Coupon Codes on Ream - The Official Guide

Ream is a publishing platform that allows authors to publish stories, build a readership, and earn income directly from readers. Authors can publish serial fiction, e-books, audiobooks, and comics while using discovery, community, subscriptions, and Single Sales to grow their audience and business. Authors can create coupon codes using the platform's built-in tools and settings.

Can I offer my readers discounts or coupons on Ream?

Yes you can! Our newest feature is here. 🔢

You can now create a promotional coupon code for readers to be able to apply a discount to their subscription at checkout. This is available for both Single Sales (as Coupon Codes OR Membership Discounts) & Subscriptions (as Coupon Codes).

How do I create a coupon code?

Navigate to your creator dashboard, select the Stories tab on the left, then the Marketing tab at the top.

Subscription Coupons:

Pro tip #1:

Codes can be created for one person (a PA or bestie), a certain group (beta readers or Kickstarter supporters) or be public (available to anyone who sees the code). It's all in how you share it.

Clicking 'Create a coupon' will open this window:

Internal Name: For your records only - name it anything you like
Coupon Code: This is the name readers will see - no spaces or special characters, maximum 500 characters (letters or numbers)
Discount Type: Amount Off ($ Dollar value) or Percentage Off (1-100%)
Enter the dollar value or the percentage you want to discount in the field opposite

Discount Duration: First payment only (1 time coupon), Set number of months (in numeric value ex: 12), or Every payment (invoice payment is basically paused until coupon is cancelled or expires)
Redemption Deadline: Set an expiry date for your coupon code so that readers need to subscribe before the code expires (great for limited time promotions and to give a sense of FOMO)

Maximum redemptions: number of times the coupon code can be used

Pro Tip #2:

It is good practice to always set a redemption limit, in case a helpful reader decides to share a code to a person or group that it wasn't intended for. Also good for limited time promotions ("Only 10 coupon codes available!")

First time buyers only: Only New subscribers will be able to use this code. Not intended for promotions that include former subscribers or readers that have interacted with your page in some way (PA's, Beta readers, ARC recipients, etc.)
Eligible tiers: These are what the coupon code can be applied to - you can select all active tiers (Not archived), or select specific active tiers (check all that will apply to this promotion)

Cancel a Coupon Code:

To cancel an active coupon code, simply click the garbage can shown in the photo below. You will be prompted to confirm to avoid any accidental deletions.

Pro Tip #3:

To request more coupon codes, click Manage Coupons:

Single Sales Promotions:

Pro Tip #4:

Offer a one-time discount to be applied in the checkout screen during the purchase of a single e-book or audiobook, OR offer a discount to a subscription tier for a reader that is purchasing a single e-book or audiobook.

Select all eligible editions or specific content to apply a discount by using the drop down arrow on the right
Select the percentage discount (1-100%)
Select the time frame for the discount - recommended time frame is one week or longer

Pro Tip #5:

If your percentage discount is too high, you receive this error message. Remember: the minimum price of a Single Sales e-book or audiobook is 99 cents.

When all the required information is correct, click Apply Promotion - promotion begins immediately
Notifications will be sent to your Followers, Subscribers, previous Single Sales purchasers (unless the same book was purchased) and the author (you)

You can always replace the existing promotion for an e-book/ audiobook
To End the promotion Before the selected date, click Clear Shown (this Cannot be undone)
This is what buyers see:

Membership Discounts:

Give selected editions one consistent set of membership-tier discounts

Select the e-books or audiobooks you want as part of the promotion
Select the tier(s) you want to share these books with

Select the discount type (percentage vs dollar amount off)
Check to see all information is correct, then click Apply Membership Discounts

Pro Tip #6:

Timed Single Sales discounts Always stack with membership discounts (example: If two discounts that are stacked reduce the price to below $0, the price then becomes 0).

As with Single Sales promotions, you can create new membership discounts by creating a new promotion using the same tier, or by using the Clear Shown link (this Cannot be undone).

If you have questions, please contact our Support team at support@reamstories.com.