Re: creating a discount coupon for shopping cart

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1999

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texte = This gets a little complicated, but just bare with me. If need be, focusquestions directly to me then instead of the list:Create a SKU called DISC12312 or something to that effect with a negativeprice of -$5.To prevent hacking, allow the item to be added in this way.Have a special page explaining how it works. Say, If you want the coupon,click here. On that next page they click to, add the item to their cartcontextually. This way, they never see the SKU. On that same page, do alineitems of the cart to make sure that there is no other item in theircart beginning with DISC in the SKU. (You get the idea - this way theycan't add more than one).On the show cart page, have a [showif] for the sku (if you display thesku), hideit if the sku begins with DISC (what it comes down to is youdon't want anybody to ever know the SKU of this discount coupon.When you get they click purchase, see if the subtotal is $20.00 or more(the amount of the coupon minus the minimum subtotal). If it is, leave itin there, otherwise, remove the coupon contextually (so they never see theSKU) and display a message explaining that they lost the coupon becausetheir order didn't meet the minimum price requirements, or something tothat effect.I hope that explains it clearly enough. It works (I've done somethingsimilar on other sites already, except mine was a variable discount basedon their subtotal).Good luck.-howardOn Tue, 19 Jan 1999, Dale Stokdyk wrote:> Hi. I'd like to create a $5 coupon that shoppers can pick up and place in> their basket for Valentine Day preorders.> > There's a couple of rules though...only one coupon per customer (am not> using cookies, so perhaps the rule is actually per purchase), and a> minimum purchase amount of say, $25.> > Has anyone implemented something like this? I'd like to hear how your> coupon has worked, and any gotchas to watch out for! Thanks in advance,> > Dale Stokdyk> > > p.s. --tried to search the archives for this topic this morning, but gave> up. Way s_l_o_w!> > > > > Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

Re: creating a discount coupon for shopping cart (Howard Wolosky 1999)
creating a discount coupon for shopping cart (Dale Stokdyk 1999)

This gets a little complicated, but just bare with me. If need be, focusquestions directly to me then instead of the list:Create a SKU called DISC12312 or something to that effect with a negativeprice of -$5.To prevent hacking, allow the item to be added in this way.Have a special page explaining how it works. Say, If you want the coupon,click here. On that next page they click to, add the item to their cartcontextually. This way, they never see the SKU. On that same page, do alineitems of the cart to make sure that there is no other item in theircart beginning with DISC in the SKU. (You get the idea - this way theycan't add more than one).On the show cart page, have a [showif] for the sku (if you display thesku), hideit if the sku begins with DISC (what it comes down to is youdon't want anybody to ever know the SKU of this discount coupon.When you get they click purchase, see if the subtotal is $20.00 or more(the amount of the coupon minus the minimum subtotal). If it is, leave itin there, otherwise, remove the coupon contextually (so they never see theSKU) and display a message explaining that they lost the coupon becausetheir order didn't meet the minimum price requirements, or something tothat effect.I hope that explains it clearly enough. It works (I've done somethingsimilar on other sites already, except mine was a variable discount basedon their subtotal).Good luck.-howardOn Tue, 19 Jan 1999, Dale Stokdyk wrote:> Hi. I'd like to create a $5 coupon that shoppers can pick up and place in> their basket for Valentine Day preorders.> > There's a couple of rules though...only one coupon per customer (am not> using cookies, so perhaps the rule is actually per purchase), and a> minimum purchase amount of say, $25.> > Has anyone implemented something like this? I'd like to hear how your> coupon has worked, and any gotchas to watch out for! Thanks in advance,> > Dale Stokdyk> > > p.s. --tried to search the archives for this topic this morning, but gave> up. Way s_l_o_w!> > > > > Howard Wolosky

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Re: creating a discount coupon for shopping cart

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