Marketing & Promotions
Guides for promotions, coupons, gift cards, loyalty programs, marketing campaigns, customer segments, and stacking rules
Coupon Validation and Limits
Understand how AccuArk validates coupons at the Point of Sale, including all validation rules, per-customer limits, anonymous customer restrictions, atomic usage tracking, and error messages.
Creating and Managing Coupons
Learn how to create, configure, and manage coupons in AccuArk, including coupon types, discount methods, location restrictions, expiration dates, and linking coupons to promotions and campaigns.
Flash Sale Promotions
Learn how to create flash sale promotions in AccuArk that combine tight time windows with usage limits to create urgency and scarcity, including setup steps, scheduling, and monitoring.
Happy Hour Promotions
Learn how to create time-of-day based happy hour promotions in AccuArk that automatically activate during specific hours, including time window configuration, date range interaction, and seasonal scheduling.
Category and Item Discounts
Learn how to create promotions that target entire categories or specific individual items, including setup steps, per-item discount application, and the AllowItemAndGlobalStack stacking setting.
Bundle Deal Promotions
Learn how to create bundle deal promotions in AccuArk that offer a package discount when customers purchase a specific combination of items together.
BOGO (Buy One Get One Free) Promotions
Learn how to create Buy One Get One promotions in AccuArk, including qualifying items, reward configuration, discount stacking behavior, and the BogoReplacesItemDiscount setting.
First-Time Customer Discounts
How to configure First-Time Customer promotions in AccuArk, including how the system identifies first-time customers, the requirement for customer records, configuration steps, limitations, stacking behavior, and use cases.
Tiered Spend Discounts
How to configure Tiered Spend promotions in AccuArk, including adding and managing tiers, an example configuration, the TierThresholdUsesOriginal stacking rule, and best practices for tier gap design.
Invoice Discount Promotions
A complete walkthrough of creating and configuring Invoice Discount promotions in AccuArk, including every field in the Promotion Editor, an example configuration, and best practices for testing and activation.
Recommended Setup Order for Marketing
A step-by-step guide to setting up AccuArk's Marketing and Promotions module in the correct order, including prerequisites for each feature area and a pre-launch checklist.
Understanding Promotion Types
A detailed breakdown of all eight promotion types in AccuArk, including invoice-level vs item-level distinctions, how the promotion engine evaluates the cart, and how priority numbers control evaluation order.
Getting Started with Marketing & Promotions
A comprehensive overview of AccuArk's Marketing and Promotions subsystem, including all feature areas, navigation, and a quick-start guide to creating your first promotion.