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Combination Rules

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Specify the appropriate combination rules for your promotion.

Maximum promotion use per sale

The Maximum promotion use per sale number is used to specify the maximum number of times the promotion can be applied per sale. For example, if you enter 2, and a customer purchases three of the eligible items, only two are discounted.

If left empty, the promotion can be applied an unlimited number of times per sale.

Allow this promotion if other promotions have been used

Check Allow this promotion if other promotions have been used to combine this promotion with other promotions. If you do not check this rule, this promotion will be assigned only if it provides the highest discount possible for the sale. If you check this rule, you can also select:

  • In a Tiered Promotion, check Allow billable items to be reused for different promotions to count billable (non-retail) items in this promotion toward the eligibility of other promotions that allow billable item reuse.

    Note

    This option can only be applied to Bundled promotions.

  • Check Allow retail items to be reused for different promotions to count retail items in this promotion toward the eligibility of other promotions that allow retail item reuse.

Allow in combination with on-the-fly discounts

Check Allow in combination with on-the-fly discounts to count items that have been given an on-the-fly discount (not part of an automatic promotion) toward the eligibility of this promotion.

An on-the-fly discount is simply an additional amount or percentage given on an item during a sale. When this option is selected, any item within the Promotion can have a percentage or amount taken off from it (an on-the-fly discount) and the Promotion still gets calculated. If the this option is not checked and a discount is given, that particular item then is no longer considered for the promotion and the Promotion amount may not be given. In order for a Promotion to be in effect when this option is not selected, all items within the Promotion must be purchased at full price.

For example, if this promotion includes a $10 discount on a handset and the sales representative creates a new discount of $5 on a handset, the customer would receive a total of $15 off that handset. If this option is not checked, the customer would receive only the $5 on-the-fly discount.