Coupon limits bypassed by new email addresses
Single-use and first-order coupons get reused by customers who register new email addresses, because usage limits only check email.
Tier II · Emerging Problems that are still building up.
3 public reports · first reported 15 April 2021 · last reported 11 February 2026
What's going wrong
Store owners running first-order and single-use coupons report that customers get around usage limits by creating new email addresses, since the Smart Coupons extension tracks usage only per email.
AI-assisted: written with the help of AI from the reports. The idea report has the full summary.
In the idea report
- The full summary.
- The products the 3 reports are about, and how many came each month.
- Related problems.
No business has been found with this problem yet, so the report has no contacts. All sales are final — no refunds. Pricing.