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title: "Creating discount codes"
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category: "Sales > Discount codes"
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updated_at: 2021-05-06T23:11:16Z
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# Creating discount codes

### Navigating to Discounts

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From the main menu, go to **Sales** and **Index**. In the sales area click on the **Discounts** tab. 

### Creating a new discount code

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Click **Create** and enter the name of your code (you can edit this later if you need to). Click the **Create** button. 

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Once your code is created, use the **Details** panel to enter the discount code information, then click **Update**. 

By default discount codes are created with one condition:

|     Property                    | Operator                       |  Value                            | 
|----------------------|:---------------------:|:---------------------:|
| subtotal                        |     greater-than             |                   0                  |    

This means that the discount code can apply to all orders when it's entered at checkout. You can remove this condition and add more specific conditions as shown below. 

### Discount code conditions

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Use conditions to define more specific situations in which the discount can apply. Conditions allow you to limit the discount code to customers from a specific country, for orders over a certain subtotal, or for those ordering a certain number of items.

### Fields explained

**Code** - This is the code you will share with customers. Keep this short and easy to type to prevent frustration. 

**Description** - This will appear on the checkout page when your customer enters a valid code, so make sure it's clear and descriptive of the discount.

**Valid from** - The date from which the code is valid. Codes without a Valid from date will be valid immediately. 

**Expires** - The date on which the code will expire. Codes without an expiry date will be valid until you delete them or make them inactive. 

**Condition matching** - If your rule has multiple conditions, this defines if the discount should apply whether **all** or **any** of them are matched. 

**Applies to** - Whether the discount is applied to the order **Subtotal** or the **Shipping**. 

**Type** - Choose if this discount is a **Percentage** discount (e.g. 20%) or a **Fixed Value** discount (e.g. £20).

**Currency** - The currency of your discount should match the main shop currency and the products currency. 

**Value** - This is the value of the discount.