New subscribers & Time Limit on Discount Codes

Topic summary

Requester seeks a way to offer new email subscribers a time-limited discount in Shopify. Example: free shipping on the first order, valid for about one month.

Key questions:

  • Can Shopify automatically generate unique, time-bound discount codes for each new subscriber (similar to rewards apps that issue different codes)?
  • If not, is a rewards or popup app required to create and display unique codes per subscriber?

Context: The goal is to automate code creation and enforce an expiration window for new-subscriber incentives. No images or attachments referenced.

Status: Help requested; no answers or confirmed solution yet. The thread remains open with unresolved questions about native Shopify capabilities vs. third‑party app requirements.

Summarized with AI on December 26. AI used: gpt-5.

So, I was wondering if it’s possible for you to set a limited time on discount codes when you get a new subscriber? For example…I say, Subscribe to our emails, get free shipping on first order…but valid for like a month. Can Shopify auto generate different codes to show customers like when you have a rewards app and it generates a diff code for each new subbie? Or will I have to uses some rewards app to create a pop up to have that ability? Can someone offer some help here? Please & thank you :smiling_face: