Coupons

User gets coupon

While browsing deal list, user can click on any deal that they are interested in. If user likes a deal and decides to try it, he/she can click “Get coupon” button capture a coupon of the deal. User must be log into the site first before getting a coupon.

“Get coupon” button is not available if the current user is a merchant and the deal is his/her deal.

“Get coupon” button is not clickable if user has already captured a coupon of the deal in the past.

After capturing a coupon, user is taken to the list of his/her coupons, on this page user can have the coupon code and can access the captured coupon to print it..

User’s coupon list

You can create a menu item for “User’s Coupons” to let users access their coupon list in front-end.

To have a user friendly URL for coupon page you need to have a menu item for “Coupon download” view. This menu item should be used as a hidden menu item, please see Hidden menu item to know to create this type of menu item.

Administratiors manage coupons

In your back-end, go to Components -> CM Live Deal to access CM Live Deal component.

On the toolbar, you click “Coupons” to access the list of coupons.

You can edit an existing coupon be clicking on its code. You can also create a new coupon with your own custom coupon code and assign it to a specific user.

In the edit form, there are the following fields:

• Code: Coupon code.
• User: The user who owns this coupon.
• Deal: The deal which this coupon belongs to.
• Redeemed: Should be “Yes” if coupon is already redeemed by user.
• Redeemed date: When this coupon is redeemed.
• Created Date: The date the coupon is created.
• Created by: The person who creates the coupon.
• Modified Date: The date the coupon is modified the last time.
• Modified by: The person who does the last modification.
• ID: The ID of the coupon.

Merchant’s customer list

Merchant can manage the coupons of his/her deals in “Customers” page. You can create a menu item for it in Menu Manager.

Access the menu item in front-end, you can see the list of your coupons.

When user comes and redeems coupon, you can use this page to search for user’s coupon code

Click on coupon code, you are taken to the form to change coupon’s redeemed status and redeemed date.