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How to bulk-create discount codes

This guide explains how to create multiple discount codes at once, each with a unique code, and how to view, edit, deactivate, and download a group of bulk-created codes.

Written by Costa Bontioti

📝 Overview

The bulk-create tool lets you create multiple discount codes at once, each with its own unique code, so you can give them out to different people. After creating them, you can export the list of codes as plain text.

For example, you might create a batch of codes for vouchers that customers can purchase and gift, then download them to print.

This guide explains how to bulk-create codes and how to manage a group once it is created.


💯 How To Bulk-Create Discount Codes

To create discount codes in bulk, head to Discount Codes Discount Codes Bulk Create.

Opening the bulk create discount codes tool.

Enter the number of codes you need to create:

Entering the number of discount codes to create.

Then configure the rest of the discount code settings as usual.

💡 If you need help with these settings, see the guide on setting up a discount code here. You will need to update each code individually if you want to adjust the purchase type usability, which you can read about here.

After you have saved the settings, you can view the list of codes:

Viewing the list of bulk-created discount codes.


🛠️ How To Manage Bulk Discount Codes

Once you have created a group of codes, you can view, edit, deactivate, reactivate, and download them at any time. Each option is covered below.

View

From Discount Codes Discount Codes, you can filter by group to view all the codes within that group.

Filtering by group to view bulk discount codes.

Edit

If you need to edit a specific code within the group, click Detail next to the code, then click Edit.

Editing a specific code within a bulk group.

To update the settings on all the codes within a group, you will need to deactivate the group (see below) and create a new batch of codes.

Deactivate & Activate

To deactivate all the codes within a group, head to Discount Codes Discount Codes filter by the group click the group name Deactivate.

Deactivating a group of bulk discount codes.

You can make the group active again by clicking Activate all.

Download

To download the codes within a group, head to Discount Codes Discount Codes filter by the group click the group name Copy all codes. Then paste them into a text editor (such as Word or Google Docs) or a spreadsheet (such as Excel or Numbers).

In the example below, the codes have been pasted into an Excel spreadsheet:

Pasted discount codes in a spreadsheet.

⚠️ You can only copy active codes. To copy a list of inactive codes, make them active, copy the codes, then make the group inactive again if needed.

💡 To view your active and inactive codes, see the guide here. For details on how each code has been used, see the discount codes reports guide here.

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