Discount Calculator

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NEED HELP deciding which Coupon or Offer is best for your order?

Choose the coupon or offer that saves you the most money on your order. At DOLL-WORLD, we try to offer different types of discounts so that everyone can enjoy the best discounts available for their particular order. Each offer is slightly different – some offers work better depending on the order total, and other offers depend on other criteria. Not every offer will work the same for everyone because of various criteria. To determine which offer or coupon might work best for you (save you the most money), start with the following easy steps:

  1. When you finish choosing items to purchase, check your cart merchandise total.
  2. Make sure your merchandise total meets the minimum requirements for available coupons or offers that you are interested in using.
  3. Estimate the discount total from each available offer to compare the discount amounts.
  4. Use the discount offer that saves you the most money overall.
  5. During order checkout, enter and apply the discount code for the offer you decide to use, and enjoy your discount!

Order and offer discount comparison examples. To demonstrate how the different coupons and offers work best for different types of orders, let’s compare discounts from two offers for two orders to show the best discount for each.

Coupon Offer #1:

8% off merchandise total – gives a graduated/changing amount off, depending on the total amount of the order. $30.00 merchandise total required for coupon eligibility.

Coupon Offer #2:

$5 off the merchandise total – gives a consistent/constant amount off, regardless of the total amount of the order. $30.00 merchandise total required for coupon eligibility.

Order Total #1:

$37.59 merchandise total – meets the minimum merchandise total of $30.00 to be eligible for either coupon discount.

Order Total #2:

$87.59 merchandise total – meets the minimum merchandise total of $30.00 to be eligible for either coupon discount.

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Determine which coupon offer works best for each order, based on the order total and comparison of discounts from each offer for each order:

ORDER #1 – TOTAL $37.59

Applying Coupon Offer #1 – 8% off – to the $37.59 order total:

  • 8% of $37.59 is $3.00.
  • The $37.59 order would be discounted by $3.00 using the 8% off coupon.

Applying Coupon Offer #2 – $5 off – to the $37.59 order total:

  • Because the $5 off discount is consistently $5.00 no matter what order total it is applied to, the $37.59 order would be discounted by $5.00 using the $5 off coupon.

Comparing Coupon Discounts for the $37.59 order:

  • The $5 off discount is $5.00 and is larger than the 8% off discount of $3.00.
  • Because the $5 off discount is larger, it is the better coupon to use for the $37.59 order.

ORDER #2 – TOTAL $87.59

Applying Coupon Offer #1 – 8% off – to the $87.59 order total:

  • 8% of $87.59 is $7.00.
  • The $87.59 order would be discounted by $7.00 using the 8% off coupon.

Applying Coupon Offer #2 – $5 off – to the $87.59 order total:

  • Because the $5 off discount is consistently $5.00 no matter what order total it is applied to, the $87.59 order would be discounted by $5.00 using the $5 off coupon.

Comparing Coupon Discounts for the $87.59 order:

  • The 8% off discount is $7.00 and is larger than the $5 off discount of $5.00.
  • Because the 8% off discount is larger, it is the better coupon to use for the $87.59 order.

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Can MATH be FUN? Of course! You just have to tell the joke right...

Using a mathematical formula to compare fixed amount and percentage discount offers. The following formula can help you calculate the minimum purchase price multiplied by percentage discount to equal a fixed amount discount. Once you know the “tip point” purchase total, you can decide which discount offer – fixed amount or percentage – will benefit you the most, based on how much you are willing to spend on an order.

[Fixed Amount Discount] = [Percentage Discount] x [Purchase Total]

Enter the discount information you know. For demonstration purposes, let’s enter the amounts from the two discount examples above. The “5” in the equation below represents $5.00 for the $5 off [Fixed Amount Discount]. The “8/100” represents the 8% off [Percentage Discount]. (“Percent” is denoted by “/100” which in mathematical terms translates to “divided by 100.”)

Since all the elements (terms) in this equation represent dollar amounts, for simplicity, we’ll substitute “P” for the [Purchase Total], and remove dollar signs and percent signs. What we are left with is the simplified equation below, which will tell you at what point the purchase amount is equally benefited using either a dollar-amount discount or a percent-amount discount. Then you can decide, depending on the amount you plan to spend, which discount offer works better to save you the most money. Let’s solve the equation below to figure out the purchase amount “P” where dollar-off and percent-off discounts are equal:

5 = 8/100 x P

  1. Multiply each separate element (“term”) on both sides of the equation by 100 to eliminate division by 100 and change 8% to whole number 8. (Note that “8/100 x P” is a single element or “term” because multiplication or division with separate numbers or variables represents a single term while addition or subtraction of separate numbers or variables indicates separate terms that would need to be multiplied by 100 to balance the equation on either side of the equal sign.) The process is: 5 x 100 = 8/100 x P x 100. This results in: 500 = 8 x P.
  2. Divide terms on both sides of the equation by “8” to eliminate “8” from the right side of the equation, leaving only “P” on the right. (Note that “8/8” equals “1” and any term multiplied by “1” equals the term itself.) The process is: 500/8 = 8/8 x P.
  3. The answer to the solved equation is: 62.50 = P.
  4. The final format of the formula for more simplified calculations would be:

[Fixed Amount Discount] / [Percentage Discount] x 100 = [Purchase Total]

This real-life example shows that you must spend more than $62.50 for the 8% discount to be larger than the $5.00 discount. If you plan on spending near that amount, then the 8% discount is the better choice. If you plan to spend less, then the $5.00 discount is the best choice.

Just remember this simple formula below and put in the discount offer amounts to figure out the purchase amount where both discount offers yield the same benefit:

[Fixed Amount] divided by [Percent Amount] x 100 equals [Minimum Purchase Amount]

This will help you compare any fixed discount to any percentage discount. Then you can plan your purchases and find discount offers to better fit your needs, depending on the total you want to spend.

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