# Offer Combinations

## Introduction

You'll have full control over whether your Intelligems Offers combine with other discounts or stand alone.

**When you want offers to stack:** For example, you might create a Quantity Discount Offer (10% off when buying 3+ items) that you want to combine with a $10 welcome discount code. This gives customers both benefits and creates a compelling reason to purchase more items.

**When you want offers to be exclusive:** For example, you might create a VIP Save 25% Offer that should never combine with other promotions—ensuring your most valuable discount remains exclusive and preventing over-discounting.

This guide explains how to configure stacking behavior for each Offer and what each configuration means for your customers.

## Shopify Combinations

You can read all about how [Shopify combines discounts](https://help.shopify.com/en/manual/discounts/combining-discounts/discount-combinations), but it's quite complicated and nuanced. The gist is that you largely control when you want discounts to combine or not and that's controlled in Shopify.

When you create a discount in Shopify, you'll see these options. If you have a discount you don't want to combine with others, don't check these boxes!

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When Intelligems creates discounts in Shopify they are created as "Product Discounts"
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In order for 2 discounts to combine, they must **both** be set to combine with other discounts. So, for your Intelligems discount to combine with a Shopify discount, both must be set to combine. If either are not, they won't stack and the most favorable for the customer will be chosen by Shopify.

## Intelligems Combinations

### Options

When you create a discount in Intelligems, you can set these combination options as well and we will let Shopify know how to combine the discount.

1. **Combines with Shopify Discounts** – When this is selected, you're essentially setting the above Shopify Combinations to true. *Note: This must be enabled for it to combine with other Intelligems discounts, too*.
2. **Combines with Intelligems Discounts –** When this is selected, this discount may also combine with other Intelligems Offers you've configured.

### Intelligems Combination Logic

When you have enabled the combination logic within Intelligems, we choose the most beneficial discount for the customer.

Imagine an example:

* Discount A: $5 off, combines
* Discount B: 10% off, combines
* Discount C: $25 off, does not combine

Since Discounts A and B combine, we'll sum those together, and then compare that total discount versus all the other non-combining discounts.

* Cart 1: $100 subtotal = $$Max(5 + 10, 25)=25$$
* Cart 2: $300 subtotal = $$Max(5+30, 25)=35$$