Step 1
Use documented test codes covering valid, expired and inapplicable cases.
Practical review guide · Free worksheet
Test discount-code errors for accessibility
Direct answerMake discount success and failure understandable without relying on color or a silent total change. Preserve the entered code when correction is possible.
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These are suggested operational checks to apply to your own evidence. They are not additional legal requirements or claims that the workspace automates this entire task.
Step 2
Inspect the field's label, instructions and error association.
Step 3
Check announcements and focus after applying each code.
Step 4
Verify that the total and any restrictions are communicated clearly without clearing unrelated checkout data.
Worked example
An invalid coupon turns its border red but provides no text explanation or screen-reader announcement.
What the reviewer finds
- The error is indicated only by color.
- The total changes without explaining that the discount was not applied.
Resulting record
A discount-code state test with messages, associations and totals.
Boundary: This test does not establish the correctness or fairness of a promotion's commercial terms.
This scenario is fictional. It illustrates a review decision, not a customer outcome or a compliance determination.
Download the blank working record
The Markdown worksheet includes the procedure, the fields below, and space for findings, evidence, owners and retests. It contains no pre-approved findings. Edit it locally without an account.
- Code test case
- Visible message
- Error association
- Announcement
- Total outcome
Record what you observed, including unknowns. Link each decision to a source and keep unresolved questions assigned to an owner. Share completed records only through an appropriate authorized route.
Primary references and scope
The references provide the legal or technical context. The procedure and worksheet are ComplyFolio working suggestions, not official forms or a certification standard.
This test does not establish the correctness or fairness of a promotion's commercial terms.
Connect the review to your product record
Use the free workspace for an initial public product-page review, then add the manual evidence and decisions this guide requires. A page scan cannot inspect private supplier files or complete every user journey.
Start with a public product page