Set up "Free shipping" promotions

You can offer free shipping to customers through automatic promotions or discount coupons for promos like Free delivery weekend.

If you don't yet have an app for Ecwid API access, start with the following instructions.

Discounted shipping through promotion

Request example for a new promotion: "50% Off for DHL delivery"

POST /api/v3/STOREID/promotions
Host: app.ecwid.com
Content-Type: application/json
Authorization: Bearer secret_token

{
    "name": "50% Off for DHL delivery",
    "discountBase": "SHIPPING",
    "discountType": "PERCENT",
    "amount": 50,
    "enabled": true,
    "targets": {
        "shippingMethods": ["6589-1709547151586"]
    }
}

where:

    "discountBase": "SHIPPING",
    "discountType": "PERCENT",
    "amount": 50

sets up a 50% discount that only applies to the shipping cost, and shippingMethods array limits the discount by specific shipping method IDs.

Change STOREID with your store ID and the secret_token with the secret access token of your app.

Free shipping through coupon

Request example for a new discount coupon: "Free DHL delivery"

POST /api/v3/STOREID/discount_coupons
Host: app.ecwid.com
Content-Type: application/json
Authorization: Bearer secret_token

{
    "name": "Free DHL delivery",
    "code": "DHL_FREE"
    "discountType": "SHIPPING",
    "status": "ACTIVE",
    "shippingLimit": {
        "shippingMethods": ["6589-1709547151586"]
    }
}

where: "discountType": "SHIPPING" defines free shipping, and the shippingMethods array limits the discount to specific shipping method IDs.

Change STOREID with your store ID and the secret_token with the secret access token of your app.