Coupons are promotions applied to an order when a user enters a coupon code. Essentially, creating a coupon involves associating a coupon code with a promotion. To create a coupon, follow these steps:
Create and define a promotion that determines the circumstances under which the promotion and, consequently, the coupon you’ll create are offered and active. See the Creating Promotions and Defining Promotions sections.
In the Coupons view of the Browse tab, click the Create New button, and from the dropdown list that displays, select DeployableCoupon.
The Details pane displays empty text boxes you fill with information about the coupon.
Associate the coupon with a promotion, by selecting the Edit button beside the Promotion property. When the Select an Item dialog box displays, click Find to view a list of promotions. Click the radio button beside the promotion you want to use, then click OK.
The coupon is identified in the Navigation pane by the promotion’s name.
In the ID textbox, replace the automatically generated ID with a name that has significance for the coupon. Keep in mind that users use this ID as a coupon code when redeeming the coupon. Also note that once the coupon is created, you can’t change it.
In the Expiration Date text box, enter the date and time on which the coupon becomes unredeemable. Although a coupon’s expiration date is separate from the promotion’s usage date, be sure to make these two dates coincide: when a user redeems a coupon, the promotion must be active. Conversely, you may set a coupon to expire before the promotion if you want to offer it in conjunction with a different delivery mechanism, such as a scenario.
Click Create.
The new coupon displays in the Navigation pane, and information that describes it displays in the Details pane.
For more information about coupons, see the Setting Up a Coupon Promotion section of the Creating and Maintaining Promotions chapter in the ATG Commerce Guide to Setting Up a Store.
