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.

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, and then set the Compare-at price value to $30. On your storefront, your theme displays both prices alongside a badge with a sale message.

Setting a compare-at price for a product

You can set a compare-at price value for a product with a single option from the product details page of your Shopify admin, or bulk edit multiple products.

Steps:

  1. From your Shopify admin, go to Products.

  2. Click the product that you want to edit.

  3. In the Pricing section, do the following:

    • In the Compare-at price field, enter the product's original price.
    • In the Price field, enter the product's new price.
  4. Click Save.

Set a compare-at price for a variant

You can set compare-at prices for individual variants from the variant details page of your Shopify admin. You can also bulk edit multiple variants.

  1. From your Shopify admin, go to Products.

  2. Click the product that you want to edit.

  3. In the Variants section, click the variant that you want to set the compare-at price for.

  4. In the Pricing section, do the following:

    • In the Compare-at price field, enter the product's original price.
    • In the Price field, enter the product's new price.
  5. Click Save.

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