How to create a BOGO offer with a dollar discount

How To

How do I create a BOGO offer that discounts using specific dollar amount?

Follow these steps

To create a BOGO offer that discounts a specific dollar amount, like Buy a Widget, Get a Widget for $10.00 off, follow these steps.

1. Select Products > Promotions > BOGO Offers.
   
2. Select Actions > Create New BOGO Offer.
   
3. Enter the BOGO details. A breakdown of the field definitions is provided below.
   

   Field	Definition
   Active	Turns the BOGO on or off.
   Trigger on scan	This contains all of the "buy one" products included in the BOGO offer. These are the products that will trigger the BOGO prompt.
   Buy one of	This contains the "get one" products that will be sold at a discount.
   Discount on second item	This is the amount, in dollars, of the discount to be applied to the "get one" product.
   Title	The name of the BOGO. This is what will appear in the BOGO offer list.
   Prompt	The prompt that will appear at the POS when "buy one" items are triggered.
   Number required for fixed discount	This remains blank in a Dollar discount BOGO. In fixed discounts, this is the total number of units that must be purchased to receive the fixed discount.
   Fixed discount type	This remains blank in a Dollar discount BOGO. In fixed discounts, this is the type of discount that will be applied to the promotional item.
   Start date	The first day the BOGO offer becomes active.
   End date	The last day the BOGO offer is active.
   Fixed discount percent	This remains blank in a Dollar discount BOGO. In fixed discount, this value will overwrite the 1/2 off or Free designation specified in Fixed discount type.
   Customer account only	When this is enabled, the BOGO offers only apply for transactions processed under a customer profile

   
   In this example, if a customer buys one of Widget F (Trigger on scan), the cashier will be prompted to add an additional Widget F, G or H (Buy one of) for $2.00 off (Discount on second item).
   
4. Redownload store data at the POS to have the BOGO offer synced to the POS immediately.

More Information

For more information, see the article How to create a BOGO offer with a fixed discount.