CStoreOffice® Support & Learning

Buy X, Get Fuel Discount Instantly

This section consists of the following subsections:

About Buy X, Get Fuel Discount Instantly Promotion

The Buy X, Get Fuel Discount Instantly promotion represents a fixed amount of a fuel discount which is applied to the certain amount of gallons for each predefined quantity of gallons purchased by the customer.

A fuel discount within this promotion can be applied to all fuel products.

This discount is applied automatically during a purchase when the customer's phone number is provided and does not need the confirmation from the customer's side.

Example

Spend $50 for Coffee at once, Get 0.05 c per gallon up to 20 in the same transaction.

Setting Up Buy X, Get Fuel Discount Instantly Promotion

To set up the Buy X, Get Fuel Discount Instantly promotion in CStoreOffice®:

  1. Go to Price Book > Promotions.
  2. At the top left of the Promotions form, click Add New.


    Result: The promotion setup form opens.

  3. In the promotion setup form > promotion header section:
  4. In the Promotion Name field, enter the name for the new promotion.
  5. In the Receipt CR Description field, specify the promotion description that must be displayed on cash register receipts. The name length must not exceed ten characters including spaces. By default, the promotion name is displayed in this field.
  6. In the Promotion Type list, select Buy X, Get Fuel Discount Instantly.
    Result: The promotion default settings are uploaded in the How much? section according to the selected promotion type.
  7. In the Loyalty Program field, select the loyalty program for the promotion. If the corresponding loyalty program is not configured yet, click Add New and set it up.
  8. For more information on how to configure the loyalty program, see Creating Loyalty Programs.

  1. In the promotion setup form > How much? section:
  2. In the Participation list, select the type of objects for which the promotion must be activated: Stores, Division, Company, and so on.
  3. In the list below, click the power icon to the right of the objects that are to activate the promotion.

  4. In the promotion setup form > How much? section > Groups subsection, set up the promotion's basic parameters:
  5. In the Buy row, set up the items quantity a customer must purchase for the discount to be applied:
  6. Click the Buy row.
  7. Go to the What is included? section and add to the Buy Group(s) the items a customer must purchase for the discount to be applied.
  8. Go back to Groups. In the Buy row, double-click the Quantity field, and enter the number of items a customer must purchase. Click Update.

  9. Double-click the Get row and set up the following fuel discount parameters:
  10. In the Discount field, enter the amount of the discount to be applied per gallon.
  11. In the Discount limit field, enter the upper limit for the discounted gallons.
  12. Click Update.

    When the fuel discount parameters are set up in the Get row, the Fuel group is added to the Get Group(s) column of the What is included? section automatically.

  13. In the Timeframe section, specify the promotion lifetime settings. Do either of the following:
  • To create a temporary promotion, in the Start and End fields, specify the dates when the promotion must start and end, respectively.
  • To create a promotion without the end date, specify the start date and select the Indefinitely check box.
  1. In the Receipt section, enter the messages to be printed in the receipt. For each available operation, such as Sale, Refund, and Status, enter the following messages, if needed:
  • Top line
  • Body line
  • Bottom line

  1. At the top of the promotion form, click Save.