Create Subcategory Level Promos

1. From Home, navigate to Items > Categories.
2. Select a Category and/or Subcategory. Scroll through the Category and Subcategory work areas as needed.
• Tip! Users can select only the parent Category, if desired. When selecting a parent Category, the promo applies to all children Subcategories.
• Tip! If the category or subcategory you need is not in your system, create them and add the appropriate items to the each. See: Create Categories and Subcategories.
3. Select the On Sale checkbox to activate the sale pricing work area for items in this Subcategory.
4. In the Buy field, enter the number of items a customer needs to purchase to receive the promotion. Until this number of items is purchased, this Promo will not apply to their purchase.
5. Select a promo, and then add any extra information for the promo, such as Dollar or Percentage amount.
• Note: Discounts apply to the lowest priced item sold as part of the promotion.
6. Optional: Enter the maximum number of promos per transaction a customer can purchase in the Max Per Trx field.
7. Optional: Select Date and Time information to define when this promo runs.
• Example: This promo only runs the last week of December.
8. Enable one or more days of the week for this promo. At least one day must be enabled for the promo to run.
9. Tap Save. This promo is now active for all items in this Subcategory during the days and times you’ve configured.

• Buy: Enter the amount of items a customer much purchase to qualify for discounts/promotions.
• Promo: Select the desired promotion from the drop-down menu.
• Get one free: Purchase the number of items in the Buy field to receive an additional item free. Customers must buy at least one eligible item to receive the Get one free promo item. The free item must be of equal or lesser value than other eligible items.
• Get one half price: Purchase the number of items in the Buy field to receive an additional item at half price. Customers must buy at least one additional eligible item to receive the half-price promo. The half-price must be of equal or lesser value than other eligible items.
• Get one for percentage off: Buy one item and receive a second for a percentage off. Enter the discount amount, up to two decimal places, in the Percentage off field.
• For dollar amount: Buy one item and receive a fixed dollar amount discount on the second item. Enter the discount amount, up to two decimal places, in the Dollar Amount field.
• 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 receive this promo. Enter the discount amount, up to two decimal places, in the Percentage off field.
• For dollar amount off: Buy one more items and receive a fixed dollar amount discount on the item(s). Enter the discount amount, up to two decimal places, in the Dollar Amount field.
• Max Per Trx: Enter the maximum amount of the item a customer can buy per transaction (e.g., a merchant may limit quantities sold to prevent the item from selling out too quickly).
• Start Date: Select the date the discount/promotion begins
• End (Date): Select the date the discount/promotion ends.
• Daily Time Start: Select the time the discount/promotion begins.
• End (Time): Select the time the discount/promotion ends.
• Note: Promos with a set end date and/or time will expire automatically. Nevertheless, promos can be deactivated at any time. See: Deactivate Discounts and Promos.
• Day(s) of the Week: Select the day(s) for when the promotion runs. Default: All.

Sample promotion settings:

Check your work by ringing up Promo Items in the Register app.

• Items sold with a promotional discount are shown in a Green font.
• Items sold at regular price are shown in a Black font.
• 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