Cart Rules Help

[steve_c]

Hi this is an odd one.

 

I've just lost quite a lot of money because I misunderstood the cart rules policies

 

OK I want a cart rule which gives a 50% discount on products from a certain category.

 

I add a new cart rule

 

Set condition for category and manufacturer

 

Actions: apply a discount (50%)

 

Unbeknownst to me and because I didn't pay attention to the text, the voucher applied a discount to the ENTIRE order.

 

So how do I get it to discount only the product from the category which I specified in the original rules?

 

Thanks in advance

[Muad'Dib]

Hey,

 

 

On page 3 (actions)

 

 

Apply discount to

Order (without shipping) - Specific product - Cheapest product - Selected product(s)

 

Pick 'selected products'.

 

It is a wild guess, don't blame me if I am wrong and you loose money again

 

Hope this helps.

 

 

Cheers!

Edited December 6, 2012 by Muad'Dib (see edit history)

[steve_c]

I shall give that a try

Thanks very much

[scottm]

Hello steve_c,

 

Muad'Dib is correct. I tested with a rule set for one item and placed two separate items in the cart. When checking out, the item that had the rule for it was discounted while the other item was at full price.

[shopimport.nl]

I changed some code and now I get cheapest product from only the products defined in the cart rule and not on the whole order.

 

It was really crazy. I have a watch and you can select a watch strap for a discount. I select all watches and all watch straps as products in the condition tab. I select 50% discount for cheapest product and I expected that the watch strap was cheapest. BUT actually when someone ordered a cheaper tiny think e.g. 2 euro then he gets 1 euro discount as that was the cheapest product.

 

So I changed cart core logic and I still don't understand why presta is having so many side effects on cart rules. I see many but no time to show them and discuss here.