If you're creating these discount coupons applicable to All Cart Items (i.e., takes a flat amount or percentage off the order total), then you could do this:



- Delete your flat-rate and free shipping rules;

- Recreate a shipping rule for the flat rate, but without any item qty thresholds (so it applies to all orders regardless of qty.);

- Create a discount for All Cart Items that takes 100% off Shipping when Min. Item Qty. = your X+1 figure;

- For each special coupon code you create, create another discount for All Cart Items, using the same coupon code, that takes 0% off Shipping (if you're creating a series of single-use codes by pasting in a list, just paste the same code list for the special discount and for the shipping-discount override discount) -- since only one discount can be applied to shipping, entering the code in the buyer's cart should override the automatic qty-based discount.

Ah, in that case, just substitute "total" in place of "qty" in my directions:



- Delete your flat-rate and free shipping rules;

- Recreate a shipping rule for the flat rate, but without any item item total thresholds (so it applies to all orders regardless of totals);

- Create an automatic (no code) discount for All Cart Items that takes 100% off Shipping when Min. Item Total = 30.01;

- Create another discount for All Cart Items, with the same list of codes you used for for the special coupon, that takes 0% off Shipping -- since only one discount can be applied to Shipping at a time, entering a code in the buyer's cart should override the automatic total-based discount and apply the special coupon discount.

BVHaving trouble following your last direction. Will I be pasting the coupon codes in twice in the same discount area?

And is there a limit to how many codes can be pasted in? (edit: I just read that there's a 5,000 limit. What can we do if we need more than that? We're having a large promotion, and we need 2,500 codes for each geographic area. Initially I need 5,000 codes, but after that each area won't be run at the same time -- approx every month a new geographic area will get the promotion and I'll need to add in another 2,500 codes.)

So in the scenario you've outlined, someone NOT using a code, should not see any difference in their shipping, correct?

Correct, you're granting 100% discount off shipping automatically for orders over $30 by default, but entering a coupon code with a different shipping discount such as 0% should override that.

Yes, that's correct. I've asked our Development team to consider the matter and offer suggestions if they can come up with any, but this sort of thing may simply be more sophisticated than what we can readily support in our fundamental design as a "simple, basic service for simple, basic needs".