volume discounts and quantity breaks on Shopify

Buy more, save more

Quantity breaks in tiers, such as 2 items 5% off and 3 items 10% off, applied automatically at checkout.

With Shopify alone

Shopify's own discounts can ask for a minimum quantity, but one discount gives one rate. Tiers mean several discounts, and how they combine at checkout is easy to get wrong.

Shoppers also need to see the tiers before checkout, or the deal does little for the order size.

Step by step with Market Manager

  1. Open Deals and create a Buy more, save more deal.
  2. Add the tiers: the quantity and the discount for each, for example 2 items 5% off, 3 items 10% off.
  3. Save it. It runs as an automatic discount at checkout, and you can pause or delete it any time.

What Market Manager does

  • Tiered quantity breaks in one deal
  • Applied at checkout with no code to type
  • Paused, edited or deleted from the app
  • Works next to your scheduled sales, with sale badges and a cart goal in your store

What it doesn't

  • The Free plan has one Buy more, save more deal; Pro and Business have unlimited deals.
  • Deals are automatic discounts, so Shopify's rules for combining discounts apply.
  • The tiers count items in the cart; it doesn't set prices per customer group (VIP prices are a separate Business feature).

On the Free plan

Your questions

Do volume discounts change my product prices?

No. They apply at checkout; the prices on your products stay as they are.

Can a deal and a sale run at the same time?

Yes. A sale lowers prices; a deal applies at checkout on top, as Shopify combines discounts.

Run your next sale with Market Manager

Free plan. Paid plans start with a 7-day free trial.