
Discount Code Abuse: Protecting Your Profits
08/03/21 • 38 min
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In this episode, we'll pull back the curtain on how coupon extensions work, and reveal new data showing how they really impact key performance metrics like average order value and cart completion.
- How do coupon extensions like Honey and Capital One Shopping get the discount codes that they share in their apps?
- When a coupon extension is present in a user's browser, how does that impact attribution?
- What is the impact that coupon extensions have on average order value and cart completion?
- If a merchant is doing affiliate marketing, what should they know about coupon extensions and how they affect affiliate fees?
Kathleen is VP of Marketing at clean.io, where she's on a mission to help ecommerce brands grow profits and make smarter marketing decisions by improving the effectiveness of their discount strategies. Prior to joining clean.io, Kathleen spent 11 years as the founder and CEO of a digital marketing agency where she advised hundreds of companies on go-to-market and digital marketing strategies.
Show Links
- cleanCART - 14-day free trial
- clean.io
- Honey
- Capital One Shopping
Sponsors
- Free 30-day trial of Zipify OCU - (To get an unadvertised gift, email [email protected] and ask for the "Tech Nasty Bonus".
- Try Bold Product Upsell, free trial
- Save 20% on Turbo, a blazing fast Shopify theme - Use code KURT20 at checkout
- Improve your shop’s search engine ranking with Venntov SEO Meta Manager
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- Ask a question in The Unofficial Shopify Podcast Facebook Group
- Leave a review
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What's Kurt up to?
- See our recent work at Ethercycle
- Subscribe to our YouTube Channel
- Apply to work with Kurt to grow your store.
In this episode, we'll pull back the curtain on how coupon extensions work, and reveal new data showing how they really impact key performance metrics like average order value and cart completion.
- How do coupon extensions like Honey and Capital One Shopping get the discount codes that they share in their apps?
- When a coupon extension is present in a user's browser, how does that impact attribution?
- What is the impact that coupon extensions have on average order value and cart completion?
- If a merchant is doing affiliate marketing, what should they know about coupon extensions and how they affect affiliate fees?
Kathleen is VP of Marketing at clean.io, where she's on a mission to help ecommerce brands grow profits and make smarter marketing decisions by improving the effectiveness of their discount strategies. Prior to joining clean.io, Kathleen spent 11 years as the founder and CEO of a digital marketing agency where she advised hundreds of companies on go-to-market and digital marketing strategies.
Show Links
- cleanCART - 14-day free trial
- clean.io
- Honey
- Capital One Shopping
Sponsors
- Free 30-day trial of Zipify OCU - (To get an unadvertised gift, email [email protected] and ask for the "Tech Nasty Bonus".
- Try Bold Product Upsell, free trial
- Save 20% on Turbo, a blazing fast Shopify theme - Use code KURT20 at checkout
- Improve your shop’s search engine ranking with Venntov SEO Meta Manager
Never miss an episode
Help the show
- Ask a question in The Unofficial Shopify Podcast Facebook Group
- Leave a review
- Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts
What's Kurt up to?
- See our recent work at Ethercycle
- Subscribe to our YouTube Channel
- Apply to work with Kurt to grow your store.
Previous Episode

Q&A: Online Store 2.0
In this Ask Us Anything episode, we answer listener questions.
- When should I upgrade to Online Store 2.0?
- What's headless ecommerce?
- The new metafields: What are they? How would I use them?
- What are you doing differently with FB Ads since the Apple privacy update?
- How to structure content for landing pages
- How to promote subscriptions
- Establishing free shipping minimums
...and more. Somewhat more. Most of it is even Shopify related.
Show Links
Resources:
- OOTS: "Is My Theme Compatible With Online Store 2.0?"
- All of the Announcements From Shopify Unite 2021
- Screencast: Online Store 2.0 Demo
Tools:
Stores:
Sponsors
- Free 30-day trial of Zipify OCU - (To get an unadvertised gift, email [email protected] and ask for the "Tech Nasty Bonus".
- Try Bold Product Upsell, free trial
- Save 20% on Turbo, a blazing fast Shopify theme - Use code KURT20 at checkout
- Improve your shop’s search engine ranking with Venntov SEO Meta Manager
Never miss an episode
Help the show
- Ask a question in The Unofficial Shopify Podcast Facebook Group
- Leave a review
- Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts
What's Kurt up to?
- See our recent work at Ethercycle
- Subscribe to our YouTube Channel
- Apply to work with Kurt to grow your store.
Next Episode

July Recap: The Summer Slump
Paul and Kurt recap and discuss July's ecom buzz:
- Klaviyo's new features
- Headless Hotness
- The Summer Slump
- Paul's Beef(s) with Kurt
- Our favorite Online Store 2.0 feature
Show Links
Sponsors
- Free 30-day trial of Zipify OCU - (To get an unadvertised gift, email [email protected] and ask for the "Tech Nasty Bonus".
- Try Bold Product Upsell, free trial
- Save 20% on Turbo, a blazing fast Shopify theme - Use code KURT20 at checkout
- Improve your shop’s search engine ranking with Venntov SEO Meta Manager
Never miss an episode
Help the show
- Ask a question in The Unofficial Shopify Podcast Facebook Group
- Leave a review
- Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts
What's Kurt up to?
- See our recent work at Ethercycle
- Subscribe to our YouTube Channel
- Apply to work with Kurt to grow your store.
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