You can define several kinds of discount coupons for your store. Coupons allow your customers to get a discount when their order meets certain requirements (e.g. when they order products for a sum over a certain amount, or when they order a certain product, or when they order a product that belongs to a discounted category). To get a coupon discount a customer has to know a valid coupon code which he should enter into the 'Discount coupon' form at the time of making his order. X-Cart shopping cart software identifies the coupon by the code and subtracts the coupon discount amount from the order subtotal or, if a global discount is applied, from the result of the subtraction of the global discount from the subtotal.
Click on Coupons
in the Inventory menu, the 'Store coupons' form will appear.
Picture 1: Add
new coupon section of the Store coupons form .
Use the Add new coupon section of the 'Store coupons' form to specify the coupon details:
• Coupon # - The coupon code that your customer will be supposed to enter into the 'Discount coupon form' at the time of making his order.
• Times to use - The number in this field defines how many times the coupon code will be accepted by your store.
• Status - You can activate the coupon at the time of its creation or later. Your customers will be able to use the coupon only if its status is Active.
• Discount - Discount value (fixed or percent amount). If you choose Free shipping in the 'Coupon type' field, the value of the 'Discount' field will be ignored.
• Coupon type - Select $ off (fixed amount), % off (percent of the price) or Free shipping.
• Expires - defines the coupon expiration date.
• Apply to - defines what kind of orders the coupon should be applied to. Select one of the following:
orders, the subtotal of which equals the amount specified in the order subtotal field or is greater than this amount;
a selected product;
all the products of a selected category (if you want to include subcategories, select the appropriate check box).
Click on Add
coupon.
Click on Coupons in the Inventory menu, the 'Store coupons' form will appear. All the coupons of the current provider will be displayed in the top area of the form.
Picture 2: Existing coupons ( top of the Store coupons form).
Change the status of your coupon(s) where necessary (Active status means that your customers can use the coupon and get the discount. Used should be selected after the coupon has been used. Disabled is for expired coupons or coupons blocked for some other reason).
Click on Update.
To delete used or expired coupons, click on Delete next to the coupons you want to delete.
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