Hello @Nick_Wesselman we are still limited by 5 discounts. Moreover I have noticed that this limit of 5 is per store. Meaning I have installed another app which also creates such discounts. Now my app cannot create event 5 discounts.
Can you provide information on status of increasing the limit?
Topic summary
Core Issue:
Developers using Shopify Functions to create automatic product discounts are hitting a strict limit of 5 active app-based automatic discounts per store (not per app). This contradicts documentation suggesting up to 25 automatic discounts are possible, though that applies to manually created discounts, not app-generated ones.
Key Limitations:
- The 5-discount cap is shared across all installed apps on a store
- Prevents merchants from setting up tiered customer discounts, scheduled promotions, or complex discount strategies
- Particularly problematic for enterprise clients migrating from Shopify Scripts to Functions
Workarounds:
- One developer created multiple discount tiers within a single discount rule using customer metafields (“Tier 1”, “Tier 2”, etc.) to work around the limit
- This approach has UX drawbacks: only generic discount titles display at checkout, not specific tier amounts
Status & Frustration:
- Shopify acknowledged the issue over a year ago and promised to increase the limit and improve documentation
- No timeline provided despite repeated requests
- Merchants and developers express significant frustration that this limitation undermines Shopify’s sales-focused features and B2B functionality