There are two ways that discounts can be created and redeemed in the shopping cart.
Per Order Discounts
An unlimited number of per order discounts may be created. Create per order discounts in Edit Catalog. Click on the Discounts button on the top right side.
| 1. | Enter the discount code
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| 2. | Enter the amount or percentage of the discount. Percent discounts are applied to each order subtotal (before shipping and taxes).
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| 3. | (Optional) Enter a valid affiliateid number to credit an affiliate when this discount is redeemed.
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| 4. | Click Add to add the new discount.
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Per Product Discounts
Per product discount codes are created each product in Edit Catalog. Per product discounts may be entered by customers when selecting each product or per product discounts may be automatically applied when customers enter a manual referral code.
Create a Discount Code For Each Product
| 1. | Navigate to the category where the product discount is to be added or edited.
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| 2. | Click on the Discount button under the product.
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| 3. | Enter a discount code up to 50 characters.
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| 4. | Enter the discount amount and check if it is percentage of the product price or an amount.
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| 5. | Click the Add button to save the discount. To remove a discount, simply click the Remove button.
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When a discount code exists for a product, a discount box will appear in the shopping cart catalog next to the product. When the correct code is entered and the product is added to the cart, the discount is subtracted from the product amount before taxes and shipping.
Create a One-Time Discount
AShop Deluxe will let you allow specified customers to be able to get a discount good for only one purchase? Here's how...
When you add or edit a discount you will notice a check box under the discount amount labeled "One time discount"
Check the box and click the "Add" button.
Now you must enter the email addresses that the one-time discount will be good for.
You can add one email address at a time. Enter the email address and click the Add button.
You may also upload a whole list of email addresses. Browse to the text file and click the Upload button.
*The uploaded list must be in plain text format separated by line breaks. For example...
test@testemail.com
joe@customer.biz
customer@business.com
As you add and/or upload email address they will appear below the Import email list form field.
When a customer uses their discount the text under the "Used" column next to their email address will change from No to Yes and they will not be able to receive the discount again. You may delete a customer's email address from the list at any time by clicking on the trash can icon.
Create a Gift Certificate
If you have a customer who you would like to send a gift certificate to, you can do so using the one-time discount feature:
| 1. | Add a product with a price of $0.00 (no taxes or shipping).
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| 2. | Click the "Discount" button for that product and add a one-time discount for that customer (or customers) as described above.
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That's all there is to it. The customer(s) will enter their email address and discount code into the fields provided in the product catalog. Doing so will add a product of to their cart that has a negative dollar value which will be calculated into the total.
Also see the Gift Certificate Tech Tip.