Configuring a Promotion

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction

Navigate to: Marketing > Promotions and Coupons > "Add New" button or “Edit” icon

Administrators can manage/create coupons and promotions from this section.

Promotion Information

Within the Add Promotion and Coupon section, the Promotion Information tab has several required attributes: 

Field

Description

Promotion code

Administrators can add a Promotion code from this field. 

Promotion name

Administrators can add a Promotion name from this field.

Description

This field gives administrators an additional place to provide more details regarding the promotion.

Start Date

Administrators can select the start date here.

End Date

Administrators can select the end date here.

Display orderAdministrators can add a display order for the Promotion.

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Discount Information

The Discount information tab has several required attributes: 

Mandatory Fields

Description

Store

Discounts can be restricted to an individual store or made available to all stores.

Profile

Discounts can be limited to an individual User Profile or made available to All User Profiles (i.e. if the Administrator decided that a specific discount type is only applicable for retail customers then it would be applicable only to users associated with that profile)

Discount Amount

The Amount/Percent to discount this Promotion depends on the type of Discount that is selected.

Minimum Quantity

Administrators can specify the minimum quantity that should be ordered for this promotion to be applied.

Minimum Order Amount

Administrators can specify the minimum order amount that requires before being eligible for this Promotion. 

Products To Discounts (Find Products)

By clicking on “Find Products” administrators can select the product(s) that will receive the discounted amount. 

Additional Fields in Discount Information

Based on the selection of "Discount Types” administrators will get the following additional fields.

Discount Type

Additional Fields 

Amount/Percent off Brand

“Find Brands” - By clicking on “Find Brand” administrators can select the brands(s) on which the discount will be applicable.

Amount/Percent off Catalog

Find Catalogs” - By clicking on “Find Catalogs” administrators can select the Catalogs on which the discount will be applicable.


Amount/Percent off Category

Find Category” - By clicking on “Find Category” administrators can select the Category on which the discount will be applicable.

Amount/Percent off Displayed product Price

Find Products” - By clicking on “Find Products” administrators can select the Products on which the discount will be applicable.

Amount/Percent off Product

Find Product” - By clicking on “Find Product” administrators can select the Products on which the discount will be applicable.

Amount/Percent off shipping with the carrier

Shipping - By clicking on “Shipping ” administrators can select the Shipping method on which the discount will be applicable.

Amount/Percent off X if Y purchased

There will be 3 additional fields that will be enabled upon selecting this Discount Type 

  1. Product To Discount - Administrators can select the product on which the discount amount/percent will be applicable. 

  2. Required Product - This field indicates the product which is required for the discount to be applicable on the product selected in the “Product To Discount” field.
    E.g. If product "Y" is added in this field then product "X" (added in the Product to Discount) will get the discount as the name of the discount suggests.

  3. Product Quantity - This field indicates the number of discounted products that will receive this promotion.

Call for Pricing“Find Products” By clicking on “Find Products” administrators can select the Products on which the call for pricing message will be displayed.
BOGOFor more information on BOGO feature, refer the link to the detailed article. Configuring Buy One Get One [BOGO]

From Version 9.7.4 the administrator can choose multiple profiles for Promotion and Coupons. Along with multiple profile selections, the "all profile" option is also available.

When all profile option is selected all the other options from the drop-down gets disabled.  

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Coupon Information

The Coupon Information tab features Require A Coupon option and the checkbox is unchecked (by default).

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After enabling the Requires a Coupon option, the Promotion Message, Coupon code, and Available Quantity fields become available as shown in the below screenshot. Also, optional attribute options for Is Unique and Is Allowed With Other Coupon checkboxes are available. The default coupon behavior gives the Administrator the ability to create a single coupon code that can be used by one or more customers while limiting the number of times the coupon code can be used.

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When the promotion option Is Unique checkbox is selected, additional options become available as shown in the screenshot below. Custom Coupon, Coupon Code Format, Coupon Code Length, and Initial Quantity. This option gives the administrator the ability to create unique coupon codes that can be distributed as needed. If the Custom Coupon option is checked an additional Custom Coupon Code option becomes available to allow Administrators to customize the prefix or suffix of the auto-generated coupon codes.

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Once the Administrator has the promotion and coupon configured according to the requirements, the coupon codes can be generated. At the same time, the Is Allowed With Other Coupon option, is checked this would allow the newly generated coupons to be used with the other coupons.

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Edit Promotions and Coupons

Navigate to: Marketing > Promotions and Coupons > "Edit" action

  1. Edit new Promotion and Coupon details
  2. Save results using the "Save" button

Delete Promotions and Coupons

Navigate to: Marketing > Promotions and Coupons > "Delete" action

  1. Click on the Delete icon
  2. A Confirmation pop up comes up
  3. Click on "Okay" and the Promotions and Coupons will be deleted.

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