Building a Coupon Engine

In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about the coupon engines they’ve built and use on their courses.

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Show Notes

• 00:26Welcome
• 01:12Sponsor: Prismic
• 02:32Sponsor: LogRocket
• 04:06What we use for coupons
• Stripe
• Braintree
• 06:27Structure of our coupons
• 10:43Products and carts
• 13:59Country validation
• 15:11Affiliate codes
• 16:36Chaining rules together
• 19:41Tracking coupons
• 20:54Automatically applied coupons
• 22:12Quick tips for coupons

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