Setting up your company's promotion

From the Enter New Promotion window, you can enter the Details of the promotion and specify the products that the promotion applies to.

You can set up the following types of promotion:

• Discount on the group.
• Fixed discount value.
• Fixed price for the group.
• Cheapest product free.

The promotions that you set up here are used exclusively by the Wholesale and Retail module and Sage POS. They are not used by the Sales Order Processing and Purchase Order Processing modules in Sage 200 Accounts.

Enter the information on the following tabs.

• Details: Enter the Details, Dates and Multibuy details of the promotion.
• Products: Specify the products this promotion applies to. The products that were generated when the Merchandise Hierarchy was set up, are displayed in the Stock Items panel.

Open: Retail > Promotions > Enter New Promotion.

1. Enter the Details of the promotion.
2. Enter a Promotion code and Description.
3. Enter the Start date and End date for the promotion.

4. Set up the Multibuy details:

   • Threshold value: If your customer must buy a certain amount of goods before they qualify for the promotion, enter that amount here.

   • Reward type: Select the type of promotion that is being set up from the drop-down list:

     • Discount on the group: A discount on a group of products.
     • Fixed discount value: A fixed discount amount on a single product, no matter how much is spent.
     • Fixed price for the group: A fixed discount amount on a group of purchases.
     • Cheapest product free.
   • Reward value: Depending on the type of discount that is applied, enter the monetary amount or discount percentage that is discounted if the promotion selected in the Reward Type drop-down list is one that requires a fixed discount rate.
5. Select the Products tab and continue to enter your promotion details.

1. From the Enter New Promotion window, select Products.
2. Select a single product, or range of products, from the Stock Items list.

3. Click > to move the Stock Item into the Selected Items list. This is the list of items that will be discounted.

   To remove the item from the Selected Item list, click <.

4. Click OK to save the promotion details.