These different combinations allow flexibility to create a promotion.
Name: Give the promotion a name
Customers: Who is the promotion for; All Customers, Trade, Retail or a Customer Type
Date From: The start of the promotion
Use Until Date: If the is not selected the promotion will continue to run indefinitely
Applicable Between: If you want the promotion for a specific date and time; between 12:00-17:00
Promotion Type: Here is where you state if the promotion is to be applied to an individual stock item or to all items in the promotion.
The combination of Promotion Type and Promotion Type1 and 2 give different combinations and understanding these is important so here are some examples
DISCOUNT – Individual or Multiple
Promotion Type 1: This is where you are declaring your type of promotion
Buy 1 Get 1 at 100%
Buy 1 Get 1 at 50%
Customer needs to purchase 2 items to qualify
Buy 2 Get 1 @ 100%
Customer needs to purchase 3 items to qualify
PRICE
Buy 2 Get 2 at 4.00 Price
Customer only buys 2 items to qualify
Check above for variations with a price promotion
Give name to promotion
Enter how many are being bought to define the sections i.e.
Buy 3 get 3 @ 100 – This will create 3 sections
Select Price
Select Full
Deselect unique items
Select Unique items by section
Now search for the codes that will go into each section
Once a code is found in section from the drop down select which section the code will go into
Continue until promotion is complete and then save
E.g. 2.5lt paint get a Harris 3” Paint Brush
This can be the same way as Promotion Type1 for a discount or a set price
NOTE the discount is always from the cheapest item in the promotion
In order to close a promotion an end date needs to be entered.
Once the end date is selected press the close promotion button
The system will ask if you are sure
Once Yes is selected the promotion is closed