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!
Build a Mix & Match Promo by combining specific chosen individual items, entire categories of items, or subcategories of items. Mix & Match Promos, like all promos you can create in Exatouch, can be long or short running promotions: run for a few hours a day, or for weeks on end.
- Market Deli: Run an early week special: Mix & Match sides: Buy 2, get 1 more free all day Mondays and Tuesdays.
- Restaurant: Dine in or take out Thursdays all summer long: Select kid-fan favorites are 50% in June, July, and August.
- Liquor Store: Mix & Match select wines one day a week on an otherwise quiet afternoon.
- Example: Discount select Merlot & boxed wines on Saturday afternoons between 2pm and 6pm to drive more traffic during a normally quiet shift.
- From Home, navigate to Items > Promos > Mix & Match tab > and tap New. A new promotion work area opens.
- Enter a name for this promo in the Promotion:Â field, then tap Add Items. An items search work area opens.
- Tip! Add services a Mix & Match promo: tap  Add Services and choose one or more services.Â
- Scroll through all items, or enter a Search term to find specific items. Tap an item shown to add it to the promo. In this example, Arbor Mist Blk Bery Merlot 750ML. To add all items shown (returned by the search) to this promo, tap Insert All.
- You can also add an entire Category or Subcategory of items. Select a Category —and optionally a Subcategory from available options, then tap Insert All to add all returned items to the promo.
- Click Close after you’ve added your items. This promotion’s editing work area opens.
- Tip! Reopen the item search work area to add more items by tapping Add Items again.
- Tap On Sale (if not enabled) to enable the promotion work area.
Edit the the details and limitations of this promotion. The Buy, Promo, and at least one day of the week field must be completed to run this promotion. Some Promo options may require additional information. - Enter the number of items a customer needs to purchase in the Buy field. Until this number of items is purchased, this Promo will not apply to their purchase.
- Tap to select a Promo, and add any extra info required for your promo, such as Dollar or Percentage amount.
- Note: Discounts apply to the lowest priced item sold as part of the promotion.
- Optionally, set up Date and Time information to limit this promo.
- Example: This promo runs all afternoons in the summer.
- Tap to enable or disable the days of the week for this promo. At least one day must be enabled. If no days are enabled, this promo will not run.
- Example: This promo only runs on Saturday afternoons.
- When you’ve completed your changes, tap Save. This promo is now active for the products included during the days and times you’ve set up.
Some selections are required:
- Buy
- Promo
- Some Promo detail fields
- Day or days of the week
Other selections are optional:
- Start and End Date
- Daily Time Start and End
- Club selections
Refine Your Promo Details
- Buy: [Required] Enter the number of items a customer must purchase to apply this promo.
- Promo: [Required] Tap a promo selection from the Promo list.
- Get one free: Purchase the number of items in Buy to get an additional item free. The customer must purchase at least one more eligible promo item than listed in Buy to get a free item. The free item will be of equal or lesser value than other eligible items.
- Get one half price: Purchase the number of items in Buy to get an additional item at half price. The customer must purchase at least one more eligible promo item than listed in Buy to get a half price item. The half price item will be of equal or lesser value than other eligible items.
- Get one for percentage off:Â In addition to the Get item(s), this promo is applied to the single item purchased.
- Enter a Percentage amount, up to two decimal places, to discount the item.
- For dollar amount:Â Buy one or more items at the specified price. The purchase of only one item is required to activate this promo. If several of the featured items are purchased, the promo price is applied to all items.
- Enter a Dollar amount, up to two decimal places, to discount the item(s).
- For percentage off: Buy one or more items for a percentage off the original purchase price. The purchase of only one item is required to activate this promo.
- Enter a Percentage amount, up to two decimal places, to discount the item(s).
- For dollar amount off:Â Buy one or more items for a dollar amount off.
- Enter a Dollar amount, up to two decimal places, to discount the item(s).
- Start date and End date: [Optional] Specify the start and end date for the promo.
- Daily time start and End: [Optional] Specify the start and end time for the promo if it is a partial-day promotion.
- Sun – Sat fields: [Required] Enable all days for this promotion to run. At least one day must be enabled.
Sample promotion settings:
- Example: Liquor Store BOGO: Buy one select wine, get one at 18% off, Saturdays between 2 pm and 6 pm.
- Example: Market Deli special: Buy two select Sides, get one Side free on Mondays and Tuesdays.
- Example: Restaurant: Select kid-friendly items are 25% off every Thursday in June, July and August.
Check your work by ringing up Promo Items in the Register app.
- Items sold with a promotional discount are shown in a Green font color. Items sold at regular price are shown in a Black font color.
- The total amount of the Promo discount is shown as a separate line item in the Totals area.
- Discounts are displayed in the register app by default. Admins can change this setting in Register Preferences. See: Manage Promo Preferences
- Note: Promos that include an end date or and end date and time will expire at that date or date and time. You can also deactivate any active promos at any time. See: Deactivate Discounts and Promos
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