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Creating a Global Coupon

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  2. Use Case Information
  3. Coupon Options
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  5. Learner View
  6. Appending URLs for Coupons

If you are interested in offering a discount for your learners, you can create coupons for them to apply to their purchases.

Use Case Information

Coupons allow you to add a discount option to the eCommerce Integration. Coupons can be applied in a varitey of ways. When configured you can control the following:

  • Provide discounts based on percentage or amount off
  • Apply Course Specific Coupons
  • Apply Subscription Coupons
  • Apply Global Coupons to various content Items

Coupon Options

There are three types of coupons you can create in your platform:

01

Content Level Coupons

Content Level Coupons can only be applied to the specific piece of content it is created for. If you are interested in offering discounts at the content level where these coupons can ONLY be applied to a specific piece of content, please refer to this article.

02

Subscription Coupons

Subscription Coupons offer discounts on subscriptions created in the eCommerce section of the platform. Please refer to this article if offering subscription coupons.

03

Global Coupons

Global coupons, otherwise known as Global A la Carte Coupons, can be created to apply toward any individual piece of content, collection, or product. You can set up the desired coupon, along with any limits that should apply, and distribute to learners for use at checkout. Read on to learn more about how to set these up!

Tip

Global Coupons cannot be applied towards subscriptions. Please refer to this article if you are interested learning more about offering coupons for subscriptions.

How to Create a Global Coupon

To create a Global A la Carte Coupon:

  1. From your homepage, select Ecommerce > Coupons.
  2. Click Add Coupon.
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  3. Fill in appropriate information
    • Coupon Code: Enter the specific code you will distribute to learners.
    • Max Redemptions: Determine the # of redemptions you'd like to allow. If left blank, the default is unlimited redemptions.
    • Percent Off OR Amount Off: Enter either the desired percentage or $ amount discount. If entering Percent Off, this must be a positive integer between 1 and 99 and cannot include a decimal point.
    • Applies To: Choose All Learners, Returning Learners Only, or New Learners Only.
    • Redeem By: Enter a date the coupon can be redeemed by. If left blank, there will be no expiration date.
    • Can be used multiple times within the same order?: Here you can decide whether the coupon would apply to all items within an order or just one, since this is a coupon that is applied globally.
    • Activated?: Lastly, you must activate your coupon before learners can apply it during checkout.
      Learner's have two chances to apply the coupon to their order, first on the Detail Page and then again on the Checkout Page.
  4. Click Save.

Tip

You can also import a la carte coupons in bulk with our Bulk Import Coupons API endpoint. Check out API documentation here. Please also download the Field Definitions document and sample CSV file attached to the bottom of this article.

Admin View
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Note

Thought Industries is not responsible for the distribution of your coupon codes.

Learner View

01

Learner View Detail Page

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02

Learner View Checkout

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Appending Coupon Codes to URLS

You can also append a specific coupon code directly to a content item detail page or Ecommerce item detail page URL. This will send learners directly to the checkout flow with the coupon applied, bypassing the learner's step of applying a coupon code during checkout.

Note

Learning Paths are not supported for appended URLs with coupon codes.

Example URLs:

Coupon codes can be appended to URLs for any content or ecommerce item, except learning paths. Here is the general structure:

/purchase/:purchaseable_type/:slug/:coupon_code

Here are some more specific examples to show you the way!

  1. To append your coupon code to individual content items, use this URL structure
    /purchase/course/SLUG/COUPONCODE

    Tip

    Example:

    Video Content URL: https://company.thoughtindustries.com/learn/video/office-minutes-videos

    Global Coupon Code: SERVICE

    Final URL structure to give to learners:

    https://company.thoughtindustries.com/purchase/course/office-minutes-videos/SERVICE
  2. To append your coupon code to course collections, use this URL structure
    /purchase/discountGroup/COLLECTION-SLUG/COUPONCODE
  3. To append your coupon code to a product, use this URL structure
    /purchase/product/PRODUCT-SLUG/COUPONCODE

Tip

To find the URL structure (or slug) to start with, try previewing the detail page for the item! Take note of the slug in the address bar of your browser.

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