# A discount code won't apply

> Why a shopper's code can be refused alongside the cart's offers and rewards, and the settings that let it through.

Source: https://help.attravo.com/drawer-cart/articles/a-discount-code-wont-apply
Updated: 2026-10-06

When a shopper's code is refused in the cart, the message says why. A code that does not exist, has not started or has ended is refused by your store. If the code is fine but still refused, the app's own discounts are usually in the way.

## Why it happens

An order line can carry one product discount. Cross-sell offers, free gifts and quantity breaks are all product discounts on their lines. If every line in the cart already has one, a code that discounts products has nowhere to go, and checkout refuses it with a message that it cannot be combined.

A cart with at least one line the app has not discounted takes the code on that line.

## Let codes through

1. On **Cart settings**, open **Quantity breaks**.
2. Turn on **Let a shopper's discount code take the line from a quantity break**. When a code would otherwise be refused, the quantity break steps aside so the code works. Free gifts and cross-sell offers keep their discounts.
3. Under **Combine with other discounts**, tick the types of discount the app's discounts may stack with. Your code must also be set to combine with product discounts, in **Discounts** in your Shopify admin.

![The quantity break rules, including Let a shopper's discount code take the line from a quantity break](https://xprvgpfulbcxrftgyppu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/help-media/5d8df30e-32a3-4311-b03c-158adc08841b/6e0999c8-ff71-451c-8d4a-827bb772b773/qty-2-options-714c54be9f.webp#w=1172&h=552)

![Combine with other discounts](https://xprvgpfulbcxrftgyppu.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/help-media/5d8df30e-32a3-4311-b03c-158adc08841b/6e0999c8-ff71-451c-8d4a-827bb772b773/qty-3-combine-b05662a48a.webp#w=1172&h=536)

4. Select **Save**, then try the code on a test cart.

## When a code turns off the cart's rewards

With nothing ticked under **Combine with other discounts**, a cart that already has a discount from elsewhere turns off the reward bar, gifts and offers, so the cart never promises what checkout would not give. Ticking the code's discount type lets both work together.

> [!CAUTION]
> Every type you tick lets more discounts stack on the same order. Place a test order before you share codes widely.