Discount code Vs Draft order

Offering discounts can be a powerful marketing strategy for your store and UFE will make sure that you will get the most out of it.

There are two methods for applying discounts in UFE, Draft Order and Discount codes. By default, UFE is using the Draft order method.

Draft Order

Draft orders allow us to create orders on behalf of merchants. It is similar to the orders that your customers create for themselves. This is useful for Shopify merchants who receive orders through outside channels.

You can read more about Draft orders in

What is a Shopify draft order?

Discount code Vs Draft Order

UFE can use any one of these methods, both of them have their own pros and cons. Let's compare them side by side.

Draft Order

✅ Allows discount description

Users can add offer translations in Global settings → Translations → Checkout page to display at checkout

✅ Supports Other discounts

Supports other discount codes such as Shopify Discount codes and automatic discounts with UFE

✅ Supports Free shipping

Supports adding Free shipping along with the discount

⭕️️ No support for multiple currencies

Shopify's draft order API only supports checkout with store default

Discount Code

✅ Supports multiple currencies

Can use Shopify supported list of currencies to apply the discount. Read more here

✅ Supports discount code

Users can replace UFE applied discount codes with other discount codes if they have one

⭕️ Doesn’t allow discount description

Doesn't support adding any discount description.

⭕️ Doesn't support Free shipping

Free shipping can't be combined with other discounts.

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Updated on: 04/04/2026