PrestaShop 1.5.x. How to manage cart price rules

1. Login to your PrestaShop admin panel and navigate to Price Rules -> Cart Rules

2. Here you can view existing Cart Rules. Click Add new button to add a new cart rule.

You should see the following options:

3. Information tab

Name – The name is public, so you should keep it casual.

Description – The description is not public. It helps your shop employees understand why the rule was created.

Code – Give your rule a unique code. You can either create one manually (and therefore use readable words, like 1VOUCH4JOE), or have PrestaShop generate one unique string by clicking the “Click to generate random code” button.
Note that if no code is set, the rule will apply to any customer fitting the other conditions:
– If there is a code, then customer have to enter it during the ordering process.
– If there is no code, then the rule is automatically applied to benefiting customers.

Partial use – If disabled, the rule/voucher can only be used once, even if it is not completely used. If enabled, a new voucher is created when the current one is not completely used.

Priority – If a customer (or group of customers) is eligible for more than one voucher, or if more than one voucher can be applied to an order, then PrestaShop applies said voucher one by one in the alphanumerical order. You can change that order by placing a lower priority to you voucher. By default, they all have a priority of 1. If you set it to a higher number, the voucher will be applied after vouchers with a lower number.

Status – You can disable and enable a rule whenever you feel is necessary.

4. Conditions tab

Limit to a single customer – This is where you indicate that the voucher you are creating is for one customer only. Type in the first few letters of their first name, last name or e-mail in the text field. If empty, PrestaShop will understand than any customer can use it

Validity – The default validity is one month, but you can reduce that to one week or even one day.

Minimum amount – The minimum order amount under which the voucher is not applicable. Your voucher will only be applicable if the customer’s order is above the given amount. You can choose if that amount should include taxes and/or shipping costs.

Total available – Set a quantity of available vouchers

Total available for each user – You can set the number of times a voucher can be used for each user.

The check-boxes at the bottom of the section are very important, as they help you further filter to what or to whom the rule is to be applied.

Country selection – You can limit discount usage for particular Countries.

Carrier selection – You can make it so that the customer will have a discount if he or she chooses a specific carrier for the package delivery.

Customer group selection – This is very useful. Thanks to PrestaShop’s group creation tool, you can create discount that apply to a range of users, and build other conditions on top of that discount thanks to the cart rule creation tool.

Compatibility with other cart rules – By default, an order can benefit from any number of cart rules. With this option, you can tell PrestaShop that this rule cannot be combined with a selection of other rules. This option only appears if you have more than one cart rule.

Product selection – Another very useful tool, which enables to create automatic vouchers for cart which contain specific products.

Shop selection – By default, a cart rule applies to all your stores. With this option, you can make it so that rule only applies to a selection of your stores.

5. Actions tab

Free shipping – The rule treats benefiting customers to free shipping.

Apply a discount
Percent (%) – The rule applies to a percentage of the order total.
Amount – The rule applies a monetary discount on the order total. You can choose whether taxes are applied to the discount or not.
None – The rule does not offer any discount on the order. Choosing this option makes the next section, “Apply discount to“, disappear.

Apply discount to
Order (without shipping) – The discount applies to the whole order.
Specific product – You can choose to which product the discount should apply: type the first letters of the product, and choose in the list of matching names.
Cheapest product – Only available for the “Percent (%)” option.
Selected product(s) – The customer can choose on which products the discount should be applied. Only available for the “Percent (%)” option.

Send a free gift – You can choose to offer a gift for some conditions. A field appears: type the first letters of the product, and choose in the list of matching names.

6. Click Save or Save and stay button to save your Cart Rule

Feel free to check the detailed video tutorial below:

PrestaShop 1.5.x. How to manage cart price rules