Marketplace Promotions
Marketplace promotions are sales we run across the platform from time to time — discount campaigns and "buy X get Y free" (BOGO) offers that apply automatically when a buyer's cart meets the campaign's threshold. They drive more sales for participating prompts.
This page explains exactly how those campaigns work, how prices are calculated, and how revenue is allocated to sellers when items are sold under a promotion.
Note: All discount percentages, tier thresholds, and dollar amounts shown below are for illustration only. Actual campaign rates, tiers, and durations are decided by Graded Prompts on a per-campaign basis.
Campaign limits
- Discount campaigns are capped at a maximum of 50% off any single item. We will not run a discount campaign that takes a paid item below half of its listed price.
- BOGO campaigns are structurally capped: in any tier, the number of free items can never exceed the number of paid items (e.g., "buy 2 get 1 free" or "buy 4 get 2 free", never "buy 1 get 2 free").
Participation
- All your published prompts are automatically included in marketplace promotions.
- You can opt a prompt out by switching off "Include in marketplace promotions" on the publish step before publishing.
- You can change a prompt's eligibility while it is in Draft or Rejected status by editing it through the publish wizard.
- Already published a prompt and missed the toggle? Email seller-support@gradedprompts.com and we'll update it for you.
Campaign types
We run two types of campaigns. Every campaign has tiers — the more paid items in the buyer's cart, the better the offer.
1. Discount campaigns
Once the buyer's cart has enough paid items to hit a tier, every paid item in the cart is discounted by that tier's percentage.
| Tier | Cart needs | Discount applied |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2+ paid items | 20% off each |
| 2 | 4+ paid items | 40% off each |
The highest matching tier wins — buyers don't get both.
Example: 3 prompts in cart, all from one seller
Campaign: tier 1 = 20% off when 2+ paid items.
| Prompt | Listed price | After 20% discount |
|---|---|---|
| A | $5.00 | $4.00 |
| B | $3.00 | $2.40 |
| C | $2.00 | $1.60 |
- Buyer pays: $8.00 (saves $2.00)
- Seller revenue: $8.00 (each item earns its discounted price)
Example: 3 prompts, 2 sellers
Same 20% campaign. Prompts A & B are by Seller X; prompt C is by Seller Y.
| Prompt | Seller | Listed | After 20% |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | X | $5.00 | $4.00 |
| B | X | $3.00 | $2.40 |
| C | Y | $2.00 | $1.60 |
- Buyer pays: $8.00
- Seller X revenue: $6.40 ($4.00 + $2.40)
- Seller Y revenue: $1.60
Each seller earns the discounted price of their own items.
2. BOGO campaigns ("buy X, get Y free")
Once the buyer's cart hits a tier, the cheapest Y paid items become free for the buyer. The remaining items in the cart keep their full listed price.
| Tier | Cart needs | Buyer gets |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 paid items | Cheapest 1 free |
| 2 | 6 paid items | Cheapest 2 free |
The highest matching tier wins.
Example: 3 prompts in cart, all from one seller
Campaign: buy 2 get 1 free (tier 1 matches at 3 paid items).
| Prompt | Listed | Buyer-facing price |
|---|---|---|
| A | $5.00 | $5.00 |
| B | $3.00 | $3.00 |
| C | $2.00 | $0.00 (free) |
- Buyer pays: $8.00 (saves $2.00)
- Seller revenue: $8.00 — the entire amount the buyer paid goes to the single seller.
Example: 3 prompts, 3 different sellers
Same buy-2-get-1-free campaign. Each prompt has a different seller.
| Prompt | Seller | Listed | Buyer-facing |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | X | $5.00 | $5.00 |
| B | Y | $3.00 | $3.00 |
| C | Z | $2.00 | $0.00 (free) |
The buyer pays $8.00. Even though Seller Z's prompt is "the free item" for the buyer, Seller Z still earns money — the campaign's revenue is shared across all participating sellers in proportion to their listed prices:
| Seller | Listed price share | Revenue calculation | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|
| X | $5.00 of $10.00 | (5 ÷ 10) × $8.00 | $4.00 |
| Y | $3.00 of $10.00 | (3 ÷ 10) × $8.00 | $2.40 |
| Z | $2.00 of $10.00 | (2 ÷ 10) × $8.00 | $1.60 |
This pro-rata distribution is how BOGO campaigns work for multi-seller carts: no single seller "loses" their item to the discount. Every seller takes a proportional share of the actual cart total.
Commission and net payout
All figures shown above are gross revenue allocated to the seller for the sale. Your actual payout is the net amount after the commission you agreed to with Graded Prompts is deducted. You can see your commission rate on your seller dashboard.
Questions
If anything here is unclear, or if you've already published a prompt and need its eligibility changed, email seller-support@gradedprompts.com and we'll help.