Generate codes

A Discount Kit discount that uses codes can hold many unique codes rather than one. Codes are generated by Code Bulk Discounts, our app for bulk codes, and you start a job straight from the Discount Kit discount editor.

Code Bulk required

Install Code Bulk Discounts first. Without it, the Generate codes action doesn’t appear.

Generate codes for a discount

1. Open the discount in Discount Kit

   Save it first, with Discount code as its method. Automatic discounts have no codes.

2. Click More actions, then Generate codes

3. Choose how the codes look

   • Number of codes — how many to add.
   • Characters — Letters only, Numbers only, or Letters and numbers.
   • Code length — characters in each code, not counting the prefix, suffix or job ID.
   • Prefix and Suffix — optional text added to the start or end of every code.
   • Include job ID (recommended) — appends the job’s ID, which keeps codes unique when you run several large jobs.
   • Job title — helps you find the job in Code Bulk. It defaults to the discount’s title and the job ID.

   The Example under the form shows what a code will look like.

4. Click Generate

   The codes are added to the discount in the background. Large jobs can take a few minutes: click Track progress in Code Bulk to follow the job.

Tip

If the length and characters you chose can’t make that many unique codes, the form says so. Use longer codes or generate fewer.

Free codes and plans

Code Bulk includes a number of free codes. The form shows how many you have left, and once they’re used, Subscribe to Code Bulk opens its plans. See the Code Bulk listing for current pricing.

Which discounts can use it

Generate codes is in the editor of the discount types you set up in the Discount Kit app: Custom, Product volume, Order, Gift with purchase and Shipping. You can also start a job from Code Bulk itself.