Coupon codes can be used by shoppers at checkout to reduce the cost of their cart. You can control the overall aspects of coupons in the VirtueMart configuration settings.
The coupons avalaible to your store and shoppers are created and managed in this screen.
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Coupon
The code to be used in checkout for this coupon.
Published
The coupon published state - if not published, the coupon is not available in the store.
Value
The value of the coupon. This will be either a fixed amount showing or percentage of the cart total depending on the next Percent Total setting.
Percent or Total
The discount type of the coupon. Coupons are either a fixed value or a percentage of the order total.
Coupon Type
Permanent or Gift - Gift is a one use only coupon, permamanent coupons work continually unless this coupon has an "expiry date" set below.
Minimum Order Total
The minimum cart total required before this coupon can be used.
0 = no minimum cart items total.
If a limit is set and the customer tries to use the coupon and the cart value is not above this threshold - a message indicating this minimum spend will be shown.
Maximum Discount Threshold
Restrict the discount to this value of goods within the cart. The discount is not applied to the cart value above this amount. Only useful if a percentage coupon is used.
Example, if you specified 100.00 and the cart total is £140.00, the discount is only applied to the first 100.00 no discount is applied to the £40.
0 = apply discount to all cart items total.
Maximum Allowable Coupon Usage per User
Set a value to restrict number of times a permanent coupon can be used in your store.
Example - if you set 20 this coupon can only be used a total of 20 times in your store - If you also add shoppers and/or shoppergroups these help restrict the use of this coupon to an even finer degree.
0 = no limit for use.
Allowed Shoppers
Allow for all or restrict this coupon to the registered shoppers selected.
Exclude Shopper groups
Allow for all or exclude the selected shopper groups.
Allowed Products
Allow for all or select a range of products. The discount will be only be applied to these products in the cart.
Allowed categories
Allow for all or select a range of categories. The discount will be only be applied to products that are in the cart and are in these categories.
Coupon Start Date
The coupon is accepted from this date.
Coupon Expiry Date
The coupon is not accepted after this date.
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