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# Create your first campaign

> A full walkthrough of the 3-step campaign wizard using the Percentage Discount template — from template pick to a live discount at checkout.

Every campaign in Galantis Discount Flow is created in the same 3-step wizard: pick a starting point, shape the logic in the Rule Builder, then schedule and publish. This guide walks the whole wizard end to end using the **Percentage Discount** template — the simplest of the 6 starter templates and the fastest way to see a real discount at checkout.

The wizard's footer keeps you oriented throughout: **Next** moves you forward, **Back** returns to the previous step, and the final step offers **Save as draft** or **Create Campaign**.

## Before you start

Open **Campaigns** in the app navigation and click the button to create a new campaign. You'll land on step 1 of the wizard.

<Note>
  On the **Free plan** you can have up to **3 active campaigns** at a time. Drafts don't count against this limit, so you can prepare as many campaigns as you like and activate them as slots free up — or upgrade to Pro for unlimited campaigns via **Settings → Change plan**.
</Note>

## The 3-step wizard

<Steps>
  <Step title="Choose a template">
    Step 1 shows the template gallery with 6 starter templates — **Percentage Discount**, **Free Shipping**, **Buy 1 Get 1 Free**, **Fixed Amount Discount**, **End of Season**, and **Loyal Customer Reward** — plus a **Start from scratch** tile for a blank canvas.

    Select **Percentage Discount**. The wizard pre-fills the campaign name and loads a ready-made flow into the Rule Builder, then moves you to step 2. You can change your mind later with **Change template**.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Name the campaign and shape the rules">
    Step 2 is where the campaign takes shape:

    * **Campaign Name** — pre-filled from the template; rename it to something you'll recognize in lists and analytics, like "Summer 10% off".
    * **Rule Builder** — the visual canvas. The Percentage Discount template gives you a minimal flow ending in a **Percentage off** action. Open the action node to set the **Discount title** (what customers see) and the **Percentage**.

    Want the discount to be conditional? Add condition nodes such as **Cart total** or **Customer tag**, combine them with **AND**/**OR**/**NOT** gates, and wire them into the flow. For your first campaign, the template's defaults are enough — click **Next**.

    <Frame>
      <img src="https://mintlify.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/digifist/images/galantis/discount/getting-started/wizard-rule-builder.png" alt="Step 2 of the campaign wizard with the Percentage Discount flow in the Rule Builder" />
    </Frame>
  </Step>

  <Step title="Set active dates and combinations">
    Step 3 handles scheduling and stacking:

    * **Active dates** — pick a **Start date**, and optionally toggle **Set end date** for a fixed end. Times use your store timezone. A campaign with no end date runs until you deactivate it.
    * **Combinations** — choose which Shopify discount classes this campaign can combine with: order, product, and shipping discounts. This mirrors Shopify's native combination rules.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Publish — or save for later">
    Finish with one of the two footer buttons:

    * **Create Campaign** — publishes the flow to Shopify as a real discount. It becomes active according to its start date.
    * **Save as draft** — stores the campaign without publishing, so you can come back and finish it later. Drafts don't count toward the Free plan's active-campaign limit.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## Where your campaign appears

After publishing, the campaign shows up in two places:

| Location                                     | What you'll see                                                                                   |
| -------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Campaigns** list in Galantis Discount Flow | The campaign with its status, where you can edit, deactivate, or review it.                       |
| **Shopify's native Discounts page**          | The published discount as a real Shopify discount — proof that nothing lives only inside the app. |

Because your Percentage Discount flow contains no **Discount code** condition, it publishes as an **automatic discount** — customers get it at checkout with no code to type. Add a **Discount code** condition and the campaign becomes a code-based discount instead.

<Tip>
  Shopify allows a maximum of **25 active automatic discounts per store**. Code-based campaigns don't count toward this Shopify limit, so heavy users often mix both types.
</Tip>

## Related guides

* [Storefront setup](/galantis/discount/getting-started/storefront-setup)
* [Rule Builder overview](/galantis/discount/rule-builder/index)
* [Campaign templates](/galantis/discount/campaigns/templates)
* [Analytics](/galantis/discount/analytics/index)