Promotions

Promotions are used when customers subscribe. In the subscription process they have to select one or more plans. Also they can add promotions if they know the promotion codes you have created from this page. They simply have to enter the promotion code in the provided text box. Thus the customers can use one of your promotions and be charged the way you wish.

This is the place where you can manage the promotions. A promotion is always connected to a particular plan. In future versions a promotion will be connected with a sales person as well. So first you should create a plan for a certain promotion (or just use a ready one). For instance you may create a plan with a negative charge (which will be the discount of a regular plan, it is combined with) or simply create a plan with lower charges.

If you want to create a new promotion click the New Promotion Button. You will be displayed a new page, where you have to enter the values for the newly created promotion. There are two types of promotions: Single promotion and Multiple Promotion. In both cases you should enter a prefix for the promotion. In the case of Single promotion the prefix is the code of the promotion. While in the case of Multiple Promotion, the prefix is the first part of the codes of the promotion. RODOPI will generate numbers that will be concatenated to the prefix, thus you will have several promotion codes for one and the same promotion.

In the description field enter a meaningful explanation for the promotion. Next you have to specify the plan which the newly created promotion is linked to. Choose one from the combo box. The field of the sales person is reserved for future releases of RODOPI. You can select sales person, but it will not have any impact on the promotion. Then you have to decide what kind of promotion you would like to create (Single promotion or Multiple Promotion). If you choose Single promotion you should only enter value for Maximum Hits For One Code. The value of Maximum Hits For One Code is used to limit the number of the customers that use this promotion. Note: this is for future releases of RODOPI, now the number of the customers is not limited. If you choose Multiple Promotion you have to enter values for:

• Count of Promotion Codes - this is the number of codes RODOPI will generate for this promotion. Note that all the code will be with the prefix you have specified in the prefix field.
• Length of Code String - this is the number of digits that will be added to the prefix you have specified. Thus the length of the code equals the length of the prefix plus the value of this box.
• Preview Columns - this is used only for preview modes. Here you chose the number of the columns which RODOPI will place the generated codes in. It is used only when you view or edit an existing promotion.
• Maximum Hits For One Code - in case of Multiple Promotion this value indicates the limit of customers that can use each promotion code from the list. Note: this is for future releases of RODOPI, now the number of the customers is not limited.

Click Save button to confirm the creation of the promotion. Press Reset to clear the values in the form and to enter new ones and click Cancel to abort this process and return to the previous page.

From the promotion page you can view any previously defined promotion by clicking the View button. You will be displayed all the information for the promotion you have chosen. Also you can edit the attributes of an existing promotion by clicking the Edit button. Note that you CANNOT change a promotion from Single promotion to Multiple Promotion and vice versa. Also you are not allowed to change the length of the code string, the count of the promotion codes as well as the codes themselves as they are already generated.

If you want to delete a particular promotion you have to press the Edit button first and then press the Delete button.