The Promotion screen allows you
to create and manage sales promotions for your web site.
Multiple promotions can be created to run simultaneously. If a product is
assigned to more than one simultaneous promotion, the system will automatically
pick the most advantageous price for the customer. Since all promotion prices
are calculated in real-time, there is no need to store sale prices for your
products. An added advantage to this method is that the sale prices are
automatically consistent with any changes made to the product base price.
| Field Name | Description |
| Promotion Name |
Enter the promotion name in this field. If you are using the promotion display script on your web site (DTListPromotion.asp), this will be the name seen by the users. See the integration manual about using DTListPromotion.asp or consult your VAR. |
| Apply to Customer Type | Platinum
(B2B) version only. Select the customer type to whom the promotion will apply. Other customer types will either the retail price or the promotional price corresponding to their own promotions. |
| Apply to Product(s) | Select the
product (or products) the promotion applies to. In order to select
multiple products, hold the 'Ctrl' key and select additional
products with the mouse. Note that assigning a promotion to a product (or products) 'de-selects' the category assigned to that promotion since those two features are mutually exclusive. |
| Apply to Product Category | A promotion may be applied to an entire category of products. If the category contain sub-categories, the promotion will also apply to the sub-categories. Note that assigning a promotion to a category 'de-selects' the products assigned to that promotion since those two features are mutually exclusive. |
| Discount Amount | If you wish to
offer a fixed discount amount (example $2.00 off), enter the amount in
this field. Tip: Exercise caution when defining a 'flat' discount rate. In particular, make sure that no product included in the promotion has a price inferior to the discount amount. If this happened, the web site would display a negative price. The shopping cart does not allow negative sales to be processed but if the user orders multiple items, the negative price will be used to compute the order's total amount, resulting in a potentially disproportionate discount. |
| Discount Rate | If your
promotion is a percentage discount, enter the percentage in this field. Tip: Exercise caution when assigning the discount rate since this will determine the discount amount. Consult your CPA or CFO to make sure the discount rate makes good business sense. |
| Apply Date | The date the promotion becomes applicable. Note: 1/1/2000 means Jan 1st 2000 at 0:00:00. Shipping information can be entered ahead of time and will automatically apply when scheduled. |
| Expiration Date | The date the promotion ceases to be applicable. Note: 1/1/2000 means Jan 1st 2000 at 0:00:00. |
| Command Button | Action |
| Save | Save the changes and exit. |
| Cancel | Exit the screen without saving changes. |
Important information about apply/expiration dates: Notes: 1. Promotion discounts are cumulative. If you enter information in both 'Retail Discount Amount' and 'Retail Discount Percentage', the calculated discount will add up both values. 2. All promotions discount prices are automatically rounded (up or down) to 2 decimals to provide full precision on receipts and reports. |
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