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fierce bloom Feb 28, 2022, 2:53 AM

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Hi there, I don't think there's a limit on the number of promo codes that you can create based on a coupon.

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But can I ask why you want to create so many promo codes?

jovial acorn Feb 28, 2022, 2:56 AM

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Hey @fierce bloom Thanks for your quick reply! The partner is asking for personalized promo codes that will give the user a discount code to our service.
I am aware, that I could just create a XYZ20 and use that to give 20% off, but our partner believes in exclusivity

fierce bloom Feb 28, 2022, 2:59 AM

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My 2 cents is that managing 10k promo codes are operational costly. But the decision is yours.

jovial acorn Feb 28, 2022, 3:03 AM

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You are right. it is indeed @fierce bloom - since this is a mobile app, i wouldn't be able to see the "count" of how many times a discount code is used as it's not a subscription. Therefore I need to have either:

a reporting for the same discount code XYZ20 with timestamps
when a user used its one it will be disabled, so it can't be re-used by another user. The Partner wants to make sure each user can only get their personalized benefit on their portal for our service

I do understand that this is off topic and don't want to get the attention away from other more stripe related discussions. I really appreciated your input and hope you have a great rest of your sunday/weekend! @fierce bloom

fierce bloom Feb 28, 2022, 3:06 AM

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You can pass in the customer (https://stripe.com/docs/api/promotion_codes/create#create_promotion_code-customer) param when creating the promo code, so that this promo code can only be used by this customer.

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In addition, you can also set max_redemptions to 1 (https://stripe.com/docs/api/promotion_codes/object#promotion_code_object-max_redemptions), so that this promo code can only be used once.

jovial acorn Feb 28, 2022, 3:09 AM

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True, I looked at that. I do not know who the customer is, until the customer decides to grab the code from the partner portal and use it in our service.

I do like the approach f setting a limit of the max redemptions. I will test that part. Thanks!

fierce bloom Feb 28, 2022, 3:11 AM

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Or you can ask the customer to register an account in order to get a promo code. In this way you can increase conversion and also use the customer details to create a customer object.

jovial acorn Feb 28, 2022, 3:16 AM

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I'll give that idea some thought - thanks! Using an universal link or custom url scheme with apple-app-site-association or assetLinks.json that drives a conversion and kicks off the discount code creation is a valid path to consider

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