Promotions Can Work With Recurring Orders
Yes!
If you are using the Recurring Order (Autoship) Add-on, you have the option of creating a promotion that can entice your shoppers into signing up for the recurring order itself.
There are two separate scenarios you can set up in your store:
Promotion Discount Applies to the initial Recurring order only
Promotion Discount Applies to the Recurring order and each recurrence for it
The basic process is the same for both. Here's how to start.
Set up your promotion
After setting up your recurring order products:
Go to Marketing > Promotion Manager and set up your promotion as you normally would.
2. While configuring the promotion rules, look for the "Recurring Orders Only"checkbox.*
3. Place a mark in the checkbox.
4. Continue configuring your promotion as necessary.
5. Save and enable your promotion as usual.
By marking this checkbox, the promotion will only apply when the shopper selects to order the required items as a recurring order. In other words, let's say the promotion is for a 20% discount if they order the item with recurrences. If they merely purchase the item without selecting a recurrence, they will not get the discount. However, if they order the item and select to have it re-ordered via autoship, the discount will apply.
Typically, the promotional discount will only apply to the first initial order while all other subsequent recurring orders are charged at full price. However, if you'd like for the discount to apply to all subsequent orders, you can do this as well by following the next section.
Promotion Applies to All recurrences
After setting up your promotion as described above:
Go to the Modules section of the Online Store Manager.
Using the search bar at the top, search for "Recurring Orders" to view and open the module.
Locate the checkbox labeled "Keep discounts on subsequent orders" and make sure it is marked.
Click Save at the top right to commit your changes.
If you uncheck that box, the promotional discount will only apply to the initial order and all subsequent recurrences of the order will be charged at full price.