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title: "Stackable \"Automatic\" promotions"
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As a general rule, up to 4 promotions can apply at the same time to a single order when each one has a different activation mode:

-   By code or link
-   Automatic
-   By shipping option
-   By payment method

As long as they are marked as "stackable"

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As an exception, promotions with the "Automatic" activation mode allow **multiple** promotions to stack under the same activation mode **as long as they are all tied to different product groups.**

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> **Warning**
>
> **Before going on, let's recall how product groups are used in the context of a promotion**

### Product groups

A product group is a set of products defined by:

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-   Type
-   Brand
-   Tag
-   Collection

## What product groups do

1.  ### Link the discount: who gets it?
    

When a promotion is linked to one of these sets, the configured discount, percentage or fixed, applies only to these products when they are in the shopping cart and not to the rest. That is, it applies at the item level and not at the order level. If the discount to apply is "Free shipping", it clearly applies to the whole order.

2.  ### Meet filters (count limits)
    

If you have filters for minimum and maximum units or price ranges, when you use this option those filters are calculated taking into account only the products in the cart that belong to this group, and not all of them, which is the default behavior.

### Example

*"When you buy 1* ***Bicycle****, get a* ***Helmet*** *at 50% off"*

In this case, both product groups are used.

-   The first one defines which group the promotion is linked to: it can be products of the **type** "Helmet", products from a **collection** that contains these helmets, since you may not want to apply the discount to all of them, or products with a specific **tag**, for example: "helmet-50". It can also be **brands**, but the brand probably doesn't sell only "helmets".
    
    For this example, we decided to apply it to a Tag, *"helmet-50"*.
    
    After selecting the linked group, you need to set whether the units added from the same linked group will be counted to activate the promotion (used for 2x1), or, as in our case, it depends on the count of a second group: Bicycles.
    

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-   Select the second group for counting. It can be: products of the **type** "Bicycle", a **collection** that contains these bicycles, or products with a specific **tag**, for example: "Bicycle-helmet", or **brand**, but as we said before, these brands may represent products other than helmets. In this case, Type: "*Bicycle"*

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The result: every time a product of type *Bicycle* is added, I get a helmet at 50% off among the products with the tag *helmet-50*.

  

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## ...Back to stackable "Automatic" promotions

> **Danger**
>
> **It is important to clarify that:**
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> -   All promotions with a percentage discount apply to the net value.
> -   The fixed discount is added to the total of the percentage discounts generated.
> -   To stack, the product must be in different linked groups.
> -   If 2 or more promotions have the same linked product group and a product is added to the cart, the highest discount is applied.

  

### Let's look at some examples:

**Case 1:** successful stackable promotion:

We have 4 promotions:

1.  "10% off Shoes" (promotion linked to a product group by **Type** \= Shoes)
2.  "$5.000 off all New Balance"++ (promotion linked to a product group by **Brand** = New Balance)
3.  "20% off selected items" (promotion linked to a product group by **Tag** = *Clearance*)
4.  "Free Shipping"++ (promotion linked to a product group by **Collection** = Free shipping)

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**Result:**

We have the product "New Balance BB550", which meets all the criteria:

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So, just by adding this product to the cart you will get 4 automatic promotions:

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> **Note**
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> All discounts applied to the net value:
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> -   10% of $70.000 ($7.000)
> -   20% of $70.000 ($14.000)
> -   \- $5.000 fixed
>
> **Total discount: $26.000**

**Case 2:** stackable promotion **without** success:

There are 2 promotions:

1.  "20% off selected items" (promotion linked to a product group by **Tag** = *Clearance*)
2.  "50% off selected items" (promotion linked to a product group by **Tag** = *Clearance*)

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In most cases this is the result of a mistake: having two promotions under the same activation mode and linked to the same "Clearance" group, or a promotion you created a long time ago and never set an expiration date for, among other possibilities.

**Result:**

In this case, 50% and 20% will not be applied respectively. The system will choose to apply the highest discount: 50%, even if that promotion is older.

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