Amount off products with amount limits

A percentage discount with a cap on the discount amount. With Shopify's built-in percentage discounts, the more expensive the product, the larger the discount. This type stops at "up to $N."

Example: 50% off, up to $10 off

How to create one

In the Shopify admin, go to Discounts and click Create discount.
Choose Amount off products with amount limits.
Under Method, choose Discount code or Automatic discount. For a discount code, enter the code here.
In the Value card, enter the Discount percentage and the Maximum discount amount.
In the same Value card, under Applies to, choose Specific collections or Specific products and add the items to discount. Products can also be selected variant by variant.
In the same Value card, choose an Applicable method. This changes how the cap works (see below).
Click Save.

What you can configure

Card	What it does
Method	Discount code / Automatic discount
Value	Discount percentage, maximum discount amount, the items to discount (collections, products, variants), purchase type, applicable method
How to handle items already on sale	Don't apply / Stack on top of the sale price
Point of sale (POS)	All channels / Not at point of sale / Only at point of sale
Minimum purchase requirements	Apply only when a minimum amount or quantity is met
Customer eligibility	All customers / specific customers / segments / tags / all customers except those tags / specific markets
Maximum discount uses	Usage limits (shown only for discount codes)
Recurring payments for subscriptions	First payment only / a set number of payments / all payments
Combinations	Whether this discount combines with others
Active dates	Start and end dates
Configuration size	How much of Shopify's configuration capacity this discount uses

The applicable methods

There are two. They decide whether the maximum discount amount is a cap per order or a cap per unit.

Applies only to the most expensive subtotal item in the cart — one discount is attached to the eligible line with the highest subtotal. The amount is the subtotal of all eligible items multiplied by the percentage, stopping at the maximum discount amount.
Applies to each item in the cart individually — the discount is calculated from the unit price, and the maximum discount amount acts as a cap per unit.

The fastest way to see what each option does is a table of products, unit prices and quantities. Worked examples for both options are collected here.

Discount Specifications — Amount off products with amount limits

Things to watch for

If you choose not to discount items already on sale, those items are also left out of the minimum purchase requirement calculation.