---
title: "Create your first shipping discount"
description: "Step by step, from the dashboard to a working discount, in about 5 minutes."
url: https://rmewfqxya.us.gleap.help/en/articles/2-create-your-first-shipping-discount
collection: "Getting started"
updated: 2026-10-30
language: en
---

# Create your first shipping discount

Step by step, from the dashboard to a working discount, in about 5 minutes.

As an example, this walks through **free shipping on orders over $100** in RM: Advanced Free Shipping. Use your own amounts and options as you go: every setting below can be changed.

Here's the finished example. The numbers match the steps below.

![The Create shipping discount page with the Discount method, Conditions and Discount setup cards numbered 2, 4 and 5, and the Create discount button numbered 7](https://staticfiles.us.gleap.ai/p6ad4251a43e13d5e6030fd91/hLow7NmY9LbfbYo3d0eKYfCA3JiYepu0rLJeM8n2qJdOSpqzkb5kAiZjwX9sypOt5DGN8AodJAg.png)

## 1\. Start a new discount

On the app's dashboard, click **Create Shipping Discount**.

## 2\. Choose the discount method

Under **Discount method**, pick one:

-   **Automatic discount** applies by itself when the conditions are met. This is what most stores want for free shipping.
    
-   **Discount code** applies only when the customer enters a code.
    

**Choose carefully: the method can't be changed after the discount is created.** New discounts start on **Discount code**, so switch to **Automatic discount** if that's what you want.

## 3\. Give it a title

For automatic discounts, the **Title** is shown to customers in their cart and at checkout, so write it for them: "Free shipping over $100", not "Rule 3".

For code discounts, the code is what customers see.

## 4\. Add a condition

In **Conditions**, click **Add a condition**. It starts with **Cart total**. For the example:

-   Set the operator to **Is at least**.
    
-   Enter **100**.
    

Leave the conditions empty and the discount applies to every order. See [How rules work](https://rmewfqxya.us.gleap.help/en/articles/5-how-rules-work.md) for the other conditions.

## 5\. Choose what gets discounted

In **Discount setup**, for the example:

-   **Delivery type**: Shipping
    
-   **Which rates**: All shipping rates
    
-   **Discount value**: Free
    

You could instead discount only the cheapest rate or specific rates, or take a percentage or fixed amount off. See [Choose which rates to discount](https://rmewfqxya.us.gleap.help/en/articles/6-choose-which-rates-to-discount.md) and [Discount types](https://rmewfqxya.us.gleap.help/en/articles/7-discount-types.md).

## 6\. Check the other settings

-   **Customers**: All customers, or specific customer segments.
    
-   **Purchase type**: One-time purchases (the default). Change this if you sell subscriptions. See [Subscriptions](https://rmewfqxya.us.gleap.help/en/articles/11-subscriptions.md).
    
-   **Combinations**: Product discounts and Order discounts are ticked by default, so your discount codes and sales still work alongside free shipping. See [Combining with other discounts](https://rmewfqxya.us.gleap.help/en/articles/9-combining-with-other-discounts.md).
    
-   **Active dates**: starts now. Add an end date if it's a promotion.
    

## 7\. Create it

Click **Create discount**. It's live straight away (or from the start date you set).

Want to try it before customers see it? Switch on **Test mode** in the right-hand column before creating it. See [Test a discount before going live](https://rmewfqxya.us.gleap.help/en/articles/3-test-a-discount-before-going-live.md).