CSV’ button will not be available until all of the codes have finished generating.
If you'd like to create discount codes one at a time, check out this article.