Topic: Product Management
Last Updated On: August 14, 2006
Applies to: MC Storefront Software, versions 4.0+

Summary

Discount Menu

Within the Discount Code Manager, you have the ability to create Discount Links and Free Shipping Discounts to your site that use a Cookie on your customer's computer to display discounted prices. The Discount Cookies will expire on the customer's machine one year after they click on the Discount Link. This Discount Cookie will remain on the customer's computer for one year or until they delete their cookies, whichever comes first.

Therefore, every time a customer returns to your site, if that Discount Code is still active within your Admin Panel, the return customer will receive the discounted prices.

This QuickGuide includes tips for managing your Discount Code Links that use Cookies.

Discount Code Manager

To add or modify your Discount Codes go to Inventory >> Discount Code Manager. You will see the menu below:

Discount

Deactivating Discount Links

In order to deactivate a Discount Link you can either uncheck the “Cookie” box or delete the discount entirely by clicking on the “Delete” button for the particular Discount Code that you want to remove.

Once a Discount Link is deactivated, visitors that access your site through that link will not receive discounted prices on any items added to their carts.

Clearing Customer Carts

If any customers have come to your site through a Discount Link and have items in their cart, even if you deactivate the Discount Code using the instructions listed above, the customer will still receive the discounted price for those products added to their cart prior to the Discount Link being deactivated.

If you want to remove this possibility you need to clear your customers' carts by setting the option Number of Days to Save Shopping Cart Contents to 0 (zero) under Settings >> Site Wide Settings >> System Options tab.

Steps to Clear Customer Carts on Your Site:

  1. Log into the Admin Panel
  2. Go to Settings >> Site Wide Settings >> System Options tab
  3. Change the option Number of Days to Save Shopping Cart Contents to 0 (zero)
  4. Click the “Save” button to save your changes
  5. Log out of your Admin Panel to clear the carts
  6. Log back into the Admin Panel *** Only those carts created or updated on the current date will remain in your View Shopping Carts list
  7. Go to Settings >> Site Wide Settings >> System Options tab
  8. Change the option Number of Days to Save Shopping Cart Contents back to the desired value
  9. Click the “Save” button to Save
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