A shipping discount takes money off the shipping charge at checkout, automatically, with no code for the shopper to enter. Use it for the classic free-shipping threshold, or to make shipping free on a particular collection. It never changes the shipping rates you configured in Shopify and it never removes a method from the list. To hide, rename or reorder a shipping method, use a delivery rule instead.

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Set one up

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Create the offer

Offers, then Create offer, then Gifts and shipping, then Shipping discount. Two starting templates: Free shipping threshold (“Free shipping over $50”) and Quantity-based shipping (“Buy 2 items, 50% off shipping”).
2

Name it

Shipping discounts have a single Title and it is internal only. Shoppers never see it. What they read on the product page comes from Shipping message further down.
3

Choose the condition

Customer buys products or Customer spends a minimum amount.
4

Set the reward

Discount type percentage or fixed amount, then Discount value. 100% is free shipping.
5

Show it on the product page

Copy the offer ID, add the CartSella — Offers block to your product template and paste the ID in.
6

Activate it

Set the status to Active and save.

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The condition

Condition type has two choices.
The Condition section of a shipping discount, showing the two condition types and the minimum purchase amount field

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Any of these products, or all of them

On a product condition, open More options to change How the products count:
  • Any of these products: everything you selected feeds one shared count, so two of product A plus one of product B is three qualifying units. This is the default.
  • All of them, bought together: the list turns into one row per product, each with its own minimum quantity, and every row must be satisfied before the discount applies.
Switching between the two keeps the products you already picked, so you can try both without selecting anything twice. Collections only exist in the “any” mode.
A shipping discount is a plain gate. It either applies or it does not. There is no multiplier, so spending twice the threshold does not double the discount.

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The reward

Choose Percentage or Fixed amount and enter the value.
The Reward section of a shipping discount with discount type set to percentage and value 100

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Product page display

Shipping message is the single line the storefront card shows. Leave it blank and CartSella writes the line for you from the condition and the reward, for example “Free shipping when you spend 50”. A live preview of the card sits beside the field.
The Product page display section with the Shipping message field and the truck-icon banner preview beside it
This section only appears when the condition is a product condition. A shipping discount driven by a cart total has no particular product page to attach wording to, so its card always writes its own line.
There is no “show on product page” checkbox for this type. Adding the block is the switch: paste the offer ID into a CartSella — Offers block and the card appears exactly there.
The shipping banner as it renders on a product page, a one-line card with a truck icon above the add to cart button
Colours and fonts come from the Customize page and apply to every shipping offer at once. See Theme blocks for placement.

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Show progress toward the threshold

The CartSella — Progress bar block tracks a shipping discount or a gift offer and tells the shopper how much more they need to spend. Set it up under Cart settings, see Cart settings.

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Eligibility

In Eligibility and targeting a shipping discount accepts purchase type, customers’ order history, customer tags, customer location, markets, cart total, item count and products in cart. Two rules are deliberately missing:
  • Traffic source is not offered, because the discount is applied at checkout, where a browser signal such as the referring site cannot be read. Offering it would promise a gate that nothing enforces.
  • Cart weight is only offered on gift offers, for the same reason.
Customer tags and order history only filter shoppers who are signed in. A signed-out visitor still sees the offer, and the checkout re-checks the rule before the discount is granted. Full detail in Advanced settings.

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Tiered free shipping

There is no single offer that gives 50% off shipping at 50 and free shipping at 100. Create one offer per threshold and use Priority in Advanced options so the better one wins when both qualify. Priority 1 beats priority 10.

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Tips

  • Set the threshold above your average order value, but close enough that shoppers will add one more item to reach it.
  • Check the threshold still covers your real shipping cost everywhere you ship. Add a Customer location or Markets rule if it only makes sense in some countries.
  • Free shipping pairs well with a gift offer. A shopper can qualify for both on the same order.