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B2B & WholesaleVolume Discounts for B2B vs D2C: Same Feature, Different Math
B2B volume discounts and D2C volume discounts use the same feature but different math. Tier depth, case packs, and net terms compared in a side-by-side table.
Profit-first discounting for Shopify
The Discount Prime blog
Guides, playbooks, and product updates for Shopify merchants who treat discounts as pricing strategy. Protect your margin, lift average order value, and run promotions that actually make money. Filter by topic, author, or year.
89 articles
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Build in PublicTwo Years In: The Roadmap Debt of a Small Shopify App
Two years building a Shopify app taught us that roadmap debt is real. What we cut, what survived, and how a small team decides which discount features to build.
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Profit & StrategyNew: Margin-Based Pricing Rules for Dropshippers
Discount Prime now sets dropshipping margin pricing from cost, not a fixed percent. Protect thin margins as supplier costs shift, with a worked example inside.
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Profit & StrategyDropshipping Margins Are Thin. Your Pricing Rules Should Know That.
Dropshipping pricing on Shopify has almost no room for error. Learn why thin margins break flat discount rules, and how cost-aware pricing keeps promotions from going negative.
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Profit & StrategyCOGS on Shopify: Why Cost Data Is the Missing Piece of Your Discount Strategy
Shopify COGS tracking is the data that turns discount guesses into decisions. Learn what to include in cost of goods, why it drives margin, and how to price promotions safely.
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Profit & StrategyNew: Profit Analytics. Margin, Not Just Revenue
Discount Prime now ships profit analytics for Shopify. See margin, not just revenue, on every discount, so you can tell a promotion that earns from one that only moves volume.
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Ecosystem & PlatformShopify Editions Winter '25: What It Signals About Where Discounting Is Going
A discount merchant's read on Shopify Editions Winter 2025: what the platform's direction signals for pricing, checkout, and where custom discount logic is heading next.
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Analytics & ComparisonsNew Year, Cleaner Discounts: Auditing the Promo Debt in Your Store
Run a Shopify discount audit in January: find zombie codes, overlapping automatics, and orphaned campaigns before they leak margin all year. A numbered, seven-step cleanup.
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Profit & StrategyPost-Holiday Pricing: How to Exit a Sale Without Killing Momentum
A calm after-Christmas sales strategy for Shopify: ramp your holiday discount down in stages, swap sitewide for reason-based offers, and pivot to January B2B restock.
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Build in PublicWhat Our Second BFCM Broke (and Fixed) in Discount Prime
An engineering postmortem on Shopify app performance at BFCM: what broke under peak load on Shopify Functions, how we fixed it, and what we changed next.