Ecommerce: Creating Discount Codes

Tyler MacDonald Updated by Tyler MacDonald

Learn how to enhance your webstore or shopping cart experience by incorporating discount codes for your customers. This guide provides a step-by-step explanation of setting up and utilizing discount codes within the system. Whether you're planning a marketing campaign or expressing gratitude to your customers, discount codes can serve as an effective incentive.

Discount codes can be a valuable tool to boost your marketing efforts or show appreciation to your customers. By following the steps outlined in this guide, you can seamlessly integrate and manage coupon codes within your eCommerce feature.

Use Cases:

1. Marketing Campaigns: Implement discount codes as part of your marketing strategy to attract and engage customers. This can be especially effective during promotional events or product launches.

2. Customer Appreciation: Express your gratitude to loyal customers by offering them exclusive discounts on their webstore purchases. This not only fosters customer loyalty but also encourages repeat business.

Benefits:

- Versatility: Customize discount codes to suit various promotional needs, such as percentage-based discounts, fixed amount discounts, or free shipping.

- Flexibility: Easily adjust the duration and conditions of discount codes to align with your marketing objectives.

- Customer Engagement: Encourage customer interaction by promoting the use of discount codes, creating a positive shopping experience.

Incorporating discount codes into your eCommerce strategy provides a powerful tool for incentivizing purchases and fostering customer loyalty. For further inquiries or detailed information on our eCommerce feature, please refer to the comprehensive article linked here.

How to enable Ecommerce

To initiate the process of adding the ecommerce add-on to your shopVOX account, the first step is to reach out to billing@shopvox.com. Send them an email requesting the inclusion of the ecommerce add-on in your account. This will allow you to unlock the powerful features and capabilities of the ecommerce functionality within shopVOX, enabling you to expand your online business presence and enhance your customers' shopping experience.

Setting up a Discount Code to be used in the Ecommerce add-on:

  1. Navigate to Settings, Pricing, and select Discount Codes
  2. From the Discount Codes screen, click on +Add New Discount Code
  3. Fill in the New Discount Code information, and click the green Add new Discount Code, once complete
    Name: A name to reference your Discount Code by
    Type: Fixed or Percentage. Fixed, is a fixed Dollar amount, and Percentage is based on a percent
    Value: Would be the fixed dollar amount, or the percentage
    Minimum Required: The amount someone has to purchase before allowing the discount code
    Limit of Using: the amount of times the Discount code can be used
    Valid From: The start date of the New Discount Code
    Valid To: The end date of the New Discount Code.
  4. Once Saved you will see the New Discount code, as well as the actual Code for the Discount
Please Note: Your Discount Code in not the name you gave it. It is the Code listed. You will have to copy the code to be able to apply it to an ecommerce purchase.

How to use the Discount Code on an Ecommerce Purchase

Using the Discount code is easy. Lets see how it works from an example shopping cart

  1. After you have selected items to purchase. Click on the shopping cart icon on the top Right of the screen. Then click the "Apply Discount Code"
  2. Type or Paste a copy of your discount code into the field, then click "Apply Discount"
  3. You will immediately see the applied discount values on the screen
  4. Now click "X" to close the screen, and you will see the Discount applied to the shopping cart order

Engage your Customers with Discount Codes

Integrating discount codes into your eCommerce strategy not only enhances your marketing efforts but also offers a seamless and rewarding experience for your customers. The versatility of discount codes allows you to tailor promotions to various needs, providing customers with enticing incentives such as percentage-based discounts, fixed amount discounts, or free shipping. The flexibility to easily adjust duration and conditions ensures adaptability to changing marketing objectives. By encouraging the use of discount codes, you create an engaging shopping environment that not only attracts new customers but also fosters loyalty among existing ones. Experience the benefits of a user-friendly and customer-focused approach to discount codes, making your eCommerce platform not just a marketplace but a rewarding destination for savvy shoppers

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