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    help question Need help with 1st Discount coupon

    Guys, I really need help understanding 1st Discount Coupon...have spend hours searching the forums...
    My Questions are:

    a) How is the 1st discount coupon created for a customer?

    b) can the first discount coupon be used to give customer discounts similar to the coupon created using "Coupon Admin"

    c) Is there a way of creating a coupon tied to particular customer which the customer can then pass on to friends. Customer's friends use the coupon code and when they order they get a discount and then I can figure out a way to give some credit to the Customer who referred his friends.

    d) can (c) mentioned above be accomplished via 1st discount coupon

    e) Is the 1st discount coupon auto generated for a customer or the admin has to create for each customer?

    f) How is the customer notified of a 1st discount coupon?

    Desperately need help to understand this....thanks in advance..
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    Default Re: Need help with 1st Discount coupon

    Quote Originally Posted by zerocool View Post
    a) How is the 1st discount coupon created for a customer?
    YOu need to first create a coupon. Then from the admin, go to GV Coupons and select your "new signup" coupon there. The following post might help:
    http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showth...iscount+coupon


    Quote Originally Posted by zerocool View Post
    b) can the first discount coupon be used to give customer discounts similar to the coupon created using "Coupon Admin"
    Yes. It can do anything the "Coupon Admin" can, becuase they are actually linked. You need to first create the coupon you want to offer to "new signups" (1st timers) from within the Coupon Admin, then select that from the GV section. So it can do anything you dream up within the limits of the Coupon Admin itself of course.

    Quote Originally Posted by zerocool View Post
    c) Is there a way of creating a coupon tied to particular customer which the customer can then pass on to friends. Customer's friends use the coupon code and when they order they get a discount and then I can figure out a way to give some credit to the Customer who referred his friends.
    You need to have the "referral system" turned on in Zen.
    This post may help that.
    http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showth...tomer+Referral


    Quote Originally Posted by zerocool View Post
    d) can (c) mentioned above be accomplished via 1st discount coupon
    Yes. In conjunction with the "referral" system. See above link in previous section "c" response.

    Quote Originally Posted by zerocool View Post
    e) Is the 1st discount coupon auto generated for a customer or the admin has to create for each customer?
    You create the coupon once (from within the Coupon Admin). After selecting it in "GV Coupons" as the "new signup" code, it is automatically generated for each new customer.

    Quote Originally Posted by zerocool View Post
    f) How is the customer notified of a 1st discount coupon?
    The new customer is notified in their "Welcome Email" of the coupon code.

    Hopefully this gets you moving in the right direction. :)

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    Default Re: Need help with 1st Discount coupon

    Last edited by econcepts; 16 Feb 2007 at 03:02 AM. Reason: Added updated link

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    Default Re: Need help with 1st Discount coupon

    In 1.3.7, I can see in 'Configuration/GV Coupons' the option:

    'New Signup Discount Coupon ID#'

    for which I can select a pre-defined coupon to offer to new customers.

    I assume the field below this 'New Signup Gift Voucher Amount'? means 'Gift Certificate? - i.e. a gift certificate account is automatically created on signup for the amount entered?

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    Default Re: Need help with 1st Discount coupon

    Quote Originally Posted by Peekay View Post
    In 1.3.7, I can see in 'Configuration/GV Coupons' the option:

    'New Signup Discount Coupon ID#'

    for which I can select a pre-defined coupon to offer to new customers.

    I assume the field below this 'New Signup Gift Voucher Amount'? means 'Gift Certificate? - i.e. a gift certificate account is automatically created on signup for the amount entered?
    Correct. That is if you want to offer something like "bonus dollars" (dollar amount) or something like that for signing up. The amount you put in that filed would be "given" to the new customer upon registering.
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    Default Re: Need help with 1st Discount coupon

    Thx for clarifying that econcepts.

    I have to say, Zen Cart would benefit from some consistency with the use of the terms 'coupons' and 'certificates' in menus and config screens. The word 'voucher' seems to creep into both which makes it a tad confusing at times (IMHO!)

 

 

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