Create an Advanced Promotion Record
To create a promotion in NetSuite Point of Sale (NSPOS), you must first have the Discount Item in place. Then you can set up the actual promotion.
NSPOS can apply multiple promotions to a single sales transaction. Promotions are stackable both on the transaction and the item level. The ability to stack means you can have more than one promotion applied to a single item and multiple promotions applied to the whole transaction. See Use Stacking Rules for Promotion Interactions.
The register actively analyzes items and quantities while the cashier rings up the customer’s purchase. As the transaction progresses, NSPOS may replace one promotion already applied with a different promotion that brings the customer a larger discount.
You can set up basic item, transaction discount, amount spend and BOGO or Mix and Match promotions.
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Basic item promotions apply a discount directly to the quantity and item being purchased.
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Transaction discount promotions apply the discount to the transaction total.
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Amount spend promotions where a minimum purchase is required to receive the discount.
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Buy one, get one (BOGO) or mix and match promotions provide discounts by purchasing a combination of items.
It is important to understand how NetSuite designates which items must be purchased by the customer and which items are then discounted or provided to the customer for fulfilling the promotion conditions.
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Items used to fulfill promotion requirements are Trigger items.
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Discounted or free items are Reward items.
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When an item is purchased and then a second of the same item is discounted, the item is flagged as both a Trigger and Reward item.
Go to the following for steps on creating each type of promotion.
Promotion Item Records
NetSuite creates a custom RA-PromotionItem record each time an item is added to an RA-Promotion record. Each record contains the Trigger, Reward, and override price settings you assigned to that item when adding it to the promotion record. When adding items to a new promotion, you can use these existing records or add an item and create its settings manually.
RA-PromotionItem custom records are available at Customization > Lists, Records & Fields > Record Types.