# 2025-04-15: CE - Cart Service External Discounts

## Overview

In certain cases, custom discounts may be applied to specific products. These discounts originate from external systems, such as ERP, pricing tools, partner integrations, or loyalty platforms. These discounts are subject to customer contracts, promotional agreements, or bulk purchasing terms, and are integrated into the overall product pricing.\
If you're interested in incorporating externally sourced discounts, we offer a ready-to-use solution that allows you to apply external discounts at the cart level, ensuring accurate and dynamic pricing.

## New features

| Feature                                                                              | Benefit                                                                                                                                                                 |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Integrate external discounts for different products from third party application** | Merchants can define and manage product-specific discounts externally. These are automatically reflected in the cart, ensuring transparency and accuracy for customers. |

## Fixes and improvements

Extended the cart service with external discounts.

## Known problems

None as this is a new improvement.

## Documentation and links

API Reference:

* [Cart Service](/api-references/api-guides/checkout/cart.md)


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