Free shipping that protects your margin
Most free shipping tools only show a progress bar. Discount Prime gives you the whole engine: free, percentage, or fixed off shipping, spend and quantity thresholds, subsidy caps, and targeting. All at flat pricing with unlimited orders.
Last updated: June 2026
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What is a shipping discount on Shopify?
A shipping discount reduces or removes the delivery fee a customer pays, usually once their cart meets a condition such as a minimum spend or quantity. It can take the form of free shipping, a percentage off the shipping rate, or a fixed amount off. A free shipping threshold, such as free shipping over $75, is the most common version, used to nudge shoppers to add more to their cart.
A flat discount lowers the price of what shoppers already wanted. A free shipping threshold instead gives them a concrete, achievable goal, and a reason to add the one extra item that pushes the order over the line. That is why a $75 threshold so often raises average order value rather than simply giving margin away. The catch is that free shipping is never actually free, and most tools leave protecting your margin entirely up to you.
Why merchants choose Discount Prime for shipping
Three discount types
Offer free shipping, a percentage off the rate, or a fixed amount off, each gated by spend or quantity thresholds.
Margin-safe caps
Set the maximum rate you will cover, cap the discount at product price, and auto-convert to free shipping when it makes sense.
Precise targeting
Scope offers by country, customer segment, and purchase history such as past orders or total spend.
Progress bar built in
A storefront bar shows shoppers exactly how close they are to the next threshold, with full styling control.
One app for every discount
Shipping sits alongside flat, tiered, spend, bulk, and Buy X Get Y discounts in a single app.
Full transparency
A line-by-line order breakdown and profit analytics show exactly what each shipping offer cost you.
Most shipping apps just show a bar. Discount Prime runs the discount.
The difference is in the controls: how the discount applies, what it costs you on a heavy order, how it lifts the cart, and exactly who gets it. Here is how each one works.
Three shipping discount types, one engine
Cover delivery entirely, take a percentage off the rate, or knock a fixed amount off shipping. Then gate any of them behind a minimum spend or item count, so the offer only fires when the cart earns it.
Discount applies as
- Free shippingCover delivery entirely
- Percentage offe.g. 50% off the rate
- Fixed amount offe.g. $5 off shipping
The hidden cost of doing it badly
Free shipping is never free. Someone pays the carrier, and without a cap, that someone is you, on every order, including heavy and remote ones where it hurts most. Shopify's native free shipping is all or nothing, and the popular shipping apps are display bars that nudge shoppers but never touch the discount or your margin.
How Discount Prime builds a shipping offer
Shipping is a real discount type with its own controls, not a message glued on top of Shopify's default. You choose the reward, the condition, the guardrails, and the targeting, all in one campaign.
Three discount types, flexible conditions
Shipping can be free, a percentage off the rate, or a fixed amount off. Each can be ungated or unlocked by a minimum purchase amount or minimum quantity, with both a minimum and a maximum threshold so you can target a specific cart band.
Guardrails that protect your margin
This is where Discount Prime separates from the bar apps. Three built-in caps keep an aggressive shipping offer from turning into a loss.
- Maximum shipping rate covered sets the most you will subsidize. On a $22 remote order with an $8 cap, the customer pays the extra $14, not you.
- Cap discount at product price ensures a shipping discount never exceeds the value of the product it applies to.
- Auto-convert to free shipping turns a fixed discount that already beats the shipping cost into simple free shipping, instead of overpaying.
A progress bar that does the nudging
The offer needs to be visible at the moment it can change behavior. Discount Prime ships a storefront shipping progress bar that shows shoppers exactly how close they are to the next threshold.
How Discount Prime compares
Each app here is good at its job; the right pick depends on whether you want a display bar or a discount engine, and how much control you need over cost. The table summarizes the shipping-relevant differences.
| Capability | Discount Prime | Hextom Bar | Essential | USO |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Creates the shipping discount | Yes, a real discount engine | No, display bar only | No, bar plus upsell | Yes, free shipping offer |
| Discount types | Free, percentage, or fixed off shipping | Relies on Shopify free shipping | Relies on Shopify free shipping | Free shipping |
| Margin-safe caps | Yes: max rate, cap at price, auto-convert | No | No | Limited |
| Conditions (min spend / qty) | Full, with min and max thresholds | Spend goal (display only) | Spend goal (display only) | Min purchase |
| Targeting | Country, customer segment, purchase history | Geo and page targeting (bar) | Limited | Customer segments |
| Storefront progress bar | Yes | Yes (its core feature) | Yes | Limited |
| One app for all discount types | Yes: flat, tiered, spend, BXGY, bulk | No, shipping bar only | No, bar plus upsell | 9 offer types |
| Pricing model | Flat monthly fee, unlimited orders | Free plus about $9.99/mo | Free plus paid tiers | Flat $19 to $99/mo |
Capabilities and pricing are as of mid-2026 and change often. Confirm current details on each app's Shopify App Store listing. Kite and Discounty are also worth comparing for tiered and budget setups.
Three offers you can build today
Free shipping over $75
Set the type to free, require a $75 minimum, turn on the progress bar, and add a maximum-rate cap so heavy or international orders never blow past your target cost.
$10 off shipping over $120
Use a fixed $10 off the rate, gated at $120, scoped to selected countries. The customer still feels rewarded, and your exposure is capped at $10 per order.
Free express for repeat buyers
Require three or more past orders with a purchase-history condition, then offer free express shipping to those customers only. Everyone else sees the standard threshold.
Frequently asked questions
What is a shipping discount on Shopify?+
Can I offer a percentage or fixed amount off shipping instead of full free shipping?+
How do I stop free shipping from losing money on expensive orders?+
Can I limit a shipping offer to certain countries or customers?+
Does Discount Prime show a free shipping progress bar?+
How much do shipping discounts cost in Discount Prime?+
Make free shipping a growth lever, not a leak
Set up a margin-safe shipping offer in minutes, with subsidy caps, targeting, a storefront progress bar, flat pricing, and unlimited orders.
- Free, percentage, or fixed off shipping
- Margin-safe subsidy caps
- Storefront progress bar included
- 8 campaign types in one app
