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# Percentage Discount

> Let customers redeem points for a percentage discount on their order.

<Note>
  **Where to find this:** Shopify admin → Apps → Yuko Loyalty → Loyalty → Ways to Redeem → Percentage Discount
</Note>

## Introduction

Let customers spend points for a percentage discount on their order (e.g., `1000 points = 10% off`). Best when you want bigger orders to feel rewarded proportionally.

## What problem this solves

Flat-amount discounts under-reward big spenders. A percentage discount scales with cart value, so a customer placing a $300 order with `10% off` gets a meaningfully bigger reward than one redeeming on a $40 order.

## When to use

* You sell high-AOV products where 10–20% is meaningful.
* You want the redemption value to scale with order size.
* You want to drive larger basket sizes by making redemption more attractive on big orders.

## Overview

* Percentage off the order subtotal.
* Optional **maximum cap** to prevent overly generous discounts on huge orders.
* Optional minimum purchase amount.
* Optional combinability and expiry.

## Before you start

<Check>Yuko app is installed on your Shopify store — see [Install Yuko on Shopify](/installation-and-setup/install-on-shopify).</Check>
<Check>The Yuko **Theme App Embed** is enabled in your active theme.</Check>
<Check>Your loyalty program is enabled at **Shopify admin → Apps → Yuko Loyalty → Loyalty → Settings**.</Check>
<Check>Points label and currency are configured.</Check>

## Setup guide

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open the reward">
    Login to your Shopify admin, then go to **Apps → Yuko Loyalty → Loyalty → Ways to Redeem → Percentage Discount**.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Configure basic details">
    Set reward name and description.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Set points and percentage">
    Enter the points cost and the percentage (e.g., `1000 pts = 10% off`).
  </Step>

  <Step title="Configure additional settings">
    * **Minimum / maximum points** allowed.
    * **Minimum purchase amount** to qualify.
    * **Maximum discount cap** — cap the absolute dollar value of the discount.
    * **Combinability** with other discounts.
    * **Expiry** of the issued discount code.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Save & activate">
    Toggle **Active** and click **Save**.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## How it works

1. Customer redeems the reward.
2. Yuko deducts points and issues a Shopify percentage discount code.
3. The percentage applies to the cart subtotal at checkout.
4. If a cap is set, the discount is capped at the cap value.

### Decision guidance

* **Set a maximum cap** for any percentage above 5%. Without it, a $2,000 order can produce a $400 discount you didn't intend.
* **Restrict to non-sale collections** if you're worried about stacking with promos.

### Limitations

* Percentage discounts can stack with sale prices unexpectedly. Use combinability + product exclusions deliberately.
* The discount is issued as a Shopify discount code; same one-code-per-order rule applies unless combinability is enabled.

## Examples

* *High-AOV electronics:* `1000 pts = 10% off`, max $50 cap, $100 minimum order.
* *Apparel store:* `2000 pts = 15% off`, no cap, 30-day expiry, excludes sale collection.

## Best practices

<Tip>**Always set a max cap** for percentages above 5%. Otherwise edge cases will surprise you.</Tip>
<Tip>**Disable combinability with sale promos** unless you've explicitly modelled the impact.</Tip>

## FAQs

<AccordionGroup>
  <Accordion title="Can the discount apply to taxes or shipping?">
    No. Shopify percentage discounts apply to the order subtotal only, before tax and shipping.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="What's the difference vs Amount Discount?">
    Percentage scales with cart value; Amount Discount is fixed. Use percentage for high-AOV stores; amount for predictability.
  </Accordion>
</AccordionGroup>

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