Sales Promotions

Use Sales Promotions to handle repeated sales or promotional offers that discount pricing on the same items each time.

NOTE-- Use Sales Promotions as part of the Goldenseal point of sale software.

SALES PROMOTION BASICS
Entering Sales Promotions | Data Fields | Entering Sales Items
Using Lists | Using Sales Promotions

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Cost Items | Item Discounts | Markup Systems | Price Rounding | Sales

When to Use Sales Promotions

Use Sales Promotions if you frequently sell the same items at a reduced price.

Use them for:

Seasonal sales
Intermittent sales

Entering Sales Promotions

To enter a Sales Promotion, follow these steps:

Choose Income Setup from the Income menu, then choose Sales Promotions from the submenu.
Click the New button, or click on an existing item and click the Edit button.
Enter details for the sales promotion.

Data Fields

Enter the following information for each Sales Promotion:
Enter the following information for each sales promotion:
Name-- Type in a brief name for this sales promotion. This is the text that will appear in clairvoyant fields.
Description-- Type in any comments you'd like to make about this item.
Currently Running-- Turn on this checkbox if the sales promotion pricing is currently in effect. Turn it off if you are not using the sale pricing now.
Category System-- Choose the cost category system that is used for the sale item table. For more about category systems, see page .
Sale Item Table-- Enter each item that is on sale when this sales promotion is running.

Entering Sale Items

The sale item table allows you to enter as many sale items as you'd like.
For each sale item, enter the following information:
Class-- Choose the cost class for the item.
Category-- Choose the cost category for the item.
Subcategory-- If one is available, choose the cost subcategory for the item.
NOTE: Category and subcategory are not required, but they are helpful for reducing the number of cost items to look through. For more about cost classes, categories, and subcategories, see page .
Cost Item-- Enter the item that is on sale when this promotion is running.
Price-- If there is a specific sale price that will be used for the item, enter it here. If you don't enter a sale price here, the calculated "on sale" price for the cost item will be used (see page ).

Using Sales Promotions

To run a sales promotion, follow these steps:

Choose Income Setup from the Income menu, and choose Sales Promotions from the submenu.
Select the promotion you'd like to run, and click Edit.
Turn on the Currently Running checkbox, then click OK.

To end a sales promotion, follow these steps:

Choose Income Setup from the Income menu, and choose Sales Promotions from the submenu.
Select the promotion you'd like to run, and click Edit.
Turn off the Currently Running checkbox, then click OK.

Items that are listed in a sales promotion that is currently running will automatically be entered at the sale price, when you enter them into an item breakdown in a Sales transaction. If a sale price was entered into the Sales Promotion list, it will be used. Otherwise, the calculatedon sale" price for the cost item will be used.