Ways to start a function

Click Create function on Home or on the Functions page to open What do you want to do?. It lists every starting point FunctionFlow offers, grouped by kind.

Find a starting point

• Search — type what you want, in your own words: free shipping, hide COD, BOGO, limit quantity, happy hour. Every word must match, so start short.
• Tabs — show All, or only Discounts, Shipping, Payment methods or Checkout rules.
• Badges — Popular marks the most used starting points; New marks recent additions.

Click a card and the builder opens with conditions and actions already filled in. If the title is empty, it takes the card’s name. Change anything you like — nothing is saved until you click Save draft or Publish….

Starting points by kind

Discounts

Starting point	What it sets up
Conditional discount	10% off the order when the cart total is at least 100
Buy X get Y	Buy 2, get 1 free
Quantity breaks	10% off at 2 units, 20% off at 5 units, per product
Mixed product discount	Different discounts for different products (e.g. 20% off sale, 40% off clearance)
Happy hour	20% off the order on weekdays from 5 to 7 PM
Tiered discount	Spend more, save more: 5% from 100, 10% from 250
Tiered gifts	Free gift products at each spending tier
Bundle discount	A discount when the cart has a set combination of items
Mixed bundle discount	A discount for any mix of items from a group, e.g. any 3 candles
Fixed bundle price	A set price for a combination, e.g. 3 for $50
Shipping discount	Free or discounted shipping above a cart total
Fixed amount discount	A fixed amount off the order or each product
Volume pricing	A discount that grows with the quantity of matching products
Wholesale pricing	30% off for customers tagged wholesale

Shipping

Starting point	What it sets up
Hide shipping methods	Hide rates whose name contains express
Free shipping	Free shipping when the cart total is at least 150
Rename shipping methods	Rename standard to Standard (3–5 business days)
Reorder shipping methods	Move local rates to the top
Discounted shipping	50% off shipping

Payment methods

Starting point	What it sets up
Hide payment methods	Hide Cash on Delivery when the cart total is over 300
Rename payment methods	Rename a method, e.g. Cash on Delivery (+$5 fee)
Reorder payment methods	Move a method, e.g. bank transfer, to the top

Checkout rules

Starting point	What it sets up
Restrict quantity	At most 5 units of each product
Block checkout	A message that stops checkout — add the conditions it should apply to
Restrict products	Block products tagged restricted
Restrict customers	Ask guests to sign in before they can check out

Important: Block checkout starts without conditions, so it would block every checkout — add the conditions it should apply to before you publish. Restrict products also starts without conditions, which blocks the restricted products for everyone; add a condition such as Customer tags has none of wholesale to decide who can still buy them.

Other ways to start

Below the starting points:

• Start from a template — ready-made rules you can adjust. See Templates.
• Describe it to AI — type the rule in plain English. See AI generator.
• Write it in code — JavaScript, for anything custom. See Code editor.
• Or start blank — an empty rule of the kind you choose.

A badge such as Pro or Enterprise next to an option means your current plan doesn’t include it yet. See Plans and billing.

One kind per function

Each function is one kind of Shopify Function, so a few actions can’t be mixed in one function — for example, a shipping discount can’t share a function with product or order discounts. The builder greys out actions that would need a different function. Create a separate function for each instead.