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Buy X Get Y Promotions
The Buy X Get Y promotion allows you to create a promo where a customer can buy a specific product(s) and will receive a free product that will automatically be added to the shopping cart during checkout. The below video will go through the steps of setting up a Buy X Get Y Promotion.
General Information: The first step of the promo process. Learn More >
X Products: Setup the products for your promo. Learn More >
Buy X Get Y Parameters: Customize your promo's filters. Learn More >
Categories: Learn how to manage your promo categories. Learn More >
Promo Order Type: Learn about linking a Promo to specific order types. Learn More >
Promo Shipping Type: Learn about limiting a promo to specific shipping types. Learn More >
Coupling Promos: Learn more about how promos can be setup to work together through coupling. Learn More >
Customer View of Promos: Learn more about what a customer sees in the shopping cart on your website. Learn More >
General Information
1. Navigate to Store > Promos.
2. Click on the green Add a Promo [+] button on your left hand side of the screen.
3. Type in the details of your promotion.
4. Press Save.
| Type | Choose Buy X Get Y |
|---|---|
| Name | This is the front facing name. |
| Code | Add in the code for your promo. This is an optional field. If left blank the promo will automatically apply. |
| Available To | Choose from these options:
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| Product Selection | Choose from these options:
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| Starts/Expiry | Controls the start and end date of your promotion and bases it on PST time at 12:00am to start and 11:59pm for expiry dates. |
| Limit Use | Choose from these options:
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| Allow Show Promo on List in POS | This allows you to show the promo as a clickable Coupon button in Vin65 POS. *Must have a Promo Code to work* |
| POS Promo Name | This is a shortened name for your promo button on Vin65 POS. |
X Products
X products are the product(s) that a customer would have to purchase to receive the free Y SKU.
There are four options for adding Products:
- Promotion on Select Products
- Promotion on Select Brands
- Promotion on Select Departments
- Promotion on Entire Store
Depending on what you chose, that will control what you see next. You will see the ability to Search for X Products, Product Brands or Departments to include on the Promo. Or you will see the ability to choose which products to exclude.
1. Search for the product you want as the Buy X portion of the promo.
2. Press Save.
Buy X Get Y
Here you can choose the specific filters for the promo.
1. Put in all of the filters you want.
2. Choose a Y product SKU to be included or free for the purchase.
3. Press Save.
| Order Total From/To | These fields allow you to control the price range for the Order Total of the entire cart before the discount is applied. |
|---|---|
| Quantity From/To | These fields allow you to control the amount of bottles/products added to the cart for the promo to apply. |
| Include subSkus | This checkbox allows you to count the individual bottle/item count within a bundle instead of counting the bundle as one item. |
| Free 'Y' Product SKU | Choose the Y SKU that you are providing for free. You can only put one SKU here but you can put bundle SKUs in this field. |
You can only put one SKU in the Free 'Y' Product field.
Categories
The categories can be viewed as folders to help you organize your promos. You can create new categories and manage them here.
1. Click Edit.
2. Choose the Category you want the promo to applied (you can add new categories here).
3. Press Save.
Want to manage and add your categories? Learn More >
Order Types
The Order Types section allows you to restrict your Buy X Get Y promo to only apply to specific order types. This is not a mandatory requirement, but can add some greater restriction if desired. To restrict the promo to a type you will:
1. Click Edit.
2. Select the order types that you would like the promo applied to (e.g. POS, Website).
3 Press Save.
Want to manage and edit your order types? Learn More >
Promo Shipping Type
The Promo Shipping Type section allows you to restrict your Buy X Get Y promo to only apply to specific Shipping types. This is not a mandatory requirement, but can add some greater restriction if desired. To restrict the promo to a type you will:
By default promos will apply to all shipping types. If no shipping type is selected, the discount will be applied to all shipping types.
1. Click Edit.
2. A list of shipping strategies and their corresponding shipping types will appear. Select the shipping types that you would like the promo applied to (e.g. Ground, 2 Day).
3 Press Save.
Want to manage and edit your shipping types? Learn More >
Coupling
The free Y SKU always ships for free, so Buy X Get Y promos do not require another promo to discount shipping for the Y SKU.
Coupling allows you to setup promos that will apply together if the customer meets the qualifications for both promos. If promos are not coupled together than the promo that offers the higher discount (larger saving) will apply.
1. Check the box or boxes you want your promo to be coupled with another promotion.
2. Click Apply Changes.
3. You have now successfully created a Promotion.
Our system will automatically give the best promotion possible to the customer that they qualify for.
Be careful when coupling promos! Any promo you couple to, please be sure to check what promos they are coupled with. The logic goes as follows: Promo A + Promo B are coupled. If Promo B is coupled to Promo C, then Promo A, B and C will all combine and stack.
Promo Not Working?
If your promotion isn't working after you've changed everything, you may need to close your internet browser completely (or open a new internet browser) for the promotion to take affect (you need to do this because your internet browser will cache the old promotion, closing the browser will remove the cache).
Customer View in Shopping Cart
Once a customer's order qualifies for your promotion the free Y product will be added to the shopping cart at $0.
The Y SKU (i.e. free SKU) will not be charged for shipping. Free items will always ship for free as well, so it will not apply to shipping promos.