Creating Price Level Promotions: Automate Discounts Easily | OrderCounter

Creating A Price Level Promotion

Price Level Promotions apply automatically whenever a certain time threshold is reached. The price of the items adjusts during that time.
Example: Happy hour would be a Price Level promotion since it adjusts the prices of items during a certain time of the day.
Note: You'll need to have price levels setup. If you need information on setting up price levels, visit this articles: Setting Up Price Levels
Promotions can be configured in the Back Office under the Menu tab.


Select "Price Level Promo" from the drop down and then click on "Build Promotion" to create a new promotion.


On the following screen, you'll be given the Promotion's options.



Promotion Name – This will show on screen when selecting the promotion to be used
Promotion Description – This will show below the name when choosing the promotion
Price Level– This will be the Price Level used when the promotion applies
Discount Uses Loyalty – If set to yes then the discount will be applied using loyalty
Loyalty Cost - How much of loyalty points will be used
Start Date – The date the promotion will start
End Date – The date the promotion will end. The promotion will be available till the end of this day
Does Not Expire – If this box is ticked then the start and end date are ignored and the promotion will not expire
Order Methods: Specify which order types that will have the price level promotion applied.
Limit Terminals - Specify which terminals will have the price level promotion applied.



Items Included

Checkmark all items that will be adjusted during the price level promotion period.
Example: If you're setting up happy hour, you'd select all drinks.
Once you have the promotion configured, click "Submit" at the bottom to save it.
 
This promotion will be applied automatically and will be visible whenever you add items to the order during the promotion period. 
The Item will show with the Price Level Abbreviation next to it



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