Creating Order Promotions
You can create order promotions that give customers discounts that are applied to the order total.
To create an order promotion:
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Go to Lists > Marketing > Promotions > New.
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Select Order Promotion from the SuitePromotions category.
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Enter a name and description for this promotion.
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Check the Inactive box if you want to make the promotion inactive but not deleted. If this box is checked the promotion will not be available for selection on a transaction.
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Enter a start date and an end date for this promotion.
After the end date, the promotion will no longer trigger discounts, and will no longer appear in the list of available promotions.
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Select the combinability options for this promotion. For more information, see SuitePromotions Further Settings.
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Check the This promotion can be automatically applied box if you want this promotion to be automatically applied to transactions.
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In the Discount Item for Accounting field, select the discount item you want to assign to this promotion. The account on the discount item is impacted by the promotion’s discount. This field is mandatory but only required for accounting purposes.
To create new discount items, go to Lists > Accounting > Items > New (Administrator). Click Discount.
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Enter the Buy conditions for this promotion. For more information, see What the Customer Needs to Buy.
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Enter the Get conditions for this promotion. For more information, see Order Promotion Get Conditions.
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Enter coupon code details for this promotion. For more information, see Associating Coupon Codes With a SuitePromotion.
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Enter usage limits for this promotion. For more information, see Setting Usage Limits on SuitePromotions.
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Click Save. You can also do one of the following:
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Click Save & New to save the form and create a new promotion.
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Click Save & Copy to save the form and create a new promotion with the same data.
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Order Promotion Example
Flat Rate Discount on an Order if Minimum Order Amount is Met
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Description – Customers are eligible for a flat rate discount on any order over a certain value.
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Tagline – $10 off your order, when you spend $50 or more!
What the customer needs to buy
The following table shows how to set up the Buy conditions for this type of promotion.
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Field |
Value |
|---|---|
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Buy Anything |
Clear |
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Spend a minimum order amount or buy specific items |
Select |
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Minimum Order Amount |
50.00 |
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Specific Items |
Clear |
|
Item |
– |
What the customer will get
The following table shows how to set up the Get conditions for this type of promotion.
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Field |
Value |
|---|---|
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Discount Type |
Flat |
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Discount Rate |
10.00 |
Examples of the discount provided
The following table shows examples of the discount that this type of promotion provides when various quantities of items are added to a transaction.
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What the customer buys |
Price before discount |
Discount |
Price after discount |
|---|---|---|---|
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1 T-shirt, 1 dress |
$30 |
– |
$30 |
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2 T-shirts, 1 dress |
$40 |
– |
$40 |
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3 T-shirts, 1 dress |
$50 |
$10 |
$40 |
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6 T-shirts, 2 dresses |
$100 |
$10 |
$90 |
For many more SuitePromotions examples, see SuitePromotions Examples.