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# coreFORCE Advanced- Products: Setting up Holiday Promotions


# [coreFORCE Advanced- Products: Setting up Holiday Promotions](https://app.tango.us/app/workflow/1649ea01-794c-40e1-9d23-290e2d5c5e1c?utm_source=markdown&utm_medium=markdown&utm_campaign=workflow%20export%20links)


As the holidays draw near, it’s an ideal time to revisit your holiday markup strategies! In this article, we’ll cover how to offer promotional codes or coupons to your customers and how to adjust your pricing markup for the season.

||| Please Note that setting up a pricing structure is optional and not usually used in s short term promotion as you will have to inactivate the pricing structure once the promotion has ended.


### 1. Setting up a Promotion code


We'll start here with establishing a promotion code in which customers can input at checkout

![Step 1 screenshot](https://tinyurl.com/29vhap6a)

### 2. Click on Promotions

![Step 2 screenshot](https://tinyurl.com/25mu3ng9)

### 3. Click on Promotions

![Step 3 screenshot](https://tinyurl.com/29eceo5u)

### 4. Click on ADD

![Step 4 screenshot](https://tinyurl.com/28d2mm54)

### 5. Give your promotion a name

![Step 5 screenshot](https://tinyurl.com/23r5v6lf)

### 6. Type in your promotional code


This code is what your customers will enter at checkout.

![Step 6 screenshot](https://tinyurl.com/298qhm6k)

### 7. Start Date


Start date will be the very first day this code will be usable at checkout. This is useful for limited run seasonal coupons!

![Step 7 screenshot](https://tinyurl.com/24tp4qtn)

### 8. Expiration Date


This will be the final day the promotional code will be able to be used at checkout

![Step 8 screenshot](https://tinyurl.com/23vtzzfq)

### 9. Maximum per email/user


If you would like a promotion to be once per customer all you will need to do is input a 1 into this field!

![Step 9 screenshot](https://tinyurl.com/28hqaxwf)

### 10. Click on Resources

![Step 10 screenshot](https://tinyurl.com/29j323x8)

### 11. Resources


If you would prefer you are able to establish one time use codes via "Generate One-Time Codes" versus giving out a promotional code, you will be prompted with how many codes you'd like to generate!

![Step 11 screenshot](https://tinyurl.com/228a58hq)

### 12. Click on Audience

![Step 12 screenshot](https://tinyurl.com/24atmcjc)

### 13. Audience


Audience will allow you to curate which contact types/user types are able to utilize your promotion

![Step 13 screenshot](https://tinyurl.com/2yko3duh)

### 14. Click on Purchases

![Step 14 screenshot](https://tinyurl.com/27y28b87)

### 15. Purchases


Purchases will add in an extra layer where specific products will need to have been ordered in the past to be eligible for this promotion

![Step 15 screenshot](https://tinyurl.com/2636m2ra)

### 16. Click on Requirements

![Step 16 screenshot](https://tinyurl.com/2yaejx3t)

### 17. Requirements


Requirements is where we can establish items that need to be in the cart for this code to work. If you would like this to work with any cart leave this blank.  
  
Please note any parameters input here will need to all be satisfied for the promotion to be utilized.

![Step 17 screenshot](https://tinyurl.com/23tamfxt)

### 18. Exclusions - Requirements


Exclusions will allow us to fine tune our requirements field to exclude certain products, for example we can establish a requirement of a Firearms department but exclude certain products in the firearms department from that requirement

![Step 18 screenshot](https://tinyurl.com/299lrcbj)

### 19. Click on Exclusions

![Step 19 screenshot](https://tinyurl.com/2bj3n3ju)

### 20. Rewards


Rewards is where we can establish discounts given for this promotion code

![Step 20 screenshot](https://tinyurl.com/2ca3uor2)

### 21. Order Discount Amount


Order Discount Amount will be a flat $ amount off, example "5" in this field will yield $5 off of the cart total

![Step 21 screenshot](https://tinyurl.com/2a7hdkpg)

### 22. Order Discount Percent


Order Discount Percent is a percentage of the cart total, example "5" is 5% of the cart total

![Step 22 screenshot](https://tinyurl.com/23ptglex)

### 23. Exclusions - Rewards


Exclusions will allow us to fine tune our rewards field to exclude certain products, for example we can establish a reward of the Firearms department for 10% off but exclude certain products in the firearms department from that reward and they will remain their normal price.

![Step 23 screenshot](https://tinyurl.com/233jsdgq)

### 24. Click on Exclusions

![Step 24 screenshot](https://tinyurl.com/22gxqzth)

## # Pricing Structures

### 25. Click on Pricing

![Step 25 screenshot](https://tinyurl.com/2y4eh323)

### 26. Click on Pricing Structures

![Step 26 screenshot](https://tinyurl.com/25u6k5ph)

### 27. Click on ADD

![Step 27 screenshot](https://tinyurl.com/25gl7xl6)

### 28. Give your pricing structure a name!

![Step 28 screenshot](https://tinyurl.com/2bodpcpu)

### 29. Click on your desired field


We'll use Department(s) for this example but you can establish this structure for Categories, Manufacturers and Specific Products as well!

![Step 29 screenshot](https://tinyurl.com/2d6e7m77)

### 30. Click on your desired department


We'll use Firearms for this example

![Step 30 screenshot](https://tinyurl.com/26vlma2g)

### 31. Select your calculation type


coreFORCE supports Markup, Discount, and Margin pricing. We'll use Markup here

![Step 31 screenshot](https://tinyurl.com/23hfsn6g)

### 32. Type in your markup percentage

![Step 32 screenshot](https://tinyurl.com/2ylon6bm)