Example scripts

Also in this section

• Line item scripts
• Shipping scripts
• Payment scripts
• Discount example

Scripts are flexible and can be used to create unique and powerful discounts. For example, you can create scripts that change the prices and properties of line items in your store's cart based on the items that a customer adds to it.

Shopify Plus

Scripts and the Script Editor app are available only to Shopify Plus merchants.

You can find examples of common scripts in the script templates that are provided in the Script Editor. To view these examples, you need to create a script.

Getting started

Automation is an effective tool and can help transition from selling in-person to online. Here are some popular scripts that you can start with, and modify for your needs:

• Tiered discount by spend
• Tiered discount by quantity
• Buy one get one (BOGO) discount
• Discount shipping rates by customer tag
• Reorder payment gateways

Note

Because scripts are written in code, it can take some trial and error to use them if you don't have a developer in your organization that's comfortable using Ruby. It's strongly recommended that you test your scripts carefully before publishing them to ensure that you're seeing the results that you expect.

Script templates

There are three kinds of scripts: line item scripts, shipping scripts, and payment gateway scripts.

Line item scripts

Line item scripts affect items in a cart, and can change their properties and prices. These scripts run each time that a cart attribute is changed, such as adding or removing an item, changing the shipping address, or adding a discount code. The templates included with the app are:

• Percentage (%) off a product
• Amount ($) off a product
• Percentage (%) and amount ($) off a product
• Bulk discounts
• Buy one get one free (BOGO)

For more examples of line item scripts, refer to Line item script examples.

Shipping scripts

Shipping scripts interact with shipping rates, and can change a rate's title, visibility, display order, and price. These scripts run each time that your customer accesses the shipping options page at checkout. The templates included with the app are:

• Modify shipping rate price
• Modify shipping rate name
• Hide shipping rates
• Reorder shipping rates

For more examples of shipping scripts, refer to Shipping rate script examples.

Payment scripts

Payment scripts interact with payment gateways, and can change a gateway's title, visibility, and display position. These scripts run each time that your customer accesses the payment method page at checkout. Payment scripts don't interact with accelerated checkouts, because accelerated checkouts are displayed to your customers before they reach the checkout page. The templates included with the app are:

• Modify payment gateway name
• Hide payment gateway
• Reorder payment gateways

For more examples of payment gateway scripts, refer to Payment gateway script examples.

Other examples

Other script examples:

• Discount script
• Selling in multiple currencies script

Learn more

Learn more about:

• Creating and enabling scripts
• Testing your scripts
• The Shopify Scripts API
• Updating your liquid templates for scripts
• Shopify scripts