A percentage discount that grows as the customer buys more. The tier is decided by the total quantity of eligible items in the cart.

Example: 5% off from 3 items, 10% off from 5 items

How to create one

  1. In the Shopify admin, go to Discounts and click Create discount.
  2. Choose Tiered amount off products.
  3. Under Method, choose Discount code or Automatic discount. For a discount code, enter the code here.
  4. In the Value card, fill in Minimum quantity and Discount percentage for Tier 1, then do the same for Tier 2. To add another tier, click +Add and Tier 3 appears (three tiers maximum).
  5. 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.
  6. Click Save.

What you can configure

Card What it does
Method Discount code / Automatic discount
Value Minimum quantity and discount percentage per tier (up to 3 tiers), the items to discount (collections, products, variants), purchase type
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
Customer eligibility All customers / specific customers / segments / tags / all customers except those tags / specific markets (shown only for discount codes)
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

This type has no Minimum purchase requirements card and no Applicable method choice. The quantity condition is the tier itself.

How the discount is decided

Worked example

Tier 1 is "5% off from 3 items," Tier 2 is "10% off from 5 items," with Product A and Product B both eligible.

Cart Eligible quantity Tier met Result
Product A × 2 2 none No discount
Product A × 2 + Product B × 1 3 Tier 1 All 3 units are 5% off
Product A × 2 + Product B × 3 5 Tier 2 All 5 units are 10% off

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