Promotions & Discounts

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Price Override Prompts for PLU Items

While taking a customer’s order at the register using price look-up (PLU) codes, merchants can override the price of an item by tapping directly on its price. If users do not have the correct Security Profile permissions,…

Future Pricing

Future Pricing enables merchants to set price changes in advance. Future Pricing does not affect any promotions or service fees. Any currently running promotions, service fees, or discounts are automatically applied to the future price.

How to Use Discounts

Discounts are applied to individual items or to an entire customer order. Discounts may include coupons, whole order percentage discounts, or wholesale pricing.

Apply a Global Discount

Use Exatouch to apply a discount to an entire order quickly and easily.

Apply an Item Discount

Exatouch gives you the flexibility to apply single or multiple item discounts in the Register app on new and open orders.

Create a Discount

Discounts are manually applied to either a single item or an entire order.

What Type of Promo Should I Create?

Create promos which are tailored to your business. Listed below are promo examples according to promo type. Review these for ideas on how to create promos in Exatouch that attract your customers.

How to Use Promos

Promos (aka Promotions) are applied to items or to groups of items automatically when a customer pays for an order. Promos can be active at specific hours or for a duration of time. BOGOs can be created…

Manage Promo Preferences

Apply Promos items or to groups of items automatically for customer orders. Promotional discounts display in the Register app as you ring up items. Hide these promotional discounts in the Register app by adjusting Register Preferences.

Create Category Level Promos

Promos can be applied to a group of items that share a Category. Run Category Level Promos during specific hours during the day, for a specific time period.

Apply an Open Discount

Create an open discount “on the fly” to apply to an entire order.

Create Subcategory Level Promos

Promos can be applied to a group of items that share a Subcategory within a category. Run Subcategory Level Promos during specific hours during the day, for a specific time period.

Create Item Level Promos

Item Level Promos are promotions applied to a single item. Promos can be run during specific hours during the day, for a specific time period.

Create Mix & Match Promos

Mix & Match promos are specialized combination discounts you can offer your customers to introduce a new product, welcome seasonal customers back, bring in new business and more!

Create Promo Layers

Create additional promos for your restaurant or business using Promo Layers. Build several layers of promos to cover specific days and times to extend specific offers for your customers.

Deactivate Discounts and Promos

Promos, discounts, and coupons can have a start date and an end date, or run on an ongoing basis. If needed, you can end a promotion or discount earlier than expected, or pause an ongoing sale quickly…