In MYPOS we define a Discount as any money off the purchase price of an item or items which is manually applied by the User, Discounts of various different Types can be configured in MYPOS and take 2 Basic forms

a Percentage Value Discount
This is a percentage of the value, eg 10%, 20% , it can be applied to a specific item or items, an entire product classification, the last item scanned/rang into the till or on the entire order

a Absolute Value Discount
This is an absolute monetary value, eg £30 , $45 , 20€ 1000¥ etc , it can be applied to a specific item or items, the last item scanned/rang into the till or the entire order

We can also assist is configuring more advanced, bespoke and complicated discounts, for any discount queries contact [email protected] and they will be happy to assist.

The Basic Discount Types in the MYPOS Portal work as follows:
Absolute (New Line) - This is a monetary value discount e.g £1, $10 etc and will create the discount amount as a separate line item to the product
Percentage (New Line) - This is a percentage discount eg 10%, 40% and will create the discount as a separate line item to the product (this percentage discount will be calculated on the whole order value)
Absolute (Change Prices) - This is a monetary value discount e.g £1, £10 etc and will change the price of the existing products (the total discount will be split amongst all of the products on the till roll)
Percentage (Change Prices) - This is a percentage discount eg 10% , 40% and will change the price of the existing products (the percentage discount will be applied to each item on the till roll)
Percentage Department -  This is a percentage discount eg 10% , 40% and will apply only to the classification (department) that has been added in the Notes/Department List section of the discount setup this is for use on a single classification/department only
Percentage Last Item - This is a percentage discount eg 10% , 40% and will apply only to the last item (most recent item) rang into the till roll, this creates the discount as a new line
Percentage Last Item Change price - This is a percentage discount eg 10% , 40% and will apply only to the last item (most recent item) rang into the till roll, this discount changes the original product rice to reflect the discounted amount
Percentage Department List -  This is a percentage discount eg 10% , 40% and will apply only to the classifications (departments) that have been added in the Notes/Department List section of the discount setup, classifications should be separated by a ',' but no space for example classification1,classification2,classification3
Absolute Last Item Change Price - This is a value discount eg £1, £10 etc and will apply only to the last item (most recent item) rang into the till roll

Adding a Discount:

To begin with you will need to go to the MYPOS Portal at https://portal.myposconnect.com and sign in with your email address and password

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Once you have logged in you will see several menu options on the left hand side of the Portal, select the "Data Setup" option and choose "Discounts" from the dropdown options that appear below

 

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Select the  "Add New" button from the blue buttons along the top of the "Discounts" Page and fill the data out as required, an explanation of each field is below

 

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Depending on what discount you are setting up depends on what fields are necessary. fields in Purple below are necessary for all types of discount:

Discount Code - a short title of discount i.e. Family10, this is what will be displayed as the discount name on your MYPOS device

Description - a slightly longer description for reporting purposes, this will default to the same as the DiscountCode by default

Discount Type - see the list of options above

Discount Value - the amount (monetary or percentage) that the discount should deduct

Min. Value - this can be used to set the minimum basket level before the discount will be activated, for example for a £5 discount when you spend £30 you could enter £30 in this field

Max. value - this can be used to set the maximum basket value before the discount will not activate, for example if the discount is 10% of a maximum spent of £50 you could enter £50 in this field

Start Date & End Date - The default start date will always be the date the discount is created, this can be changed by picking a date from the pop up calendar or typing a date into the start date box, If the discount has no foreseeable end date you can leave the end date as the default which is 01/01/2050, however if the discount ends on a specific date the you can set the end date by picking a date from the pop up calendar or typing a date into the end date box

Start Time & End Time - these are the DAILY start and end times - so if you only wanted the promotion to run from 8am-1pm on each of its valid days, this is where you would amend these times, if you wanted the discount to run all day through out the promotional dates then it can stay as the default 00:00 -23.59

Max Uses Per Sale - This can be used to restrict the number of times the discount can be applied per transaction, for example if the discount is 10% off one item

Days Valid - a discount can be valid for just one day of a week or up to all seven - tick the box for each day of the week you want the discount to be active

Notes - This is used for certain types of discount where products or classifications are being specified, for example the "Percentage Department List" & the "Percentage Department" discounts, - here the departments you wish to discount would be listed with each separate by a comma

Once the discount fields have been completed press the add button at the bottom of the page, After the "Add" button is pressed the discount will be saved and the portal window will reload will a list of all current discounts including the new one you just added

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Each MYPOS device will need MYPOS Re-Syncing (Manager > Re-Sync Data) in order for the discount to be usable in MYPOS.