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:
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.
Tip
If you are interested in offering discounts at the content level please refer to this article
Subscription Coupons
Subscription Coupons offer discounts on subscriptions created in the eCommerce section of the platform.
Tip
Please refer to this article if offering subscription coupons.
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.
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:
- From your homepage, select Ecommerce. Then click Global A La Carte Coupons.
- Click Add Coupon.
- 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.
- Click Save.
Admin View
Note
Thought Industries is not responsible for the distribution of your coupon codes.
Learner View
Learner View Detail Page
Learner View Checkout
Appending Coupon Codes to URLS
You can also append a specific coupon code directly to a course detail or course collection 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.
- To append your coupon code to individual courses, use this URL structure
/purchase/course/SLUG/COUPONCODE
- To append your coupon code to course collections, use this URL structure
/purchase/discountGroup/COLLECTION-SLUG/COUPONCODE
Tip
When you first create a content item, the name of the item becomes the end of the slug or URL. The collection slug can be found by viewing the specific collection and noting the slug in the address bar.