{"id":5164,"date":"2020-01-12T16:12:17","date_gmt":"2020-01-12T16:12:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zvendo.com\/blog\/?post_type=docs&#038;p=5164"},"modified":"2021-08-25T16:36:13","modified_gmt":"2021-08-25T16:36:13","slug":"how-to-create-promotion-coupons","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/zvendo.com\/blog\/docs\/how-to-create-promotion-coupons\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Create Promotional Coupons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In your online store, you can create promotions for different categories, different regions, and different expiration dates.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Steps To Create Promotional Coupons<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Step 1: Create The Initial Details<\/h4>\n<ol>\n<li>From the navigation back-end store, click on &#8220;<b>Marketing&#8221;<\/b><\/li>\n<li>Then click on<b> &#8220;Promotions&#8221;<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7409\" src=\"https:\/\/zvendo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/marketing.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"278\" height=\"356\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">3. Then, click on &#8220;<b>Create&#8221;.<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7426\" src=\"https:\/\/zvendo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Create-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"927\" height=\"131\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">4.\u00a0 Start filling the required field<em> as shown in the below picture.<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><b>Usage limit<\/b> is how many times one person can use this promotion.<\/li>\n<li><b>Start and Ending date<\/b> is to help you to be specific about the promotion duration.<br \/>\n<em>As shown in the below example.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Type the &#8220;<b>Code&#8221; <\/b>(helps with internal filter for your customers)<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><b>Note:<br \/>\n<\/b><\/span>Code should not contain capital letters or spaces, and the\u00a0Name (Is the one that the customer sees) such as, <strong>25% discount.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7415\" src=\"https:\/\/zvendo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Coupons-example.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1070\" height=\"1335\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">5. Select <strong>coupon-based or Exclusive<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>A<\/strong>.<strong> Coupon-based<\/strong> is when you want customers to add the coupon code to redeem the promotion discount when they checkout based on the rules you added.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>For example:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You added a coupon of <strong>25%<\/strong> off or <strong>EGP 5o<\/strong> off that will only be valid when they have at least 2 items in their cart.<\/li>\n<li>You can use the <strong>coupon code promotion<\/strong> if you want only the customers who have the code to have the discount.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5749\" src=\"https:\/\/zvendo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/coupon.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1077\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zvendo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/coupon.png 1077w, https:\/\/zvendo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/coupon-300x93.png 300w, https:\/\/zvendo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/coupon-1024x317.png 1024w, https:\/\/zvendo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/coupon-768x237.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1077px) 100vw, 1077px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>B<\/strong>. <strong>Exclusive<\/strong> promotions are used when you want to apply promotion discounts for all customers without letting them use coupons but also when they checkout based on the rules you added.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong> For example:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>you added promotion of <strong>EGP 5o<\/strong> off that will only be valid when they have at least 2 items in their cart.<\/li>\n<li>Demonstrated below is an example of how the promotional discount is shown on the <strong>front-end website.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5750\" src=\"https:\/\/zvendo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/cart.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1043\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zvendo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/cart.png 1043w, https:\/\/zvendo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/cart-300x115.png 300w, https:\/\/zvendo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/cart-1024x393.png 1024w, https:\/\/zvendo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/cart-768x295.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1043px) 100vw, 1043px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">6. We add our <b>Rules\u00a0<\/b>and these rules determine what type of customers are eligible to use these promotions:<b><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b><b>For example,<\/b><\/b>\u00a0we added this promo code for everyone in Egypt and that is according to the <strong>shipping country.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7417\" src=\"https:\/\/zvendo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/coupon-rule-based-on-Shipping.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"504\" height=\"351\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Or this\u00a0<b>Rule <\/b>specifies the item<strong> total amount.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7416\" src=\"https:\/\/zvendo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Copy-Link.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"522\" height=\"433\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You can add as many\u00a0<b>Rules as <\/b>you want.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">7. Then, you can add the <b>Actions:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>For Example, this action\u00a0<b>specifies <\/b>that you only get <strong>25% off<\/strong> on your order.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7429\" src=\"https:\/\/zvendo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Add-action.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"526\" height=\"356\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Or you can specify the &#8220;<strong>buy one get one free<\/strong>&#8221; action.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7430\" src=\"https:\/\/zvendo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Add-action-buy-one-get-one.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"511\" height=\"285\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>You can assign as many <b>Actions <\/b>as you want.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">8. Click on <strong>&#8220;+create&#8221;.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Step 2: Create Specific Code Name<\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Click on the green button, <strong>&#8220;Manage coupons&#8221;<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>From the drop-down menu, click on<strong> &#8220;+create&#8221;<\/strong> to type the wished coupon name.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7419\" src=\"https:\/\/zvendo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/coupon-button.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"912\" height=\"244\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">3. Start filling in the required fields;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Coupon name. <strong>Example<\/strong>: August 50<\/li>\n<li>Expiring date of the coupon. <strong>Example<\/strong>: Expires after a week<\/li>\n<li>Usage limit of total coupons. <strong>Example<\/strong>: 5o total coupons.<\/li>\n<li>Per Customer Usage Limit. <strong>Example<\/strong>: 1 time for customers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 40px;\">4. Now, click on<strong> &#8220;Save Changes&#8221;.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7427\" src=\"https:\/\/zvendo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Coupon-Name.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"918\" height=\"352\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Auto-Generated Coupons<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">On the other hand, you need to generate coupons following the below steps:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>From<strong> Promotions<\/strong>, go to the coupon you just created and click on &#8220;<strong>Manage coupons&#8221;<\/strong> then click on <strong>Generate.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7419\" src=\"https:\/\/zvendo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/coupon-button.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"912\" height=\"244\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">2. Add coupon usage amount, <strong>expiration date,<\/strong> and <strong>code length<\/strong><em>, as shown in the below picture.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">3. Then, click on &#8220;<strong>Generate&#8221;.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7418\" src=\"https:\/\/zvendo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/generate-coupons.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"916\" height=\"306\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">4. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Note:<\/strong><\/span> You will be redirected to the coupons section, from there click on the <strong>edit<\/strong> icon.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">To add usage limit or extend the date of your expiration code.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5733\" src=\"https:\/\/zvendo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/geb9-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"896\" height=\"189\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zvendo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/geb9-1.png 1004w, https:\/\/zvendo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/geb9-1-300x63.png 300w, https:\/\/zvendo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/geb9-1-768x161.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 896px) 100vw, 896px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5734\" src=\"https:\/\/zvendo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/jkl.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"134\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zvendo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/jkl.png 927w, https:\/\/zvendo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/jkl-300x45.png 300w, https:\/\/zvendo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/jkl-768x114.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">5. Once you finish the above-mentioned steps, click on +<b>Create.<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">6. A success message will appear at the top of the page.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Now, you generated new coupons for your customers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In your online store, you can create promotions for different categories, different regions, and different expiration dates. &nbsp; Steps To Create Promotional Coupons &nbsp; Step 1: Create The Initial Details From the navigation back-end store, click on &#8220;Marketing&#8221; Then click on &#8220;Promotions&#8221; &nbsp; 3. Then, click on &#8220;Create&#8221;. &nbsp; 4.\u00a0 Start filling the required field as shown in the below picture. Usage limit is how many times one person can use this promotion. Start and Ending date is to help you to be specific about the promotion duration. As shown in the below example. Type the &#8220;Code&#8221; (helps with internal filter for your customers) Note: Code should not contain capital letters or spaces, and the\u00a0Name (Is the one that the customer sees) such as, 25% discount. &nbsp; 5. Select coupon-based or Exclusive A. Coupon-based is when you want customers to add the coupon code to redeem the promotion discount when they checkout based on the rules you added. For example: You added a coupon of 25% off or EGP 5o off that will only be valid when they have at least 2 items in their cart. You can use the coupon code promotion if you want only the customers who [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"doc_category":[20],"doc_tag":[310],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How to Create Promotional Coupons - zVendo<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In your online store, you can create promotional coupons for different categories, different regions, and different expiration dates. Follow the steps now.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/zvendo.com\/blog\/docs\/how-to-create-promotion-coupons\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How to Create Promotional Coupons - zVendo\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In your online store, you can create promotional coupons for different categories, different regions, and different expiration dates. Follow the steps now.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/zvendo.com\/blog\/docs\/how-to-create-promotion-coupons\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"zVendo\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-08-25T16:36:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/zvendo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/marketing.png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/zvendo.com\/blog\/docs\/how-to-create-promotion-coupons\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/zvendo.com\/blog\/docs\/how-to-create-promotion-coupons\/\",\"name\":\"How to Create Promotional Coupons - zVendo\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/zvendo.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2020-01-12T16:12:17+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-08-25T16:36:13+00:00\",\"description\":\"In your online store, you can create promotional coupons for different categories, different regions, and different expiration dates. Follow the steps now.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/zvendo.com\/blog\/docs\/how-to-create-promotion-coupons\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/zvendo.com\/blog\/docs\/how-to-create-promotion-coupons\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/zvendo.com\/blog\/docs\/how-to-create-promotion-coupons\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/zvendo.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"How to Create Promotional Coupons\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/zvendo.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/zvendo.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"zVendo\",\"description\":\"Your e-commerce fingerprint\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/zvendo.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"How to Create Promotional Coupons - zVendo","description":"In your online store, you can create promotional coupons for different categories, different regions, and different expiration dates. Follow the steps now.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/zvendo.com\/blog\/docs\/how-to-create-promotion-coupons\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"How to Create Promotional Coupons - zVendo","og_description":"In your online store, you can create promotional coupons for different categories, different regions, and different expiration dates. Follow the steps now.","og_url":"https:\/\/zvendo.com\/blog\/docs\/how-to-create-promotion-coupons\/","og_site_name":"zVendo","article_modified_time":"2021-08-25T16:36:13+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/zvendo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/marketing.png"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/zvendo.com\/blog\/docs\/how-to-create-promotion-coupons\/","url":"https:\/\/zvendo.com\/blog\/docs\/how-to-create-promotion-coupons\/","name":"How to Create Promotional Coupons - zVendo","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/zvendo.com\/blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2020-01-12T16:12:17+00:00","dateModified":"2021-08-25T16:36:13+00:00","description":"In your online store, you can create promotional coupons for different categories, different regions, and different expiration dates. Follow the steps now.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/zvendo.com\/blog\/docs\/how-to-create-promotion-coupons\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/zvendo.com\/blog\/docs\/how-to-create-promotion-coupons\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/zvendo.com\/blog\/docs\/how-to-create-promotion-coupons\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/zvendo.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"How to Create Promotional Coupons"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/zvendo.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/zvendo.com\/blog\/","name":"zVendo","description":"Your e-commerce fingerprint","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/zvendo.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zvendo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/5164"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zvendo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zvendo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/docs"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zvendo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zvendo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5164"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/zvendo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/5164\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7434,"href":"https:\/\/zvendo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/5164\/revisions\/7434"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zvendo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"doc_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zvendo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_category?post=5164"},{"taxonomy":"doc_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zvendo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_tag?post=5164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}