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This container defines the promotional discount as either a monetary amount or a percentage of the sales price.

Important!: You must populate one and only one of the fields in this container:

  • amountOffItem
  • amountOffOrder
  • percentageOffItem
  • percentageOffOrder

Tip: Refer to Configuring discounts for threshold promotions for information and examples on how to combine discountBenefit and discountSpecification values to create different types of promotions.

Types that use DiscountBenefit

DiscountRuleSelectedInventoryDiscount

Calls that use DiscountBenefit

POST
/item_price_markdown
GET
/item_price_markdown/{promotion_id}
PUT
/item_price_markdown/{promotion_id}
POST
/item_promotion
PUT
/item_promotion/{promotion_id}
GET
/item_promotion/{promotion_id}

Fields

Field
Type
Description
amountOffItem
Amount
The monetary amount that is discounted off an item (or items) when the promotion criteria is met.

For threshold promotions, where the buyer triggers the discount, the valid values for this field are:
  5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, 20, 25,
  30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 55, 60, 65,
  70, 75, 80, 85, 90, 95, 100, 110,
  120, 125, 150, 200, 250

For markdown promotions, the range is greater, as outlined below and detailed more precisely here:
  • $1 increments from $5 to $100
  • $5 increments from $105 to $1,000
  • $100 increments from $1,100 to $15,000
amountOffOrder
Amount
Used for threshold promotions, this is the monetary amount that is discounted off an order when the promotion criteria is met. Because this field is valid only for orders, it's not a valid combination to use with markdown promotions.

Valid values for the associated amountOffOrder.value field:
  5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, 20, 25,
  30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 55, 60, 65,
  70, 75, 80, 85, 90, 95, 100, 110,
  120, 125, 150, 200, 250
percentageOffItem
string
The percentage applied to the sales price that is discounted off the promoted item (or items) when the promotion criteria is met.

Valid integer values for percentage off:   Min: 5   Max: 80
percentageOffOrder
string
Used for threshold promotions, this is the percentage of the order price that is discounted off the order when the promotion criteria is met. This field is not value for markdown promotions.

Valid integer values for ORDER_DISCOUNT promotions:   Min: 5   Max: 80

For VOLUME_DISCOUNT promotions: Must be set to 0 for the first discount rule.