Were you aware that your shoppers CAN use more than 1 single coupon code at checkout? Most people are simply not aware of this little feature but you can do it. For example, one of my Yahoo stores sell neon open signs and we offer free shipping for all orders over 150 dollars. We also have a newsletter that gives registrants a 5% off coupon code. So normally a shopper would plug in 1 of the coupon codes and it would calculate into their cart but what about the other one?

The answer is simple… your customers just need to add BOTH coupon codes at once separated by a comma. So if you have a coupon that is SHIP4FREE and one coupon code that is 5OFF, your customers would just need to plug in SHIP4FREE, 5OFF at the same time!

Simple little things can make a huge difference. Remember to post a note in your checkout areas so your customers understand how to use more than 1 coupon code at the same time…if you want to offer this type of thing.

It also works this way for multiple gift certificates. Hope this helps!

Well folks, turns out this is completely wrong. My sources lied to me because I just tried it and it definitely does not work so I am retracting my statements from above. Also, according to Yahoo, the above tactic is supposed to work for multiple gift certificates but that again, is false. What does work for multiple gift certificates is you enter the first certificate and hit apply and then you enter the second gift certificate (and so on) and hit apply and they total up correctly. Go figure, I thought I had a new trick for Yahoo store owners and it turns out to be bogus. O well, hopefully you still learned something from all this mess.