Creating Item Coupons
You can offer coupon codes for specific items when you enable the Promotion Codes feature.
An administrator can enable this feature on the Transactions subtab at Setup > Company > Setup Tasks > Enable Features.
To create an item coupon:
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Go to Lists > Accounting > Items > New > Discount to set up the discount amount for the coupon.
The dollar or percentage amount you enter in the Rate field is the discount amount.
For more information about creating discount items, see Discount Items.
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Go to Lists > Marketing > Promotion Codes > New to set up a promotion code for this coupon. to set up a promotion code for this coupon.
For more information about promotion codes, see Promotions.
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In the Promotion Code field, enter the code you want customers to use for the discount. Customers on your website will enter this code in the Coupon Code field at checkout.
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In the Discount field, select the name of the discount item you created for this coupon.
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In the Apply Discount To field, select First Sale Only to let this coupon be used one time per customer.
Select All Sales to let the code be used multiple times.
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In the Start Date Promotion field, enter the date this coupon starts.
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In the End Date Promotion field, enter the date this coupon expires.
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Check the Available to All Customers box to make this coupon code public.
If you clear this box, only customers linked to partners you select on the Partners subtab can use this code.
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On the Items subtab, select and add each item that you want this discount to apply to.
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Check the Exclude Items box to have this discount apply to all items except the ones you select.
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Click Save.
You can now give customers this code to use as a coupon for the items you selected.
Discounts only apply to eligible items. For example, if a coupon gives $10 off all cables, and someone buys a cable for $9 and speakers for $40, only $9 is discounted. Discounts are applied before tax and shipping.