Discounts > Creating Coupons

Coupons are great to use on individual transactions when you do not want a discount to appear on the menu screen. Coupons are entered on the menu screen after a transaction ends - you will see a coupon box to enter underneath the Email address box.

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Byte University Tip: Single-use coupons can be sold to locations similar to a gift card. Locations like to give incentives to new employees on their first day or as a treat for a great sales month. Reusable coupons are great for the first-week launch of new Byte stores - you can use marketing tools to disperse coupon code and urge first-time customers to try. 

 

Creating Coupon Codes

  1. Navigate to the Discounts tab
  2. Select + Add in the top right-hand corner
  3. Select Coupon
  Once discounts are created they can't be edited. To edit an existing discount you will have to end the currently running discount and create a new one.

Complete each section accordingly:

Name - Used as the primary reference to the discount. This name will be visible in the discount CSV export and used to easily search in the table view showing all current and expired discounts. 

Value - the amount or percentage you wish to be discounted to the transaction when the coupon is applied

Billed to Location - the amount that the location of the Byte store is to be charged for this discount, scale 0-100%

Type: select either Single Use, Reusable, or Decline Balance

Applies To - used to select products and/or categories eligible for this coupon, and which Byte stores it is valid. By default, the discount will be applied to all products, categories, and Byte stores.

Active Dates - used to know the date range of when the coupon is valid

Click Save once completed 

Single-Use Coupons:

These coupon codes can only be used once. Once they've been used, they can never be used again. For single-use coupons, you will create a coupon name, but the name will not be the coupon code. You will input the number of coupons you desire, and Byte's system will generate that many unique coupon codes.

Finding your Single-Use Codes: You can pull the coupon code report at any time after creating the coupon. 

  1. Navigate to the Discounts tab
  2. Select the coupon discount in the table view
  3. Select Export Coupon Info

 This export will not only show you each coupon code, but it will show you how many times it has been used.

Reusable Coupon:

These coupons allow the same code to be used however many times as long as the coupon is active and for the applicable products. You will customize the coupon code your customers will use. If they don't enter it in exactly, then their coupon won't apply to the order. Our system will let know if the coupon code worked after they input it and hit "apply."

Declining-Balance Coupon:

These coupons are designed to work like a gift card.

The declining balance requires you to create a custom code and a provide # of coupons. The best way to think about it is if you're providing this coupon for 1 person/entity or multiple.

1 person/entity:

Lets say you are providing the declining balance to an office. The boss wants you to provide $200 worth of food for their location per month. You created 1 coupon with custom code "STAFF" and a $200 balance. The coupon has no expiration date, since you plan on refilling the balance every month. The boss will share that single coupon code with his staff.

You can click on the coupon to export the coupon info, end it, and adjust the balance:

When I click on "adjust balance," I can see how much is available to use and can add more as I see fit:

His team will use the same coupon code until the balance has been used.

Multiple people:

Now lets say a different office wants you to offer a declining balance but wants you to provide a coupon code per manager. They have 10 managers, and they want each manager to have a $20 balance per month. The coupon has no expiration date, since you plan on refilling the balance every month. 

This will create 10 coupon codes. In this case, you will need to click on the coupon to "Export Coupon Info" to snag each unique code:

The boss (or you) will need to provide each manager with their coupon code. Each manager will use their unique coupon code with a $20 balance on each one. You can replenish each code as needed:

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