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title: "Discount Center: Choosing which products a discount applies to"
url: "https://support.acendy.com/en/article/discount-center-choosing-which-products-a-discount-applies-to"
language: "en"
last_updated: "2026-06-18T10:14:08.359Z"
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# Discount Center: Choosing which products a discount applies to

Every discount needs to know which products it covers. You control this with two settings on the detail page: **Targeting** ("Applies to"), which sets the positive rule, and **Excluded**, which carves out products that should never get the discount. This works the same way for all three discount types.

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## Targeting: what the discount applies to

The **Applies to** setting picks one mode:

| Mode | What it covers |
| --- | --- |
| **All products** | Every product in the store. |
| **Specific products** | Only the products you add to a list yourself. |
| **Categories** | Every product in the categories you choose. |
| **Manufacturers** | Every product from the manufacturers you choose. |
| **Shipping only** | Applies to the shipping cost, not the products. |

You can only have one mode active at a time. Switching mode replaces the previous one.

To change it, open the **Targeting** card and click **Edit targeting**, pick a mode, and for categories or manufacturers, search and select the ones you want.

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## Adding specific products

When you set targeting to **Specific products**, you build the product list yourself. The Targeting modal doesn't manage that list — you do it from the **Add products** screen.

-   On the detail page, in the **Products** card, click **Add products**.

-   You get a searchable, filterable table of your products. Filter by category, manufacturer, stock, or price, or search by name or item number.

-   Add products in one of three ways:

-   **Add** on a single row to add that one product.

-   Select several rows and use **Add selected** to add them in a batch.

-   **Add all filtered products** to add every product matching the current filters at once. You'll get a confirmation first.

Products already on the discount are shown in the table but greyed out, so you won't add them twice.

To remove a product, use the remove action on its row in the Products card. You'll be asked to confirm.

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## Excluding products

Exclusions are separate from targeting. The **Excluded** card lets you list products, categories, or manufacturers that should **never** get the discount, even if the targeting above would otherwise include them.

This is useful for blanket discounts with a few carve-outs. For example: a code that applies to all products, except one brand you can't discount, or except items already on clearance.

Exclusions are additive — a product is blocked if it matches **any** of the excluded products, categories, or manufacturers. You don't pick a mode; all three lists are active at once.

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## How targeting and exclusions interact

The store checks both. A product gets the discount only if it matches the targeting **and** isn't caught by any exclusion. Exclusions always win.

## Tips

-   For "everything except a few things", set targeting to **All products** and list the exceptions under Excluded. That's much less work than adding every eligible product by hand.

-   Category and tag sync only run when a discount targets **specific products**. If you're relying on sync, use specific-product targeting. See [Category and tag sync](https://08-category-and-tag-sync.md/).

-   "Add all filtered products" respects your category, manufacturer, stock, and price filters, but not the free-text search box — set the filters before using it.