13 - Discount Visibility & Offer Urgency
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Source: Comfac Webshop Wiki - Chapter 13
Goal
Make discounts, promotions, and offer deadlines clearly visible to customers throughout the shopping experience - from product browsing to cart to checkout - creating transparency and a sense of urgency.
Feature: Per-Item Discount Display in Cart
What to Show per Line Item
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| [IMG] Server RAM DDR5 32GB Qty: 2
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| SKU: RAM-DDR5-32GB
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| Was: $149.99 (strikethrough)
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| Now: $119.99 (-20%)
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| You save: $60.00 on this item
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| Total: $239.98
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Data Source (all on Quotation Item already)
- price_list_rate = $149.99 (original)
- rate = $119.99 (after discount)
- discount_percentage = 20%
- amount = $239.98
Feature: Offer Deadline / Urgency Display
Where Deadline Data Lives
ERPNext Pricing Rule has these date fields:
- valid_from - Start date of the offer
- valid_upto - End date of the offer (THIS IS THE DEADLINE)
The pricing_rules field on each Quotation Item contains the names of applied pricing rules (JSON string).
How to Surface Deadlines
1. When rendering cart items, parse the pricing_rules field
2. Look up the Pricing Rule document(s)
3. If valid_upto exists, display it as an urgency indicator
Proposed UI
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| [IMG] GPU RTX 4090 Qty: 1
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| SKU: GPU-RTX4090
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| Was: $1,599.00
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| Now: $1,279.20 (-20%)
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| [clock icon] Offer ends: March 1, 2026 (10 days left)
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| [tag icon] "Spring GPU Sale"
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| Total: $1,279.20
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Urgency Levels
| Days Remaining
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Display Style
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| > 14 days
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Green text, informational
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| 7-14 days
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Yellow/orange badge: "Ends soon"
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| 1-7 days
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Red badge: "Only X days left!"
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| < 24 hours
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Red pulsing: "Ends today!"
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| Expired
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Remove discount, recalculate
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Feature: Payment Summary with Savings
In
cart_payment_summary.html:
Subtotal (before discounts) ...... $XXX.XX (strikethrough, muted)
Your Savings ..................... -$XX.XX (green)
Net Total (X Items) .............. $XXX.XX
[Additional Discount ............. -$XX.XX] (if doc.discount_amount)
Tax A ............................ $XX.XX
Tax B ............................ $XX.XX
Grand Total ...................... $XXX.XX
Feature: Product Page Offer Display
On individual product pages, show active offers:
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| GPU RTX 4090
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| Was: $1,599.00
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| Now: $1,279.20
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| [SPRING GPU SALE - 20% OFF]
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| [clock] Offer ends March 1, 2026
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| [bar] Only 10 days left!
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| [Add to Cart]
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Sample Test Scenarios
Scenario 1: Percentage Discount with Deadline
- Product: "DDR5 RAM 32GB" at $149.99
- Pricing Rule: 20% off, valid_upto = March 15, 2026
- Cart should show: $149.99 → $119.99 (-20%), "Offer ends March 15" (24 days)
Scenario 2: Coupon Code Discount
- Product: "1TB NVMe SSD" at $89.99
- Coupon "SAVE15" for 15% off
- Cart should show: $89.99 → $76.49 (-15%), coupon badge
- Buy 2x "Cat6 Network Cable", get 1 free
- Cart should show: 2x at $12.99, 1x FREE, savings = $12.99
Scenario 4: Bundle/System Discount (future)
- Complete server build: $2,500
- System builder bundle discount: 5%
- Cart should show: original total, -5% bundle discount, final price
Scenario 5: Expiring Today
- Product: "USB Hub" at $29.99
- Flash sale: 40% off, valid_upto = today
- Cart should show: $29.99 → $17.99, RED "Offer ends TODAY!"
Scenario 6: Multiple Overlapping Offers
- Product qualifies for both "Brand Sale 10%" and "Category Sale 15%"
- ERPNext applies the better rule (or both, depending on config)
- Cart should show the effective discount and list active offers
See Also: [Webshop-14-Hypothesis-Discount-Deadline-Visibility Chapter 14: Hypothesis - Implementation Plan]
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