discount code for applicants.

Hi there,

I have figured out how to apply discount codes. My question now is how to apply a percentage discount instead of an exact value? For example, I want to provide discounts like 5% instead of a fixed $5.

I thought of doing a workaround by maybe multiplying the price to, let’s say, 0.05 for a 5% discount then subtract this value from @price but that doesn’t seem to be possible either?

Would appreciate a response and recommendation!

Thank you

Jenna - this comes from a fellow user

You can set a numeric variable to a decimal place ie discount1 = .05  and discount2 = .1 (for 5 and 10 percent. I have done that in this little example form

here’s a screen shot of the variables created in the advanced logic area: 

hope this helps

des

Hi Des,

Thank you! I’d love to try it out although your linked example form is inaccessible to me:
 

With these decimals, how should I set it up in the logic though? :)

Thank you so much!

Regards,

Jenna

Hi again,

I have set this up but I couldn’t seem to subtract the discount (price x .05) from the price:

What should I do next? 

Thank you so much!

@Jenna - what you have calculated in that image is the amount of the discount. but what you have done is reset the price variable to just the amount of discount = instead of $100 price, it will now be say $5

try it this way: 

• create a variable called discount_amount
• logic rules:
  • if coupon code = launch, then add “product price” to discount_amount
  • if discount_amount is greater than 0, then multply discount_amount by discount5 (using your variable from the image) 
  • if “product price” is greater than 0, add product price to price variable
  • if discount_amount is greater than 0, then subtract discount_amount from price 

that would the discounted amount

alternatively change your discount variable values to be .95 for the 5% discount, then your multiplication of the price will give you the discounted value