You can set up a sale or clearance on
your store by creating a discount coupon via Inventory>Discount
coupons and provide an amount or monetary value discount against the
Categories you want this applied to (note that if a product is across
more than one category, if any of those categories are selected, the
product will receive a discount).
http://support.ashop.com.au/KB/a183/discount-coupons.aspx
http://helpconsole.ashop.com.au/display/HC/Discount+Coupons
You can then add an advertisement to your store (or via other
advertisements) with the discount code for them to note down and enter
on the checkout page. Information on how to add a text widget or other
advertisements can be found here:
http://support.ashop.com.au/KB/a191/using-the-themes-editor.aspx
http://helpconsole.ashop.com.au/display/HC/Design (be sure to check the Child Pages)
http://support.ashop.com.au/KB/a187/widget-layouts.aspx
Also note you can provide customer specific discounts by clicking on the
Customer details in Customers>View/Edit Customers, then adjust the
Customer Specific Discount percentage.
http://helpconsole.ashop.com.au/display/HC/Edit+Customer+Page
Unfortunately there is no current way to apply a percent discount across
the whole store (so it shows the sale price before the checkout).
Some customers have downloaded their product database spreadsheet, made a
copy of the original Our Price and List Price and replaced it with a
new Our Price and uploaded again. Information on downloading and
uploading spreadsheets can be found here:
http://helpconsole.ashop.com.au/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=1082021 (be sure to check the Child Pages)
They have then added a field that might say "December Sale Price" (for
example) in the Design>Product Listing Design and/or Product Detail
Design Page. Information on those can be found here:
http://helpconsole.ashop.com.au/display/HC/Product+Listing+Design (be sure to check the Child Pages)
http://helpconsole.ashop.com.au/display/HC/Product+Detail+Page+Design (be sure to check the Child Pages)
At the end of the promotion, customers have then reloaded the original
prices back into the system and removed the reference to the sale.
Remember to be careful to have the same number of rows in the same order
as the original download before the sale if you want to copy and paste
the original Our Price back into the system after the sale. Also
remember to strictly follow the tips and rules for the database download
and upload on the administration page.
