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title: "Overview of All Discount Types and Discount Categories"
description: "Check out our overview of all types of discounts you can enter in Customers 1st."
url: https://helpcenter.c1st.com/en/articles/6444315-overview-of-all-discount-types-and-discount-categories
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updated: 2026-10-30
language: en
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# Overview of All Discount Types and Discount Categories

Check out our overview of all types of discounts you can enter in Customers 1st.

## Our Simple Overview of Discount Options in Customers 1st

When a customer needs a discount, you can give it in several different ways.

Below you'll see the different options, as well as how to use the features.

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## Where do you add a discount in a sale at checkout?

When you're at the checkout and ready to handle your customer's purchase, you can add a discount to their order right away.

You can choose to give a discount on the total amount or on specific products.

-   **Red** is a discount on the entire sale, so all items get the discount
    
-   **Blue** is a discount for the individual item you're selling to the customer.
    

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When you click one of the discount buttons, you'll see the following menu appear:

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-   **Red** is a percentage discount. So if the customer should get a 10% discount, just enter 10 in the field.
    
-   **Yellow** is a specific amount that's subtracted from the total price. For example, 100kr off.
    
-   **Green** is for changing the item's price to a specific price. For example, from 1390kr to 1000kr.
    

## Discount categories and why they can be worth gold

It's one thing to be able to give your customers discounts, but you also need to keep track of why you or your employees gave the discount.

That's why we created discount categories, so every time someone gives a discount, you can require them to state the reason with a category.

## How do I set up discount categories?

-   Go to **Settings -> POS**
    
-   Scroll down to **Discount categories**
    

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-   Click on **\+ Tag...**
    
-   Then you can give the category a title and save it.
    
-   When you’ve saved your first discount category, you’ll be able to decide if a category must be selected when discounts are added.
    
    -   Do this by checking the box under **\+ Tag...**
        

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Some examples of discount categories include:

-   Friend discount
    
-   Demo products
    
-   Good customer (Loyal customer who comes back again and again)
    
-   Damaged goods
    
-   Employee discount