Setting sale prices for products

When you lower the price of a product, you might want a customer to be able to understand the price comparison.

To set a sale price, set the value of the Compare-at price field in your Shopify admin to the original price of the product. Make sure that the value in the Compare-at price field is higher than the value in the Price field to display the sale price.

Using sale prices is different from setting up discounts. If you set a sale price and a compare-at price, then both these amounts can be displayed on product pages and collection pages, but only the sale price is displayed at checkout.

To display savings from discounts with crossed-out (strikethrough) prices on product pages and collection pages, you need to use a third-party discount app, or hire a Shopify Partner to build a custom solution for you. Savings from automatic discounts or discounts that require a code to be entered are always displayed with a crossed-out price at checkout.

Note

Fixed prices will override prices and compare-at prices set in your Shopify admin.

If you want to create fixed sale prices for products in your international markets, then you can do so by importing prices using a CSV file. Sale prices can't be created within the Shopify admin.

Displaying sale prices

You set sale prices in your Shopify admin. Whether sale prices display on your storefront, and where on your storefront sale prices are displayed, depends on your theme.

For example, your theme might add a badge with a message or percentage off to product listing and collection pages. Sale price styling on your storefront can often be customized through your theme settings. Refer to your theme's documentation or contact your theme's developer for support to learn what customization settings are available.

Example of setting a sale price

For example, you sell t-shirts with seasonal designs for $30. At the beginning of a new season, you put the previous season's designs on sale for $10.

In your Shopify admin, you change the Price value to $10 USD, and then set the Compare-at price value to $30 USD. On your storefront, your theme displays both prices alongside a badge with a sale message.

Setting a compare-at price

You can set a compare-at price value for a product or variant from the product details page of your Shopify admin. You can also bulk edit multiple variants and bulk edit multiple products.

Steps:

Desktop

1. From your Shopify admin, go to Products.

2. Click the product that you want to edit.

3. To edit a variant, in the Variants section, tap XX variants.

4. In the Pricing section, complete the following steps:

   • In the Compare-at price field, enter the original price.
   • In the Price field, enter the new price.

5. Click Save.

iPhone

1. From the Shopify app, go to Products > All products.
2. Tap the product that you want to edit.
3. To edit a product, tap the product price area. To edit a variant, complete the following steps:
   1. In the Variants section, tap XX variants.
   2. Tap the variant that you want to edit.
   3. Tap the product variant price area.
4. In the Compare-at price field, enter the original price.
5. In the Price field, enter the new price.
6. Tap Save.

Android

1. From the Shopify app, go to Products > All products.
2. Tap the product that you want to edit.
3. To edit a product, tap the product price area. To edit a variant, complete the following steps:
   1. In the Variants section, tap XX variants.
   2. Tap the variant that you want to edit.
   3. Tap the product variant price.
4. In the Compare-at price field, enter the original price.
5. In the Price field, enter the new price.
6. Tap ✓.