Adding & Modifying a Coupon

When adding or modifying a coupon you are presented with the same fields and options.

Coupon Details

Coupon Status: If a coupon is active it can be used to apply a discount to an order. If it is inactive it cannot be used. Coupon Type: There are 3 types of coupon: Standard Coupon Solo Coupon Auto Discount A Standard Coupon code can be entered manually by customers at the confirm order page. A Solo Coupon is the same as a standard coupon except that it cannot be used with any other standard or solo coupon on the same order. An Auto Discount is applied automatically to any order as long as the usage restrictions specified allow it. Auto discounts are applied even if a solo coupon is used on the same order. Coupon Code: This is the code that the customer has to enter to apply the discount. Coupon codes can be entered on the confirm order page of the checkout process. If the coupon type is Auto Discount then the coupon code is only used for referencing/identification purposes. Coupon Description: This is for description text for the coupon/discount. Value: Enter the amount you would like this coupon to discount. You can specify a price amount or percentage with the dropdown next to it. Multi-Buy Qty: To batch sell a number of products at a special price you must specify the price or discount percentage above and enter the batch qty here and then select the categories below to specify applicable products. Leave this at 0 for a standard discount.

Usage Restrictions

These options allow you to put restrictions on your coupons so they can only be used if a specified criteria is met. No. of Uses: If number of uses is set to Once only this coupon will be set to inactive when it is used on an order. If it is set to no limit the coupon can be used an infinite amount of times. Start Date: The coupon can only be used on or after this data. End Date: The coupon will expire on this date and customers will no longer be able to use it to apply a discount. Minimum Spend: A minimum spend value can be set so the coupon will only apply a discount on orders over a certain amount. Categories: Only apply this coupon to products in selected categories. Use this if you want to apply the coupon to particular products rather than the overall order itself. If no categories are selected the coupon can be used on any order no matter what products are ordered. User Groups: Use this if you want to limit the coupons use to a select group of users. If you “Everyone” is selected then anybody can use the coupon. If you select “Registered Users“ then only registered users who are logged in will be able to avail of this coupon. You can also setup custom user groups and only allow specific users to use the coupon.

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