Discount single item in checkout?

[TDHID]

I did some lurking and did not see what I was looking for, I apologize if this is redundant.

We're a brand new store offering a promotional coupon for 20% off one item. Our ad has run in the local paper, but I cannot seem to get the Zen Cart Coupons to register the discount on just 1 item, it takes the discount off of the entire purchase. Is there a way to discount a single item without rewriting code?

Thanks in advance.

[Ajeh]

Make your Discount Coupon ...

Then after you save it, there will be a RESTRICTIONS button ...

What do you have set for this?

[TDHID]

It looks like nothing is set as a restriction. What would I need to restrict? I want to make sure the coupon is useable on all products offered, but I need to make it so at checkout there is 20% off of only one item not the entire purchase.

[Ajeh]

Set the TOP Category on DENY ...

Set the Product(s) that you want to use the Discount Coupon as ALLOW ...

NOTE: there is not a limit on how many Products can get the discount ...

NOTE: you can set a Minimum Amount before the Discount Coupon can be used ...

[TDHID]

How would I set a minimum amount before the discount coupon can be used?

Thank you for your help thus far, it is greatly appreciated.

[Ajeh]

When you Add/Edit a Discount Coupon you have a:
Coupon Minimum Order

[TDHID]

Setting the minimum amount still doesn't allow me to set the coupon for a single item. Is there something I'm missing? If there are 3 items at checkout they are all still being discounted and I only want 1 of them to receive it.

[Ajeh]

What version of Zen Cart are you using?

[TDHID]

Version 1.3.9e

[Ajeh]

So far, I cannot reproduce your error ...


Let's say I want to make a Discount Coupon to allow 20% off Product A ...

I create a Discount Coupon for:

Coupon Name :: 20 % Off Product A
Coupon Amount :: 20.0000%
Start Date :: 08/29/2010
End Date :: 08/29/2011
Uses per Coupon :: Unlimited
Uses per Customer :: Unlimited
Valid Product List :: Restrictions Apply
Valid Categories List :: Restrictions Apply
Date Created :: 08/29/2010
Date Modified :: 08/29/2010


I then apply the restrictions, by hitting the RESTRICTIONS button for this Discount Coupon and set:

Category Restrictions:
TOP DENY

Products Restrictions:
Product A ALLOW

Now when I go to checkout_payment and use this Discount Coupon, only a 20% discount applies to Product A ...

I am not even needing a minimum amount on this one, unless I want to force the customer to buy a certain number of Product A to get the Discount ...


Are you trying to do something different on your Discount Coupons where there is a Discount Coupon for 20% available for ALL Products in your shop, but you only want it to work with 1 item on an order?

If so, there is not a limitation for this ... you would have to customize quite a bit of code to manage that type of limitation ...

The current restrictions are made to allow the coupon for the Products that the restrictions are set for but not to limit the number of these products on any given order ...


Currently, to do something like that, you would need to make multiple Discount Coupons where each Discount Coupon is for 1 specific Product ...

As only 1 Discount Coupon can be used per order, this would limit the Discount Coupon to being applied for only 1 Product in a multiple Product order ... yet, this would allow a method to provide Discount Coupons for multiple Products in your shop ...