Discount Type

Select the type of discount you want to create from the drop-down list. The following options are available:

• Simple Discount Type. Offer a price reduction on a product. For example, buy a shirt and receive 25 percent off the original price.

• Minimum Purchase Discount Type. Offer a price reduction on a minimum quantity purchase. For example, buy two shirts and receive 20 percent off each shirt.

• Buy N, Get 1 Free Type. Offer a free gift with a minimum quantity purchase. For example, buy two shirts and receive a free tie.

• Paired Discount Type. Offer a price reduction on a product if another product is purchased. For example, buy a shirt and receive 10 dollars off a pair of jeans.

• Paired Set Discount Type. Offer a price reduction on an item if a certain quantity of another item is purchased. For example, buy three shirts and receive 30 percent off a pair of jeans.

• Order Discount. Offer a price reduction or free shipping on the order total, if a certain amount is purchased. For example, buy 100 dollars worth of merchandise, and receive 10 percent off the total order.

Description

View the description and an example for the selected discount type.

You cannot edit this box.

Display Type

Select the type of display you want from the drop-down list.

Note:

Commerce Server provides the following display types. To modify these display types to suit your business needs, contact your site developer.

The following options are available:

• Image. Linked to the designated Web page(s) on which the discount is scheduled to appear. Customers see the image when they visit the Web pages where you display the discount.

• Text. Composed of text only. Customers see the text when they visit the Web pages where you display the discount.

• HTML. Composed of HTML code. Customers see the resulting text when they visit the Web pages where you display the discount.

• Non-Clickable Image. Graphical image that customers see when they visit the Web pages where you schedule the discount to appear. The discount is not linked to a Web page.

• Buy Now. Enables customers to purchase goods from any Web page on the Internet. When a customer clicks a product image, a dialog box appears that prompts the customer for shipping address and credit card information.

• Windows Media Services. Displays high quality audio and video advertisements.

• Left Vignette. Composed of text that you display to the left of the image where you display the discount.

• Right Vignette. Composed of text that you display to the right of the image where you display the discount.

• Top Vignette. Composed of text that you display on the top of the image where you display the discount.

• No Display.