#aki_promotioncodes
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quartz marten
You need to be passing in an actual promotion code ID (should look something like promo_123) - "{{PROMOTION_CODE}}" is just a placeholder we use in the docs
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lyric yacht
oh i see . but what am i missing here? im creating a checkout session (hosted) and the user can activate a coupon code. so i do use "AllowPromotionCodes = true" in my checkout options right? so basically i dont need my "discount" attribute
quartz marten
Yeah, you'd only need to pass in discount if you wanted to prefill the Checkout Session with a specific discount
lyric yacht
with this attribute set to true. my hosted checkout page allows me to put a coupon code right? i have created 2 coupon codes so far. if i try to put in the id , e.g. "FREE" it says its an invalid code
quartz marten
Which API version are you using? I believe no-cost orders in Checkout require an API version of 2023-08-16 or later (see https://docs.stripe.com/payments/checkout/no-cost-orders)
lyric yacht
in my dashboard i have "2023-10-16"
quartz marten
Do you have a Checkout Session ID or URL I can try so I can take a closer look?
lyric yacht
quartz marten
Ah the issue is that you've created a "FREE" coupon, but not the promotion code
lyric yacht
oh i see what you mean.
ok the code is working now.. how do i understand the meaning between a Coupon object and its promotion codes... do i have to create different coupon objects for each "use-case" so to speak. and for each object i create promotion codes that can be used for this?
quartz marten
Can you clarify what you mean by each "use case"? You'd need to create a difference coupon for each different amount/percentage discount you want to give, but you can have multiple promo codes for each coupon.
So say you had a 100% off coupon - you could create different promo codes for different sales events
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lyric yacht
so i was thinking: i am creating a coupon object for my summer events right? name: SUMMER percentage 8% and duration permanent. and everytime when i want to give out promotion codes for my user i will create few codes of this coupon object and give them to my user? its thats how ppl use coupons in stripe?
sour bobcat
Hi, I'm stepping in and catching up.
lyric yacht
im just wondering what is a good practice to use coupon objects. i was confused i thought each object is actually a promotion code. but now i got the idea of it. thanks to karbi so far that its working now haha
sour bobcat
You can learn more about the difference between coupon and promotion codes here, https://docs.stripe.com/payments/checkout/discounts#promotion-codes
The best practice here is that you create the promotion code once, like SUMMER and 8% off and share that promotion code. Once the customers have this promotion code, with allow_promotion_codes: true on the checkout, the end customers will be able to use those to get the discount.
If you want to offer SUMMER1 with 10%, you can create a new promotion code. Otherwise, if you want to keep offering SUMMER with 8% off, you would not need to create a new one.
lyric yacht
i see thank you guys ! appreciate your help 🙂