Enter a name for the coupon. You will see the coupon name in the list of coupons, and customers will see it on order forms.

When you click Create Coupon Link, ShopSite creates an HTML link for the coupon, and the link will contain this name. When you paste the link into your store or an HTML authoring program, you can replace the name in the link with other text or a graphic, and that is what customers will see as the coupon. However, the name that you enter here will still be displayed on order forms.

Select whether this coupon should apply to entire orders or to specific products:

• If you want this coupon to apply to entire orders (for example, "10% off your entire order"), click Entire order.

 

• If you want this coupon to apply to one or more products, click Specific products, then click Select to open a new browser window in which you can select from the products in your store. Select the products that this coupon applies to, then click OK to return to the Add a Coupon screen.

Enter either a percentage off, or a currency amount for the coupon. This discount will be applied once to an entire order, or once for each applicable product.

If you require customers to purchase a minimum amount before they can use the coupon (for example, "10% off orders over $20.00"), set the minimum purchase amount here. You can choose either a minimum currency amount, or a minimum number of units ("Save 10% on all CDs when you buy 3 or more").

Set an expiration date for the coupon. You must set a date and time, or the coupon will be marked as expired as soon as it is created.

Note that you may be in a different time zone than the server that is hosting your ShopSite store, and the expiration time for the coupon is based on the server’s clock. Check the displayed server time against your local time and be sure to adjust for any differences.

On UNIX systems, you cannot set an expiration date past Jan 18, 2038 due to limitations in the UNIX calendar.

Enter the full URL of a page in your store that the coupon should link to when a buyer clicks on the coupon. ShopSite uses the first page of your store as a default value.

Click this button to go to the Edit Coupon screen, where you can see the URL and the link created for your coupon.

• To place the coupon in your store, copy the entire link and paste it into a text field, such as the Text 1 field of a page or the Description field of a product.

 

• To use the coupon in e-mail or a banner ad, you'll probably copy just the ULR and paste it into whatever tool you are using to create the message or banner ad.