Discount Coupon Guide?!

[kk2956]

1.5.1. I have not set any restrictions yet. I want to apply a 30% discount on all my products.

[Ajeh]

What products_id are in your cart that you are testing the Discount Coupon?

Could you PM me the Discount Coupon code so that I can test this and try to see what is happening with it?

[kk2956]

I want to apply on all my products. Basically its a site-wide 30% off discount. So what should be the setting for restrictions?

[Ajeh]

If the Discount Coupon is for all Products, then you want no restrictions ...

[DivaVocals]

How are you currently offering the Free Shipping for Orders >= $79.00 now?

Or, are you trying to make a Discount Coupon for this?

If a Discount Coupon, make sure that you have the Modules ... Order Totals ... Discount Coupon ot_coupon installed ...

Then you have to make a Discount Coupon before it will should on the Checkout on the checkout_payment page ...

To give Free Shipping, make a Discount Coupon and check the Free Shipping box ...

NOTE: Discount Coupons are only for either an Amount -- or -- a Percentage -- or -- Free Shipping ... but not in combination with each other ...

Any plans in a future release to give this feature the flexibility to offer a discount AND free shipping????????

Discount Coupons were not made to be completely deleted to lockout old Discount Coupon codes so that once a Discount Coupon is dead, it is dead ...

Honestly this always struck me as a business rule that the Zen Cart code sets whether it's the rule for your business or not.. Are there ANY plans in a future release to put this decision back in the hands of the shop owner so they don't have to use myPHPAdmin to reactivate a coupon??

[DivaVocals]

Any plans in a future release to give this feature the flexibility to offer a discount AND free shipping????????

Crap.. I should have LOOKED before I asked.. I found this post,

This is a test Discount Coupon Combo for v15 to allow for:

1 Free Shipping

2 Amount Off

3 Percentage off

4 Amount Off and Free Shipping

5 Percentage Off and Free Shipping

Feedback is welcome ...

NOTE: File updated check you have DiscountCombo_v15B.zip

but I don't see this code included in the latest version of Zen Cart (or am I missing something??)

[Ajeh]

You appear to be missing something, as this is in v1.5.4 ...

What isn't working for you on a Discount Coupon?

[DivaVocals]

You appear to be missing something, as this is in v1.5.4 ...

What isn't working for you on a Discount Coupon?

Honestly I hadn't tried it yet.. I compared the code from the thread you were asking folks to test the new functionality to the current v1.5.4 code, and it wasn't the same, so it was unclear to me if this made it's way in or not.. PLUS, the on-screen "helper" text still indicates that the interface still doesn't support the ability to have a coupon with a discount (dollar or percentage) AND free shipping.. the "helper" text STILL indicates it's one or the other.. and YEP this is a fresh v1.5.4 install..

define('COUPON_FREE_SHIP_HELP', 'The coupon gives free shipping on an order. Note. This overrides the coupon_amount figure but respects the minimum order value');

To be CRYSTAL clear.. Are you saying that in v1.5.4, I can create a coupon with a discount AND free shipping??

What about reactivating coupons?? is that STILL not a supported admin feature, and still requires updating the DB directly???

[Ajeh]

Well wasn't *that* help text misleading ...

It is better in v1.6.0 language file:

define('COUPON_FREE_SHIP_HELP', 'The coupon gives free shipping on an order.');

[Ajeh]

And yes, you can have Discount Coupons for:
Amount
Percentage
Free Shipping
Amount and Free Shipping
Percentage and Free Shipping

No, you cannot reactivate a Discount Coupon that has been Deleted/Inactivated ... for that you would have to cheat and hack the database ...