BOGO (Buy One Get One)

The Bogo module allows the user to enter promotions such as Buy One Get One Half Off, Buy One Two Get One at 50% off.

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BOGO ID: The user must enter a Bogo number and press Enter. This field is Alpha-Numeric and 10 characters in length.

Title: The user must type in a description of the Bogo.  This field is Alpha-Numeric and 40 characters in length.

Buy Quantity: The quantity of product the customer must buy in order to get the special.

Get Quantity: The quantity received if the Buy Quantity is met. The buy quantity and the get quantity make the Bogo promotion very flexible since the discounts can be given to one or more products. I.E. Buy 10 items get 2 items at 50%. - Buy 5 items get 2 item at $5 each. - Buy 5 items and get 1 item at 20%. The customer will have to bring the sum of buy quantity and the get quantity to the till to be eligible for the Bogo. I.E. Buy 2, get 1 50% so if you want this bogo to apply, the customer must bring a quantity of 3 to the till for this Bogo to apply.

Get Discount %: Percentage discount to receive if the Buy quantity is met.  If a percentage discount is entered, a dollar discount amount cannot be entered. The discount is applicable to the Get Quantity.

Get Amount $: Dollar amount discount to receive if the Buy Quantity is met. If a dollar discount is entered, a percentage discount cannot be entered. The dollar amount is applicable to the Get Quantity.

Start Date: Starting date for the BOGO to become applicable.  The user can use the calendar push button to select a date from the calendar.

End Date: Ending date for the BOGO. After this date, the special price will no longer be applicable. The user can use the calendar push button to select a date from the calendar.

Purge After: The user must enter the numbers of days for the system to automatically purge the Bogo after it has expired.  If you leave it at 0, it will not pure from the system.

Maximum per Customer: The user must select how how many times the Bogo may be applied for a particular invoice/customer. If 0 - No Limit. 

The bogo can be entered either by category or by product in the top grid by clicking on Add.

Category 1: If the Bogo is entered by Category, the user must enter the Category 1 and press enter.  If the Bogo is entered by product, the user can press enter and this will bring the cursor automatically to the product sku field.

Category 2: The user must enter the Category 2 or press F2 to accept all categories under Category 1.

Category 3: The user must enter the Category3 or press F2 to accept all categories under Category 2.

Category 4: The user must enter the Category 4 or press F2 to accept all categories under Category 3.

Product SKU: The user must enter the product number.

Description: The system will either display the category description or the product description.

Excluded: The user must click this box is the product or category is excluded from the Bogo.

Promo: The user must select the product of the category that the discount will be given in the Bogo promotion. If no items are selected as "Promo", then all products in the list are considered as promotional items. Otherwise, only "Promo" items will be discounted or given away as part of the promotion.

Add: The user can click on the Add button to add a line to the grid.

Deleted: The user can delete the line which is currently selected.

Delete All: The user can delete all by clicking on Delete All.

The user can enter Types of customer or customer number to be included or excluded from this Bogo promotion by clicking the add button in the bottom grid:

Customer Types: The user must enter a customer type or press enter to enter a customer number.

Customer number: The user must enter a customer number.

Description: The system will display the description automatically based on previous fields.

Excluded: The user must click on the excluded field if this type of customer or customer number is excluded from this Bogo.  If this field is not click, this means that the Bogo will be applicable to this customer type or customer number. This exclude field allows the user to exclude customer or types of customer from the Bogo promotion.

Important Note:  If the user leaves the bottom grid blank without entering customer types or customer number, the Bogo will apply to all customers.

History Tab:

This tab is used for information purposes only. No data can be entered here.  This tab displays all changes done to the bogo by any user.

User: The user number that made the change.

Field: The field name that was changed
Cat/SKU: The category or product code that was changed

From: Old information

To: New information

Date/Time: The date and time that the change was made.