Order bumps and post-purchase offers, explained.
Two ways to add to an order in a Sling checkout: one before the shopper pays, and one right after. What each does, how it is priced, and how to set it up.
The order bump, step by step.
Where it shows
An order bump is a product card in the order summary of your checkout. The shopper ticks it, and the product joins the same order before they pay. There is no second payment and no second order, just one more line on the order they were already placing.
How it is priced
You pick the product and a discount from 0 to 90 percent. The bump price is your store price minus that discount, so a bump can be a small thank you at a low price or a plain add-on at full price. The shopper sees the price on the card before they tick it.
When it appears
Each bump has a rule: show it always, only when the cart contains a certain product, or only when it does not. Rules run from top to bottom and the first match shows. A product that is already in the cart is never offered again, so nobody is asked to buy what they already chose.
How it looks
Give the card a title and a headline, and add stars and a short review line if you want. It sits in the summary, styled like the rest of your checkout, so it reads as part of your page and not as an advert dropped on top of it.
After payment
The post-purchase offer, step by step.
One offer on the confirmation page
After the shopper pays, the confirmation page shows one offer. If they accept, the card they just used is charged with one click. They do not type their details again. If they decline, they see their order, or the next offer if you built a trail.
A separate order, shipped together
An accepted offer creates its own order, which ships with the original one at no extra shipping cost. Subscription products are left out here, because a one-click offer always creates a one-time order.
Trails
An offer can lead to another. Below a rule you choose what shows if the shopper accepts and what shows if they decline, or you end the trail there. Every accepted offer is its own one-click charge, and a link that would loop back to an earlier offer is refused.
Before you switch them on
- Sync your Shopify products first. Bumps and post-purchase offers pick from them.
- Keep each offer close to what is in the cart. A rule that only fires when a certain product is present makes that easy.
- Start with a modest discount. The price is always your store price minus your percentage, and you can change it later.
- Order your rules on purpose. The first match wins, so the most specific rule belongs at the top.
- Compare two versions of the post-purchase card with an A/B test on real traffic.
- Read the results on Flow, where each offer is a row, before you add more.
Questions.
No. The bump joins the same order before payment, at the bump price.
No. Accepting charges the card the shopper just used, with one click, and creates a separate order that ships with the first one.
No. A one-click offer always creates a one-time order, so subscription products are excluded from post-purchase offers.
Up to 50 rules for order bumps and up to 50 for post-purchase offers. Each offer can have its own condition and its own discount.
Open Flow, where each offer is a row. Revenue covers the last 30 days and counts only the add-on's own amount, not the whole order it came with.