Exclude Collections from Discount

Overview

Exclude entire product collections from store-wide discounts to protect curated groups of products. This strategy allows you to run aggressive promotions while maintaining full prices on premium collections, seasonal lines, or vendor-specific catalogs.

Common Use Cases

• Premium Collections: Exclude luxury or designer collections from sales
• New Season Collections: Protect current season inventory from discounts
• Clearance Collections: Prevent additional discounts on already-reduced items
• Exclusive Collections: Maintain pricing on limited or capsule collections
• Vendor Collections: Honor pricing agreements for specific brand collections
• Pre-order Collections: Exclude upcoming product launches from promotions

Best Practices

1. Collection Page Messaging: Display exclusion notices on collection pages
2. Consistent Rules: Apply the same collection exclusions across all promotions
3. Collection Badges: Mark excluded collections in navigation and browsing
4. Hierarchy Management: Consider parent/child collection relationships
5. Seasonal Updates: Rotate excluded collections based on seasons and launches

Setup Instructions

1. Identify collections to exclude from the promotion
2. Import the configuration into Function Studio
3. Select product collections to exclude from discount
4. Activate the discount and test

Collection Exclusion Strategies

Collection Types

• Manual Collections: Exclude hand-picked product groupings
• Automated Collections: Exclude rule-based collections
• Vendor Collections: Exclude all collections from specific brands
• Seasonal Collections: Exclude current season or upcoming collections

Smart Collection Rules

• Price-Based Collections: Collections of premium-priced items
• Date-Based Collections: New arrivals or pre-launch collections
• Tag-Based Collections: Collections defined by product tags

Advanced Strategies

Collection Rotation

• Seasonal Rotation: Rotate excluded collections by season
• Launch Windows: Auto-include collections after launch period
• Performance-Based: Exclude best-selling collections from discounts
• Inventory-Driven: Include collections when overstocked

Multi-Collection Logic

• Primary Collection: Use main collection for exclusion rules
• Any Collection: Exclude if product is in any excluded collection
• All Collections: Only exclude if product is exclusively in excluded collections

Collection-Specific Promotions

• Alternative Discounts: Different discount tiers for excluded collections
• Bundle Opportunities: Mix excluded and included collection items
• Early Access: Give VIP customers discounts on excluded collections

Performance Metrics

Track these collection exclusion KPIs:

• Revenue impact per excluded collection
• Collection browsing vs. purchase rates
• Cross-collection shopping behavior
• Excluded collection conversion rates
• Collection-level margin preservation
• Customer clarity on collection exclusions