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  3. Promotional URLs

Promotional URLs

Promotional URLs are short and descriptive website URLs that link to online forms, or tabs, categories, or items in your website.

For example, the URL NetSuite assigns to the Information tab of the Wolfe Electronics website is http:// www.wolfeelectronics.com/app/site/site.nl/site.ACCT00000/mode.items/sc.5/.f. By creating a promotional URL, Wolfe can promote this page to customers as http://www.wolfeelectronics.com/information. When customers enter the promotional URL, they are taken to the Information tab of Wolfe's site.

If you pass a promotion's coupon code through the URL, NetSuite applies discounts associated with the promotion to any order placed during that site visit.

Before you set up promotional URLs, you must set up your own domain through a domain registrar. For more information, see Domain Setup Checklist.

To create a promotional URL:

  1. Go to Setup > Marketing > Setup Tasks > Promotional URLs.

    The URL you create appears in the Composite URL field.

  2. In the Name field, enter the word or phrase you want customers to enter as the URL.

    This word or phrase appends the URL in the Base URL field.

  3. In the Description field, enter a short message describing this promotional URL.

  4. In the Page Type list, select a type of page to link to from the following list:

    • File Cabinet Item

    • Hosted Web Page

    • Knowledge Base Topic

    • Online Case Form

    • Online Customer Form

    • Web Site Category

    • Web Site Information Item

    • Web Site Item

    • Web Site Tab

  5. In the Page list, select the page you want to link to.

  6. In the Additional Parameters field, enter the descriptive information you want to pass through the URL.

    • Enter up to 40 characters in this field.

    • Enter parameters in the following format: ID=value.

      • In place of ID, enter the ID listed in the table below for the field you want to enter information into.

      • In place of value, enter the value you want to automatically appear in this field.

      • String parameters together with ? and & symbols. The first parameter in a URL should begin with a ?. Subsequent parameters should begin with &. For example, category=individual&partner=Hill's Fine Jewelry.

  7. Click Save.

Field

ID

Company Name

companyname

Address Line 1

address1

Address Line 2

address2

City

city

State

state

Zip Code

zipcode

Country

country

Contact First Name

firstname

Contact Middle Name

middlename

Contact Last Name

lastname

Currency

currency *Use currency abbreviation, such as USD.

Customer Category

category

E-mail

email

Login Password

password

Partner/Partner Code

partner

Phone Number

phone

Lead Source

leadsource

Promotion

promocode

Unsubscribe to E-mail Campaigns

unsubscribe

Web Address

url

Customers can now access your web pages using this promotional URL. When customers access a web page using a promotional URL different from the site's domain name, the URL may change to the default display URL.

NetSuite determines the domain in the URL using the following rules:

  1. The first domain hosted as a Promotional URL at Commerce > Hosting > Domains.

  2. The domain used in the web store primary site URL.

  3. The first domain name that begins with www and is hosted as a hosted web page.

  4. If there is no hosted web page domain that begins with www, NetSuite uses the first domain hosted as a hosted web page.

  5. If 1 - 4 do not apply, NetSuite uses the first domain name in the list on the Set Up Domains page that begins with www.

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