Creating a Discount Coupon

This walkthrough creates a £10 off coupon using the Coupon amount recipe in the rule editor. The result is a discount tied to a coupon code that customers enter at checkout.

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Step by step

Open the recipe gallery

Navigate to WooCommerce → Dino Discounts and click the + Create Discount button in the toolbar on the Discounts tab.

Pick a coupon recipe

In the recipe gallery, find the Coupon-triggered sub-heading under Common mechanisms. You’ll see four tiles:

Recipe	What it creates
Coupon %	A code that applies a percentage off the cart (e.g. SAVE10 → 10% off)
Coupon amount	A code that applies a fixed amount off the cart (e.g. SAVE10 → £10 off)
Coupon shipping	A code that waives shipping
Free gift with coupon code	A code that adds a free gift product

For this walkthrough, select Coupon amount. The editor opens with Reward type pre-set to Amount off cart, and the coupon code marked required in the What triggers it? section.

Set the discount amount and the coupon code

The green Summary box at the top of the editor describes the rule in plain English, with placeholders for the values you haven’t set yet. It updates as you fill in the fields below.

In the Rewards section, set Amount to 10. Reward type is already Amount off cart — leave it as-is for a straightforward £10 off.

In the What triggers it? section, Type a coupon code at checkout is where the code goes. In the Coupon(s) field:

• Pick an existing coupon from the list, or
• Choose + Create new coupon to open the New Coupon modal — enter a Coupon Code like SAVE10 (or click Generate Random Code), leave Coupon Type on Standard, and click Create Coupon

The coupon then shows as a pill in the field — customers enter that code at checkout to activate the discount.

The recipe also asks for a currency. If your store sells in more than one currency, pick one in Where does it apply? → Applies in currency… → Currency. A single-currency store fills this in for you.

Everything else is optional

The other sections are optional. Who is this for? restricts to first-time or returning customers, login state, user roles, past-order count, or lifetime spend. Where does it apply? restricts by zone. When does it apply? sets a date window, days of the week, or hours. Cart contains matching items inside What triggers it? requires particular products in the cart. None are needed for the coupon to work.

Save as draft

Click Save Draft in the top-right corner of the editor. Dino saves the discount and takes you back to the Discounts table. It is saved but not live yet.

Drafts are safe

Saving a draft never affects your live store. Nothing changes for customers until you publish.

Publish your coupon

When you’re happy:

1. On the Discounts tab, find the You have unpublished changes banner at the top
2. Click Publish changes to open the Publish to your shop modal
3. Review the What goes live summary listing every pending change
4. Click Publish changes in the modal

Your coupon is now live. Customers entering SAVE10 at checkout will receive £10 off their order.

Made a mistake? You can always roll back

Every time you publish, Dino Discounts saves a snapshot of your discount configuration. Open the History tab, pick any previous snapshot, and click Restore to rewind to that exact state.

Coupon-vs-WooCommerce interaction

A new discount starts with Allow stacking with WooCommerce coupons (in What triggers it?) switched off, so it won’t apply while a native WooCommerce coupon is on the cart. Switch it on to let both apply. Settings → WooCommerce coupon interaction can also suppress every Dino discount whenever a WooCommerce coupon is applied. See Discount stacking for details.

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What’s next?

• Key Concepts — Understand discounts, recipes, drafts, and stacking
• Build Your Own Discount — The rule editor and its sections, and the reward types
• Targeting — Restrict coupons to specific products or customers
• Discount stacking — Control what happens when multiple discounts apply