Creating A Promotion
Promotions can be configured in the Back Office under the Menu tab.
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
Promotion Code (Online Ordering) – This is the code that would be entered to enable the offer to be used online
Promotion Category – Choose from a list of categories that you can manually add from the promotions screen
Max Value – This is the maximum value the promotion can give as a discount.
Leave blank to say there is no max value
Can Be Used With Other Specials – If set to no then this promotion will not apply if there is already a promotion added to the check.
Requires Manager Override – If set to yes then an override prompt will appear when the promotion is applied. The privilege “Override Coupons”
Can Be Used Multiple Times – Determines if you can use the promotion once or more than once
Discount Is Taxable – If set to yes then the tax will be calculated using the pre discount amount.
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
Day Start And End Times –This allows you to set the promotions availability for each day of the week.
Condition That Must Be Met
This is where you set what has to happen for the promotion to be available.
Enter the amount that the customer must spend to earn reward:
This is a $ amount that the customer must spend to earn the reward.
Example: If you had a promotion for a free drink with every $50 spent then you would set this to 50
If you want the promotion to be available all the time then set this to 0 (zero)
Customer must buy x of the checked items to earn reward:
Here you can check 1 or more items. The customer must buy a certain quantity of items in order to earn the reward.
Example: You could have a buy a drink get any other drink free. If that was the case then you tick all of the drinks in the offer
Customer must buy all of the checked items to earn reward
This is similar to above but requires you to buy all of the items checked to qualify
Customer must buy all of the checked items to earn reward:
Here you can check 1 or more items. The customer buys all of the checked items to earn the reward.
Example: If a customer buys a burger, fry, and a drink, you could have a reward set up to discount it for 15%.
Reward That Will Be Given
This is the reward given when the condition is met
Customer will get x percentage discount – The amount entered here will be the percentage of discount applied to the whole check
Server will be prompted for a percentage amount when used – Whenever a promotion is used, a pop up box will ask for the percentage amount that should be applied as a discount for the whole check
Customer will get $ discount – This will remove the dollar amount defined here from the check
Server will be prompted for a dollar amount when used – Whenever a promotion is used, a pop up box will ask for the amount of money that should be removed from the check
Customer will get 1 of the checked items at % off – This will give a definable percentage discount off one of the checked items in the list
Customer will get all of the checked items at % off – This will give the defined percentage off all of the checked items in the list
Once you have the promotion configured, click "Submit" at the bottom to save it.
The promotion will be accessible using the "Add Promotion" button in Order Functions
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