How does the app work?
You describe what to discount with conditions — vendor, tag, title, price, inventory, and more. The app builds a collection of every matching product and variant (up to 100,000 variants per rule), creates a native Shopify discount that applies to it at checkout, and keeps the collection up to date as your catalog changes. That replaces hand-picking items one by one and maintaining discount collections yourself: describe the target once, and every future sale reuses it — clone the rule, set the value, schedule it, done.
How does the discount actually apply at checkout?
The app uses Shopify's Discounts API to create real native discounts — the same kind you'd see in your Shopify admin. There's no third-party redirect or workaround. Discounts apply at checkout with full compatibility with Shopify's discount stack, gift cards, and Markets currency conversion.
Doesn't Shopify already limit how many items a discount can target?
Yes — Shopify's native discount engine caps each rule at 100 specifically-selected items (a fully-selected product = 1, a single variant = 1). (Note: this is separate from Shopify's product variant cap, which limits how many variants a single product can have.) That ceiling breaks fast at scale. Variant Discounts is built on Shopify Functions and Shopify's Collection Sources API to lift it: describe what to discount with conditions, and the app automatically builds a collection of every matching product and variant — up to 100,000 variants in a single rule. That collection updates itself as your catalog changes, so newly matching items are covered without touching the rule.
What's the difference between automatic and code-based discounts?
Automatic discounts apply to every eligible cart without the customer needing to enter anything. Code-based discounts require a code at checkout. You choose which type when creating a rule.
Can discount rules be combined with other discounts?
Each rule includes a Combines With setting. You can allow it to stack with order discounts, other product discounts, or shipping discounts — or restrict it to apply alone.
Why does my discount show as a separate item in Shopify Discounts?
Each active rule creates a matching native Shopify discount in your Discounts list. The Shopify entry is managed entirely from inside the app — don't edit it directly in Shopify.
What counts as a discount rule?
Each active rule you create — Amount Off, Buy X Get Y, or Free Shipping — counts toward your plan limit. Only active rules count; toggling a rule off frees up that slot.