Coupon promotions allow you to offer customer incentives to purchase. A coupon is an instance of a coupon promotion. A coupon can apply to specific products or to the total purchase. For example, if you have many red baseball caps in stock, you can offer 25% off on the caps for a limited time or $3 off on the purchase of a baseball cap to everyone who purchases products worth $50 from your store.
Coupon promotions are created using the coupon wizard in the WebSphere Commerce Accelerator, and distributed to customers using the campaign initiative banner advertisement infrastructure of WebSphere Commerce Accelerator. Before use, any coupon promotion collateral must be registered in the database using the Ad Copy infrastructure of WebSphere Commerce Accelerator.
Coupon promotions can be either active, expired or deleted. Coupon promotions are set as active by default when created, but can be deleted at any time using the WebSphere Commerce Accelerator. Coupon promotions become expired after the end date.
Disclaimer: Please note that we do not advocate the use of coupons in regions where local laws prohibit their use.