OpenCart Coupon Modules

How coupons work on OpenCart

Editing or inserting a coupon will take the administrator to a form containing the following fields:

• Title: descriptive name.
• Code: The code that the customer must enter on the checkout page to use it.
• Type: The discount can be a fixed amount or a percentage of the total amount.
• Discount: discount amount.
• Total Amount: The amount of items the customer must put in their cart to use the coupon.
• Buyer Authorization: If you select "yes", the customer must log in to their store account to use the coupon. Selecting "no" will allow the customer to use it as a guest.
• Free Shipping: Selecting "yes" gives the buyer free shipping for using the discount code.
• Category: Selecting a category will apply the discount to all products in that category
• Products: You can select individual products by entering their name. To remove products from the list, click the red minus button in the product list below.
• Start Date: The first day the discount can be used.
• End Date: The last day to use the discount.
• Number of Uses: Limits how many times the item can be used by the purchaser.
• Number of uses per customer: Limits the number of times a specific customer can use the coupon.
• Status: Enables or disables for use in the store.

From the information provided above in the General section, we can see that this coupon gives the customer a 10% discount on the MacBook Air product.

Story

The Coupon History tab lists all of the uses of this coupon in the store. The following information will be displayed for each use:

• Order number
• Buyer
• Date added
• Quantity

Coupons in the store

Adding and editing coupons in the admin panel affects the use of coupons in the store's shopping cart.

Checkout Cart

To enable the use of coupons in the store, you must enable the "Consider in order" extension in the corresponding section.

For a customer to use the "-10.00" discount coupon, they must first add the product to their cart from the product page, and then enter the code in the shopping cart. They can enter the promo code in the "Use coupon code" field, and then click "Apply coupon".

When applied, the coupon discount is subtracted from the original amount. The new discounted total will be shown in the coupon (code) total in the order totals section.

The customer will see the discount again in the Confirm Order step in Place an Order: