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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.

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Post-Holiday Pricing: How to Exit a Sale Without Killing Momentum
6 min read
Profit & Strategy

Post-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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#profit-strategy#post-holiday-pricing#discount-strategy
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What Our Second BFCM Broke (and Fixed) in Discount Prime
5 min read
Build in Public

What 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.

Discount Prime TeamDiscount Prime Team
#build-in-public#shopify#engineering
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How to Protect Margin During Sitewide Sales
5 min read
Profit & Strategy

How to Protect Margin During Sitewide Sales

A sitewide sale on Shopify need not shred your margin. Use exclusions, collection carve-outs, and combination caps to discount storewide and keep your profit.

Discount Prime TeamDiscount Prime Team
#sitewide-sale#profit-strategy#shopify
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BFCM 2024 Discount Playbook: Deep or Wide, but Not Both
5 min read
Discounts & Promotions

BFCM 2024 Discount Playbook: Deep or Wide, but Not Both

The BFCM 2024 discount strategy that protects margin: go deep on a few products or wide across the store, but never both at once. A playbook with worked math.

Discount Prime TeamDiscount Prime Team
#bfcm#shopify#discount-strategy
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Pre-BFCM Checklist: Get Your Discounts Ready Before November
5 min read
Discounts & Promotions

Pre-BFCM Checklist: Get Your Discounts Ready Before November

A pre-BFCM checklist for Shopify stores: set your margin floor, build one hero offer, test combinations, and schedule discounts before the November rush hits.

Discount Prime TeamDiscount Prime Team
#bfcm#shopify#discount-strategy
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