What Are the Differences Between Catalog and Cart Price Rules?
Catalog Price Rules
- Catalog price rules can be used to offer products to buyers at a discounted price, based on a set of defined conditions.
- Catalog price rules auto applied to those products which meets the condition of the rule.
- These rules get applied to category and products pages only.
- When a Catalog Price Rule is active in your store, it will show up on your live site in the catalog with the discounted price next to it.
- you can only set discounts on items, and no other promotions such as free shipping.
- Catalog price rule already gets applied before adding a product to the cart.
- Example:if you have applied a 15% discount on men’s category then it will be auto applied to all the products of that particular category.
Cart Price Rules
- Magento Catalog Price Rules is a set of conditions based on customer group, product attributes, and other conditions you use to assign discounts to products in the catalog.
- Unlike catalog price rules, cart rules can have or don’t have a coupon. They allow you to create specific or auto-generated coupons customers can apply on checkout. But if you don’t specify a coupon the rules will be applied automatically.
- Cart price rule applies whenever a customer goes to the shopping cart page to checkout or the customer will apply the coupon code on the shopping cart page.
- At the point when applied, the discount shows up on the shopping cart page under the subtotal.
- Example: Using cart price rule we can apply discount on products, we can provide free shipping and buy-one-get-one free promotions.
Differences
| Catalog Price Rule | Cart Price Rule | |
|---|---|---|
| Visibility | Category and Products Page | Shopping cart and Checkout Page |
| Execution | Applied on product list before adding to cart | Applied on shopping cart |
| Promotion | For the Bulk promotion of a large catalog. | For Specific promotional discount. |
| Shipping | Not Applied To Shipping | Applied To Shipping |
| Applied | Automatically Applied | Automatically Or Manually Applied By Customers. |
How to create a New Catalog Price Rule
- Go to Marketing → Catalog Price Rule on the store’s admin panel.
2)Click On Add New Rule
3)In the New Catalog Price Rule Page, Go to the Rule Information Section
Rule Name: Enter the name of your rule. Note that the name should be descriptive enough so that you could remember the specifics of the offer.
Description: Enter the description of the rule. I have entered the name as the description.
Status: Select Active to activate the rule.
Websites: Select websites to apply the rule to.
Customer Groups: Select the customer groups (from the available options) that can avail the price rule (and the discount).
From: Select the date from when the rule is applicable.
To: Select the date until the rule remains applicable.
Priority: If you have multiple offers in the store, you can prioritize the rules. In this case, the lowest number means the highest priority.
- Move to the Conditions section to set a new condition.
5)Now, move to the Actions section:
Apply: This drop-down has the following menu options:
Apply as the percentage of original: This option will apply the discount as a percentage of the product price.
Apply as fixed amount: This option will apply the discount as a flat amount.
Adjust final price to this percentage: This option will adjust the final price to a percentage that you entered in the Discount Amount field.
Adjust final price to discount value: This option offers a flat price that you entered in the Discount Amount field.
Now,set the following.
Discount Amount: Enter the discount amount in this field.
Discard subsequent rules: Select Yes from the drop-down menu.
Click Save.
Now, you will be redirected to the Catalog Price Rule Page. Click theApply Rules button:
Let’s check the result.
How to create a New Cart Price Rule
- Go to the Magento admin and choose Marketing on the left sidebar. Then, you choose Cart Price Rules under Promotions.
2)Click Add New Rule button to create a new rule.
3)In Rule Information, you need to finish the following information:
Rule Name: (Required) The name of the rule is for internal reference.
Description: A description of the rule should include the purpose of the rule, and explain how it is used.
Active: (Required) Determines if the rule is currently active in the store.
Website: (Required) Identifies the websites where the rule can be used.
Customer Groups: (Required) Identifies the customer groups to which the rule applies.
Coupon: Indicates if a coupon is associated with the rule. Options:
No Coupon – No coupon is associated with the rule.
Specific Coupon – A specific coupon is associated with the rule.
Coupon Code – When prompted, enter the Coupon Code that the customer must enter to take advantage of the promotion.
Use Auto Generation – Select the checkbox to automatically generate multiple coupon codes that can be used with the promotion.
Use per customer: Determines how many times the coupon code can be used by the same registered customer who belongs to any selected customer group. Still not apply to guest shoppers who are members of the NOT LOGGED IN customer group, or to customers who shop without logging in to their accounts.
For unlimited, leave this box blank.
Priority: A number that indicates the priority of this rule in relation to others. Of course, the highest priority is number 1.
Publish in RSS Feed: Determines if the promotion is included in your store’s public RSS feed.
From: The first date the coupon can be used.
To: The last date the coupon can be used.
- Create any Conditions required by your rule. Therefore, if the list of requirements is satisfied, your promos will be valid.
5)Scroll down and expand the Action section.
Percent of Product Price Discount: Applies discount by percentage i.e. a percentage entered in the Discount Amount field is subtracted from the original price. For example, if you want to offer a 5% discount, enter 5 in the Discount Amount field. This discount applies to each qualifying product in the Cart.
Fixed Amount Discount: Applies discount as fixed amount i.e. a fixed amount entered in the Discount Amount field is subtracted from the original price of each qualifying item in the Cart. For example, if you want to offer a $10 discount, enter 10 in the Discount Amount field.
Fixed Amount Discount for Whole Cart: Applies discount to the whole cart i.e. a fixed amount entered in the Discount Amount field is subtracted from the cart subtotal. For example, if you want the discount to be 20% of the original price, enter 20 in the Discount Amount field.
Buy X get Y free: Customers must purchase a specific quantity (X) to receive a quantity (Y) for free.
Discount Amount: Enter the discount amount that you want to apply.
Maximum Qty Discount is Applied To: Determines the maximum quantity of the same product that can get discount in the same purchase.
Discount Qty Step (Buy X): This is for the Buy X get Y free option and determines the quantity that the customer must purchase to qualify for the discount.
Apply to Shipping Amount: Leaving it to the default option which is No will apply the discount amount to the subtotal only. Changing it to Yes will apply the discount amount separately to the subtotal and shipping amounts.
Discard Subsequent Rules: If you want to prevent other rules from processing after applying this rule, set it Yes.
- This Labels allows you to enter a discount label to be displayed in the order totals section
Default Rule Label for All Store Views: Enter the text that you want to use. This will be displayed in parenthesis after the word “Discount”.
7)Let’s check the result.
