Adding a Discount

Overview

In order to add a discount, you will need to know the following:

what you want to discount (product(s), category(s), order as a whole)
when you want the discount to be offered
what amount will the discount be for (set amount, or percentage)

Adding a Discount

This is an example of how to add a discount to offer 20% off a product named "Apple iBook G3". The fields discussed in this example can be seen in the Record Overview topic.

Open the control panel
Click the Discounts menu link
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Enter a Name for the discount in the Name field. For this example, enter:

20% Off Sale
Leave the Advertise and Advertise Conditions fields checked. They control whether this discount will be advertised in the storefront. This is explained in more detail in the Advertising topic.
Set the Discount What field to Specific Product(s). Some new fields will appear
In the Product(s) to Discount field, scroll to the product you want to discount. Products are listed under their respective categories. When you find the product, select it. To select more than one product, hold down the CTRL key while clicking. The last item clicked on will appear in a box to the left of the field to aid you in selecting the correct items.
Leave the Price Label field set to Sale Price:. This controls what will appear in front of the price in the storefront when this discount is applicable.
Set the Display Products With field to discount product templates.
Set the Price Is field to reduced by. A new Price Reduction field will appear below.
Enter 25.00 in the Price Reduction field. Because we are offering 25% off the base price of this item, set the select input to the right of the text field to %
Enter a description in the Description field. Plain text and HTML are allowed.
In this example, we will add an image for this discount to the Image field. The image will be shown when advertising this discount. See the Assigning Images to Records topic for help.
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When viewing the product for this example discount in the storefront, it's thumbnail view looks like this:

When viewing the product in detail, it looks like this: