Overview
Cart Discount promotion codes give your customers either a percentage or dollar discount on their order. To be eligible, the customer simply needs to meet a minimum spend requirement.
If you like, you can even exclude certain products from the promotion. Excluded products will not count toward the spend requirement, and may or may not be discounted.
In the example below, we'll create a Cart Discount promotion for '20% off orders over $250'. This promo will exclude exercise machines.
The Promotion Codes feature must be enabled for your website. On BPD sites, you can do this at Settings → Payment & Checkout → Promotion Codes
Step-by-step guide
- In the CMS, navigate to Campaigns & Promotions → Promotion Codes.
- On the top right of the screen, click 'Add Promotion Code'.
- From Select Promotion Type, select Cart.
- Next, decide whether your customer will get a dollar or percentage discount and select your scenario accordingly. Our example will use the % discount.
- Enter the Promotion Code (no spaces). This is what your customer enters at checkout to redeem the promo.
- Give the promotion a description. This will be displayed in the user's order summary during checkout.
- Specify Start and End dates. Click the calendar icon to launch the date picker. NOTE - If start and end dates are not set, the promotion code cannot be used. An error message will display when the customer tries to apply the code during checkout.
Enter the Spend Threshold (the $ amount they must spend), and the associated Discount % or $ amount.
(Our example only requires one level of discounting, but if you're interested in multi-level discounts, see our article on Tiered Promotion Codes.)Note that the spend requirement is based on the inc-GST total for B2C, and the ex-GST total for B2B. Also note that for B2B scenarios, any customer-based discounts will still be honoured; this discount will be on top of that.
- Next you can specify products to be excluded. Click Add and specify products you want to exclude from the spend calculation. Specify by:
- Product code
- ERP stock group
- Product category
- ERP price code
- Or a combination of all of the above!
- Finally, decide whether you want to 'Discount these exclusions'?
Excluded products don't count toward the required spend, but you can still allow them to attract the discount if you choose. Otherwise, leave the option unticked to exclude them from the discount as well as the spend threshold.- Click Add again to specify more products if required.
- Click Save & Exit.
Your cart discount promo is now ready to go!
To access Additional Options: While in the saved promo code, navigate to Options → Edit Additional Options. OR If editing an existing promo code, scroll down its page and open the collapsed Additional Options section. Not Applicable With Other Offers; IMPORTANT Letting customers use more than one promotion code in an order must first be enabled by Commerce Vision. Contact CV Support and request stacked promotions to be enabled. Free Product To Be Added in Pronto (applies only for Promo Codes that add a free product) Include or exclude the promo code based on whether customers are B2B, B2C or both. For versions lower than 4.31 Applied To: Select customer group: B2B, B2C or both. For versions 4.31+ Limit the maximum number of times the promo code can be used. For unlimited use, leave at the default of '0'. - User Usage Limit: limit the number of times an individual user can apply the promo code (available only if the promo code is for B2B users) - Customer Usage Limit: limit the number of times an individual Customer Code can apply the promo code - Global Usage Limit: limit the total number of times the promo code can be used site-wide. - User List: (For versions 4.10+) You can also specify one or more users (comma-separated list) who can use the promotion code. NOTE - If one or more users are added, any user not in this list cannot apply the promo code to their order. Customer list allows you to restrict a promo code to specific customer accounts. To add a customer manually: Default messages to users are set at the promotion code feature level. These can be overridden for a specific promotion code. Leave blank to use defaults.Access Additional Options
Misc
- Active: the promo code is live on your site and can be used by customers. It has not been disabled or deleted.
- Disabled: the promo code cannot be used by customers. You can switch it to 'Active'
- Deleted: the promo code is deleted from use altogether and is kept for historical records only. (NOTE - A deleted promo code can be undeleted to 'disabled' and then reactivated.)
- ON: the promo code is automatically removed from the cart when contents get updated and promo requirements are no longer met. Users must re-enter the promo code if they want the code to be applied;
- OFF: the promo code remains in the cart when requirements are not met, If contents get updated and requirements are now met, it will be (re-)applied.
- ON: promo code cannot be used when other promo codes have already been applied to the order;
- OFF: promo code can be used when other promo codes have been applied to the same order. Roles
Usage Limits
Customer List (4.34+)
To add Customers in bulk:Messages
We recommend that Promotion Codes be configured on your Stage site and thoroughly tested to ensure behaviour is as expected.
Additional Information
Specific products, product groups, or product categories can be excluded from the promotion.
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Prerequisites |
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Self Configurable |
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Business Function |
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BPD Only? |
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B2B/B2C/Both |
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Third Party Costs |
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