Creating Discount Code Groups with BigCommerce

Once you connect with BigCommerce, GRIN lets you generate discount code groups and assign them to your creators, who can then share their discount codes so their audiences can use the codes when purchasing your products. Since your BigCommerce store is also integrated in GRIN, you can track a discount code’s revenue and attribute them to the associated creator. 

What you'll need

• A Brand integrated with BigCommerce. For more information, see Integrating with BigCommerce.

How to do it

1. Navigate to Brands > Discounts.

2. Select + New Group.
3. In Step 1. Group Options, complete the following fields:
   • Group Name (Internal Use): The name of the discount code group that will be displayed in gGRIN.
   • How Should New Codes be Assigned?: Determine how your code group will be assigned to creators. 
     1. If you want to generate codes in GRIN, choose Generated automatically. 
     2. If you already have codes ready in your ecommerce store and would like to link those to a discount code group in GRIN, choose I have already created them. 
   • Code Pattern: Create the code that will be assigned to creators. You can click and drag Variables into the code to update automatically based off of the creator. For example, if you use the [first_name] variable in your code pattern, then assigning a creator named Jane Adams the discount code group [first_name]10OFF will display as Jane10OFF for Jane.

4. Select Step 2. Discount Options and choose the type of discount you'd like your code to apply to purchases. 
   1. If you choose any type other than Free Shipping, then also provide a Discount Amount.
5. Select Step 3. Discount Conditions and choose whether to apply the code to the Entire Order or Specific Products, as well as if you want the order to have a Minimum Requirement before the discount applies. 
   1. If you selected Specific Products, you'll also need to select those products from your ecommerce store. 
   2. If you selected Minimum purchase amount, you'll also need to provide a Minimum Purchase Amount. 
6. Select Step 4. Discount Usage Limits and complete the following fields: 
   • Limit Total Number of Uses: Choose whether to enforce a limit on how many times a creator's code can be used.
   • Number of Uses: If you selected Yes for Limit Total Number of Uses, this field will appear, and you must provide a usage limit.
   • Limit Total Number of Uses Per Customer: Choose whether to limit the number of times a customer can use a discount code. 
   • Limit of Uses Per Customer: If you selected Yes for Limit Total Number of Uses Per Customer, this field will appear, and you must provide a usage limit.
   • Set an Expiration Date?: Choose whether to set an expiration date for the code.
   • End Date: If you selected Yes for Set an Expiration Date?, this field will appear, and you must choose a date to end the discount. 

7. Select Step 5. Affiliate Settings to choose a Payout Type and specify the Payout Value that creators will receive when the discount code is used.

8. Select Save.

Your discount code group has been created. Now, you're ready to generate and assign this code group to your creators. Once customers start using your creators' codes, you'll be able to track conversions and activity for those codes within GRIN.