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Creating a New Promotion
Upon clicking New, the Properties tab opens for you to enter the information for a new promotion.
Promo ID
Enter an ID up to 15 alphanumeric characters. This may be related to the catalog ID or sale list ID of the source document referenced by the promotion.
Select the type of promotion. This cannot be edited after the promotion is created.
Item Sale: Selected items on sale
No sales tax: No sales tax on items
Retail Reset: TV only; sets the store retail price to the vendor retail price 30 days prior to the promotion and then resets to the store retail price when the promotion ends
DIB Loyalty/True Rewards: Vendor rewards club members receive sale prices
Rwd Group Sale: Rewards club members receive sale prices
Limited Qty: Allows you to limit the quantity of an item sold per invoice
Group: Customers in specified group receive sale prices; customer groups are set in AR | Customer File | Settings | Pricing
BOGO #1: Buy product x and get a credit amount at the time of purchase
Ex: Purchase Raid Ant Spray and get $1 off
BOGO #2: Buy a series of products and get a credit amount at the time of purchase
Ex: Purchase Ball Canning Jars and Ball food preservative and get $3 off
BOGO #3: Buy a particular series of products AND a quantity of another series of products and get a determined credit amount at the time of purchase
Ex: Purchase Scott's Turf Builder Lawn Food, Scott's EZ Seed Patch & Repair, and Scott's Turf Builder Rapid Grass Seed AND choice of Scott's EZ Feed Plus Weed Control or Scott's EZ Feed Plus Greening Power and get $10 off
BOGO #4: Buy a quantity of products and get a credit amount at the time of purchase
Ex: Purchase choice of 3 of Best Look Premium 2 In. Nylon Brush, Best Look 2 In. Flat White Natural Bristle Brush, Best Look Premium 9 In. Fabric Roller, Best Look Roller & Tray Set, or Best Look 12 In. Paint Shield Trim Guide and get $5 off
BOGO % Off: Buy product x and get a percentage off the item
Ex: Buy Wild Delight Safflower Bird Food and get 25% off
BOGO X & Y: Buy an item from list X and get an item from list Y for free
Ex: Purchase Pennington Kentucky 31 Grass Seed and get Greenscapes Frost Shield free
If this is checked, the promotion prices are activated within the date range specified. This enables you to build a promotion prior to the beginning date and save it. At midnight on the morning of the beginning date, the promotion prices are activated without you manually turning the sale on. At midnight in the evening of the ending date, the promotion prices are deactivated without you manually turning the sale off.
Note that Automatically Start and Stop Promotions must be checked in System | Company Setup | Inventory Page 2 for this to work properly. If this is not checked, you must manually check and uncheck the Promo Prices Active box to activate and deactivate the promotion prices.
If the Promo Prices Active box is still checked after the promo ending date, a message is shown upon opening TransActPOS for you to check the promotion.
Enter beginning and ending dates for the promotion. The promotion begins at midnight on the morning of the beginning date and ends at midnight in the evening of the ending date.
Clicking No Discounts opens a window for you to select whether to allow additional discounts or not. Clicking Checked excludes the promotion items from receiving any other discounts. Clicking Unchecked allows additional discounts to apply.
This allows you to add another item to the promotion listing. Enter an item ID in the Item field, and press Enter. The item description, current retail price, and selling unit are transferred from the IC inventory file. Enter a promotion price, and click OK.
Last Cost , Average Cost and On-hand referenced
For a clear understanding of the cost basis of the item both the Last and Average Cost are included as while as the current quantity on-hand.
This allows you to make a price change to all items in the promotion listing. Select the type of price change, enter the value of the change, and click Post Prices.
You can import a spreadsheet of items to build a promotion or create a list from an Item Listing Report. For more information on importing a list, see Importing a Promotion Item List.