Creating Item Promotions
You can create item promotions that give customers discounts on specific items in a transaction.
To create an item promotion:
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Go to Lists > Marketing > Promotions > New.
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Select Item 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.
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.
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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 Item 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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To create new discount items, go to Lists > Accounting > Items > New (Administrator). Click Discount.
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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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Item Promotion Example
Buy One, Get One Free (BOGO)
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Description – Customers are eligible for a 100% discount on an additional item when they buy at least two of that item.
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Tagline – Buy 1 T-shirt and get 1 T-shirt for free! Or Buy 2 for the price of 1!
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Small print – Discount applied to the cheapest T-shirt or T-shirts.
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 |
– |
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Specific Items |
Select |
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Item |
T-shirt |
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Item Quantity |
1 |
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Repeat Discount Incrementally |
Select |
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 |
% |
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Discount Rate |
100.00 |
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Items to be discounted |
T-shirt |
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Apply discount to |
Cheapest Discountable Item |
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-shirts |
$10 |
– |
$10 |
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2 T-shirts |
$20 |
$10 ($10 off the cheapest T-shirt) |
$10 |
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3 T-shirts |
$30 |
$10 ($10 off the cheapest T-shirt) |
$20 |
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6 T-shirts |
$60 |
$30 ($10 off each of the three cheapest T-shirts) |
$30 |
For many more SuitePromotions examples, see SuitePromotions Examples.