Say goodbye to customers missing out on your specials and calculating discounts on the fly, make sure every customer is offered an Up sell and automatically apply available Discounts.
Set and forget with fast and easy creation of rules and scheduling. In under a minute you can have a promotion available at specific times, on certain products and even control over which customers the promotion is available to.
What's in this guide?
Enable the Automatic Promotions Add-on
Create a Promo
Set the Promo Rules
Schedule a Promo
View Promotions Report
Frequently asked questions
Enable the Automatic Promotions Add-on
1. From the Add-ons Page in Kounta Back Office, find the Automatic Promotions add-on
2. Enable this Add-on by selecting the orange Enable Automatic Promotions button
Create a Promo
1. Select Sites, Promos, then All Promos from the Kounta Back Office.
2. Under All Promos, select Create new promo
3. You will be taken to the Promo details page where you can choose exactly what if offered.
a. Name the Promotion
b. Choose what kind of Promotion is offered
c. Choose how discount is applied
d. Choose which products are eligible
Set the Promo Rules
1. Choose if there is a minimum is needed to start the Promo
2. If so, choose which products
3. Choose who can take advantage of the Promo
4. Choose which Order Types
5. Finally, make sure you hit Save
Schedule the promo
1. Under Sites from the Kounta Back Office, select Promos
2. Under All Promos, select Add promo schedule
3. Select a promo to activate, then set the day and time when it will be active.
4. Finally, select Add promo schedule
View Promotions Report
Using Kounta Insights
Easily view how your promotions (along with surcharges, discounts, and custom price changes) all add up. The Adjustment dashboard allows you to quickly decipher how well your promos perform by exposing any hidden trends through interactive data visualisation. Check out our guide on how to keep track of price adjustments and promos for a closer look at this dashboard.
From Back Office
You can view the basic details on promotions that have been applied to transactions from the Adjustments report.
1. Under Reports in the Kounta Back Office select Reconciliation
2. Select Adjustments
You can use the filter to sort results by date & time, register, site, and staff.
Type - This field indicates whether it is an automatic promotion or a price adjustment because they appear in the same report
Line Total - This was the original price
Total Adjustment % - reflects the price change of the promo
Total Adjustment Amount - how much was deducted from the original price
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I use Automatic Promotions with my Online Ordering services?
No. Automatic Promotions are only triggered on your POS device. Most ordering partners have a separate system on their side for managing promotions, please discuss with your ordering partner.
Can I use Automatic Promotions for a Happy Hour?
Automatic Promotions can be used for a Happy Hour style promotion if there is a consistent discount.
The Price Lists Add-on is used as an alternative to Automatic Promotions IF the discount is NOT A FIXED percentage or amount.
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Can I set up promos that would automatically activate based on time?
Yes you can! This was discussed in the above section about scheduling your promotions.
Can I activate multiple promos at a time?
For this, you simply need to schedule the activation of your promos. These can overlap with each other and you can have more than one promo running at a time.
What else can I do to control price changes in my venue?
- If you want to create promos based on the customer who is ordering, you’d need to add your customers to Kounta
- Are you looking to set up one-off discounts that your staff can manually add? Check out our guide on Price Adjustments.
- If you need separate pricing for your different venues, make sure to check out our guide on setting up Price Lists for site-specific pricing.