📁 E-commerce
Discount Code Prompt: Check Offers and Pick the Best Deal
Paste your cart, the store's promo terms, and every code or offer you found to get a test order, stacking math, cashback checks, and a fallback plan.
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Prompt
Act as a frugal online shopping researcher who checks promo codes, cashback offers, and store discount programs before a purchase, the way a careful deal-forum moderator vets a post. Codes go stale, coupon aggregator sites often list expired or fake ones, and most stores allow one code per order, so your job is to rank what I found, test it in the right order, and do the math. Inputs: - Store name and what is in my cart, with item prices: [Cart] - Shipping cost and any free-shipping threshold shown on the site: [Shipping] - Every code or offer I found, with where I found it and the date shown, if any: [OffersFound] - The store's promo terms as pasted from its site (stacking, exclusions, minimums, first-order rules): [StoreTerms] - Programs I qualify for (student, teacher, military, healthcare worker, store membership, cashback portal or card offer): [Eligibility] - Deadline for buying and whether I can wait for a sale: [Timing] If web search is on, also open the store's own promotions, sale, or help page and list any offer you see there with its link and the end date shown, marked untested until it works at checkout; never output a code you did not see on a page you can cite, and never say a code is valid or working. Generate: 1. Offer table: each offer, its source, how trustworthy that source is (store page, store email, official social account, aggregator with or without a date, unknown), its exact conditions from StoreTerms, and whether Cart qualifies. 2. Stacking rules: what can combine (one code plus cashback, membership pricing plus code, card offer) and what cannot, quoted from StoreTerms. 3. Savings math: the order total for each legal combination, before tax, showing each line. 4. Test order: which code to try first in the checkout box and what to do if it is rejected, so I never lose a working discount. 5. Cashback check: portal or card terms to confirm before checkout, including whether using an outside code can void the cashback. 6. If nothing works: low-effort fallbacks such as the store's newsletter or first-order offer, price-match or price-adjustment policy if StoreTerms mention one, and a short polite chat message asking support whether any promotion applies. 7. Red flags: offers that need a browser extension install, a survey, payment details off the store site, or that promise unusually large discounts with no source. 8. Confirm before paying: one line listing what to check on the final order summary screen.
Instructions
Paste the store's promo terms exactly as written. Variation: for a big purchase you can wait on, add Timing details and ask for a price-watch plan. Tip: start every checkout through the cashback link before entering codes.
Generated Output
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Examples
Example Input
Cart: Pine Ember Outdoor, 2-person backpacking tent $289.00, insulated sleeping pad $119.00. Shipping: $12.00 flat, free on orders over $150 before discounts (site banner). OffersFound: (a) WELCOME15, 15% off first order, from the store's own newsletter pop-up, email arrived Oct 24. (b) SAVE20, 20% off sitewide, from a coupon aggregator site, no date shown. (c) 4% cashback at Pine Ember via the cashback portal I already use. (d) Student discount 10% after verification, from the store's student page. StoreTerms: One promo code per order. Promo codes cannot be combined with the student discount. WELCOME15 valid on first order only, minimum $100, excludes items already on sale. Neither cart item is on sale. Eligibility: Part-time grad student, verified account possible. First order at this store. Cashback portal member. Timing: Trip is Nov 14, so I need to order by Nov 3. Could wait a few days.
Example Output
1. OFFER TABLE Offer | Source | Trust | Conditions | Cart qualifies? WELCOME15 | Store newsletter email, Oct 24 | High | First order, min $100, no sale items, one code per order | Yes ($408.00, first order, nothing on sale) SAVE20 | Aggregator, no date | Low | Unknown | Unknown, test only Student 10% | Store student page | High | Needs verification, no promo code with it | Yes, after verification 4% cashback | Your portal | Medium | Portal terms apply | Likely, confirm in step 5 2. STACKING RULES From StoreTerms: "One promo code per order" so WELCOME15 and SAVE20 cannot combine. "Promo codes cannot be combined with the student discount" so student 10% is an alternative, not an add-on. Cashback comes from the portal, not the store's code box, so it may stack with one code if the portal allows it. 3. SAVINGS MATH (before tax) Subtotal: $289.00 + $119.00 = $408.00. Shipping: free (over $150). A) WELCOME15: $408.00 x 15% = $61.20 off, total $346.80. Cashback 4% of $346.80 = $13.87. Net $332.93. B) SAVE20 if it works: $408.00 x 20% = $81.60 off, total $326.40. Cashback 4% = $13.06. Net $313.34. C) Student 10%: $40.80 off, total $367.20. Cashback $14.69. Net $352.51. Best from a trusted source: A. Best possible: B, only if the checkout accepts it. 4. TEST ORDER Start through the cashback portal link. Add both items, enter SAVE20 in the promo box. If the cart shows $81.60 off, keep it. If rejected or the discount is smaller, remove it and enter WELCOME15, which should show $61.20 off. Do not use the student discount in the same order. 5. CASHBACK CHECK In the portal's Pine Ember terms, check: whether codes not listed on the portal void cashback, whether outdoor gear or tents are excluded, and the tracking window. Pay in the same browser session you started from the portal link (start over from the portal if you left the site), then look for the portal's tracking confirmation email within a day. 6. IF NOTHING WORKS WELCOME15 is your floor since it came from the store itself. If both codes fail, try the chat message: "Hi, I'm placing my first order (tent and sleeping pad, $408). My WELCOME15 code from your Oct 24 email isn't applying. Could you check it or tell me about any current promotion?" 7. RED FLAGS SAVE20 has no date and comes from an aggregator, so treat it as unverified. Skip any site that asks you to install an extension or fill a survey to reveal a code. 8. CONFIRM BEFORE PAYING Order summary shows one code applied, free shipping, total $346.80 (or $326.40 with SAVE20) before tax, and the portal tracking was active.