Two different jobs at checkout
A coupon is a merchant-controlled instruction that may reduce a price or unlock an offer. Attribution is a commercial record used by a merchant or affiliate network to decide whether a publisher should receive commission. A valid code does not prove that attribution succeeded, and an attributed order does not guarantee that a code changed the price.
The distinction matters because a checkout message should say what it is doing. “Apply this code” describes a shopper-visible action. “This may attribute the purchase to SaveKindly” describes the commercial consequence. Combining those ideas into vague language can hide the choice.
Existing attribution and coupon conflicts
A shopper may arrive through another publisher, use a creator’s code, or already have a merchant promotion applied. Merchant and network rules decide which signals take precedence. Those rules vary and can change, so an extension should not promise that any particular click will earn commission.
What can be known at each stage
At the moment of application, the extension can know that the shopper clicked, which approved code it attempted, and whether the page appeared to accept it. After purchase, a merchant or network may report a transaction. Later still, validation and cash settlement determine whether any amount was actually collected.
A transparent product preserves these stages instead of replacing an early estimate with a more confident label. It also explains when another coupon or attribution signal causes the flow to stop.
How SaveKindly handles this
SaveKindly waits for an explicit Apply click and presents one approved code. It does not treat page viewing as permission to attach affiliate attribution, and it stops when competing coupon or publisher signals are detected. The preview labels monetary figures as estimates. Only collected and reconciled net commission can be divided: 80% to the selected charity and 20% to SaveKindly.