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# coreFORCE Basic - Promotions - Setting up Holiday Promotions


# [coreFORCE Basic - Promotions: Setting up Holiday Promotions](https://app.tango.us/app/workflow/d986db4d-53a8-4629-bd05-c88f50678c1c?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/24zvcduw)

2. Click on Promotions

![Step 2 screenshot](https://tinyurl.com/22hhp4jo)

3. Click on ADD

![Step 3 screenshot](https://tinyurl.com/23rdf747)

4. Type in a name for your promotion

![Step 4 screenshot](https://tinyurl.com/27qcc44b)

5. Type in your promotional code

This code is what your customers will enter at checkout.

![Step 5 screenshot](https://tinyurl.com/2ad3p96a)

6. 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 6 screenshot](https://tinyurl.com/2crnd7bf)

7. Expiration Date

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

![Step 7 screenshot](https://tinyurl.com/27dgvjsq)

8. Minimum Amount

This will be the threshold that needs to be passed for this code to be utilized, leave this at 0 to be used in any order.

![Step 8 screenshot](https://tinyurl.com/26yum4yc)

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/2aj3r683)

10. Apply Automatically

Apply Automatically will attempt to utilize the promotion code at checkout without your customers clicking a button at checkout!

![Step 10 screenshot](https://tinyurl.com/23aygp2j)

11. Internal Use Only

This will make the promotion available for admin users only

![Step 11 screenshot](https://tinyurl.com/2cbdqtgy)

12. Inactive

Inactive will make the code unusable by anyone

![Step 12 screenshot](https://tinyurl.com/22jy93se)

13. Click on Requirements

![Step 13 screenshot](https://tinyurl.com/2a38cnf5)

14. 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 14 screenshot](https://tinyurl.com/28hqokdw)

15. Rewards

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

![Step 15 screenshot](https://tinyurl.com/24okr6ed)

16. 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 16 screenshot](https://tinyurl.com/293m7yoa)

17. Order Discount Percent

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

![Step 17 screenshot](https://tinyurl.com/22boplj6)

18. Click on Rewards

![Step 18 screenshot](https://tinyurl.com/22zk48pv)

19. Discount Amount

A unique field to Product Discounts we have the ability to establish exact pricing for a specific product in our rewards

![Step 19 screenshot](https://tinyurl.com/274gso9k)

### Pricing Structure

20. Click on Products

![Step 20 screenshot](https://tinyurl.com/27kqf25y)

21. Click on Pricing Structures

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

22. Click on ADD

![Step 22 screenshot](https://tinyurl.com/2dlnlr3x)

23. Give your pricing structure a name!

![Step 23 screenshot](https://tinyurl.com/2btdm3s2)

24. 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 24 screenshot](https://tinyurl.com/2c39xoyr)

25. Click on your desired department

We'll use Firearms for this example

![Step 25 screenshot](https://tinyurl.com/22gy85by)

26. Select your calculation type

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

![Step 26 screenshot](https://tinyurl.com/237yfqz6)

27. Type in your markup percentage

![Step 27 screenshot](https://tinyurl.com/29lmcptm)

28. Click on SAVE

![Step 28 screenshot](https://tinyurl.com/24m4jkkj)