There are various ways of using Online Promotional Codes in Zaui. One of them is by linking the promotional code to a specific activity or product. When a customer purchases that activity or product, a copy of the promo code is generated and emailed to the customer to be used towards a future purchase.
To learn how to create Online Promotional Codes, check out this article.
This article will cover the following topics:
- Autogenerated Promo Codes Video Tutorial
- Benefits of Promo Code Generator
- Linking a Promo Code to an Activity
- Linking a Promo Code to a Product
- Adding Promo Code Smart Tag to Email Notifications
Autogenerated Promo Codes Video Tutorial
Benefits of Promo Code Generator
| Save Time and Effort | Encourage your customers to book again with your company, without tying up resources. Customers can go online anytime to book their next tour using their promo code. |
| Stop Coupon-Abuse | Create your promo code to be available for a maximum amount of redemptions in order to prevent coupon selling or sharing. |
| Well Integrated | Add your promo code to any activity or product easily from the set-up page. |
Linking a Promo Code to an Activity
- Start by creating your Online Promotional Code. From the navigation bar, select Settings > Pricing > Promo Codes and click on + Create Online Promotional Code.
- The rules set in this template will be copied over to each unique auto-generated promotional code.
- Select the activity from which you want the promo code to generate by selecting Activities > Activity List.
- Select the Activity you would like the promotional code to apply to, and click on Additional Settings.
- Scroll down to the bottom of the page to the Promotional Code Generation section.
- Click on Select and choose the promo code you wish to have copied for all future bookings of this activity.
- Don't forget to click on Save.
| If you are setting up multiple rules for one promotion, make sure the 1st Promo Code Rule you create has the biggest discount. This is very important because the logic behind the rules is that the system will check if there is a match based on the first rule first before moving on to the next rule within that promotion |
Linking a Promo Code to a Product
- Start by creating your Online Promotional Code template by creating a new Promo Code. From the navigation bar, select Settings > Pricing > Promo Codes and click on + Create Online Promotional Code.
- The rules set in this template will be copied over to each unique auto-generated promotional code.
- Select the Product from which you want the promo code to generate by selecting Products > Product List.
- Select the Product you would like the promotional code to apply to.
- Scroll down to the bottom of the page to the Promotional Code Generation section.
- Click on Select and choose the promo code you wish to have copied for all future bookings of this product.
Adding Promo Code Smart Tag to Email Notifications
Adding a smart tag to your email notifications will allow customers to receive their unique promotional code to use on a future booking.
- Find the notification you would like to add the promo code smart tag to by selecting Settings > Notifications.
- Within the relevant email notification, add the smart tag {ACTIVITY_PROMOCODE_GENERATED} or {PRODUCT_PROMOCODE_GENERATED} depending if the promo code was generated from the sale of an activity or a product.
- Click on the Source Code button and ensure the smart tag is located between the <!-- BEGIN ACTIVITY--> and <!-- END ACTIVITY--> tags.
- Add in redemption information if necessary. For example:
| Auto-generated promo codes are formatted with the original booking number, followed by a random string for security and to ensure the uniqueness of each generated code. If your customer loses their promo code, it can be found with all of your promo codes under Settings > Pricing > Promo Codes. |