Retail customers love a lot of things. Great service, efficient store layouts, and speedy checkouts are among a few of these things. Something else customers love is a good deal on a product. Most of the time, these good deals and prices come from either a store sale or promotion, but occasionally customers will receive slips of paper in the mail or online called Coupons that allow them to save money on a purchase. TransActPOS is set up to handle internal promotions, sales, and (most importantly to this week's topic) coupons.

Within TransActPOS, there are two main types of coupons you can create. The first of these is a Cash Value coupon. This coupon allows the customer to receive a flat amount discounted from an invoice. To establish a Cash Value coupon, go to IC | Inventory File and click the Add button to create a new item (may have to close the Find window to click this button). Using the Add Wizard, enter an Item ID and Description for the Cash Value coupon you are creating. After clicking the Next button twice, you will be on the Pricing Information screen. From here, select Coupons as the Item Type and click the Save button twice until you are back on the Inventory screen of the newly created coupon.

As mentioned above, there are two main types of coupons you can create with TransActPOS. The other type is a Percent Off coupon. This coupon allows a percentage to be discounted from an invoice total. To establish this type of coupon, follow the same steps as above but change the Matrix to Percent Off. Once this has been saved, click the Edit button again to enter the "% Off" for the coupon. Once this is done, you can also enter a minimum purchase and/or select the Retail Prices Only option. As before, clicking Save will save changes made to this coupon and allow it to be used in your system.