Discount Coupon Guide?!

[DivaVocals]

The date and status will control if a Discount Coupon is available for use ...

Next, there are the number of uses per coupon and number of uses per customer ...

Then, qualifiers on category/product restrictions and zones ...

Understood.. As soon as my client sends me those settings (Can get them from the tiny mobile device) I will post them for your analysis..

[Ajeh]

Thanks .. I have not been able to duplicate this yet, but I will fool with it some more ...

[scottj]

I don't know if this has been covered but it's probably worth mentioning again since it just took me a couple hours to figure it out. If you don't have the Master Category set (i.e. "Invalid Master Category") on any of your products the Top = Deny restriction for coupons doesn't work for them!

This really shows up if you set up a % discount coupon. It will be applied to *everything* in the cart without a Master Category ID, not just the "approved" items! This can really kill your profit margin if you don't notice it. Fair warning!

Regards,
Scott

www.bumboatonline.com

[Ajeh]

All Products need a master_categories_id or things are not going to work right ...

Are you importing your Products?

If so, are you using any Linked Products?

[scottj]

All Products need a master_categories_id or things are not going to work right ...

Are you importing your Products?

If so, are you using any Linked Products?

Hi! Yes and yes. When you import your items (via EP) the MCID isn't set. So I had to use the Multi-category Link Mgr to set Master Cat for every sub-category in my store. A pain but it only took about 45 minutes. (Yeah, I have a LOT of categories)

[Ajeh]

After setting the master_categories_id you might also want to run from the Tools ... Store Manager ... the setting for:

Update ALL Products Price Sorter
to be able to sort by displayed prices:

NOTE: while there is a setting also for updating the master_categories_id on the Store Manager, that may or may not work for you due to the Linked Products that you are using, so you would need to experiment with it to see if it is a help or a hinderence ...

[simpledomaining]

I would like to offer to newly registered people a coupon code on facebook, that they can add during the registration into Referred box and to be able to use the code on their first time purchase. When i do it the way default is set (Admin/customers details/Customer referral status-2, Admin/GV Coupons/Set New signup discount coupon ID #) and then test it as a not first timer (a person that already had several orders before) i am able to add the coupon code at the end, and it gives me a discount. But not first time customer should not be able to get the discount that is offered for new registered people. How i can exclude customers with purchase to use this particular coupon? thanks.
zen-cart 1.5.1

[Ajeh]

You might check this thread and adapt as needed for what you are trying to do ...
http://www.zen-cart.com/showthread.p...t=Coupon+order

[twitchtoo]

Hi! Yes and yes. When you import your items (via EP) the MCID isn't set. So I had to use the Multi-category Link Mgr to set Master Cat for every sub-category in my store. A pain but it only took about 45 minutes. (Yeah, I have a LOT of categories)

I haven't peeked at the Easy Populate code just yet... is there a reason it's not producing master category ID's?

[RiverCity]

Hello,
I have a coupon code created that I currently use to get customers to use my live chat option, I have a small banner in my sidebox just below my live chat button telling them that they can request the code just by clicking the live chat button and that if I'm offline, they can just request it by leaving a message. This part works fine as far as the discount code goes, those that have asked and received the code have used it successfully.

My question is, this discount code is not showing up in the new account email that goes out, have I missed something or is there something I need to turn on for it to be included in the new account email?

Thanks for any info.

Jim