Why Discounts are not showing on the product price without having to change the compare-at-price?

[emreimm]

Hey,

I assume everyone is having hard time because of this feature. We are already giving all the necessary information to the system (i.e., discount percentage, discount end time etc.); but then why do we have to change the compare-at-price each time that we want to show this discount to our website visitors? 

We can show this in the cart, all I need is showing the same thing on the products page. Why do I have to update all of my compare-at-prices and item prices each time that I want to make a discount campaign (even the campaign is for a specific short time period like 1 day / few hours).

I would like to have a reasonable explanation from Shopify team regarding my question... What is the reason of not adding this feature?

[Finer]

@emreimm discounts can include more information and restrictions like allowed customer segments and certain conditions. So there might be some discounts that are only available for a few customers or applicable if a certain amount is reached. From that standpoint, the complexity of discounts would not always be applicable to the product page because we need information that can only be retrieved in the checkout or in the cart. 

But I would definitely push this kind of request to be able to retrieve the discount-object on a product level.👍

[emreimm]

Thank you for your prompt answer! Hope this request will be added soon. Also, wouldn't it be a better option to allow a simple version of discounts available for all segments. And those who prefer a more complex campaign can always benefit from paid Shopify applications. 

And is there a way for me to have this feature (maybe by changing some codes) without having to wait for the new feature? Because other applications offer their sorts of campaigns and discounts pages, but I would like to move on with the traditional one which is easier for me.