Must know
- Every status can be edited. The status only changes which save buttons and which Activate or Deactivate toggle you see.
- Expired isn’t final. A later Valid to, a higher Total redemptions, or a cancelled paid order can bring a discount back to Active.
- Draft and Deactivated discounts never apply at checkout, whatever their dates.
- Scheduled and Expired discounts have no toggle. Change them by editing the dates or the cap.
What the list says. The Validity column has its own wording, separate from the badge: “Not published” (Draft), “Starts [date]” (Scheduled), “Until [date]” or “No end date” (Active), “Ended [date]” (Expired, or just “Expired” if it hit its cap with no end date) and “Disabled” (Deactivated).
How a discount gets its first status.
- Save as Draft makes a Draft.
- Create Discount makes it Active, or Scheduled if Valid from is a future day.
- Activate on a Draft (row menu or detail page) publishes it and starts it today, even if Valid from was later.
- Publish in the edit wizard keeps Valid from, so a future start is Scheduled.
- Deactivate turns an Active discount off. Activate on a Deactivated one turns it back on, but it can land on Scheduled or Expired if the dates or cap say so.
- The detail page asks you to confirm first. The list row menu applies the change at once and shows “Discount deactivated” or “Discount activated”.