Sales that automatically run for a specific number of days (rather than running on specific dates) are called Discount Day Sales.
For these sales to work properly, you will need to know how many days your galleries are going to be active. For example, if your galleries are setup to be active for 90 days, you should know that before trying to set this type of sale up.
Setting Up the Sale
A discount days sale can be setup as follows:
- From the main menu, click Selling » Sales & Coupons.
- Click the Create New Sale or Coupon Code button.
- Select Create a Sale » Discount Days Sale.
- Provide a name for your sale. This name is only visible to you.
- Within the Discount Period area define how long your sale should run, starting on the first day that the gallery is activate. For example, if a gallery is activated on July 3rd, setting the sale to run from days 1 through 10 would cause the sale to run from July 3rd to July 13th.
In this particular case, since you are wanting to run a sale at the END of the gallery's lifetime, we will need to think backwards a little bit. If our galleries are set to run for 90 days, we could set the ending discount up like this:
- Days 1 - 85, 0% Off
- Days 86 - 90, 25% Off.
This type of setup would allow a 0% discount (which is not shown to your clients) to run for the first 85 days, and a 25% off discount to run for days 86 through 90.
If you'd like to setup a sale that runs at the beginning of the gallery's life AND at the end of the gallery's life, you could set it up like this:
- Days 1 - 14, 20% Off
- Days 15 - 85, 0% Off
- Days 86 - 90, 25% Off.
After you've finished setting the discount up, don't forget to click Save, to save your new discount!
Adding the Sale to Your Galleries
After you've created the Discount Days Sale, you'll need to apply the sale to your gallery(s). To do that, do the following:
- From the main menu, click Photos » Galleries.
- Click on the name of your gallery.
- Scroll down to the Shopping Cart section within the preferences.
- Select your sale from the Discount Days Sale droplist.
- Click the Save button to save your changes.
* Note: Discount Days Sales will be removed in a future update. Please select a Marketing Automation in its place moving forward.