The supermarkets are often the leaders in retail trends, and it has been some years since supermarkets began offering multibuy style promotions. Many other retailers have followed, with “Buy one, get one half price” style advanced promotions on every store window. Customers are attracted to savings and multibuy savings drive purchasing that may not occur otherwise.

Setting up a Promotion

Creating a new promo is simple, just go to Administration | Stock | Manage Promotions | Manage Promotions. Click the add button to add a new promotion in the system. This will automatically take you to the Promo Detail tab.

Just enter the description of the promotion and the dates the promo is applicable for.  An end date is not required if the promotion is permanent or ongoing. You can customise this further and offer the promotion only to selected customer classes.  You can attach shelf talker styles to the promotion and also adjust the option of allowing discounting of products that are not normally discountable. 

Advanced multibuys

Advanced promotions can be found on the Advanced Multibuys tab in the Manage Promotions screen.

Note that Advanced Multibuys work in conjunction with the Cash Register module. These types of promotions are not designed for the Sales Orders / Invoicing module.

A wide range of options are available for your multibuy promotion. The first is step is to select which Item or Items attract the discount, bonus or promotion.  You can select a single Item, use Link Codes, select an entire Product Group or a Sub Group.  Link Codes are setup on Items individually and allow a range of items with no other common link to be grouped for promotion. The above shows a specified Item of a POS Printer.  The pricing specified for the single item indicates that if you buy two of this Item you get a 10% discount.

The above image shows a more advanced promotion where any product in a Product Group is purchased.  This promotion style allows the buyer to purchase two Items in the Consumables group and receive any 1 Item in the same Product Group for a price of $6.

You can offer many styles of promotion, including buy one get one free, buy X for $X, buy an Item and get something else for free.  The promotions are limited only by your imagination.

Learn More

To read the full KB article on Manage Promotions, go to our Client Portal.

To activate the Advanced Promotions addon, contact Foresiight today.