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Manage Promo Preferences

  • Last Updated: January 17, 2023
  • Compatible Version: 8.302Does your Exatouch look different? View prior release →

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.

Promo Preference Setup
  1. From Home, navigate to Settings > Register Preferences, and then tap the Promos tab. The Promo preferences work area displays.
    • Note: Only administrative users can change settings in your Exatouch system.
  2. Adjust the sliders to enable one or more of the available preferences. Tap Save to save your changes.

Promo Preference Options

Force Promo quantity: Enable to prompt your staff to remind customers that a discount is available when they add more eligible items to their order.

  • When enabled, an alert shows at payment time that some eligible items are on an order, and that adding eligible items will allow customers to take advantage of a discount.
    • Example: A restaurant offers a Kid’s Special – Thu Summer: buy 2 get one at 25% off for kid’s items.  A customer orders only 1 eligible meal.At payment time, staff processes the party’s payment card or enters a cash payment amount, and  is shown an alert in the Register app:
      Staff can pause the payment process and inform the party of available additional savings.
  • When disabled, staff is not alerted to potential promotional savings.

Auto refresh promo discount: Enable to apply promos immediately as items are scanned or manually added to an order.

  • When enabled, discounts on included items are visible immediately, before payment is processed.
  • When disabled, discounts are visible at payment processing time, or when your staff taps the Apply Promo button in the Register app.

Apply tax on promo and dis.: Enable to apply taxes on an order’s subtotal, before discounts are subtracted from the total amount due.

  • When enabled, taxes are calculated on an order’s pre-discount subtotal.
    • Example: Buy 1, get 50% off of $10 lamps. The total is $15 plus tax on $20 worth of merchandise.
  • When disabled, taxes are calculated on an orders post-discount subtotal.
    • Example: Buy 1, get 50% off of $10 lamps. The total is $15 plus tax on $15 worth of merchandise.

Popular With

Grocery/C-StoreLiquorPizzaQSR/DeliveryRetailSalon/SpaTable Service

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