Maintained Discount Protection

Ensure creator discounts stay applied throughout the shopping journey—from landing to checkout completion.

What It Is

Customers who arrive via a creator link shouldn’t lose their discount. Maintained discount protection ensures the code persists across sessions, page navigations, and checkout flows.

Enable Safe Discount Codes in Settings → Discount Settings to protect your base discount codes from coupon scrapers while providing unique codes per checkout.

Key Capabilities

• Session persistence — Discount survives page refreshes
• Cross-device hints — Email links include discount
• Auto-application — Code applied at checkout automatically
• Stacking rules — Define how creator discounts interact with promos
• Expiration handling — Graceful fallback when codes expire
• Safe discount codes — Unique codes per checkout protect base discounts

Safe Discount Codes

Location: Settings → Discount Settings → Enable Safe Discount Codes

What it does:

• Creates a unique, safe discount code every time someone clicks a creator link and starts checkout
• Base discount code (e.g., CREATOR20) remains safe and not exposed to coupon code tools
• Cloned codes are unique per checkout session
• Base discount stays protected from coupon code scrapers

How it works:

1. Customer clicks creator link
2. When checkout starts, a cloned discount is auto-generated
3. The cloned code is unique (includes random number)
4. Base discount remains protected

Code template: Configure the format in Settings → Discount Settings → Safe Discount Code Template:

• Use {FIRSTNAME}, {LASTNAME}, {DISCOUNT} variables
• Example: {FIRSTNAME}{DISCOUNT} → SARAH20 + random → SARAH201234
• Random number always appended for uniqueness

When to enable:

• You want to protect base discount codes from coupon scrapers
• You need unique codes per checkout for tracking
• You’re not using an affiliate platform that already handles this

When to disable:

• You’re using an affiliate platform with built-in discount protection
• You want to use the base discount code directly
• You have custom discount management logic

Initial Settings Guide

Complete guide to configuring safe discount codes and discount settings

Protection Layers

Layer	Method	Persistence
URL parameter	?discount=CODE	Single page
Cart attributes	cc-discount-code	Cart session
Local storage	cc_discount_code	30 days
Checkout URL	/checkout?discount=CODE	Checkout
Email links	Pre-applied in URLs	Per-click

Implementation

{% comment %} On every page {% endcomment %}
{% if cart.attributes['cc-discount-code'] == blank %}
  {% assign stored_code = request.params['discount'] %}
  {% if stored_code %}
    <script>
      fetch('/cart/update.js', {
        method: 'POST',
        headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
        body: JSON.stringify({
          attributes: { 'cc-discount-code': '{{ stored_code }}' }
        })
      });
    </script>
  {% endif %}
{% endif %}

Checkout Auto-Apply

// Before redirect to checkout
const discountCode = cart.attributes['cc-discount-code'];
if (discountCode) {
  window.location.href = `/checkout?discount=${discountCode}`;
}

Edge Cases Handled

Scenario	Solution
Customer clears cookies	Email links restore discount
Code expires mid-session	Show notification + alternative
Multiple codes entered	Last code wins or best-of
Checkout timeout	Discount re-applied on return

How This Connects

• Discount protection is a reliability layer that supports attribution accuracy, creator trust, and consistent shopper UX.
• It works in tandem with Co-branded Carts & Checkout and Shopify-native Attribution by preserving creator context through conversion.

Related

• How Features Connect — System-level map of feature dependencies
• Initial Settings — Configure safe discount codes and templates
• Support Unique Discounts — Technical implementation
• Show Discounted Prices — Display discounted prices in theme
• Discount Code Management — Auto-creation workflows