Discount codes
Pave supports the full Shopify discount stack: customer-typed discount codes, automatic discounts, and order-level discounts. Discounts are visible at every relevant step: cart, checkout, order summary, order confirmation, and customer order detail.
Discount code field on the cart
When the Show discount code field setting is on, under Theme settings > Cart, the cart page displays a field where customers can enter a discount code before reaching checkout. The code is applied immediately, and the cart totals update.
See Cart settings.
How savings are presented
The badge wording, its colors and the minimum discount worth badging are all set once under Discount display, and apply to product cards, product pages, featured products and the cart alike.
That page also covers promotion labels driven by product metafields, for offers Shopify’s discount engine doesn’t model.
Discount codes at checkout
Even if you’ve disabled the cart-side discount code field, customers can still enter codes at checkout. Shopify’s checkout always shows a “Gift card or discount code” field.
Automatic discounts
Automatic discounts (configured in Shopify admin > Discounts) are applied at checkout based on cart contents, with no code required. Pave displays automatic discount line items in the cart’s order summary and on the cart page totals area.
Discounts in the cart
When a discount code is applied successfully:
- The cart shows the savings as a discount line in the totals.
- Each affected line item shows the discounted price (with the original crossed out, when relevant).
- Removing or changing a line item recalculates the discount.
When a discount code is invalid:
- An inline error message is displayed.
- The cart totals do not change.
Discounts at the order level
For percentage-off, fixed-amount-off, or buy-X-get-Y discounts that apply to the whole order, the discount appears as a single line in the cart’s order summary, labeled with the code or the discount name.
Tips
- Keep the cart discount code field enabled unless you have a specific reason. Customers who have a code in hand expect to apply it before checkout.
- Use automatic discounts for storewide promotions (free shipping, percentage off). Codes are best for personalized or campaign-specific offers.
- Test code discount logic. Buy-X-get-Y and complex stacking rules behave differently in cart vs. checkout. Walk a real product through the flow before launching a campaign.
Troubleshooting
- Customer reports the code is invalid. Confirm the code is active, within its date range, and that any conditions (minimum spend, specific products, customer eligibility) are met.
- Discount field doesn’t appear on the cart page. Confirm Show discount code field is on in Theme settings > Cart. The field is on the cart page only; the cart drawer leaves codes to checkout.
- Discount applied at checkout but not in cart. Some discount types (like checkout-only buy-X-get-Y) don’t pre-calculate in the cart. They appear at checkout. This is Shopify’s behavior, not a theme bug.