Offer Use Case: Buy One, Get One Free Coupon

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Offers are a powerful feature in Loyalty Essentials that enable marketers to present promotions, discounts, and special deals to their customers. The platform supports many Offer types and configurations, allowing you to target different groups of customers, apply rules to define when someone qualifies, and to limit Offers based on time, location, or allocation.

This article describes how to create a Buy One, Get One Free coupon Offer (typically referred to as a “BOGO” coupon).

Use Case: A marketer at Cooper and Madison wants to create a promotional Buy One Item, Get One Item Free coupon as part of a March Madness marketing campaign. This coupon will be made available to all Members.

  1. Select Campaigns from the top navigation bar, then select Offers > Offers from the side navigation menu. The Offers screen is displayed.

  2. Search for the Offer template named: TEMPLATE_BOGO_Discount. You can search for this specific template by entering its name in the Search field at the top.

  3. Next to the Offer template, click the Copy icon.

  1. The platform creates a copy of the Offer and displays the Offer Details screen with the Definition tab selected. The default name of the new Offer is the name of the base template followed by a counter, such as "(1)."

  1. On the Definition tab, in the Offer Details section, update the Display Name to reflect your Offer purpose, and optionally enter a description in the Description field.

  2. By default, Offer templates are assigned to the Template Offer Category, and assigned the Tag value of Template. Offer Categories are used to organize Offers, often for controlling what Offers get displayed on your website or app. Tags are intended to make it easier to search for the base templates within your Loyalty Essentials account. When you copy a template, the best practice recommendation is to remove these default Category and Tag assignments in the copied Offer. In the Categories field, click the X icon next to Template. Likewise, in the Tag field, click the X icon next to Template. Optionally, you can assign your own Offer Category and / or Tag value to the new Offer.

  1. Click Save.

  1. When copying an object, the recommended best practice is to update the object's Internal Name so as to avoid any duplicate name issues if you copy this object again in the future. At the bottom of the Offer Details section, click Show More to display additional fields.

  1. Click the Lock icon next to the Internal Name field to make the field editable. A confirmation dialog box is displayed; click OK.

  1. In the Internal Name field, enter a new value. The Internal Name must be unique and can not include any special characters or spaces; only numbers, letters, and underscores are allowed. Do not change the Internal Name once the Offer is published.

  2. Click Save.

  1. Within the Definitions tab, scroll down to the Coupon and Qualifying Rules section. Click this section header to expand it.

From the base template that you cloned, the Coupon Type is set to Item Discount and the Discount Type is set to BOGO. This configuration will allow the Member to purchase an item, and get a discount on a second item. Leave these options as set in the template.

Likewise, make sure the Buy Qty is set to 1, the Get Qty is set to 1, and Percentage Off is set to 100. This configuration will give the Member a 100% discount on the second item (i.e., free), after buying one item.

  1. Scroll up to the Offer header area. Click into the image area, and upload a new image from your local PC.

  1. To publish the Offer, from the Status drop-down menu in the Offer header area, select Publish. A confirmation dialog box is displayed; click Confirm.

Your Buy One, Get One Free Offer is now ready for use and will give qualifying customers a free item after they purchase an item.