Price and compare-at price

Price is the selling price of a variant. Compare at price is the original price shown struck through next to a sale price. Both are variant fields, so you can limit the change to specific variants with Apply to variants.

The Price field

Edit methods for Price

Edit method	Result	Example (price 50.00)
Decrease by percentage	price − n%	20 → 40.00
Increase by percentage	price + n%	20 → 60.00
Set to fixed value	the value you enter	45 → 45.00
Decrease by amount	price − n	5 → 45.00
Increase by amount	price + n	5 → 55.00
Set as percentage of price	price × n%	80 → 40.00
Set the price to the current compare-at price	copies the compare-at price	compare-at 70.00 → 70.00
Set as percentage of compare at price	compare-at × n%	compare-at 70.00, 50 → 35.00
Set the price to the current cost price	copies the cost per item	cost 30.00 → 30.00
Set as percentage of cost price	cost × n%	cost 30.00, 150 → 45.00
Decrease by percentage of cost price	cost − n%	cost 30.00, 10 → 27.00
Increase by percentage of cost price	cost + n%	cost 30.00, 50 → 45.00

Notes:

• The Value box accepts positive numbers. Methods based on the compare-at price or cost skip variants where that source value is empty.
• A result below zero is set to 0.
• Every method except the two Set the price to the current … options has a Rounding rule. See Rounding rules.

Linked compare-at price

Below the price settings, the Compare at price section lets you change the compare-at price in the same task:

• Don’t change compare-at price (default).
• Set the compare-at price: opens its own Edit method, Value and Rounding. The default method, Set the compare-at price to the current price, stores the price before your change as the compare-at price, which is the usual way to show a discount.

Note

Typical sale setup. Price: Decrease by percentage 20. Compare at price: Set the compare-at price to the current price. A variant at 50.00 becomes 40.00 with a struck-through 50.00. Reverting the task restores both values.

Edit methods for Compare at price

When you start a task on the Compare at price field, the methods are:

Set the compare-at price to the current price (default), Set to fixed value, Decrease by amount, Increase by amount, Decrease by percentage, Increase by percentage, Set as percentage of price, Set as percentage of compare at price, Set the compare-at price to the current cost price, Set as percentage of cost price, Decrease by percentage of cost price, Increase by percentage of cost price, Set to null/blank.

Set to null/blank removes the compare-at price so the storefront no longer shows a strike-through.

The linked section on this field is Price: Don’t change price or Set the price, with the full list of price methods.

Quick Discount Campaign Setup

The dashboard card Quick Discount Campaign Setup builds a price task for you:

1. Enter the Discount and choose Percentage or Amount.
2. Tick Update compare-at price only if you want to keep the current price and instead raise the compare-at price so the storefront shows a discount.
3. Click Quick Create. The task form opens pre-filled; review the products and schedule, then save.

What is reverted

Reverting a price task restores the original price and, if the task changed it, the original compare-at price of every variant it updated. See Revert changes.